Kana Watanabe (13-4-1, 6) was born in Tokyo, Japan on August 21, 1988. At the age of 29 years on December 2, 2017, she made her professional MMA debut against Hikari Sato, winning the fight via 2nd-round choke-out.
Watanabe's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision loss to Jena Bishop at PFL 2 at age 36 on April 11, 2025. She is on a 2-fight losing streak.
Some of Kana Watanabe's best fights have been against Denise Kielholtz, Alejandra Lara, Shanna Young, Hikari Sato, Shizuka Sugiyama, Yukari Nabe and Asami Nakai. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Kana Watanabe".
Watanabe has 4 losses on her MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Kana Watanabe Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 | Apr 11, 2025 36 years, 7 months 13-4-1 (6) | Jena Bishop | PFL | FL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
17  | Jun 13, 2024 35 years, 9 months 13-3-1 (6) | 40 years, 3 months 21-7 (14) | PFL | FL | 3 | SUB | LOSS Armbar |
16  | Apr 4, 2024 35 years, 7 months 13-2-1 (6) | 33 years, 1 months 9-5 (5) | PFL | FL | 3 | UD | WIN |
15 | Jul 30, 2023 34 years, 11 months 12-2-1 (6) | Veta Arteaga | Bellator | FL | 3 | UD | WIN |
14  | Apr 22, 2023 34 years, 8 months 11-2-1 (6) | 33 years 12-2 (8) | Bellator | FL | 3 | SD | LOSS |
13  | May 13, 2022 33 years, 8 months 11-1-1 (6) | 33 years, 1 months 6-3 (5) | Bellator | FL | 2 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke |
12 | Jun 25, 2021 32 years, 10 months 10-1-1 (5) | 37 years, 4 months 15-7 (9) | Bellator | FL | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
11  | Apr 2, 2021 32 years, 7 months 10-0-1 (5) | 26 years, 7 months 9-3 (6) | Bellator | FL | 3 | SD | WIN |
10 | Dec 29, 2019 31 years, 4 months 9-0-1 (5) | Ilara Joanne | Bellator | FL | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches |
9 | Oct 22, 2019 31 years, 2 months 8-0-1 (4) | Kang Hee-eun | DEEP | FL | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
8 | Apr 21, 2019 30 years, 8 months 7-0-1 (3) | Justyna Haba | Rizin | FL | 3 | UD | WIN |
7 | Mar 8, 2019 30 years, 6 months 6-0-1 (3) | Kang Soo-min | DEEP | FL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
6 | Dec 31, 2018 30 years, 4 months 5-0-1 (2) | Shizuka Sugiyama | Rizin | FL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punch |
5 | Aug 26, 2018 30 years 4-0-1 (1) | Asami Nakai | DEEP | FL | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar |
4 | Jun 9, 2018 29 years, 9 months 3-0-1 (0) | Yukari Nabe | DEEP | FL | 3 | MD | WIN |
3 | Mar 10, 2018 29 years, 6 months 2-0-1 (0) | Yukari Nabe | DEEP | FL | 2 | UD | DRAW Majority |
2 | Dec 29, 2017 29 years, 4 months 2-0 (0) | Shizuka Sugiyama | Rizin | FL | 3 | UD | WIN |
1 | Dec 2, 2017 29 years, 3 months 1-0 (0) | Hikari Sato | DEEP | FL | 2 | CKO | WIN Armbar |
