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, Carlos Valeri, Akihiro Gono, Suguru Nii and Jung Bu-kyung. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Daisuke Nakamura".
Nakamura has 28 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Daisuke Nakamura Losses".
| # | 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 month 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 |
