Tatsuya Kawajiri (37-14-2, 20) was born in Inashiki District, Ibaraki, Japan on May 8, 1978. At the age of 21 years on April 12, 2000, he made his professional MMA debut against Takumi Nakayama, losing the fight via 1st-round submission.
On January 4, 2014, 35-year old Tatsuya Kawajiri made his UFC debut on his 42nd professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs. Lim against a 24-year old Sean Soriano, winning the fight in the 2nd round via choke-out.
Kawajiri's last fight was a 1st-round KO loss to Patricky Freire at Rizin 19 at age 41 on October 12, 2019. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought five times in the UFC, and has a record of 2 wins and 3 losses in the promotion.
Some of Tatsuya Kawajiri's best fights have been against Vítor Ribeiro, Joachim Hansen, Chris Brennan, Drew Fickett, Charles Bennett, Takumi Nakayama and Jani Lax.
Kawajiri has 14 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
53 | Oct 12, 2019 41 years, 5 months 37-14-2 (20) | Patricky Freire | Rizin | LT | 1 | KO | LOSS Flying knee and punches |
52 | Jul 28, 2019 41 years, 2 months 37-13-2 (20) | Ali Abdulkhalikov | Rizin | LT | 3 | UD | WIN |
51  | Dec 31, 2018 40 years, 7 months 36-13-2 (20) | 38 years, 10 months 41-18-9 (18) | Rizin | LT | 3 | SD | LOSS |
50 | Oct 15, 2017 39 years, 5 months 36-12-2 (20) | Gabriel Oliveira | Rizin | FT | 2 | KO | LOSS Knee |
49  | Apr 16, 2017 38 years, 11 months 36-11-2 (20) | 30 years, 11 months 13-3 (10) | Rizin | FT | 2 | UD | WIN |
48 | Dec 31, 2016 38 years, 7 months 35-11-2 (20) | Kron Gracie | Rizin | FT | 2 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
47  | Aug 6, 2016 38 years, 2 months 35-10-2 (20) | 32 years, 9 months 22-7 (15) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
46  | Feb 21, 2016 37 years, 9 months 35-9-2 (20) | 29 years, 2 months 14-5 (7) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
45  | Dec 11, 2015 37 years, 7 months 35-8-2 (20) | 23 years, 4 months 16-1 (14) | TUF | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
44  | Jun 20, 2015 37 years, 1 months 34-8-2 (20) | 36 years, 5 months 22-10 (14) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
43  | Apr 11, 2014 35 years, 11 months 33-8-2 (20) | 32 years, 4 months 30-14 (19) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
42  | Jan 4, 2014 35 years, 7 months 33-7-2 (20) | 24 years, 2 months 8-0 (5) | UFC | FT | 2 | CKO | WIN Rear-naked choke |
41  | Dec 31, 2012 34 years, 7 months 32-7-2 (20) | 37 years 13-12-1 (6) | DREAM | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
40 | Mar 31, 2012 33 years, 10 months 31-7-2 (20) | Donald Sanchez | ONE | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke |
39  | Dec 31, 2011 33 years, 7 months 30-7-2 (19) | 35 years, 11 months 11-8 (6) | FT | 2 | SUB | WIN Arm-triangle choke | |
38  | Sep 24, 2011 33 years, 4 months 29-7-2 (18) | 32 years, 3 months 22-10-1 (14) | Dream | FT | 3 | SUB | WIN Arm-triangle choke |
37  | Jul 16, 2011 33 years, 2 months 28-7-2 (17) | 31 years, 6 months 41-14 (33) | Dream | LT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
36  | Apr 9, 2011 32 years, 11 months 27-7-2 (16) | 28 years, 11 months 18-2 (11) | Strikeforce | LT | 1 | TKO | LOSS Elbows For Strikeforce lightweight title |
35  | Dec 31, 2010 32 years, 7 months 27-6-2 (16) | 32 years, 3 months 18-3 (13) | Dynamite | LT | 3 | UD | WIN |
34  | Jul 10, 2010 32 years, 2 months 26-6-2 (16) | 27 years, 2 months 23-5 (14) | DREAM | LT | 1 | CKO | LOSS Achilles lock For DREAM lightweight title |
33  | Dec 31, 2009 31 years, 7 months 26-5-2 (16) | 31 years, 8 months 12-2-3 (3) | Dynamite | LT | 3 | UD | WIN |
32 | Oct 6, 2009 31 years, 4 months 25-5-2 (16) | Melchor Manibusan | DREAM | LT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
