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Rumina Sato 佐藤 ルミナ

26–17 · 46 recorded bouts · 1994–2012

Rumina Sato 佐藤 ルミナ finished 88% of 26 wins inside the distance — the 87th percentile for lightweight MMA, where the median is 69%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height66″ (167.6 cm)
Stance
DivisionLightweight MMA
competed at 2: featherweight, lightweight — compared here against the last
Peak era2000s
CountryJapan

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Rumina Sato 佐藤 ルミナ, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2000 2010 win vs Michael McAuliffe (1994)win vs Isamu Osugi (1995)win vs Ron Balicki (1995)win vs Katsuaki Yano (1995)draw vs John Lewis (1996)win vs Kyuhei Ueno (1996)win vs Masato Suzuki (1996)win vs John Lewis (1997)win vs Maurice Corty (1997)win vs Alan Fried (1997)win vs Ali Mihoubi (1997)win vs Ricardo Botelho (1997)loss vs André Pederneiras (1998)win vs Michael Buell (1998)loss vs Joel Gerson (1998)win vs Rafael Cordeiro (1999)win vs Phil Johns (1999)loss vs Caol Uno (1999)win vs Charles Diaz (1999)loss vs Caol Uno (2000)win vs Takuya Kuwabara (2000)win vs Yves Edwards (2000)loss vs Takanori Gomi (2001)win vs Marcio Ramos Barbosa (2001)draw vs Takumi Nakayama (2002)loss vs Javier Vazquez (2002)loss vs Alexandre Franca Nogueira (2003)win vs Ryan Ackerman (2003)loss vs Joachim Hansen (2003)win vs Katsuya Toida (2004)win vs Bao Quach (2004)win vs Erikas Petraitis (2004)loss vs Gilbert Melendez (2005)win vs Makoto Ishikawa (2005)loss vs Antonio Carvalho (2006)loss vs Hideki Kadowaki (2007)win vs Augusto Frota (2007)loss vs Hatsu Hioki (2008)loss vs Akitoshi Tamura (2008)draw vs Hayato Sakurai (2008)win vs Corey Grant (2009)loss vs Takeshi Inoue (2009)win vs Ryota Matsune (2010)loss vs Nico Verresen (2011)loss vs Masakatsu Ueda (2011)loss vs Hideo Tokoro (2012)
winlossdraw / NC1994–2012

Record

MMA record

26–17

45 bouts on record

Finish rate

88%

of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 87th percentile

KO/TKO: 5 (19%)Submission: 18 (69%)Decision: 3 (12%)
  • KO/TKO 19%
  • Submission 69%
  • Decision 12%

The career, bout by bout

46 recorded bouts from 1994 to 2012. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

19y

1994–2012

Longest unbeaten run

11

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1997

5 bouts

Recorded bouts

46

46 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2012 L Hideo Tokoro KO/TKO1
2011 L Nico Verresen KO/TKO1
2011 L Masakatsu Ueda KO/TKO1
2010 W Ryota Matsune KO/TKO2
2009 W Corey Grant KO/TKO1
2009 L Takeshi Inoue KO/TKO1
2008 L Hatsu Hioki KO/TKO1
2008 L Akitoshi Tamura Submission3
2008 D Hayato Sakurai Draw1
2007 L Hideki Kadowaki Submission1
2007 W Augusto Frota KO/TKO1
2006 L Antonio Carvalho KO/TKO2
2005 L Gilbert Melendez KO/TKO1
2005 W Makoto Ishikawa Decision3
2004 W Katsuya Toida KO/TKO2
2004 W Bao Quach Submission1
2004 W Erikas Petraitis Submission2
2003 L Alexandre Franca Nogueira Submission1
2003 W Ryan Ackerman Submission1
2003 L Joachim Hansen KO/TKO1
2002 D Takumi Nakayama Draw3
2002 L Javier Vazquez Decision3
2001 L Takanori Gomi Decision3
2001 W Marcio Ramos Barbosa Decision3
2000 L Caol Uno KO/TKO1
2000 W Takuya Kuwabara Decision2
2000 W Yves Edwards Submission1
1999 W Rafael Cordeiro Submission1
1999 W Phil Johns Submission1
1999 L Caol Uno Submission3
1999 W Charles Diaz Submission1
1998 L André Pederneiras KO/TKO1
1998 W Michael Buell Submission1
1998 L Joel Gerson Submission1
1997 W John Lewis Submission2
1997 W Maurice Corty Submission1
1997 W Alan Fried Submission1
1997 W Ali Mihoubi Submission1
1997 W Ricardo Botelho Submission3
1996 D John Lewis Draw3
1996 W Kyuhei Ueno Submission1
1996 W Masato Suzuki Submission1
1995 W Isamu Osugi Submission1
1995 W Ron Balicki Submission1
1995 W Katsuaki Yano KO/TKO1
1994 W Michael McAuliffe Submission2

16 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 304 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

Full methodology →

Source: Rumina Sato on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-01-25. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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