Naoki Inoue
JapanNaoki Inoue is a Bantamweight from Japan with an official record of 21-5. Cage Brothers holds 24 of those bouts: 19 wins and 5 losses, the wins coming 2 by knockout, 7 by submission and 10 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision win over Marcirley Alves at PFL Brussels: Habirora vs. Henderson on 23 May 2026.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | Marcirley Alves | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | PFL Brussels: Habirora vs. Henderson |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Danny SabatelloTitle | LOSS | DECDecision - Split | R3 | Rizin FF: Shiwasu no Cho Tsuwamono Matsuri |
| Jul 27, 2025 | Ryuya FukudaTitle | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | RIZIN FF: Super RIZIN 4 |
| Mar 29, 2025 | Yuki MotoyaTitle | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 | RIZIN FF 50 |
| Sep 29, 2024 | Soo Chul KimTitle | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 48 |
| Mar 23, 2024 | Shoko Sato | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Rizin FF: Landmark Vol. 9 |
| May 6, 2023 | Juan Archuleta | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 42 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | Kenta Takizawa | WIN | SUBSubmission (Kimura) | R2 | Bellator MMA vs. Rizin |
| Dec 31, 2021 | Hiromasa Ougikubo | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 33 |
| Sep 19, 2021 | Yuto Hokamura | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 30 |
| Jun 13, 2021 | Shintaro Ishiwatari | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 28 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | Yuki Motoya | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 26 |
| Aug 9, 2020 | Shooto Watanabe | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 22 |
| Feb 22, 2020 | Trent Girdham | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Rizin FF: Rizin Fighting Federation 21 |
| Dec 15, 2019 | Toshiaki Kitada | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 2:41 | Deep: 93 Impact |
| Feb 16, 2019 | Sean Santella | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Cage Fury Fighting Championships 72 |
| Jun 23, 2018 | Matt Schnell | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards |
| Jun 18, 2017 | Carls John de Tomas | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia |
| Mar 18, 2017 | Tomohiro Adaniya | WIN | DECDecision - Majority | R2 · 5:00 | Deep: 78 Impact |
| Oct 9, 2016 | Yuya Shibata | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R2 · 2:51 | Deep: Cage Impact 2016 in Osaka |
| Aug 27, 2016 | Go Minamide | WIN | DECDecision - Majority | R2 · 5:00 | Deep: 77 Impact |
| Jun 12, 2016 | Kanta Sato | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R1 | Deep: Nagoya Impact: Kobudo Fight |
| Jun 12, 2016 | Naoyuki Kato | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 | Deep: Nagoya Impact: Kobudo Fight |
| Apr 23, 2016 | Iyori Akiba | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 4:32 | Deep: Cage Impact 2016 4/23 |
| Dec 20, 2015 | Chikara Shimabukuro | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R2 | Deep: 74 Impact |
| May 16, 2015 | Kenji Yamanaka | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 2:21 | Deep: 72 Impact |
Wins, losses and draws are Naoki Inoue’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 24 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Naoki Inoue’s record, in numbers
Naoki Inoue’s official record is 21-5. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 24 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 19 wins, 5 losses — because 2 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 19 wins break down as 2 by knockout, 7 by submission and 10 by decision — 9 of 19 inside the distance, a finish rate of 47%. Across all 24 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 7 minutes 49 seconds.
Naoki Inoue has never been stopped in the 24 bouts on file; all 5 losses went to a decision.
Of the 24 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 4 were for a title and 1 was the main event of the card. Five of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 449 Bantamweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Naoki Inoue has a finish rate above 22% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 81% of them and a two-year bout count above 94% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Naoki Inoue is listed at 5ft 8in with a reach of 71in, fights orthodox and is 29, born 13 June 1997.
These figures are recomputed from Naoki Inoue’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.