31  | May 26, 2009 31 years 24-5-2 (15) | 25 years, 10 months 14-2-1 (12) | DREAM | LT | 2 | UD | WIN |
30 | Mar 8, 2009 30 years, 10 months 23-5-2 (15) | Ross Ebañez | DREAM | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
29  | Jul 21, 2008 30 years, 2 months 22-5-2 (14) | 24 years, 6 months 14-1 (12) | Dream | LT | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
28  | May 11, 2008 30 years 22-4-2 (14) | 26 years, 1 months 12-3 (7) | Dream | LT | 2 | UD | WIN |
27 | Mar 15, 2008 29 years, 10 months 21-4-2 (14) | Kultar Gill | Dream | LT | 2 | UD | WIN |
26  | Dec 31, 2007 29 years, 7 months 20-4-2 (14) | 31 years, 6 months 11-6 (8) | WL | 2 | UD | WIN | |
25 | Dec 31, 2006 28 years, 7 months 19-4-2 (14) | 24 years, 8 months 11-0 (8) | Pride | WL | 2 | UD | LOSS |
24  | Oct 14, 2006 28 years, 5 months 19-3-2 (14) | 25 years, 11 months 9-1-1 (7) | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
23  | Aug 26, 2006 28 years, 3 months 18-3-2 (13) | 34 years, 10 months 18-11-1 (17) | Pride | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Knee and punches |
22  | Jun 4, 2006 28 years 17-3-2 (12) | 26 years, 6 months 17-13-2 (14) | Pride | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Kneebar |
21 | Feb 17, 2006 27 years, 9 months 16-3-2 (11) | 26 years, 8 months 13-3-1 (7) | WL | 1 | DQ | WIN Kick to groin Defended Shooto World welterweight title | |
20  | Sep 25, 2005 27 years, 4 months 15-3-2 (11) | 27 years 21-2 (10) | Pride | LT | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
19 | Jul 17, 2005 27 years, 2 months 15-2-2 (11) | 23 years, 3 months 10-2 (6) | Pride | WL | 2 | UD | WIN |
18 | May 22, 2005 27 years 14-2-2 (11) | In Seok Kim | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage | |
17  | Apr 23, 2005 26 years, 11 months 13-2-2 (10) | 27 years, 5 months 7-3 (6) | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
16  | Dec 14, 2004 26 years, 7 months 12-2-2 (9) | 25 years, 9 months 10-0 (5) | WL | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches Won Shooto World welterweight title | |
15 | Sep 26, 2004 26 years, 4 months 11-2-2 (8) | Mindaugas Laurinaitis | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
14  | Mar 22, 2004 25 years, 10 months 10-2-2 (7) | 28 years, 10 months 15-6-3 (8) | FT | 3 | UD | DRAW | |
13 | Dec 14, 2003 25 years, 7 months 10-2-1 (7) | Ryan Bow | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
12  | Aug 10, 2003 25 years, 3 months 9-2-1 (6) | 26 years, 10 months 23-7-1 (20) | FT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
11  | May 30, 2003 25 years 8-2-1 (6) | 29 years, 6 months 9-3-3 (2) | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
10 | Dec 14, 2002 24 years, 7 months 7-2-1 (5) | 23 years, 9 months 5-0 (4) | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
9 | Oct 27, 2002 24 years, 5 months 7-1-1 (5) | Ken Omatsu | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
8 | Jul 19, 2002 24 years, 2 months 6-1-1 (4) | Tsutomu Shiiki | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
7 | May 28, 2002 24 years 5-1-1 (3) | Daisuke Sugie | WL | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
6 | Apr 21, 2002 23 years, 11 months 4-1-1 (2) | Takeshi Yamazaki | FT | 2 | UD | WIN | |
5 | Mar 13, 2002 23 years, 10 months 3-1-1 (2) | Masaya Takita | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN Swollen eye | |
4 | Sep 27, 2001 23 years, 4 months 2-1-1 (1) | Kazumichi Takada | FT | 1 | CKO | WIN Triangle armbar | |
3  | May 22, 2001 23 years 1-1-1 (1) | 28 years, 1 months 3-2-1 (0) | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
2 | Apr 8, 2001 22 years, 11 months 0-1-1 (0) | 28 years 3-2 (0) | LT | 2 | UD | DRAW | |
1 | Apr 12, 2000 21 years, 11 months 0-1 (0) | 26 years, 5 months | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke |
