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Dave Legeno vs Kimo Leopoldo

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Dave Legeno and Kimo Leopoldo met once (2006). Dave Legeno won in 2006 by submission.

SOURCE·Dave Legeno and Kimo Leopoldo — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Dave LegenoKimo Leopoldo
—Reach—
—Height75″ (190.5 cm)
—Reach advantage—
4–3Record12–7
75%Finish rate100%
2Longest unbeaten run4
7Recorded bouts22
—Stance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 2. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentDave LegenoKimo Leopoldo
Ikuhisa Minowa L L
Dan Severn W D

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Dave Legeno

2000loss v Alan Murdock, 2005, submissionwin v Alan Murdock, 2006, submissionwin v Kimo Leopoldo, 2006, submissionloss v Mark Epstein, 2006, koloss v Ikuhisa Minowa, 2006, submissionwin v Herb Dean, 2007, kowin v Dan Severn, 2007, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2005–2007
loss vs Alan Murdock (2005)win vs Alan Murdock (2006)win vs Kimo Leopoldo (2006)loss vs Mark Epstein (2006)loss vs Ikuhisa Minowa (2006)win vs Herb Dean (2007)win vs Dan Severn (2007)
winlossdraw / NC2005–2007

Kimo Leopoldo

19902000win v Patrick Smith, 1994, submissionloss v Royce Gracie, 1994, submissionwin v Patrick Smith, 1995, submissionwin v Fred Floyd, 1995, submissionloss v Masaaki Satake, 1995, kowin v Paul Varelans, 1996, kowin v Scott Bigelow, 1996, submissionwin v Yoshihiro Takayama, 1996, submissionwin v Kazushi Sakuraba, 1996, submissionloss v Ken Shamrock, 1996, submissiondraw v Dan Severn, 1997, drawwin v Brian Johnston, 1997, submissionloss v Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, 1998, decisionwin v Tim Lajcik, 2002, kowin v Tank Abbott, 2003, submissionloss v Bob Sapp, 2003, koloss v Ken Shamrock, 2004, koloss v Hiromi Amada, 2004, koloss v Ikuhisa Minowa, 2005, submissionwin v Marcus Royster, 2005, submissionloss v Wes Sims, 2006, koloss v Dave Legeno, 2006, submission
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1994–2006
2000 win vs Patrick Smith (1994)loss vs Royce Gracie (1994)win vs Patrick Smith (1995)win vs Fred Floyd (1995)loss vs Masaaki Satake (1995)win vs Paul Varelans (1996)win vs Scott Bigelow (1996)win vs Yoshihiro Takayama (1996)win vs Kazushi Sakuraba (1996)loss vs Ken Shamrock (1996)draw vs Dan Severn (1997)win vs Brian Johnston (1997)loss vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (1998)win vs Tim Lajcik (2002)win vs Tank Abbott (2003)loss vs Bob Sapp (2003)loss vs Ken Shamrock (2004)loss vs Hiromi Amada (2004)loss vs Ikuhisa Minowa (2005)win vs Marcus Royster (2005)loss vs Wes Sims (2006)loss vs Dave Legeno (2006)
winlossdraw / NC1994–2006

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