Shunichi Shimizu (37-29-12, 25) was born in Tokyo, Japan on January 31, 1985. At the age of 20 years on July 24, 2005, he made his professional MMA debut against Tomoya Miyashita, losing the fight via 2-round draw.
On January 4, 2014, 28-year old Shunichi Shimizu made his UFC debut on his 42nd professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs. Lim against a 26-year old Kang Kyung-ho but lost the fight via submission in the 3rd round.
Shimizu's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision loss to Justin van Heerden at age 40 on May 31, 2025. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
He has fought once in the UFC, and has a record of 1 loss in the promotion.
Some of Shunichi Shimizu's best fights have been against Masahiro Oishi, Yuta Numakura, Yuki Baba, Toshihiro Komiya, Hiroaki Ijima and Daiki Gojima.
Shimizu has 29 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
80 | May 31, 2025 40 years, 4 months 37-29-12 (25) | Justin van Heerden | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
79 | Apr 27, 2025 40 years, 2 months 37-28-12 (25) | Tomoya Omura | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Hammerlock | |
78 | Jan 19, 2025 39 years, 11 months 36-28-12 (24) | Reo Hitomi | BT | 3 | UD | DRAW Unanimous | |
77 | Nov 9, 2024 39 years, 9 months 36-28-11 (24) | Gexi Pengchu | FT | 3 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
76 | Oct 14, 2024 39 years, 8 months 35-28-11 (23) | Daisuke Matsumoto | FT | 2 | UD | DRAW Unanimous | |
75 | Jul 6, 2024 39 years, 5 months 35-28-10 (23) | Quàng Văn Minh | FT | 2 | DQ | WIN Knee to groin | |
74 | Dec 8, 2023 38 years, 10 months 34-28-10 (23) | Song Young-jae | FT | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches For AFC featherweight title Interim | |
73 | Nov 5, 2023 38 years, 9 months 34-27-10 (23) | Major Overall | FT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
72 | Oct 13, 2023 38 years, 8 months 33-27-10 (23) | Lee Hae-won | BT | 2 | UD | DRAW Time limit | |
71 | Jun 17, 2023 38 years, 4 months 33-27-9 (23) | Kim Min-woo | FT | 3 | SD | LOSS | |
70 | Dec 30, 2022 37 years, 10 months 33-26-9 (23) | Yoo Joo-sang | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
69 | Apr 30, 2022 37 years, 3 months 33-25-9 (23) | Jun Doi | BT | 2 | SD | WIN | |
68 | Apr 4, 2021 36 years, 2 months 32-25-9 (23) | Seiji Akao | DEEP | BT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
67 | Feb 7, 2021 36 years 32-24-9 (23) | Takeya Takemoto | BT | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
66 | May 17, 2020 35 years, 3 months 32-23-9 (23) | Takuya Ishibashi | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Leg scissor choke | |
65  | Feb 23, 2020 35 years 31-23-9 (22) | 51 years, 2 months 29-20-9 (22) | FT | 2 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
64 | Oct 22, 2019 34 years, 8 months 30-23-9 (21) | Kosuke Terashima | DEEP | FT | 2 | UD | LOSS |
63  | Sep 6, 2019 34 years, 7 months 30-22-9 (21) | 33 years, 11 months 13-3 (12) | FT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
62 | Apr 27, 2019 34 years, 2 months 29-22-9 (21) | Mark Striegl | FT | 2 | NC | NC Accidental groin strike | |
61 | Mar 2, 2019 34 years, 1 months 29-22-9 (21) | Takeshi Kasugai | BT | 1 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke | |
60 | Jul 1, 2018 33 years, 5 months 29-21-9 (21) | Takuya Ogura | BT | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
59 | May 20, 2018 33 years, 3 months 29-20-9 (21) | Taiyo Hayashi | Pancrase | BT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
58 | Nov 25, 2017 32 years, 9 months 29-19-9 (21) | Go Kashiwazaki | BT | 2 | UD | LOSS | |
57 | Oct 8, 2017 32 years, 8 months 29-18-9 (21) | Daiki Gojima | Pancrase | BT | 3 | SD | WIN |
56 | Apr 7, 2017 32 years, 2 months 28-18-9 (21) | Zhang Nanyan | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | |
55 | Feb 18, 2017 32 years 27-18-9 (20) | Mikael Silander | BT | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
54 | Dec 10, 2016 31 years, 10 months 27-17-9 (20) | Kim Soo-chul | BT | 2 | SUB | LOSS Armbar | |
53 | Oct 2, 2016 31 years, 8 months 27-16-9 (20) | Alan Yoshihiro Yamaniha | Pancrase | BT | 3 | SD | LOSS |
52 | Apr 30, 2016 31 years, 3 months 27-15-9 (20) | Amurijirigala | BT | 2 | UD | LOSS | |
51 | Mar 13, 2016 31 years, 1 months 27-14-9 (20) | Tadahiro Harada | Pancrase | BT | 2 | SUB | LOSS Armbar |
50 | Jan 1, 2016 30 years, 11 months 27-13-9 (20) | Xian Ji | FT | 2 | TKO | LOSS Spinning back kick and punches | |
49 | Dec 20, 2015 30 years, 10 months 27-12-9 (20) | Yasutaka Koga | Pancrase | BT | 3 | SD | LOSS |
48 | Oct 17, 2015 30 years, 8 months 27-11-9 (20) | Rasul Tezekbayev | Pride | BT | 3 | UD | DRAW |
47 | Oct 4, 2015 30 years, 8 months 27-11-8 (20) | Yusuke Ogikubo | Pancrase | FL | 3 | NC | NC Overturned |
46 | May 31, 2015 30 years, 4 months 27-11-8 (20) | Hiroaki Ijima | Pancrase | FL | 3 | SD | WIN |
45 | Feb 1, 2015 30 years 26-11-8 (20) | Toshihiro Komiya | Pancrase | FL | 3 | UD | WIN |
44 | Oct 5, 2014 29 years, 8 months 25-11-8 (20) | Hiroki Yamashita | Pancrase | FL | 2 | KO | LOSS Punch |
43  | Jul 13, 2014 29 years, 5 months 25-10-8 (20) | 27 years 8-4-2 (3) | FL | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
42  | Jan 4, 2014 28 years, 11 months 25-9-8 (20) | 26 years, 3 months 11-7 (10) | UFC | BT | 3 | SUB | LOSS Arm-triangle choke |
41 | May 19, 2013 28 years, 3 months 25-8-8 (20) | Yuki Baba | Pancrase | BT | 3 | SUB | WIN Armbar |
40  | Nov 23, 2012 27 years, 9 months 24-8-8 (19) | 30 years, 2 months 13-6-4 (10) | BT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
39 | Sep 1, 2012 27 years, 7 months 23-8-8 (19) | Yuta Numakura | Pancrase | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke |
38 | Jul 16, 2012 27 years, 5 months 22-8-8 (18) | Toshihiro Shimizu | BT | 2 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
37 | Jun 8, 2012 27 years, 4 months 21-8-8 (17) | Yerzhan Estanov | BT | 2 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | |
36 | Apr 28, 2012 27 years, 2 months 20-8-8 (16) | Motonobu Tezuka | Pancrase | BT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
35 | Mar 17, 2012 27 years, 1 months 20-7-8 (16) | Rob McCrum | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
34 | Jan 22, 2012 26 years, 11 months 19-7-8 (15) | Alan Yoshihiro Yamaniwa | Rings | BT | 3 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke |
33 | Nov 23, 2011 26 years, 9 months 18-7-8 (14) | Kohei Kuraoka | BT | 2 | UD | LOSS | |
32 | Sep 11, 2011 26 years, 7 months 18-6-8 (14) | Yoshitaka Abe | BT | 1 | KO | WIN Head kick | |
31  | Jul 17, 2011 26 years, 5 months 17-6-8 (13) | 25 years, 2 months 6-1-1 (2) | BT | 2 | UD | DRAW Time limit | |
30 | May 22, 2011 26 years, 3 months 17-6-7 (13) | Masayuki Okude | BT | 1 | KO | WIN Head kick | |
29 | Dec 30, 2010 25 years, 10 months 16-6-7 (12) | Manabu Inoue | BT | 2 | UD | WIN | |
28 | Oct 30, 2010 25 years, 8 months 15-6-7 (12) | Wataru Takahashi | BT | 2 | UD | WIN | |
27 | Aug 15, 2010 25 years, 6 months 14-6-7 (12) | Masamitsu Nakamura | BT | 2 | UD | DRAW Time limit | |
26 | Jul 3, 2010 25 years, 5 months 14-6-6 (12) | Shin Katayama | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Kneebar | |
25 | Apr 18, 2010 25 years, 2 months 13-6-6 (11) | Tetsuya Yamada | BT | 3 | UD | DRAW Time limit | |
24 | Feb 20, 2010 25 years 13-6-5 (11) | 27 years, 5 months 7-2-3 (6) | BT | 5 | UD | LOSS | |
23 | Dec 20, 2009 24 years, 10 months 13-5-5 (11) | Yasuo Munakata | BT | 2 | SUB | WIN Kneebar | |
22 | Aug 23, 2009 24 years, 6 months 12-5-5 (10) | Koichiro Matsumoto | DEEP | BT | 2 | UD | LOSS |
21 | Apr 5, 2009 24 years, 2 months 12-4-5 (10) | Isamu Sugiuchi | BT | 2 | UD | DRAW Time limit | |
20 | Jan 25, 2009 23 years, 11 months 12-4-4 (10) | Takeaki Miyakawa | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
19 | Nov 23, 2008 23 years, 9 months 11-4-4 (9) | 26 years, 2 months 4-1-2 (3) | BT | 2 | KO | LOSS Punch | |
18 | Oct 5, 2008 23 years, 8 months 11-3-4 (9) | Tetsuya Nishi | BT | 2 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
17 | Sep 7, 2008 23 years, 7 months 10-3-4 (8) | Kosuke Sakai | BT | 2 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | |
16 | Jun 15, 2008 23 years, 4 months 9-3-4 (7) | Takahiro Ichijo | BT | 2 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | |
15 | May 18, 2008 23 years, 3 months 8-3-4 (6) | Kenichi Ito | BT | 2 | KO | WIN Punch | |
14 | May 4, 2008 23 years, 3 months 7-3-4 (5) | Yoshitaka Abe | BT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
13  | Feb 24, 2008 23 years 6-3-4 (5) | 25 years, 3 months 8-2-5 (7) | BT | 2 | SUB | LOSS Armbar | |
12 | Dec 23, 2007 22 years, 10 months 6-2-4 (5) | Kohei Kuraoka | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Neck scissors | |
11 | Oct 28, 2007 22 years, 8 months 5-2-4 (4) | Masanori Hirata | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | |
10 | Jul 15, 2007 22 years, 5 months 4-2-4 (3) | Emerson Azuma | BT | 2 | SUB | LOSS Triangle choke | |
9 | May 20, 2007 22 years, 3 months 4-1-4 (3) | Kei Tanigawa | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | |
8 | Apr 1, 2007 22 years, 2 months 3-1-4 (2) | Kenichi Ito | BT | 2 | UD | WIN | |
7 | Dec 17, 2006 21 years, 10 months 2-1-4 (2) | Masayuki Iida | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
6 | Oct 1, 2006 21 years, 8 months 1-1-4 (1) | Yasutomo Tanaka | BT | 2 | UD | DRAW Time limit | |
5 | Aug 27, 2006 21 years, 6 months 1-1-3 (1) | Akira Omura | BT | 2 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
4 | Jun 4, 2006 21 years, 4 months 0-1-3 (0) | Tetsuya Nishi | BT | 2 | UD | DRAW Time limit | |
3 | Apr 23, 2006 21 years, 2 months 0-1-2 (0) | Shin Katayama | BT | 2 | UD | DRAW Time limit | |
2 | Oct 23, 2005 20 years, 8 months 0-1-1 (0) | Tetsuo Uehata | BT | 1 | SUB | LOSS Kneebar | |
1 | Jul 24, 2005 20 years, 5 months 0-0-1 (0) | Tomoya Miyashita | BT | 2 | UD | DRAW Time limit |
