Yoshiyuki Yoshida (18-9, 13) was born in Tokyo, Japan on May 10, 1974. At the age of 30 years on February 6, 2005, he made his professional MMA debut against Akihiro Yamazaki, winning the fight via 2-round unanimous decision.
On May 24, 2008, 34-year old Yoshiyuki Yoshida made his UFC debut on his 12th professional MMA fight at UFC 84 against a 26-year old War Machine, winning the fight in the 1st round via choke-out.
Yoshida's last fight was a 3-round split decision loss to Yoshiyuki Katahira at Deep: Cage Impact 2016: Deep vs. WSOF-GC at age 42 on December 17, 2016. 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 Yoshiyuki Yoshida's best fights have been against Brandon Wolff, War Machine, Akira Kikuchi, Luis Santos, Ferrid Kheder, Phil Baroni and Won Sik Park.
Yoshida has 9 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 | Dec 17, 2016 42 years, 7 months 18-9 (13) | Yoshiyuki Katahira | DEEP | WL | 3 | SD | LOSS |
26 | Oct 17, 2015 41 years, 5 months 18-8 (13) | Kimihiro Eto | DEEP | LT | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches |
25 | Apr 29, 2015 40 years, 11 months 17-8 (12) | Kota Shimoishi | DEEP | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
24  | Dec 31, 2014 40 years, 7 months 17-7 (12) | 34 years, 10 months 34-13-9 (15) | DEEP | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
23 | Mar 22, 2014 39 years, 10 months 17-6 (12) | Shigetoshi Iwase | DEEP | LT | 2 | UD | WIN |
22 | Nov 24, 2013 39 years, 6 months 16-6 (12) | Won Sik Park | DEEP | LT | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
21 | Oct 13, 2012 38 years, 5 months 15-6 (11) | Niko Puhakka | WL | 3 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | |
20 | Mar 28, 2012 37 years, 10 months 14-6 (10) | Jeremy Hamilton | WL | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
19  | Sep 3, 2011 37 years, 3 months 13-6 (9) | 35 years, 4 months 14-13 (10) | ONE | WL | 3 | UD | WIN |
18  | Jul 17, 2011 37 years, 2 months 12-6 (9) | 36 years, 4 months 21-6 (18) | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
17  | Sep 30, 2010 36 years, 4 months 11-6 (8) | 28 years 5-0 (5) | Bellator | WL | 2 | TKO | LOSS Corner stoppage |
16  | May 8, 2010 35 years, 11 months 11-5 (8) | 35 years, 7 months 11-3-1 (11) | UFC | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS |
15  | Oct 24, 2009 35 years, 5 months 11-4 (8) | 25 years, 7 months 7-2 (5) | UFC | WL | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
14  | May 23, 2009 35 years 11-3 (8) | 33 years, 7 months 7-4 (3) | UFC | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke |
13  | Dec 10, 2008 34 years, 7 months 10-3 (7) | 31 years 11-3 (6) | UFC | WL | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch |
12  | May 24, 2008 34 years 10-2 (7) | 26 years, 5 months 5-1 (5) | UFC | WL | 1 | CKO | WIN Anaconda choke |
11  | Dec 1, 2007 33 years, 6 months 9-2 (7) | 25 years, 6 months 16-5 (11) | WL | 2 | DQ | WIN Accidental kick to the groin | |
10  | Sep 8, 2007 33 years, 3 months 8-2 (7) | 29 years, 1 months 16-3 (12) | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Elbows | |
9 | May 27, 2007 33 years 7-2 (6) | Matt Cain | WL | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
8 | Mar 17, 2007 32 years, 10 months 6-2 (5) | Katsuya Inoue | WL | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | |
7 | Nov 25, 2006 32 years, 6 months 5-2 (4) | Asato Hashimoto | 1 | TKO | WIN Elbow injury | ||
6 | Sep 9, 2006 32 years, 3 months 4-2 (3) | Hossein Ojaghi | 2 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
5  | Aug 15, 2006 32 years, 3 months 3-2 (2) | 26 years, 7 months 33-2 (26) | 1 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage | ||
4 | Mar 24, 2006 31 years, 10 months 2-2 (1) | Mindaugas Smirnovas | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
3  | Dec 17, 2005 31 years, 7 months 1-2 (0) | 21 years, 6 months 11-0-2 (7) | 2 | MD | LOSS | ||
2 | Jul 14, 2005 31 years, 2 months 1-1 (0) | Yoshitaro Niimi | 2 | MD | LOSS | ||
1 | Feb 6, 2005 30 years, 8 months 1-0 (0) | Akihiro Yamazaki | 2 | UD | WIN |
