Naoyuki Kotani 小谷直之
66.5″ reach · -2.2% reach advantage · 3rd percentile
Naoyuki Kotani 小谷直之 has a reach of 66.5″ against a height of 68″ — a reach advantage of -2.2%, unusually short for lightweight MMA and the 3rd percentile of the 161 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
-2.2%
66.5″ reach on a 68″ frame
Compared against 161 lightweight MMA fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 66.5″ (168.9 cm) | 3rd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 68″ (172.7 cm) | 21st pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Lightweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | Japan |
Record
MMA record
37–18
62 bouts on record
Finish rate
89%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 88th percentile
The career, bout by bout
60 recorded bouts from 2000 to 2023. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
24y
2000–2023
Longest unbeaten run
11
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2004
6 bouts
Recorded bouts
60
60 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | L | Shin Haraguchi | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2020 | W | Yutaka Ueda | Decision | 2 |
| 2019 | L | Koshi Matsumoto | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2018 | W | Shutaro Debana | Submission | 2 |
| 2018 | W | Akihito Mamiya | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2017 | L | Marif Piraev | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | L | Yuki Kawana | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | W | Yoichi Fukumoto | Submission | 1 |
| 2016 | L | Dmitriy Parubchenko | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2015 | L | Kajan Johnson | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | L | Yan Cabral | Submission | 2 |
| 2014 | L | Norman Parke | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2014 | W | Yoshihiro Koyama | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Daisuke Hoshino | Submission | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Vitali Krat | Submission | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Jung Min Kang | Submission | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Koji Mori | Submission | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Shinichi Taira | Decision | 2 |
| 2012 | W | Darius Minkevicius | Submission | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Ryuki Ueyama | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | W | Daisuke Hanazawa | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2011 | W | Katsuya Inoue | Submission | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Ryo Asami | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Keigo Hirayama | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | W | Eriya Matsuda | Submission | 1 |
| 2010 | L | Jorge Masvidal | Decision | 3 |
| 2010 | D | Kenichi Ito | Draw | 2 |
| 2009 | W | Daisuke Nakamura | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Yojiro Uchimura | Submission | 1 |
| 2009 | L | Kuniyoshi Hironaka | Submission | 2 |
| 2008 | W | Katsuhiko Nagata | Submission | 2 |
| 2008 | L | Koji Oishi | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | D | Masanori Kanehara | Draw | 2 |
| 2007 | L | Dennis Siver | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2007 | L | Thiago Tavares | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Masayuki Okude | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | D | Erikas Petraitis | Draw | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Shinya Sato | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | D | Darius Skliaudys | Draw | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Vito Woods | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | L | Luiz Azeredo | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | D | Darius Skliaudys | Draw | 3 |
| 2004 | L | Roger Huerta | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | L | Yves Edwards | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Hideo Tokoro | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | W | Remigijus Morkevicius | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | L | Marcus Aurélio | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2004 | L | Rich Clementi | Decision | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Mindaugas Smirnovas | Submission | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Antoine Skinner | Submission | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Mindaugas Laurinaitis | Submission | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Kenichi Serizawa | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Masaya Takita | Submission | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Yoshinobu Ota | Submission | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Takahito Iida | Submission | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Hideo Tokoro | Decision | 3 |
| 2001 | D | Jiro Wakabayashi | Draw | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Curtis Brigham | Submission | 2 |
| 2000 | W | Tashiro Nishiuchi | Submission | 1 |
| 2000 | W | Kiyohito Sugata | KO/TKO | 1 |
15 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
lightweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Uroš Medić-2.75% 71″ reach · 2nd pct
- Magomed Zaynukov-2.87% 68″ reach · 1st pct
- Thiago Alves-2.87% 68″ reach · 1st pct
- Mateusz Rębecki-1.53% 66″ reach · 4th pct
- Akop Stepanyan Акоп Степанян Հակոբ Ստեփանյան-1.48% 68″ reach · 4th pct
- Jared Gordon-1.48% 68″ reach · 4th pct
- Kayla Harrison-2.95% 66″ reach · 1st pct
- Esteban Ribovics-1.41% 69″ reach · 6th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 161 lightweight 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
Source: Naoyuki Kotani on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2024-11-11. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.