Dong Hyun Kim (22-4-1, 11) was born in Suwon, South Korea on November 17, 1981. At the age of 22 years on April 10, 2004, he made his professional MMA debut against Young-Ahm Noh, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
On May 24, 2008, 26-year old Dong Hyun Kim made his UFC debut on his 11th professional MMA fight at UFC 84 against a 26-year old Jason Tan, winning the fight in the 3rd round via TKO.
Kim's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision loss to Colby Covington at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia at age 35 on June 17, 2017. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought 17 times in the UFC, and has a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 1 no-contest in the promotion.
Some of Dong Hyun Kim's best fights have been against Erick Silva, Jason Tan, T. J. Grant, Joshua Burkman, Dominic Waters, Amir Sadollah and Nate Diaz.
Kim has 4 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
28  | Jun 17, 2017 35 years, 7 months 22-4-1 (11) | 29 years, 3 months 11-1 (7) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
27  | Dec 30, 2016 35 years, 1 months 22-3-1 (11) | 30 years, 3 months 16-5 (6) | UFC | WL | 3 | SD | WIN |
26 | Nov 28, 2015 34 years 21-3-1 (11) | Dominic Waters | UFC | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
25 | May 23, 2015 33 years, 6 months 20-3-1 (10) | Joshua Burkman | UFC | WL | 3 | SUB | WIN Arm-triangle choke |
24  | Aug 23, 2014 32 years, 9 months 19-3-1 (9) | 32 years, 4 months 13-3 (9) | UFC | WL | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
23  | Mar 1, 2014 32 years, 3 months 19-2-1 (9) | 26 years, 8 months 17-1 (9) | TUF | WL | 3 | KO | WIN Spinning elbow |
22  | Oct 9, 2013 31 years, 10 months 18-2-1 (8) | 29 years, 3 months 15-3 (12) | UFC | WL | 2 | KO | WIN Punch |
21  | Mar 3, 2013 31 years, 3 months 17-2-1 (7) | 28 years, 10 months 21-4-1 (17) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
20  | Nov 10, 2012 30 years, 11 months 16-2-1 (7) | 31 years, 9 months 14-4 (9) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
19  | Jul 7, 2012 30 years, 7 months 15-2-1 (7) | 34 years, 8 months 15-4 (9) | UFC | WL | 1 | TKO | LOSS Rib injury |
18  | Dec 30, 2011 30 years, 1 months 15-1-1 (7) | 35 years, 9 months 11-5 (10) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
17  | Jul 2, 2011 29 years, 7 months 14-1-1 (7) | 27 years, 2 months 26-5 (25) | UFC | WL | 1 | KO | LOSS Flying knee and punches |
16  | Jan 1, 2011 29 years, 1 months 14-0-1 (7) | 25 years, 8 months 13-5 (11) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
15  | May 29, 2010 28 years, 6 months 13-0-1 (7) | 29 years, 9 months 3-1 (1) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
14 | Jul 11, 2009 27 years, 7 months 12-0-1 (7) | T. J. Grant | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
13  | Jan 31, 2009 27 years, 2 months 11-0-1 (7) | 26 years, 5 months 18-5 (9) | UFC | WL | 3 | NC | NC Overturned |
12  | Sep 6, 2008 26 years, 9 months 11-0-1 (7) | 27 years, 7 months 8-6 (8) | UFC | WL | 3 | SD | WIN |
11  | May 24, 2008 26 years, 6 months 10-0-1 (7) | 26 years, 5 months 5-2 (3) | UFC | WL | 3 | TKO | WIN Elbows |
10 | Oct 9, 2007 25 years, 10 months 9-0-1 (6) | Hidehiko Hasegawa | DEEP | WL | 3 | UD | DRAW |
9 | Aug 5, 2007 25 years, 8 months 9-0 (6) | Hidehiko Hasegawa | DEEP | WL | 3 | KO | WIN Slam and punches |
8 | Jul 23, 2007 25 years, 8 months 8-0 (5) | Yukiharu Maejima | DEEP | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | |
7 | Feb 16, 2007 25 years, 2 months 7-0 (4) | Hidenobu Koike | DEEP | 2 | KO | WIN Punch | |
6 | Dec 20, 2006 25 years, 1 months 6-0 (3) | Jun Ando | DEEP | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
5 | Oct 10, 2006 24 years, 10 months 5-0 (2) | Kousei Kubota | DEEP | 1 | KO | WIN Knee | |
4 | Aug 4, 2006 24 years, 8 months 4-0 (1) | Tomoyoshi Iwamiya | DEEP | 2 | UD | WIN | |
3 | May 24, 2006 24 years, 6 months 3-0 (1) | Mitsunori Tanimura | DEEP | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
2 | Sep 11, 2004 22 years, 9 months 2-0 (0) | Hyung-Kwang Kim | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
1 | Apr 10, 2004 22 years, 4 months 1-0 (0) | Young-Ahm Noh | 3 | UD | WIN |
