Hayato Sakurai (38-13-2, 22) was born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan on August 24, 1975. At the age of 21 years on October 4, 1996, he made his professional MMA debut against Caol Uno, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On March 22, 2002, 26-year old Hayato Sakurai made his UFC debut on his 23rd professional MMA fight at UFC 36 against a 28-year old Matt Hughes but lost the fight via TKO in the 4th round.
Sakurai's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO win against Wataru Sakata at Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: Final Round at age 41 on December 31, 2016. He retired with a 1-fight winning streak.
He has fought once in the UFC, and has a record of 1 loss in the promotion.
Some of Hayato Sakurai's best fights have been against Jens Pulver, Hidetaka Monma, Shinya Aoki, Jutaro Nakao, Dave Menne, Mac Danzig and Wataru Sakata.
Sakurai has 13 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
53  | Dec 31, 2016 41 years, 4 months 38-13-2 (22) | 43 years, 9 months 13-13 (11) | Rizin | WL | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
52 | Sep 29, 2013 38 years, 1 months 37-13-2 (21) | Jae Suk Lim | WL | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | |
51  | Dec 31, 2012 37 years, 4 months 37-12-2 (21) | 36 years, 8 months 15-15 (11) | DREAM | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
50  | Dec 31, 2011 36 years, 4 months 36-12-2 (21) | 35 years, 2 months 20-12 (9) | WL | 3 | UD | WIN | |
49  | Dec 31, 2010 35 years, 4 months 35-12-2 (21) | 29 years, 2 months 11-3 (8) | Dynamite | WL | 3 | SD | LOSS |
48  | May 29, 2010 34 years, 9 months 35-11-2 (21) | 26 years, 9 months 21-7 (18) | DREAM | WL | 1 | SUB | LOSS Armbar |
47  | Dec 31, 2009 34 years, 4 months 35-10-2 (21) | 35 years, 2 months 30-15-7 (14) | Dynamite | WL | 2 | SUB | LOSS Armbar |
46  | Jul 20, 2009 33 years, 10 months 35-9-2 (21) | 28 years, 11 months 11-3 (10) | DREAM | WL | 1 | KO | LOSS Head kick |
45  | Apr 5, 2009 33 years, 7 months 35-8-2 (21) | 25 years, 10 months 20-3 (13) | DREAM | WL | 1 | KO | WIN Knees & punches |
44  | Dec 31, 2008 33 years, 4 months 34-8-2 (20) | 29 years, 1 months 2-5-1 (2) | MD | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
43  | Sep 23, 2008 33 years 33-8-2 (19) | 32 years, 3 months 12-5 (7) | Dream | WL | 2 | UD | WIN |
42  | May 3, 2008 32 years, 8 months 32-8-2 (19) | 35 years, 2 months 16-2 (14) | WL | 1 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke | |
41  | Mar 15, 2008 32 years, 6 months 32-7-2 (19) | 34 years, 4 months 14-7-3 (10) | Dream | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
40 | Dec 31, 2007 32 years, 4 months 31-7-2 (18) | Hidehiko Hasegawa | WL | 3 | UD | WIN | |
39  | Feb 24, 2007 31 years, 6 months 30-7-2 (18) | 27 years, 1 months 16-3-1 (12) | LT | 2 | KO | WIN Punch | |
38 | Aug 26, 2006 31 years 29-7-2 (17) | Luciano Azevedo | Pride | LT | 1 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage |
37 | Jun 4, 2006 30 years, 9 months 28-7-2 (16) | Olaf Alfonso | Pride | LT | 1 | KO | WIN Punch |
36  | Dec 31, 2005 30 years, 4 months 27-7-2 (15) | 27 years, 3 months 23-2 (11) | Pride | LT | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches |
35  | Sep 25, 2005 30 years, 1 months 27-6-2 (15) | 26 years, 3 months 13-2-1 (7) | Pride | LT | 2 | UD | WIN |
34  | Sep 25, 2005 30 years, 1 months 26-6-2 (15) | 30 years, 9 months 19-5-1 (13) | Pride | LT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
33 | Aug 20, 2005 29 years, 11 months 25-6-2 (14) | 22 years, 3 months 5-1 (4) | LT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
