Lim Hyun-gyu (14-7-1, 12) was born in Seoul, South Korea on January 16, 1985. At the age of 21 years on February 11, 2006, he made his professional MMA debut against Seong-Yeol Ahn, winning the fight via 2-round unanimous decision.
On March 3, 2013, 28-year old Lim Hyun-gyu made his UFC debut on his 15th professional MMA fight at UFC on Fuel TV: Silva vs. Stann against Marcelo Guimarães, winning the fight in the 2nd round via KO.
Hyun-gyu's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision win against Igor Svirid at age 33 on November 18, 2018. He retired with a 1-fight winning streak.
He has fought seven times in the UFC, and has a record of 3 wins and 4 losses in the promotion.
Some of Lim Hyun-gyu's best fights have been against Takenori Sato, Pascal Krauss, Marcelo Guimarães, Brandon Magana, Ferrid Kheder, Lucio Linhares and Noboru Onishi. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Lim Hyun-gyu".
Hyun-gyu has 7 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Lim Hyun-gyu Losses".
# | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
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22 | Nov 18, 2018 33 years, 10 months 14-7-1 (12) | Igor Svirid | MD | 3 | UD | Win | |
21 | Sep 23, 2017 32 years, 8 months 13-7-1 (12) | Daichi Abe | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | Loss |
Aug 20, 2016 31 years, 7 months 13-6-1 (12) | 24 years, 11 months 7-0 (7) | UFC | WL | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches | |
May 16, 2015 30 years, 4 months 13-5-1 (12) | 27 years, 9 months 14-3 (7) | UFC | WL | 2 | TKO | Loss Punches | |
18 | Sep 20, 2014 29 years, 8 months 13-4-1 (12) | Takenori Sato | UFC | WL | 1 | TKO | Win Elbows |
17 | Jan 4, 2014 28 years, 11 months 12-4-1 (11) | Tarec Saffiedine | UFC | WL | 5 | UD | Loss |
16 | Aug 31, 2013 28 years, 7 months 12-3-1 (11) | Pascal Krauss | UFC | WL | 1 | KO | Win Knee and punches |
15 | Mar 3, 2013 28 years, 1 months 11-3-1 (10) | Marcelo Guimarães | UFC | WL | 2 | KO | Win Knee and punches |
14 | Jul 28, 2012 27 years, 6 months 10-3-1 (9) | Ryan Biglar | WL | 1 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke | |
13 | Mar 3, 2012 27 years, 1 months 9-3-1 (8) | Takahiro Kawanaka | MD | 1 | TKO | Win Corner stoppage | |
Oct 29, 2011 26 years, 9 months 8-3-1 (7) | 36 years, 7 months 21-8 (18) | MD | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | ||
11 | Aug 20, 2011 26 years, 7 months 7-3-1 (6) | Ross Ebanez | MD | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
10 | Feb 12, 2010 25 years 6-3-1 (5) | Slade Adelbai | MD | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
9 | Feb 21, 2009 24 years, 1 months 5-3-1 (4) | Dmitry Samoilov | M-1 | MD | 2 | UD | Loss |
8 | Dec 14, 2008 23 years, 10 months 5-2-1 (4) | Max Fernandez | MD | 1 | SUB | Loss Achilles lock | |
7 | Aug 29, 2008 23 years, 7 months 5-1-1 (4) | Brandon Magana | M-1 | MD | 2 | SUB | Win Armbar |
6 | May 19, 2008 23 years, 4 months 4-1-1 (3) | Noboru Onishi | DEEP | MD | 2 | TKO | Win Doctor stoppage |
5 | Apr 3, 2008 23 years, 2 months 3-1-1 (2) | Lucio Linhares | M-1 | MD | 1 | KO | Win Punch |
4 | Mar 30, 2008 23 years, 2 months 2-1-1 (1) | Hiroshi Masabuchi | WL | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
3 | Feb 3, 2007 22 years 1-1-1 (0) | Greg Soto | WL | 1 | SUB | Loss Armbar | |
2 | Aug 19, 2006 21 years, 7 months 1-0-1 (0) | Jick-Yong Kim | MD | 3 | UD | Draw | |
1 | Feb 11, 2006 21 years 1-0 (0) | Seong-Yeol Ahn | MD | 2 | UD | Win |