Daiju Takase (12-15-2, 6) was born in Tokyo, Japan on April 20, 1978. At the age of 20 years on June 24, 1998, he made his professional MMA debut against Emmanuel Yarborough, winning the fight via 2nd-round TKO.
On July 16, 1999, 21-year old Daiju Takase made his UFC debut on his 3rd professional MMA fight at UFC 21 against a 23-year old Jeremy Horn but lost the fight via TKO in the 1st round.
Takase's last fight was a 3-round split decision loss to Dong-sik Yoon at age 37 on July 25, 2015. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought three times in the UFC, and has a record of 3 losses in the promotion.
Some of Daiju Takase's best fights have been against Anderson Silva, LaVerne Clark, Yuji Sakuragi, Johil de Oliveira, Chris Brennan, Carlos Newton and Emmanuel Yarborough.
Takase has 15 losses on his MMA record.
# | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
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29 | Jul 25, 2015 37 years, 3 months 12-15-2 (6) | Dong-sik Yoon | 3 | SD | LOSS | ||
28 | Dec 23, 2014 36 years, 8 months 12-14-2 (6) | Carlos Toyota | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches | ||
27 | Jul 26, 2014 36 years, 3 months 12-13-2 (6) | Seung-Bae Whi | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
Dec 22, 2012 34 years, 8 months 11-13-2 (5) | 35 years, 5 months 14-19-2 (12) | DEEP | 2 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | ||
25 | Jan 7, 2012 33 years, 8 months 10-13-2 (4) | Brandon Kesler | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
24 | Apr 29, 2010 32 years 9-13-2 (4) | Hoon Kim | Pancrase | 2 | UD | DRAW Majority | |
23 | Aug 23, 2009 31 years, 4 months 9-13-1 (4) | Mr. X | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
22 | Jun 27, 2009 31 years, 2 months 8-13-1 (3) | Shuji Morikawa | 3 | SD | WIN | ||
21 | Dec 14, 2008 30 years, 7 months 7-13-1 (3) | Masataka Chinushi | 2 | KO | LOSS Punch | ||
Jun 14, 2008 30 years, 1 months 7-12-1 (3) | 27 years, 8 months 16-5 (15) | 2 | DQ | LOSS Low blows | |||
Mar 18, 2006 27 years, 10 months 7-11-1 (3) | 28 years, 1 months 3-0 (2) | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch | |||
Apr 3, 2005 26 years, 11 months 7-10-1 (3) | 27 years, 3 months 8-1 (7) | 2 | TKO | LOSS Soccer kicks | |||
May 23, 2004 26 years, 1 months 7-9-1 (3) | 27 years, 9 months 13-8 (10) | 2 | SD | WIN | |||
Feb 15, 2004 25 years, 9 months 6-9-1 (3) | 32 years, 4 months 16-9-1 (15) | 2 | UD | WIN | |||
Dec 31, 2003 25 years, 8 months 5-9-1 (3) | 28 years, 4 months 21-4-2 (13) | 3 | UD | LOSS | |||
Oct 5, 2003 25 years, 5 months 5-8-1 (3) | 29 years, 6 months 3-0 (1) | 2 | UD | LOSS | |||
Jun 8, 2003 25 years, 1 months 5-7-1 (3) | 28 years, 1 months 11-1 (8) | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | |||
12 | Jul 20, 2002 24 years, 3 months 4-7-1 (2) | Antonio Schembri | Pride | 2 | SD | LOSS | |
Feb 22, 2002 23 years, 10 months 4-6-1 (2) | 32 years, 6 months 12-5-1 (9) | Pride | 2 | UD | WIN | ||
Jul 29, 2001 23 years, 3 months 3-6-1 (2) | 27 years, 7 months 12-7 (10) | Pancrase | 2 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | ||
Mar 31, 2001 22 years, 11 months 2-6-1 (1) | 24 years, 4 months 19-14-6 (8) | Pancrase | 3 | MD | LOSS | ||
Dec 16, 2000 22 years, 7 months 2-5-1 (1) | 30 years, 4 months 5-3 (5) | UFC | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | ||
Jun 26, 2000 22 years, 2 months 2-4-1 (1) | 21 years, 2 months 7-1 (7) | Pancrase | 2 | KO | LOSS Knee | ||
6 | Jan 23, 2000 21 years, 9 months 2-3-1 (1) | Daisuke Watanabe | Pancrase | 1 | UD | WIN | |
Nov 19, 1999 21 years, 6 months 1-3-1 (1) | 23 years, 5 months 1-2 (1) | UFC | 3 | UD | LOSS | ||
Aug 1, 1999 21 years, 3 months 1-2-1 (1) | 23 years, 6 months 7-10-5 (3) | Pancrase | 1 | SUB | LOSS Triangle choke | ||
Jul 16, 1999 21 years, 2 months 1-1-1 (1) | 23 years, 10 months 31-4-4 (28) | UFC | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | ||
2 | Apr 18, 1999 20 years, 11 months 1-0-1 (1) | Daisuke Ishii | Pancrase | 1 | UD | DRAW | |
1 | Jun 24, 1998 20 years, 2 months 1-0 (1) | Emmanuel Yarborough | 2 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches |