Daisuke Nakamura (35-28-1, 27) was born in Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan on June 10, 1980. At the age of 22 years on July 20, 2002, he made his professional MMA debut against Shannon Ritch, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
Nakamura's last fight was a 2nd-round submission win against Taisei Sakuraba at Rizin: Otoko Matsuri at age 44 on May 4, 2025. He is on a 1-fight winning streak.
Some of Daisuke Nakamura's best fights have been against Seichi Ikemoto, Andy Ologun, Hideo Tokoro, Michihiro Omigawa, Ferrid Kheder, Akihiro Gono and Shannon Ritch.
Nakamura has 28 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
64 | May 4, 2025 44 years, 10 months 35-28-1 (27) | Taisei Sakuraba | Rizin | LT | 2 | SUB | WIN Armbar |
63 | Mar 15, 2025 44 years, 9 months 34-28-1 (26) | Hiroto Gomyo | DEEP | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
62 | Oct 26, 2024 44 years, 4 months 34-27-1 (26) | Lim Jae-yoon | FT | 3 | TKO | LOSS Elbows and punches | |
61 | Jul 14, 2024 44 years, 1 months 34-26-1 (26) | Rikuto Shirakawa | DEEP | FT | 3 | SD | LOSS |
60 | Jan 20, 2024 43 years, 7 months 34-25-1 (26) | Park Chan-soo | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
59 | May 7, 2023 42 years, 10 months 34-24-1 (26) | Jin Aoi | DEEP | FT | 2 | TKO | LOSS Doctor stoppage |
58 | Feb 4, 2023 42 years, 7 months 34-23-1 (26) | Kim Min-woo | FT | 3 | CKO | LOSS Rear-naked choke | |
57 | Dec 18, 2022 42 years, 6 months 34-22-1 (26) | Tatsuhiko Iwamoto | DEEP | FT | 2 | SUB | WIN Reverse heel hook |
56 | Nov 12, 2022 42 years, 5 months 33-22-1 (25) | Kouya Kanda | DEEP | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
55 | Jul 10, 2022 42 years, 1 months 33-21-1 (25) | Yuta Sato | DEEP | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
54 | Mar 20, 2022 41 years, 9 months 32-21-1 (25) | Sora Yamamoto | Rizin | FT | 3 | SD | LOSS |
53  | Feb 26, 2022 41 years, 8 months 32-20-1 (25) | 46 years, 2 months 19-14-1 (10) | DEEP | FT | 3 | SUB | WIN Armbar |
52 | Oct 24, 2021 41 years, 4 months 31-20-1 (24) | Suguru Nii | Rizin | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Flying armbar |
51 | Jul 4, 2021 41 years 30-20-1 (23) | Juntaro Ushiku | DEEP | FT | 3 | SD | LOSS For DEEP featherweight title |
50 | Feb 21, 2021 40 years, 8 months 30-19-1 (23) | Juntaro Ushiku | DEEP | FT | 2 | KO | WIN Knee |
49 | Sep 20, 2020 40 years, 3 months 29-19-1 (22) | Tatsunao Nagakura | DEEP | LT | 2 | KO | WIN Punch |
48 | Sep 24, 2016 36 years, 3 months 28-19-1 (21) | Tsogookhuu Amarsanaa | LT | 3 | KO | LOSS Punch | |
47 | Sep 13, 2015 35 years, 3 months 28-18-1 (21) | Yuki Kawana | LT | 3 | TKO | LOSS Punches | |
46 | May 16, 2015 34 years, 11 months 28-17-1 (21) | Yuki Okano | DEEP | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
45 | Apr 5, 2015 34 years, 9 months 28-16-1 (21) | Eiji Ishikawa | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
44 | Dec 21, 2014 34 years, 6 months 28-15-1 (21) | Yoichi Fukumoto | DEEP | LT | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches |
43 | Oct 26, 2014 34 years, 4 months 27-15-1 (20) | Shinji Sasaki | DEEP | LT | 3 | UD | DRAW Split |
42  | Apr 29, 2014 33 years, 10 months 27-15 (20) | 32 years, 11 months 14-7-1 (8) | DEEP | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
41  | Apr 26, 2013 32 years, 10 months 27-14 (20) | 33 years, 2 months 30-12-9 (15) | DEEP | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS Lost DEEP lightweight title |
40 | Oct 19, 2012 32 years, 4 months 27-13 (20) | Takafumi Ito | DEEP | LT | 2 | TKO | WIN Flying knee and punches Defended DEEP lightweight title |
39 | Jun 15, 2012 32 years 26-13 (19) | Yasuaki Kishimoto | DEEP | LT | 3 | UD | WIN Won DEEP lightweight title |
38  | Feb 18, 2012 31 years, 8 months 25-13 (19) | 37 years, 4 months 32-16-7 (15) | DEEP | LT | 3 | UD | WIN |
37 | Oct 29, 2011 31 years, 4 months 24-13 (19) | Kim Chang-hyun | DEEP | LT | 3 | SUB | WIN Armbar |
36  | May 29, 2011 30 years, 11 months 23-13 (18) | 29 years, 6 months 14-3-2 (9) | DREAM | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
