Kuniyoshi Hironaka (23-9, 15) was born in Yamaguchi, Japan on June 17, 1976. At the age of 25 years on October 23, 2001, he made his professional MMA debut against Takayuki Okochi, winning the fight via 2-round unanimous decision.
On October 14, 2006, 30-year old Kuniyoshi Hironaka made his UFC debut on his 13th professional MMA fight at UFC 64: Unstoppable against a 28-year old Jon Fitch but lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Hironaka's last fight was a 2nd-round submission win against Dong Hyun Ma at age 38 on October 4, 2014. He retired with a 1-fight winning streak.
He has fought four times in the UFC, and has a record of 1 win and 3 losses in the promotion.
Some of Kuniyoshi Hironaka's best fights have been against Kotetsu Boku, Dong Hyun Ma, Forrest Petz, Takuya Wada, Katsuhiko Nagata, Renato Verissimo and Carlo Prater.
Hironaka has 9 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
32  | Oct 4, 2014 38 years, 3 months 23-9 (15) | 26 years 11-5-3 (9) | LT | 2 | SUB | WIN Arm-triangle choke | |
31 | Mar 30, 2014 37 years, 9 months 22-9 (14) | Isao Kobayashi | Pancrase | LT | 3 | TKO | LOSS Punch and soccer kick |
30 | Sep 29, 2013 37 years, 3 months 22-8 (14) | Yoshihiro Koyama | LT | 4 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
29  | Dec 24, 2012 36 years, 6 months 21-8 (13) | 31 years, 5 months 30-12-1 (17) | LT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
28 | May 18, 2012 35 years, 11 months 20-8 (13) | Giovani Diniz | LT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches Defended Shooto World lightweight title | |
27  | Jul 18, 2011 35 years, 1 months 19-8 (12) | 34 years, 1 months 18-6-2 (6) | LT | 3 | UD | WIN Won Shooto World lightweight title | |
26  | Apr 29, 2011 34 years, 10 months 18-8 (12) | 34 years, 1 months 11-3-1 (5) | LT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
25 | Nov 21, 2010 34 years, 5 months 17-8 (12) | Kiyonobu Nishikata | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
24  | Oct 3, 2010 34 years, 3 months 16-8 (11) | 30 years, 7 months 26-10-9 (14) | Pancrase | LT | 2 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke |
23  | Mar 22, 2010 33 years, 9 months 16-7 (11) | 28 years, 4 months 12-2-2 (8) | Dream | LT | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch |
22 | Oct 25, 2009 33 years, 4 months 16-6 (11) | Won Sik Park | Dream | LT | 1 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage |
21 | Sep 12, 2009 33 years, 2 months 15-6 (10) | Yoshihiro Koyama | LT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
20  | Jun 27, 2009 33 years 14-6 (9) | 35 years, 7 months 4-5-1 (1) | LT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
19  | May 24, 2009 32 years, 11 months 13-6 (8) | 27 years, 5 months 18-8-6 (14) | LT | 2 | SUB | WIN Reverse full-nelson | |
18  | Sep 23, 2008 32 years, 3 months 12-6 (7) | 33 years 32-8-2 (19) | Dream | 2 | UD | LOSS | |
17 | Jul 21, 2008 32 years, 1 months 12-5 (7) | Motoki Miyazawa | Dream | 1 | TKO | WIN Cut | |
16  | Apr 19, 2008 31 years, 10 months 11-5 (6) | 28 years, 9 months 21-9 (18) | UFC | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches | |
15  | Sep 19, 2007 31 years, 3 months 11-4 (6) | 23 years, 11 months 12-5 (8) | UFC | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punch and knee | |
14  | Apr 5, 2007 30 years, 9 months 11-3 (6) | 31 years, 6 months 15-3 (12) | UFC | 3 | UD | WIN | |
13  | Oct 14, 2006 30 years, 3 months 10-3 (6) | 28 years, 7 months 14-2 (9) | UFC | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
12  | Apr 21, 2006 29 years, 10 months 10-2 (6) | 32 years, 8 months 5-3 (4) | 2 | TKO | WIN Strikes | ||
11  | Feb 4, 2006 29 years, 7 months 9-2 (5) | 28 years, 7 months 13-5-1 (11) | 2 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
10  | Dec 11, 2005 29 years, 5 months 8-2 (4) | 27 years, 9 months 12-5-7 (4) | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | ||
9  | Nov 6, 2005 29 years, 4 months 7-2 (3) | 22 years, 5 months 5-2 (4) | 1 | TKO | LOSS Cut | ||
8 | Nov 20, 2004 28 years, 5 months 7-1 (3) | Ramunas Komas | 2 | UD | WIN | ||
7 | May 9, 2003 26 years, 10 months 6-1 (3) | Mark Moreno | 1 | SUB | WIN Neck crank | ||
6  | Dec 14, 2002 26 years, 5 months 5-1 (2) | 19 years, 4 months 5-1 (4) | 3 | SD | WIN | ||
5 | Nov 15, 2002 26 years, 4 months 4-1 (2) | Yasuyuki Tokuoka | 2 | UD | WIN | ||
4 | Aug 27, 2002 26 years, 2 months 3-1 (2) | Yuji Kusu | 2 | TKO | WIN Swollen eye | ||
3 | May 28, 2002 25 years, 11 months 2-1 (1) | Hirofumi Hara | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | ||
2 | Mar 13, 2002 25 years, 8 months 2-0 (1) | Toru Nakayama | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | ||
1  | Oct 23, 2001 25 years, 4 months 1-0 (0) | 27 years, 2 months 3-3-1 (0) | 2 | UD | WIN |
