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Yasuhito Namekawa 滑川康仁

27–16 · 45 recorded bouts · 1998–2008

Yasuhito Namekawa 滑川康仁 finished 78% of 27 wins inside the distance — the 49th 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
Height71.5″ (181.6 cm)
Stance
DivisionMiddleweight MMA
competed at 3: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight — compared here against the last
Peak era2000s
CountryJapan

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Yasuhito Namekawa 滑川康仁, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2000 win vs Ryuki Ueyama (1998)win vs Daniel Higgins (1998)win vs Troy Ittensohn (1998)draw vs Minoru Toyonaga (1998)loss vs Koba Tkeshelashvili (1999)loss vs Ryuki Ueyama (1999)win vs Minoru Toyonaga (1999)win vs Sara Umer (1999)loss vs Chris Haseman (1999)loss vs Lee Hasdell (1999)loss vs Chris Haseman (2000)win vs Chris Munsen (2000)win vs Falaniko Vitale (2000)loss vs Volk Han (2000)loss vs Alistair Overeem (2000)loss vs Willie Peeters (2000)loss vs Egidijus Valavicius (2001)win vs Dexter Casey (2001)win vs Masutatsu Yano (2001)win vs Hiroshi Imamura (2001)win vs Takashi Sonoda (2001)loss vs Wallid Ismail (2002)win vs Yuki Ishikawa (2002)win vs Makoto Miyazawa (2002)win vs Daisuke Watanabe (2002)loss vs Sam Nest (2002)draw vs Osami Shibuya (2003)loss vs Maurício Rua (2004)win vs Fabiano Capoani (2004)win vs Egidijus Valavicius (2004)win vs Yusuke Imamura (2004)draw vs Jeong Ho Lee (2005)win vs Jong Hyuk Moon (2005)loss vs Ryuta Sakurai (2005)win vs Kenji Akiyama (2005)win vs Mu Jin Na (2006)loss vs Cyrille Diabaté (2006)win vs Peter Iryaku (2006)win vs Katsuhisa Fujii (2007)win vs Hamish Robertson (2007)win vs Yuji Sakuragi (2007)draw vs Fabiano Capoani (2007)draw vs Katsuyori Shibata (2008)win vs Cláudio Silva (2008)win vs Carlos Toyota (2008)
winlossdraw / NC1998–2008

Record

MMA record

27–16

48 bouts on record

Finish rate

78%

of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight MMA median 78%, 49th percentile

KO/TKO: 4 (15%)Submission: 17 (63%)Decision: 6 (22%)
  • KO/TKO 15%
  • Submission 63%
  • Decision 22%

The career, bout by bout

45 recorded bouts from 1998 to 2008. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

11y

1998–2008

Longest unbeaten run

6

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1999

6 bouts

Recorded bouts

45

45 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2008 D Katsuyori Shibata Draw3
2008 W Cláudio Silva Submission1
2008 W Carlos Toyota Submission1
2007 W Katsuhisa Fujii Decision2
2007 W Hamish Robertson Submission1
2007 W Yuji Sakuragi Submission1
2007 D Fabiano Capoani Draw2
2006 W Mu Jin Na Submission1
2006 L Cyrille Diabaté KO/TKO2
2006 W Peter Iryaku KO/TKO2
2005 D Jeong Ho Lee Draw2
2005 W Jong Hyuk Moon Submission1
2005 L Ryuta Sakurai Submission1
2005 W Kenji Akiyama KO/TKO1
2004 L Maurício Rua KO/TKO1
2004 W Fabiano Capoani DQ2
2004 W Egidijus Valavicius Submission1
2004 W Yusuke Imamura KO/TKO2
2003 D Osami Shibuya Draw3
2002 L Wallid Ismail Decision3
2002 W Yuki Ishikawa Submission1
2002 W Makoto Miyazawa Submission3
2002 W Daisuke Watanabe Decision3
2002 L Sam Nest Submission2
2001 L Egidijus Valavicius KO/TKO1
2001 W Dexter Casey Submission1
2001 W Masutatsu Yano Submission2
2001 W Hiroshi Imamura Submission1
2001 W Takashi Sonoda Submission1
2000 L Chris Haseman Submission1
2000 W Chris Munsen Decision2
2000 W Falaniko Vitale Submission2
2000 L Volk Han Decision3
2000 L Alistair Overeem Submission1
2000 L Willie Peeters KO/TKO2
1999 L Koba Tkeshelashvili Submission1
1999 L Ryuki Ueyama Decision3
1999 W Minoru Toyonaga Submission1
1999 W Sara Umer Submission1
1999 L Chris Haseman Submission1
1999 L Lee Hasdell KO/TKO2
1998 W Ryuki Ueyama Decision1
1998 W Daniel Higgins Submission1
1998 W Troy Ittensohn KO/TKO2
1998 D Minoru Toyonaga Draw1

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 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: Yasuhito Namekawa on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-06-28. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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