James Te Huna (16-9, 13) was born in Darfield, New Zealand on September 29, 1981. At the age of 21 years on April 5, 2003, he made his professional MMA debut against Api Hemara, losing the fight via 1st-round submission.
On February 21, 2010, 28-year old James Te Huna made his UFC debut on his 16th professional MMA fight at UFC 110 against a 31-year old Igor Pokrajac, winning the fight in the 3rd round via TKO.
Huna's last fight was a 1st-round KO loss to Steve Bossé at UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir at age 34 on March 20, 2016. He retired on a 4-fight losing streak.
He has fought ten times in the UFC, and has a record of 5 wins and 5 losses in the promotion.
Some of James Te Huna's best fights have been against Ricardo Romero, Aaron Rosa, Igor Pokrajac, Joey Beltran, Ryan Jimmo and Anthony Perosh.
Huna has 9 losses on his MMA record.
# | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
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Mar 20, 2016 34 years, 5 months 16-9 (13) | 34 years, 7 months 10-2 (9) | UFC | MD | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch | |
Jun 28, 2014 32 years, 8 months 16-8 (13) | 35 years, 2 months 32-13-2 (23) | UFC | MD | 1 | SUB | LOSS Armbar | |
Dec 7, 2013 32 years, 2 months 16-7 (13) | 32 years 21-8 (19) | UFC | LHW | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch | |
May 25, 2013 31 years, 7 months 16-6 (13) | 33 years, 6 months 20-2 (16) | UFC | LHW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke | |
Feb 16, 2013 31 years, 4 months 16-5 (13) | 31 years, 2 months 17-1 (9) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN | |
Jul 11, 2012 30 years, 9 months 15-5 (13) | 30 years, 7 months 14-7 (12) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN | |
Mar 3, 2012 30 years, 5 months 14-5 (13) | 28 years, 9 months 17-4 (10) | UFC | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
Sep 24, 2011 29 years, 11 months 13-5 (12) | 33 years, 5 months 11-2 (10) | UFC | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | |
Feb 27, 2011 29 years, 4 months 12-5 (11) | 24 years, 1 months 10-1 (9) | UFC | LHW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke | |
Feb 21, 2010 28 years, 4 months 12-4 (11) | 31 years, 1 months 21-6 (18) | UFC | LHW | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
Aug 21, 2009 27 years, 10 months 11-4 (10) | 36 years, 10 months 9-4 (9) | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | ||
14 | Jul 11, 2009 27 years, 9 months 10-4 (9) | Priscus Fogagnolo | LHW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
13 | May 22, 2009 27 years, 7 months 9-4 (8) | Antony Rea | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
12 | Mar 14, 2009 27 years, 5 months 8-4 (7) | David Gibb | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
11 | May 3, 2008 26 years, 7 months 7-4 (6) | Sam Brown | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN | |
Mar 23, 2007 25 years, 5 months 6-4 (6) | 29 years, 1 months 8-2 (6) | MD | 1 | TKO | LOSS Shoulder injury | ||
9 | Aug 18, 2006 24 years, 10 months 6-3 (6) | Takahiro Oba | MD | 2 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage | |
8 | Feb 10, 2006 24 years, 4 months 5-3 (5) | James Lee | KOTC | LHW | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke For KOTC light-heavyweight title |
7 | Nov 11, 2005 24 years, 1 months 5-2 (5) | Edwin Aguilar | MD | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
6 | Jul 2, 2005 23 years, 9 months 4-2 (4) | Adrian Leatuna | MD | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
5 | Feb 4, 2005 23 years, 4 months 3-2 (3) | Matt Knight | KOTC | MD | 1 | DQ | LOSS Fence grabbing |
4 | Nov 20, 2004 23 years, 1 months 3-1 (3) | Kym Robinson | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
3 | Aug 13, 2004 22 years, 10 months 2-1 (2) | Rocky Huni | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
2 | Jun 5, 2004 22 years, 8 months 1-1 (1) | Matt Knight | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
1 | Apr 5, 2003 21 years, 6 months 0-1 (0) | Api Hemara | 1 | SUB | LOSS Armbar |