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Hidehiko Yoshida vs Tank Abbott

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

Meetings on record

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Hidehiko Yoshida and Tank Abbott met once (2005). Hidehiko Yoshida won in 2005 by submission.

SOURCE·Hidehiko Yoshida and Tank Abbott — 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.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Hidehiko YoshidaTank Abbott
—Reach—
—Height72″ (182.9 cm)
—Reach advantage—
9–8Record10–15
89%Finish rate90%
3Longest unbeaten run1
18Recorded bouts25
—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.

OpponentHidehiko YoshidaTank Abbott
Maurice Smith W L
Don Frye W L

Both records, drawn

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

Hidehiko Yoshida

20002010win v Masaaki Satake, 2002, submissionwin v Don Frye, 2002, submissiondraw v Royce Gracie, 2003, drawloss v Wanderlei Silva, 2003, decisionwin v Kiyoshi Tamura, 2003, submissionloss v Rulon Gardner, 2004, decisionwin v Mark Hunt, 2004, submissionwin v Naoya Ogawa, 2005, submissionwin v Tank Abbott, 2005, submissionloss v Wanderlei Silva, 2005, decisionloss v James Thompson, 2006, koloss v Mirko Cro Cop, 2006, kowin v Yosuke Nishijima, 2006, submissionwin v Maurice Smith, 2008, submissionloss v Josh Barnett, 2008, submissionwin v Satoshi Ishii, 2009, decisionloss v Sanae Kikuta, 2009, decisionloss v Kazuhiro Nakamura, 2010, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2002–2010
2010 win vs Masaaki Satake (2002)win vs Don Frye (2002)draw vs Royce Gracie (2003)loss vs Wanderlei Silva (2003)win vs Kiyoshi Tamura (2003)loss vs Rulon Gardner (2004)win vs Mark Hunt (2004)win vs Naoya Ogawa (2005)win vs Tank Abbott (2005)loss vs Wanderlei Silva (2005)loss vs James Thompson (2006)loss vs Mirko Cro Cop (2006)win vs Yosuke Nishijima (2006)win vs Maurice Smith (2008)loss vs Josh Barnett (2008)win vs Satoshi Ishii (2009)loss vs Sanae Kikuta (2009)loss vs Kazuhiro Nakamura (2010)
winlossdraw / NC2002–2010

Tank Abbott

199020002010UNFILEDloss v Dan Severn, 1995, decisionloss v Oleg Taktarov, 1995, submissionloss v Don Frye, 1996, submissionloss v Scott Ferrozzo, 1996, decisionwin v Yoji Anjo, 1997, decisionloss v Maurice Smith, 1997, koloss v Vitor Belfort, 1997, koloss v Pedro Rizzo, 1998, kowin v Hugo Duarte, 1998, koloss v Wesley Correira, 2003, koloss v Kimo Leopoldo, 2003, submissionloss v Frank Mir, 2003, submissionloss v Hidehiko Yoshida, 2005, submissionwin v Wesley Correira, 2005, koloss v Paul Buentello, 2006, koloss v Gary Turner, 2007, koloss v Kimbo Slice, 2008, kowin v Mike Bourke, 2009, koloss v Ruben Villareal, 2013, kowin v Steve Nelmark, no date on recordwin v Cal Worsham, no date on recordwin v Sam Adkins, no date on recordwin v Steve Jennum, no date on recordwin v Paul Varelans, no date on recordwin v John Matua, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1995–2013 · 6 UNDATED
2000 2010 loss vs Dan Severn (1995)loss vs Oleg Taktarov (1995)loss vs Don Frye (1996)loss vs Scott Ferrozzo (1996)win vs Yoji Anjo (1997)loss vs Maurice Smith (1997)loss vs Vitor Belfort (1997)loss vs Pedro Rizzo (1998)win vs Hugo Duarte (1998)loss vs Wesley Correira (2003)loss vs Kimo Leopoldo (2003)loss vs Frank Mir (2003)loss vs Hidehiko Yoshida (2005)win vs Wesley Correira (2005)loss vs Paul Buentello (2006)loss vs Gary Turner (2007)loss vs Kimbo Slice (2008)win vs Mike Bourke (2009)loss vs Ruben Villareal (2013)
winlossdraw / NC1995–2013
Cross-references
Hidehiko Yoshida

The full ledger: 18 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

9–8 Tank Abbott

The same, from the other corner — 25 bouts and the cohort Abbott is ranked inside.

10–15 Every confirmed matchup

The other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.

900 BOUTS
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DATA · JUL 2026 amitsharma.co.nz

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