Yuki Sasaki (25-22-2, 17) was born in Date, Fukushima, Japan on September 12, 1976. At the age of 21 years on April 10, 1998, he made his professional MMA debut against Yasushi Warita, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On August 17, 2006, 29-year old Yuki Sasaki made his UFC debut on his 34th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night 6 against a 30-year old Dean Lister but lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Sasaki's last fight was a 1st-round TKO loss to Glenn Sparv at age 40 on April 14, 2017. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought once in the UFC, and has a record of 1 loss in the promotion.
Some of Yuki Sasaki's best fights have been against Keiichiro Yamamiya, Kazuhiro Kusayanagi, Ryuta Sakurai, Jason DeLucia, Izuru Takeuchi, Alex Stiebling and Heath Sims.
Sasaki has 22 losses on his MMA record.
# | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
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49 | Apr 14, 2017 40 years, 7 months 25-22-2 (17) | Glenn Sparv | WL | 1 | TKO | LOSS | |
48 | Jul 30, 2016 39 years, 10 months 25-21-2 (17) | Tahar Hadbi | WL | 2 | UD | LOSS | |
47 | Aug 29, 2015 38 years, 11 months 25-20-2 (17) | Hidenobu Koike | DEEP | WL | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear naked choke |
46 | Oct 27, 2013 37 years, 1 months 24-20-2 (16) | Ryul Kim | WL | 3 | UD | WIN | |
Oct 27, 2012 36 years, 1 months 23-20-2 (16) | 42 years 21-25-4 (13) | WL | 3 | UD | DRAW Unanimous | ||
May 18, 2012 35 years, 8 months 23-20-1 (16) | 27 years, 11 months 23-5-2 (14) | WL | 3 | UD | LOSS | ||
Oct 15, 2011 35 years, 1 months 23-19-1 (16) | 37 years, 11 months 17-9-4 (12) | WL | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
Dec 30, 2010 34 years, 3 months 22-19-1 (16) | 30 years, 5 months 20-4-2 (19) | MD | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | ||
Dec 4, 2010 34 years, 2 months 22-18-1 (16) | 32 years, 6 months 20-2-1 (12) | MD | 3 | UD | LOSS | ||
40 | Nov 5, 2010 34 years, 1 months 22-17-1 (16) | Xavier Lucas | MD | 5 | KO | LOSS Punch | |
Oct 17, 2009 33 years, 1 months 22-16-1 (16) | 32 years, 1 months 16-8 (13) | MD | 1 | UD | LOSS | ||
Nov 1, 2008 32 years, 1 months 22-15-1 (16) | 29 years, 3 months 12-8 (4) | MD | 1 | UD | LOSS | ||
Sep 28, 2008 32 years 22-14-1 (16) | 33 years, 2 months 49-22-6 (31) | MD | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
May 18, 2008 31 years, 8 months 21-14-1 (15) | 27 years, 7 months 16-7 (15) | 3 | SUB | LOSS Armbar | |||
35 | Jul 26, 2007 30 years, 10 months 21-13-1 (15) | Bo Guk So | DEEP | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
Aug 17, 2006 29 years, 11 months 20-13-1 (14) | 30 years, 6 months 8-4 (8) | UFC | 3 | UD | LOSS | ||
May 6, 2006 29 years, 7 months 20-12-1 (14) | 26 years, 4 months 6-0-1 (5) | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |||
32 | Mar 18, 2006 29 years, 6 months 19-12-1 (13) | Leonardo Lucio Nascimento | 1 | SUB | LOSS Anaconda choke | ||
31 | Mar 18, 2006 29 years, 6 months 19-11-1 (13) | Rodney Glunder | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
30 | Dec 2, 2005 29 years, 2 months 18-11-1 (12) | Takanori Kuno | DEEP | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
