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Hiromitsu Kanehara 金原弘光

21–27 · 53 recorded bouts · 1998–2013

Hiromitsu Kanehara 金原弘光 finished 62% of 21 wins inside the distance — the 24th percentile for middleweight MMA, where the median is 78%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height70″ (177.8 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionMiddleweight MMA
competed at 3: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight — compared here against the last
Peak era1990s
CountryJapan

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Hiromitsu Kanehara 金原弘光, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2000 2010 win vs Hans Nijman (1998)win vs Lee Hasdell (1998)win vs Dick Vrij (1998)win vs Sander MacKilljan (1998)win vs Sander Thonhauser (1998)loss vs Dan Henderson (1999)win vs Jeremy Horn (1999)win vs Wataru Sakata (1999)win vs Masayuki Naruse (1999)loss vs Valentijn Overeem (1999)loss vs Kiyoshi Tamura (1999)loss vs Ricardo Morais (1999)win vs Tommy Sauer (2000)win vs Alexandre Ferreira (2000)win vs Josh Hall (2000)win vs Adrian Serrano (2000)loss vs Renato Sobral (2000)loss vs Mario Sperry (2000)win vs Valentijn Overeem (2000)win vs Paul Cahoon (2001)win vs Kelly Jacobs (2001)loss vs Matt Hughes (2001)loss vs Ricardo Arona (2001)loss vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (2001)win vs Dave Menne (2001)loss vs Wanderlei Silva (2002)draw vs Mikhail Ilyukhin (2002)loss vs Alistair Overeem (2004)loss vs Mirko Cro Cop (2004)loss vs Chalid Arrab (2005)loss vs Yuki Kondo (2005)loss vs Iouri Bekichev (2005)loss vs Maurício Rua (2005)loss vs Marcelo Brito (2006)win vs Ruslan Abdulkhamidov (2006)loss vs Kestutis Arbocius (2006)loss vs Ryo Kawamura (2007)loss vs Ichiro Kanai (2008)loss vs Keiichiro Yamamiya (2008)loss vs Izuru Takeuchi (2008)win vs Makoto Miyazawa (2009)draw vs Ryuta Sakurai (2009)win vs Kenji Nagai (2009)win vs Hiroki Sato (2010)draw vs Yong Choi (2010)loss vs Riki Fukuda (2010)loss vs Hideto Tatsumi (2011)loss vs Ryuta Sakurai (2012)draw vs Yuki Sasaki (2012)loss vs Yusuke Sakashita (2012)draw vs Daijiro Matsui (2012)loss vs Yuki Kondo (2013)
winlossdraw / NC1998–2013

Record

MMA record

21–27

53 bouts on record

Finish rate

62%

of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight MMA median 78%, 24th percentile

KO/TKO: 6 (29%)Submission: 7 (33%)Decision: 8 (38%)
  • KO/TKO 29%
  • Submission 33%
  • Decision 38%

The career, bout by bout

53 recorded bouts from 1998 to 2013. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

16y

1998–2013

Longest unbeaten run

5

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1999

7 bouts

Recorded bouts

53

52 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2013 L Yuki Kondo Decision3
2012 L Ryuta Sakurai Decision3
2012 D Yuki Sasaki Draw3
2012 L Yusuke Sakashita Decision2
2012 D Daijiro Matsui Draw2
2011 L Hideto Tatsumi Decision2
2010 W Hiroki Sato Decision2
2010 D Yong Choi Draw2
2010 L Riki Fukuda Decision3
2009 W Makoto Miyazawa KO/TKO1
2009 D Ryuta Sakurai Draw2
2009 W Kenji Nagai KO/TKO2
2008 L Ichiro Kanai Decision2
2008 L Keiichiro Yamamiya Decision3
2008 L Izuru Takeuchi Decision3
2007 L Ryo Kawamura KO/TKO3
2006 L Marcelo Brito Submission1
2006 W Ruslan Abdulkhamidov Submission1
2006 L Kestutis Arbocius Decision2
2005 L Chalid Arrab Decision2
2005 L Yuki Kondo Decision3
2005 L Iouri Bekichev KO/TKO1
2005 L Maurício Rua KO/TKO1
2004 L Alistair Overeem KO/TKO2
2004 L Mirko Cro Cop Decision2
2002 L Wanderlei Silva KO/TKO1
2002 D Mikhail Ilyukhin Draw3
2001 W Paul Cahoon Decision3
2001 W Kelly Jacobs KO/TKO2
2001 L Matt Hughes Decision3
2001 L Ricardo Arona Submission2
2001 L Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Submission2
2001 W Dave Menne KO/TKO3
2000 W Tommy Sauer KO/TKO1
2000 W Alexandre Ferreira Submission2
2000 W Josh Hall Decision2
2000 W Adrian Serrano Submission1
2000 L Renato Sobral Decision2
2000 L Mario Sperry Decision2
2000 W Valentijn Overeem KO/TKO1
1999 L Dan Henderson Decision2
1999 W Jeremy Horn Decision2
1999 W Wataru Sakata Decision3
1999 W Masayuki Naruse Decision3
1999 L Valentijn Overeem KO/TKO1
1999 L Kiyoshi Tamura Submission3
1999 L Ricardo Morais Decision5
1998 W Hans Nijman Submission1
1998 W Lee Hasdell Decision1
1998 W Dick Vrij Submission1
1998 W Sander MacKilljan Submission1
1998 W Sander Thonhauser Submission1
L Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Submission

33 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 244 middleweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Hiromitsu Kanehara on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2025-07-11. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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