Yuji Sakuragi (16-24-2, 14) was born in Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan on July 20, 1977. At the age of 23 years on October 29, 2000, he made his professional MMA debut against Eduard Churakov, losing the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
Sakuragi's last fight was a 1st-round TKO loss to Luis Santos at age 38 on March 12, 2016. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
Some of Yuji Sakuragi's best fights have been against Hikaru Sato, Kazuo Takahashi, Ryo Kawamura, Sanae Kikuta, Yuta Nakamura, Minoru Kato and Shungo Oyama. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Yuji Sakuragi".
Sakuragi has 24 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Yuji Sakuragi Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
43 | Mar 12, 2016 38 years, 7 months 16-24-2 (14) | Luis Santos | HW | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches | |
42 | Dec 5, 2015 38 years, 4 months 16-23-2 (14) | Kang Chul Yoon | HW | 2 | TKO | Win Punches | |
41  | Sep 12, 2015 38 years, 1 months 15-23-2 (13) | 27 years, 7 months 1-0 (1) | MD | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches | |
40  | Dec 6, 2014 37 years, 4 months 15-22-2 (13) | 40 years, 7 months 14-18 (11) | Pancrase | MD | 2 | TKO | Win Corner stoppage |
39  | Nov 24, 2013 36 years, 4 months 14-22-2 (12) | 34 years, 4 months 19-11 (6) | DEEP | MD | 3 | SUB | Loss Arm-triangle choke |
38  | Jun 15, 2013 35 years, 10 months 14-21-2 (12) | 41 years, 8 months 23-17-6 (17) | DEEP | MD | 1 | KO | Loss Punch and flying knee |
37  | Dec 22, 2012 35 years, 5 months 14-20-2 (12) | 34 years, 8 months 10-13-2 (4) | DEEP | LHW | 2 | SUB | Loss Guillotine choke |
36  | Oct 27, 2012 35 years, 3 months 14-19-2 (12) | 41 years, 1 month 30-7-3 (20) | LHW | 1 | KO | Win Knee and soccer kick | |
35  | Aug 5, 2012 35 years 13-19-2 (11) | 43 years, 4 months 29-24-3 (18) | Pancrase | LHW | 1 | KO | Win Punch |
34 | Mar 11, 2012 34 years, 7 months 12-19-2 (10) | Shinso Anzai | Pancrase | LHW | 2 | UD | Loss |
33 | Feb 25, 2011 33 years, 7 months 12-18-2 (10) | Kazuhisa Tazawa | DEEP | LHW | 2 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke |
32  | Dec 5, 2010 33 years, 4 months 12-17-2 (10) | 29 years, 5 months 12-6-2 (6) | Pancrase | LHW | 3 | UD | Draw For Pancrase light-heavyweight title |
31 | Oct 16, 2010 33 years, 2 months 12-17-1 (10) | Alexander Grinchuk | HW | 3 | UD | Loss | |
30 | Sep 5, 2010 33 years, 1 months 12-16-1 (10) | 29 years, 2 months 12-5-2 (6) | Pancrase | LHW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
29  | Feb 28, 2010 32 years, 7 months 11-16-1 (9) | 32 years, 8 months 14-2-1 (11) | DEEP | LHW | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches |
28 | Oct 17, 2009 32 years, 2 months 11-15-1 (9) | Alavutdin Gadjiev | LHW | 1 | KO | Win Knee | |
27 | Aug 23, 2009 32 years, 1 months 10-15-1 (8) | Hans Stringer | DEEP | LHW | 2 | TKO | Loss Punches |
26 | Apr 17, 2009 31 years, 8 months 10-14-1 (8) | Minoru Kato | DEEP | LHW | 2 | KO | Win Punch |
25 | Oct 29, 2008 31 years, 3 months 9-14-1 (7) | Rogent Lloret | M-1 | LHW | 2 | UD | Loss |
24  | Aug 29, 2008 31 years, 1 months 9-13-1 (7) | 20 years, 6 months 13-2 (12) | M-1 | LHW | 1 | SUB | Loss Triangle choke |
23 | Jul 17, 2008 30 years, 11 months 9-12-1 (7) | Kamil Uygun | M-1 | LHW | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches |
22 | Apr 3, 2008 30 years, 8 months 9-11-1 (7) | Besiki Gerenava | M-1 | LHW | 2 | TKO | Loss Punches |
21 | Feb 2, 2008 30 years, 6 months 9-10-1 (7) | Kenichi Shinohara | LHW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
20 | Dec 12, 2007 30 years, 4 months 8-10-1 (6) | Hidetada Irie | DEEP | HW | 3 | UD | Draw |
19  | Oct 14, 2007 30 years, 2 months 8-10 (6) | 32 years, 2 months 46-20-6 (30) | Pancrase | HW | 3 | UD | Loss |
18  | Jul 26, 2007 30 years 8-9 (6) | 34 years, 11 months 8-12-1 (6) | DEEP | HW | 2 | MD | Loss |
17 | May 26, 2007 29 years, 10 months 8-8 (6) | Basil Yamilkhanov | HW | 1 | TKO | Loss Doctor stoppage | |
16 | May 26, 2007 29 years, 10 months 8-7 (6) | Nikolai Onikienko | HW | 2 | UD | Win | |
15  | Apr 13, 2007 29 years, 8 months 7-7 (6) | 32 years, 5 months 23-16-4 (17) | DEEP | 1 | SUB | Loss Heel hook | |
14 | Dec 22, 2006 29 years, 5 months 7-6 (6) | Fabiano Aoki | 2 | TKO | Win Injury | ||
13 | Oct 28, 2006 29 years, 3 months 6-6 (5) | Fabiano Aoki | 1 | NC | NC Accidental low blow | ||
12 | Sep 17, 2006 29 years, 1 months 6-6 (5) | Tatsuya Mizuno | Pancrase | 2 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke | |
11  | Jul 28, 2006 29 years 6-5 (5) | 25 years, 6 months 5-2 (4) | Pancrase | 2 | UD | Loss | |
10 | May 2, 2006 28 years, 9 months 6-4 (5) | Poai Suganuma | Pancrase | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches | |
9  | Jan 26, 2006 28 years, 6 months 6-3 (5) | 25 years, 6 months 13-14-3 (7) | Pancrase | 1 | TKO | Win Soccer kicks | |
8 | Dec 16, 2005 28 years, 4 months 5-3 (4) | Jimmy Akishige | 1 | KO | Win Punch | ||
7 | Oct 2, 2005 28 years, 2 months 4-3 (3) | Hideki Tadao | Pancrase | 2 | SUB | Loss Arm-triangle choke | |
6 | Sep 3, 2005 28 years, 1 months 4-2 (3) | Yuta Nakamura | Pancrase | 2 | UD | Win | |
5 | Jul 31, 2005 28 years 3-2 (3) | Aslan Dzeboev | Pancrase | 2 | KO | Win Body kick | |
4 | Jul 10, 2005 27 years, 11 months 2-2 (2) | 36 years, 3 months 26-18-3 (16) | Pancrase | 2 | SUB | Loss Armbar | |
3 | Feb 4, 2005 27 years, 6 months 2-1 (2) | Kengo Watanabe | Pancrase | 3 | KO | Win High kick | |
2 | Jun 27, 2004 26 years, 11 months 1-1 (1) | Sung Chu Kim | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | ||
1 | Oct 29, 2000 23 years, 3 months 0-1 (0) | Eduard Churakov | 3 | UD | Loss |
