Keita Nakamura (36-12-2, 23) was born in Tokyo, Japan on May 22, 1984. At the age of 19 years on October 12, 2003, he made his professional MMA debut against Tomohito Tanizaki, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On December 13, 2006, 22-year old Keita Nakamura made his UFC debut on his 18th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs. Riggs against a 29-year old Brock Larson but lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Nakamura's last fight was a 1st-round TKO loss to Roberto de Souza at Rizin Landmark 9 at age 39 on March 23, 2024. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
He has fought 11 times in the UFC, and has a record of 4 wins and 7 losses in the promotion.
Some of Keita Nakamura's best fights have been against Keiichiro Yamamiya, Kyle Noke, Nobutatsu Suzuki, Kiichi Kunimoto, Salim Touahri, Alex Morono and Li Jingliang.
Nakamura has 12 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51  | Mar 23, 2024 39 years, 10 months 36-12-2 (23) | 34 years, 6 months 15-3 (14) | Rizin | WL | 1 | TKO | LOSS Corner stoppage |
50  | Apr 1, 2023 38 years, 10 months 36-11-2 (23) | 41 years, 11 months 20-9-2 (10) | Rizin | WL | 2 | KO | WIN Punches and soccer kick |
49  | Dec 29, 2019 35 years, 7 months 35-11-2 (22) | 33 years, 3 months 21-7 (11) | Bellator | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
48 | Oct 12, 2019 35 years, 4 months 35-10-2 (22) | Marcos de Souza | Rizin | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
47  | Apr 20, 2019 34 years, 10 months 34-10-2 (21) | 34 years, 7 months 14-3 (10) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
46 | Dec 2, 2018 34 years, 6 months 34-9-2 (21) | Salim Touahri | UFC | WL | 3 | SD | WIN |
45  | Apr 21, 2018 33 years, 10 months 33-9-2 (21) | 28 years, 4 months 12-4 (7) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
44  | Sep 23, 2017 33 years, 4 months 33-8-2 (21) | 27 years, 1 months 13-3 (9) | UFC | WL | 3 | SD | WIN |
43  | Oct 1, 2016 32 years, 4 months 32-8-2 (21) | 29 years, 10 months 15-5 (14) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
42  | Jul 13, 2016 32 years, 1 months 32-7-2 (21) | 36 years, 3 months 22-8-1 (16) | UFC | WL | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
41  | Feb 27, 2016 31 years, 9 months 31-7-2 (20) | 24 years, 5 months 9-0 (9) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
40  | Sep 27, 2015 31 years, 4 months 31-6-2 (20) | 27 years, 6 months 10-3 (6) | UFC | WL | 3 | CKO | WIN Rear-naked choke |
39 | Jul 20, 2015 31 years, 1 months 30-6-2 (20) | Yuta Watanabe | DEEP | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke Won DEEP welterweight title |
38 | Feb 28, 2015 30 years, 9 months 29-6-2 (19) | Yoshiyuki Katahira | DEEP | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
37 | Oct 26, 2014 30 years, 5 months 28-6-2 (18) | Yuki Okano | DEEP | WL | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
36  | Jun 22, 2014 30 years, 1 months 27-6-2 (17) | 41 years, 11 months 45-32-10 (14) | DEEP | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
35  | Feb 28, 2014 29 years, 9 months 26-6-2 (16) | 24 years, 9 months 13-2 (12) | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
34 | Dec 22, 2013 29 years, 7 months 26-5-2 (16) | Kwang Hee Lee | DEEP | LT | 2 | NC | NC Nakamura missed weight |
33 | Jul 27, 2013 29 years, 2 months 26-5-2 (16) | Kota Shimoishi | LT | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