Mar 6, 2005 28 years, 5 months 17-11-1 (11) | 29 years, 9 months 9-2-1 (4) | Pancrase | 3 | MD | LOSS | ||
Nov 26, 2004 28 years, 2 months 17-10-1 (11) | 24 years, 7 months 5-0-1 (2) | Pancrase | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
27 | Sep 24, 2004 28 years 16-10-1 (11) | Buck Meredith | Pancrase | 2 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | |
26 | Jul 25, 2004 27 years, 10 months 15-10-1 (10) | Fabio Leopoldo | Pancrase | 3 | MD | LOSS | |
25 | May 28, 2004 27 years, 8 months 15-9-1 (10) | Yukiya Naito | Pancrase | 3 | UD | WIN | |
Dec 21, 2003 27 years, 3 months 14-9-1 (10) | 25 years, 11 months 2-1 (2) | Pancrase | 2 | KO | LOSS Punch | ||
Aug 31, 2003 26 years, 11 months 14-8-1 (10) | 31 years, 10 months 2-1 (1) | Pancrase | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
22 | Jun 22, 2003 26 years, 9 months 13-8-1 (10) | Daisuke Watanabe | Pancrase | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch | |
Apr 12, 2003 26 years, 7 months 13-7-1 (10) | 26 years, 4 months 4-2 (2) | Pancrase | 3 | UD | LOSS | ||
Dec 23, 2002 26 years, 3 months 13-6-1 (10) | 28 years, 9 months 2-0 (1) | 3 | UD | LOSS | |||
Nov 30, 2002 26 years, 2 months 13-5-1 (10) | 26 years, 10 months 21-16-8 (17) | Pancrase | 3 | MD | LOSS | ||
Sep 29, 2002 26 years 13-4-1 (10) | 25 years, 9 months 12-2-1 (10) | Pancrase | 3 | UD | WIN | ||
17 | May 28, 2002 25 years, 8 months 12-4-1 (10) | John Glover | Pancrase | 2 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
Mar 30, 2002 25 years, 6 months 11-4-1 (9) | 26 years, 10 months 5-1 (2) | DEEP | 3 | UD | DRAW | ||
Jan 27, 2002 25 years, 4 months 11-4 (9) | 29 years, 6 months 25-15-5 (8) | Pancrase | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
14 | Dec 1, 2001 25 years, 2 months 10-4 (8) | Osami Shibuya | Pancrase | 3 | SUB | WIN Triangle armbar | |
13 | Oct 30, 2001 25 years, 1 months 9-4 (7) | Daisuke Ishii | Pancrase | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
Jul 29, 2001 24 years, 10 months 8-4 (6) | 32 years 32-17-1 (18) | Pancrase | 2 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
May 13, 2001 24 years, 8 months 7-4 (5) | 25 years, 4 months 17-13-7 (13) | Pancrase | 3 | SUB | LOSS Toe hold | ||
10 | Feb 4, 2001 24 years, 4 months 7-3 (5) | Daisuke Watanabe | Pancrase | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
Nov 12, 2000 24 years, 2 months 6-3 (4) | 26 years, 3 months 5-4 (3) | 1 | SUB | LOSS Triangle choke | |||
Apr 2, 2000 23 years, 6 months 6-2 (4) | 26 years, 8 months 15-6 (12) | 3 | UD | LOSS | |||
Jan 14, 2000 23 years, 4 months 6-1 (4) | 29 years, 3 months 5-3 (4) | 3 | SUB | WIN Triangle/armbar | |||
6 | Jul 16, 1999 22 years, 10 months 5-1 (3) | Larry Papadopoulos | 3 | UD | LOSS | ||
May 27, 1999 22 years, 8 months 5-0 (3) | 27 years, 8 months 3-3-1 (2) | 1 | SUB | WIN Heel hook | |||
Nov 27, 1998 22 years, 2 months 4-0 (2) | 31 years, 7 months 9-16-3 (9) | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |||
3 | Sep 18, 1998 22 years 3-0 (1) | Nobuhiro Tsurumaki | 2 | UD | WIN | ||
Jul 18, 1998 21 years, 10 months 2-0 (1) | 23 years, 11 months 1-1 (0) | 2 | UD | WIN | |||
1 | Apr 10, 1998 21 years, 6 months 1-0 (1) | Yasushi Warita | 1 | SUB | WIN Heel hook |