Shooto Watanabe (26-9-6, 15) was born in Gunma, Japan on February 27, 1989. At the age of 23 years on April 1, 2012, he made his professional MMA debut against Yoshifumi Ishiki, losing the fight via 2-round draw.
Watanabe's last fight was a 1st-round choke-out loss to Kenta Hayashi at Deep 121 Impact at age 35 on September 16, 2024. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
Some of Shooto Watanabe's best fights have been against Shintaro Kubo, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yoichiro Kuranobu, Takumi Tamaru, Nobutaka Naito and Takuma Uchiyama.
Watanabe has 9 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
42 | Sep 16, 2024 35 years, 6 months 26-9-6 (15) | Kenta Hayashi | DEEP | FL | 1 | CKO | LOSS Ninja choke |
41 | Aug 20, 2023 34 years, 5 months 26-8-6 (15) | Takuya Ogura | BT | 3 | MD | WIN | |
40 | May 21, 2023 34 years, 2 months 25-8-6 (15) | Kazuki Aoki | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
39 | Feb 11, 2023 33 years, 11 months 24-8-6 (14) | Rikiya Matsuzawa | DEEP | BT | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
38 | Jul 10, 2022 33 years, 4 months 24-7-6 (14) | Takuma Uchiyama | DEEP | BT | 3 | UD | WIN |
37 | Apr 16, 2022 33 years, 1 months 23-7-6 (14) | Takuma Sudo | Rizin | BT | 3 | SD | LOSS |
36 | Oct 2, 2021 32 years, 7 months 23-6-6 (14) | Nobutaka Naito | Rizin | BT | 1 | CKO | WIN Brabo choke |
35  | Jun 13, 2021 32 years, 3 months 22-6-6 (14) | 27 years, 7 months 16-3 (12) | Rizin | BT | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
34 | Mar 21, 2021 32 years 22-5-6 (14) | Takumi Tamaru | Rizin | FT | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
33 | Dec 27, 2020 31 years, 10 months 21-5-6 (13) | Takashi Terada | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
32  | Aug 9, 2020 31 years, 5 months 20-5-6 (12) | 23 years, 1 months 11-2 (6) | Rizin | BT | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
31 | Nov 24, 2019 30 years, 8 months 20-4-6 (12) | Hiroto Sakuma | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
30 | Sep 8, 2019 30 years, 6 months 19-4-6 (11) | Yoichiro Kuranobu | DEEP | BT | 2 | UD | WIN |
29 | Jun 29, 2019 30 years, 4 months 18-4-6 (11) | Hiroyuki Kobayashi | DEEP | BT | 1 | CKO | WIN Rear-naked choke |
28 | Dec 16, 2018 29 years, 9 months 17-4-6 (11) | Kodai Murata | BT | 2 | UD | WIN | |
27 | Dec 16, 2018 29 years, 9 months 16-4-6 (11) | Takeya Takemoto | BT | 1 | DQ | WIN Illegal upkick | |
26 | Aug 11, 2018 29 years, 5 months 15-4-6 (11) | Great MajingaZ | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
25 | May 6, 2018 29 years, 2 months 14-4-6 (10) | Teppei Suwabe | BT | 2 | UD | WIN | |
24 | Jan 21, 2018 28 years, 10 months 13-4-6 (10) | Takeya Takemoto | BT | 2 | UD | DRAW Split | |
23 | Dec 3, 2017 28 years, 9 months 13-4-5 (10) | Kotaro Kazama | BT | 2 | UD | WIN | |
22 | Aug 13, 2017 28 years, 5 months 12-4-5 (10) | Naritoshi Kakuta | BT | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
21 | May 21, 2017 28 years, 2 months 12-3-5 (10) | Hitoya Sumisojun | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | |
20 | Mar 5, 2017 28 years 11-3-5 (9) | Yutaka Imamura | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
19 | Nov 12, 2016 27 years, 8 months 10-3-5 (8) | Yoshiyuki Sakurazawa | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
18 | Aug 7, 2016 27 years, 5 months 9-3-5 (7) | Go Kashiwazaki | BT | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches | |
17 | Apr 17, 2016 27 years, 1 months 9-2-5 (7) | Yasuhiro Wakabayashi | BT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
16 | Mar 12, 2016 27 years 8-2-5 (6) | Zheng Junfeng | BT | 2 | NC | NC Overturned | |
15 | Nov 22, 2015 26 years, 8 months 8-2-5 (6) | Kohei Kuraoka | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
14 | May 24, 2015 26 years, 2 months 7-2-5 (5) | Atsushi Kato | BT | 3 | UD | DRAW Split | |
13 | Feb 22, 2015 25 years, 11 months 7-2-4 (5) | Shintaro Kubo | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
12 | Aug 31, 2014 25 years, 6 months 6-2-4 (4) | Seio Date | BT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
11 | Jun 29, 2014 25 years, 4 months 5-2-4 (3) | Ryutaro Watanabe | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
10 | Feb 9, 2014 24 years, 11 months 4-2-4 (2) | Go Kashiwazaki | BT | 2 | TKO | LOSS Knee | |
9 | Sep 23, 2013 24 years, 6 months 4-1-4 (2) | Kengo Okubo | BT | 2 | UD | DRAW Time limit | |
8 | Jun 22, 2013 24 years, 3 months 4-1-3 (2) | Shintaro Kubo | BT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
7 | Apr 7, 2013 24 years, 1 months 3-1-3 (2) | Takao Ueda | BT | 2 | UD | DRAW Time limit | |
6 | Feb 11, 2013 23 years, 11 months 3-1-2 (2) | Toshihiro Shimizu | BT | 1 | SUB | LOSS Triangle choke | |
5 | Nov 23, 2012 23 years, 8 months 3-0-2 (2) | Tetsuya Fusano | BT | 2 | UD | DRAW Time limit | |
4 | Sep 17, 2012 23 years, 6 months 3-0-1 (2) | Seiichiro Ito | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
3 | Aug 12, 2012 23 years, 5 months 2-0-1 (1) | Nobuyuki Kanaizuka | BT | 2 | UD | WIN | |
2 | Jul 16, 2012 23 years, 4 months 1-0-1 (1) | Tadayuki Nakamura | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
1 | Apr 1, 2012 23 years, 1 months 0-0-1 (0) | Yoshifumi Ishiki | Pancrase | 2 | UD | DRAW Time limit |