32  | Dec 24, 2012 28 years, 7 months 25-5-2 (15) | 35 years, 3 months 9-0-2 (9) | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
31  | May 18, 2012 27 years, 11 months 24-5-2 (14) | 35 years, 8 months 23-19-1 (16) | WL | 3 | UD | WIN | |
30 | Mar 30, 2012 27 years, 10 months 23-5-2 (14) | Hoon Kim | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Broken hand | |
29 | Jan 8, 2012 27 years, 7 months 22-5-2 (13) | Yoichiro Sato | WL | 3 | MD | WIN | |
28  | Sep 23, 2011 27 years, 4 months 21-5-2 (13) | 31 years, 5 months 11-5-6 (8) | WL | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke | |
27  | Dec 30, 2010 26 years, 7 months 21-4-2 (13) | 27 years 6-1 (3) | WL | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
26  | Oct 30, 2010 26 years, 5 months 20-4-2 (12) | 32 years, 8 months 20-8-10 (6) | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Punches | |
25  | Jun 20, 2010 26 years 19-4-2 (11) | 30 years, 7 months 6-2 (4) | WL | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
24 | Jun 27, 2009 25 years, 1 months 18-4-2 (10) | Tomoyoshi Iwamiya | WL | 3 | MD | WIN | |
23 | Nov 8, 2008 24 years, 5 months 17-4-2 (10) | Jang Yong Kim | LT | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | |
22  | Sep 23, 2008 24 years, 4 months 17-3-2 (10) | 26 years, 3 months 11-3 (7) | Dream | LT | 2 | SD | WIN |
21  | Feb 2, 2008 23 years, 8 months 16-3-2 (10) | 26 years, 6 months 7-6 (4) | UFC | LT | 3 | SD | LOSS |
20 | Nov 11, 2007 23 years, 5 months 16-2-2 (10) | Takefumi Hanai | MD | 1 | TKO | WIN Knees | |
19  | Apr 5, 2007 22 years, 10 months 15-2-2 (9) | 27 years, 3 months 29-5 (22) | UFC | MD | 3 | UD | LOSS |
18  | Dec 13, 2006 22 years, 6 months 15-1-2 (9) | 29 years, 3 months 21-1 (20) | UFC | MD | 3 | UD | LOSS |
17 | Sep 9, 2006 22 years, 3 months 15-0-2 (9) | Djalili Salmanov | MD | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
16  | Jul 21, 2006 22 years, 1 months 14-0-2 (8) | 35 years, 10 months 22-17-2 (16) | MD | 1 | CKO | WIN Rear-naked choke Won Shooto Pacific Rim | |
15 | Apr 29, 2006 21 years, 11 months 13-0-2 (8) | Jun Yong Jae | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
14  | Dec 17, 2005 21 years, 6 months 12-0-2 (7) | 31 years, 7 months 1-1 (0) | 2 | MD | WIN | ||
13 | Nov 6, 2005 21 years, 5 months 11-0-2 (7) | Katsuaki Niioka | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
12 | Sep 17, 2005 21 years, 3 months 10-0-2 (6) | Mohamed Khacha | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
11 | Aug 28, 2005 21 years, 3 months 9-0-2 (5) | Taro Minato | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
10 | Jun 3, 2005 21 years 8-0-2 (4) | Jun Kitagawa | 2 | UD | WIN | ||
9 | Feb 6, 2005 20 years, 8 months 7-0-2 (4) | Kentaro Maeda | 2 | UD | WIN | ||
8 | Nov 14, 2004 20 years, 5 months 6-0-2 (4) | Atsushi Inoue | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
7 | Sep 19, 2004 20 years, 3 months 5-0-2 (3) | Kazunori Yokata | 2 | UD | DRAW | ||
6 | Jul 16, 2004 20 years, 1 months 5-0-1 (3) | Keisuke Sakai | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
5 | May 21, 2004 19 years, 11 months 4-0-1 (2) | Ichiro Kanai | 2 | UD | WIN | ||
4  | Apr 8, 2004 19 years, 10 months 3-0-1 (2) | 23 years, 9 months 6-4 (6) | 2 | UD | WIN | ||
3 | Dec 27, 2003 19 years, 7 months 2-0-1 (2) | Ichiro Kanai | 2 | UD | DRAW | ||
2 | Dec 13, 2003 19 years, 6 months 2-0 (2) | Kenta Omori | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | ||
1 | Oct 12, 2003 19 years, 4 months 1-0 (1) | Tomohito Tanizaki | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