32  | May 22, 2005 29 years, 8 months 24-6-2 (14) | 26 years, 7 months 4-2 (3) | Pride | LT | 2 | SD | WIN |
31 | Oct 14, 2004 29 years, 1 months 23-6-2 (14) | Crosley Gracie | MD | 2 | SUB | LOSS Armbar | |
30 | Jul 19, 2004 28 years, 10 months 23-5-2 (14) | Brady Fink | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | |
29  | Feb 15, 2004 28 years, 5 months 22-5-2 (13) | 29 years, 11 months 4-0 (1) | WL | 2 | UD | LOSS | |
28  | Dec 31, 2003 28 years, 4 months 22-4-2 (13) | 25 years, 8 months 5-8-1 (3) | WL | 3 | UD | WIN | |
27 | Sep 15, 2003 28 years 21-4-2 (13) | 26 years, 11 months 4-3 (2) | DEEP | WL | 3 | TKO | LOSS Cut |
26  | Jun 25, 2003 27 years, 10 months 21-3-2 (13) | 28 years, 10 months 34-9-2 (18) | DEEP | WL | 2 | TKO | WIN Cut |
25  | Mar 4, 2003 27 years, 6 months 20-3-2 (12) | 26 years, 10 months 9-5-3 (7) | DEEP | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
24  | Dec 14, 2002 27 years, 3 months 19-3-2 (12) | 23 years, 11 months 7-3 (4) | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
23  | Mar 22, 2002 26 years, 6 months 19-2-2 (12) | 28 years, 5 months 30-3 (24) | UFC | WL | 4 | TKO | LOSS Strikes For UFC welterweight title |
22 | Dec 16, 2001 26 years, 3 months 19-1-2 (12) | Dan Gilbert | MD | 1 | SUB | WIN Heel hook | |
21  | Aug 26, 2001 26 years 18-1-2 (11) | 26 years, 4 months 6-1 (5) | MD | 3 | UD | LOSS Lost Shooto middleweight title | |
20 | Mar 1, 2001 25 years, 6 months 18-0-2 (11) | Jean Louis Alberch | MD | 2 | UD | WIN | |
19  | Dec 17, 2000 25 years, 3 months 17-0-2 (11) | 28 years, 7 months 7-0 (7) | MD | 2 | KO | WIN Knees | |
18  | Aug 4, 2000 24 years, 11 months 16-0-2 (10) | 24 years, 1 months 3-1 (2) | MD | 3 | UD | WIN | |
17 | Mar 17, 2000 24 years, 6 months 15-0-2 (10) | Tetsuji Kato | MD | 3 | SD | WIN Defended Shooto middleweight title | |
16 | Dec 11, 1999 24 years, 3 months 14-0-2 (10) | Haroldo Bunn | MD | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
15 | Jul 16, 1999 23 years, 10 months 13-0-2 (9) | Brad Aird | MD | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
14 | May 29, 1999 23 years, 9 months 12-0-2 (8) | Marcelo Aguiar | MD | 3 | UD | WIN | |
13 | Mar 20, 1999 23 years, 6 months 11-0-2 (8) | Jean Louis Alberch | MD | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
12 | Mar 20, 1999 23 years, 6 months 10-0-2 (7) | Damien Riccio | MD | 1 | UD | WIN | |
11 | Mar 20, 1999 23 years, 6 months 9-0-2 (7) | James Schiavo | MD | 1 | SUB | WIN Toe hold | |
10 | Jan 15, 1999 23 years, 4 months 8-0-2 (6) | Ademir Oliveira | MD | 1 | KO | WIN Flying knee | |
9 | Oct 28, 1998 23 years, 2 months 7-0-2 (5) | Sergei Bytchkov | MD | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
8 | Jul 29, 1998 22 years, 11 months 6-0-2 (4) | Ronny Rivano | MD | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
7  | May 13, 1998 22 years, 8 months 5-0-2 (3) | 27 years, 5 months 5-2-1 (5) | MD | 3 | UD | WIN Won Shooto middleweight title | |
6 | Nov 29, 1997 22 years, 3 months 4-0-2 (3) | Marcelo Aguiar | 3 | UD | DRAW | ||
5  | Oct 12, 1997 22 years, 1 months 4-0-1 (3) | 24 years, 5 months 3-3 (2) | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear naked choke | ||
4 | Aug 27, 1997 22 years 3-0-1 (2) | Ali Elias | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
3 | Jun 25, 1997 21 years, 10 months 2-0-1 (1) | Hiroyuki Kojima | 2 | UD | WIN | ||
2 | Jan 18, 1997 21 years, 4 months 1-0-1 (1) | Takuya Kuwabara | 3 | UD | DRAW | ||
1  | Oct 4, 1996 21 years, 1 months 1-0 (1) | 21 years, 4 months | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar |
