Katsunori Kikuno (24-8-2, 16) was born in Kagoshima, Japan on October 30, 1981. At the age of 24 years on November 23, 2005, he made his professional MMA debut against Junpei Chikano, losing the fight via 1-round draw.
On January 4, 2014, 32-year old Katsunori Kikuno made his UFC debut on his 29th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs. Lim against a 29-year old Quinn Mulhern, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
Kikuno's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO win against Takuya Oyama at DEEP- 76 Impact at age 34 on June 26, 2016. He retired with a 1-fight winning streak.
He has fought five times in the UFC, and has a record of 2 wins and 3 losses in the promotion.
Some of Katsunori Kikuno's best fights have been against Kuniyoshi Hironaka, Sam Sicilia, Jutaro Nakao, Quinn Mulhern, Luiz Andrade I, Seigo Inoue and Daisuke Nakamura. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Katsunori Kikuno".
Kikuno has 8 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Katsunori Kikuno Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
34 | Jun 26, 2016 34 years, 7 months 24-8-2 (16) | Takuya Oyama | DEEP | FT | 2 | TKO | Win Punches |
33  | Sep 27, 2015 33 years, 10 months 23-8-2 (15) | 28 years, 4 months 19-10 (15) | UFC | FT | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches |
32  | Mar 21, 2015 33 years, 4 months 23-7-2 (15) | 30 years, 5 months 15-3 (14) | UFC | FT | 1 | KO | Loss Punch |
31  | Sep 20, 2014 32 years, 10 months 23-6-2 (15) | 28 years, 7 months 13-4 (11) | UFC | FT | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
30  | May 24, 2014 32 years, 6 months 22-6-2 (14) | 30 years, 3 months 14-3 (12) | UFC | LT | 1 | KO | Loss Punch |
29  | Jan 4, 2014 32 years, 2 months 22-5-2 (14) | 29 years, 3 months 18-3 (14) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Win |
28 | Aug 25, 2013 31 years, 9 months 21-5-2 (14) | Yong Jae Lee | DEEP | LT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
27  | Jun 15, 2013 31 years, 7 months 20-5-2 (13) | 42 years, 6 months 24-17-4 (18) | DEEP | LT | 1 | KO | Win Punch |
26 | Mar 9, 2013 31 years, 4 months 19-5-2 (12) | Takafumi Ito | LT | 1 | KO | Win Palm strike | |
25 | Dec 8, 2012 31 years, 1 months 18-5-2 (11) | Luiz Andrade I | DEEP | LT | 1 | KO | Win Punch |
24 | Oct 19, 2012 30 years, 11 months 17-5-2 (10) | Yasuaki Kishimoto | DEEP | LT | 3 | UD | Win |
23  | Jun 15, 2012 30 years, 7 months 16-5-2 (10) | 32 years, 4 months 29-11-9 (15) | DEEP | LT | 3 | UD | Loss |
22 | Oct 29, 2011 29 years, 11 months 16-4-2 (10) | Kwang Hee Lee | DEEP | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
21  | Aug 26, 2011 29 years, 9 months 15-4-2 (9) | 30 years, 3 months 12-4-1 (8) | DEEP | LT | 3 | UD | Loss Lost DEEP lightweight titlebroken anchor |
20  | May 29, 2011 29 years, 6 months 15-3-2 (9) | 30 years, 11 months 23-12 (18) | Dream | LT | 3 | UD | Win |
19 | Oct 24, 2010 28 years, 11 months 14-3-2 (9) | Nobuhiro Obiya | DEEP | LT | 3 | SD | Win Defended DEEP lightweight titlebroken anchor |
18  | Jul 10, 2010 28 years, 8 months 13-3-2 (9) | 27 years 14-3-1 (12) | Dream | LT | 2 | SD | Loss |
17  | Mar 22, 2010 28 years, 4 months 13-2-2 (9) | 33 years, 9 months 16-6 (11) | Dream | LT | 1 | KO | Win Punch |
16  | Oct 26, 2009 27 years, 11 months 12-2-2 (8) | 25 years, 9 months 18-2 (16) | Dream | LT | 2 | SUB | Loss Arm-triangle choke |
15 | Jul 20, 2009 27 years, 8 months 12-1-2 (8) | Andre Amade | Dream | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
14 | Apr 16, 2009 27 years, 5 months 11-1-2 (7) | Koichiro Matsumoto | DEEP | LT | 1 | KO | Win Punch |
13 | Feb 20, 2009 27 years, 3 months 10-1-2 (6) | Jung Bu-Kyung | DEEP | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Body kick and soccer kicks |
12 | Dec 10, 2008 27 years, 1 months 9-1-2 (5) | Jang Yong Kim | DEEP | LT | 2 | UD | Win |
11 | Aug 17, 2008 26 years, 9 months 8-1-2 (5) | Yoshihiro Tomioka | DEEP | LT | 2 | TKO | Win Punches |
10 | May 19, 2008 26 years, 6 months 7-1-2 (4) | Seigo Inoue | DEEP | LT | 2 | UD | Win |
9 | Apr 13, 2007 25 years, 5 months 6-1-2 (4) | Takuhiro Kamikozono | DEEP | LT | 2 | MD | Win |
8 | Dec 20, 2006 25 years, 1 months 5-1-2 (4) | Hiroki Nagaoka | DEEP | LT | 2 | MD | Win |
7 | Oct 10, 2006 24 years, 11 months 4-1-2 (4) | Yutaka Kobayashi | DEEP | LT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
6 | Jul 8, 2006 24 years, 8 months 3-1-2 (3) | Luiz Andrade I | DEEP | LT | 2 | UD | Draw |
5 | Jun 4, 2006 24 years, 7 months 3-1-1 (3) | Ichiro Kojima | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
4  | Feb 5, 2006 24 years, 3 months 2-1-1 (2) | 24 years, 8 months 0-0-2 (0) | DEEP | LT | 2 | UD | Loss |
3 | Dec 25, 2005 24 years, 1 months 2-0-1 (2) | Masashi Takeda | DEEP | LT | 1 | KO | Win Punch |
2 | Dec 25, 2005 24 years, 1 months 1-0-1 (1) | Hitoki Tsuti | DEEP | 1 | TKO | Win Doctor stoppage | |
1 | Nov 23, 2005 24 years 0-0-1 (0) | Junpei Chikano | 1 | UD | Draw |