35 | Dec 11, 2010 30 years, 6 months 23-12 (18) | Toshikazu Iseno | DEEP | LT | 2 | SUB | WIN Flying armbar |
34 | Aug 27, 2010 30 years, 2 months 22-12 (17) | Jai Bradney | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
33 | Apr 25, 2010 29 years, 10 months 21-12 (16) | Ganjo Tentsuku | LT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
32  | Dec 19, 2009 29 years, 6 months 20-12 (16) | 30 years, 9 months 7-3 (2) | Strikeforce | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
31  | Nov 23, 2009 29 years, 5 months 20-11 (16) | 27 years, 11 months 19-9-6 (15) | LT | 1 | CKO | LOSS Leg scissor choke | |
30  | Aug 28, 2009 29 years, 2 months 20-10 (16) | 34 years, 5 months 16-4 (13) | M-1 | MD | 3 | UD | WIN |
29  | Mar 8, 2009 28 years, 8 months 19-10 (16) | 30 years, 2 months 17-4-1 (5) | Dream | WL | 2 | UD | LOSS |
28  | Dec 31, 2008 28 years, 6 months 19-9 (16) | 31 years, 4 months 24-18-2 (18) | Dynamite | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar |
27 | Oct 29, 2008 28 years, 4 months 18-9 (15) | Carlos Valeri | M-1 | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Flying armbar |
26 | Aug 29, 2008 28 years, 2 months 17-9 (14) | Wim Deputter | M-1 | WL | 2 | UD | WIN |
25  | Jul 21, 2008 28 years, 1 months 16-9 (14) | 25 years, 1 months 1-0 (0) | Dream | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Flying armbar |
24 | Jul 17, 2008 28 years, 1 months 15-9 (13) | Bogdan Cristea | M-1 | WL | 2 | UD | WIN |
23 | May 11, 2008 27 years, 11 months 14-9 (13) | Jung Bu-kyung | Dream | WL | 2 | KO | WIN Punch |
22 | Apr 3, 2008 27 years, 9 months 13-9 (12) | Yuri Ivlev | M-1 | WL | 2 | MD | WIN |
21 | Oct 28, 2007 27 years, 4 months 12-9 (12) | Kwon A-sol | K-1 | LT | 3 | SUB | WIN Armbar |
20  | Dec 9, 2006 26 years, 5 months 11-9 (11) | 27 years, 9 months 16-1 (10) | LT | 1 | CKO | LOSS Straight armbar | |
19  | Aug 26, 2006 26 years, 2 months 11-8 (11) | 31 years 14-13-4 (9) | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
18 | Apr 22, 2006 25 years, 10 months 10-8 (10) | Michael Johnson | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Kimura | |
17 | Feb 5, 2006 25 years, 7 months 9-8 (9) | Hirohide Fujinuma | DEEP | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar |
16 | Dec 2, 2005 25 years, 5 months 8-8 (8) | Hidehiko Hasegawa | DEEP | FT | 2 | UD | LOSS |
15  | Apr 3, 2005 24 years, 9 months 8-7 (8) | 31 years, 7 months 11-2 (10) | Pride | LT | 2 | UD | LOSS |
14  | Oct 30, 2004 24 years, 4 months 8-6 (8) | 33 years, 11 months 16-9-2 (14) | DEEP | WL | 3 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
13 | Oct 30, 2004 24 years, 4 months 8-5 (8) | Yuji Hoshino | DEEP | WL | 1 | KO | WIN Punch |
12 | Jul 3, 2004 24 years 7-5 (7) | Tetsuya Onose | DEEP | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
11  | Apr 8, 2004 23 years, 9 months 6-5 (6) | 19 years, 10 months 2-0-1 (2) | WL | 2 | UD | LOSS | |
10  | Jan 18, 2004 23 years, 7 months 6-4 (6) | 23 years, 6 months 8-11-1 (4) | WL | 2 | UD | LOSS | |
9 | Sep 23, 2003 23 years, 3 months 6-3 (6) | Kazuhiro Hanada | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
8 | Jun 29, 2003 23 years 5-3 (5) | Yutaro Miyamoto | WL | 2 | TKO | WIN Knees to the body | |
7 | Mar 27, 2003 22 years, 9 months 4-3 (4) | Hidehiko Hasegawa | WL | 2 | UD | LOSS | |
6 | Feb 23, 2003 22 years, 8 months 4-2 (4) | Sen Nakadai | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Flying armbar | |
5 | Jan 26, 2003 22 years, 7 months 3-2 (3) | Nobuhiro Tsurumaki | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
4 | Dec 8, 2002 22 years, 5 months 2-2 (2) | Dai Moriyama | DEEP | WL | 2 | UD | LOSS |
3 | Dec 8, 2002 22 years, 5 months 2-1 (2) | Hitoyo Kimura | DEEP | WL | 2 | SUB | WIN Armbar |
2 | Oct 13, 2002 22 years, 4 months 1-1 (1) | Yuji Hisamatsu | WL | 2 | UD | LOSS | |
1  | Jul 20, 2002 22 years, 1 months 1-0 (1) | 31 years, 9 months 14-30 (13) | Pride | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar |
