Naoki Inoue

AGE	27 / Jun 14, 1997
HEIGHT	5'8" / 172.72 cm
WEIGHT	134 lbs / 60.78 kg

ASSOCIATION
Kill Cliff FC

CLASS
Bantamweight

Wins 19

KO / TKO

11%

SUBMISSIONS

47%

DECISIONS

42%

Losses 4

KO / TKO

SUBMISSIONS

DECISIONS

100%

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Yuki Motoya	Rizin FF - Rizin 50 Mar / 30 / 2025	Decision (Split) Minoru Toyonaga	3	5:00
win	Soo Chul Kim	Rizin FF - Rizin 48 Sep / 29 / 2024	TKO (Punches) Masato Fukuda	1	3:55
win	Shoko Sato	Rizin FF - Landmark Vol. 9 Mar / 23 / 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Minoru Toyonaga	3	5:00
loss	Juan Archuleta	Rizin FF - Rizin 42 May / 06 / 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Masato Fukuda	3	5:00
win	Kenta Takizawa	Rizin FF - Rizin 40: Bellator MMA vs. Rizin Dec / 31 / 2022	Submission (Kimura) Minoru Toyonaga	2	3:53
loss	Hiromasa Ougikubo	Rizin FF - Rizin 33 Dec / 31 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Minoru Toyonaga	3	5:00
win	Yuto Hokamura	Rizin FF - Rizin 30 Sep / 19 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Masato Fukuda	3	5:00
win	Shintaro Ishiwatari	Rizin FF - Rizin 28 Jun / 13 / 2021	KO (Punches and Soccer Kick) Masato Fukuda	1	1:58
win	Yuki Motoya	Rizin FF - Rizin 26 Dec / 31 / 2020	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Yasuhiro Tazawa	1	3:00
win	Shuto Watanabe	Rizin FF - Rizin 22 Aug / 09 / 2020	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Yasuhiro Tazawa	1	1:40
win	Trent Girdham	Rizin FF - Rizin 21 Feb / 22 / 2020	Decision (Unanimous) Masato Fukuda	3	5:00
win	Toshiaki Kitada	Deep - 93 Impact Dec / 15 / 2019	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Masato Fukuda	1	2:41
loss	Sean Santella	CFFC 72 - Brady vs. Abdul-Hakim Feb / 16 / 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Gasper Oliver	3	5:00
loss	Matt Schnell	UFC Fight Night 132 - Cerrone vs. Edwards Jun / 23 / 2018	Decision (Split) Steve Perceval VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Carls John de Tomas	UFC Fight Night 111 - Holm vs. Correia Jun / 17 / 2017	Decision (Unanimous) Neil Swailes VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Tomohiro Adaniya	Deep - 78 Impact Mar / 18 / 2017	Decision (Majority) Masato Fukuda	2	5:00
win	Yuya Shibata	Deep - Cage Impact 2016 in Osaka Oct / 09 / 2016	Submission (Armbar) Ryuichi Tanaka	2	2:51
win	Go Minamide	Deep - 77 Impact / Jewels 13 Aug / 27 / 2016	Decision (Majority) Kosuke Umeda	2	5:00
win	Naoyuki Kato	Deep - Nagoya Impact: Kobudo Fight 17 Jun / 12 / 2016	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Motoki Yoshida	1	0:44
win	Iyori Akiba	Deep - Cage Impact 2016 Apr / 23 / 2016	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Yoshinori Umeki	1	4:32
win	Chikara Shimabukuro	Deep - 74 Impact Dec / 20 / 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Hidenobu Koike	2	5:00
win	Kenji Yamanaka	Deep - 72 Impact May / 16 / 2015	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Masato Fukuda	1	2:21
win	Kanta Sato	Deep - Nagoya Impact: Kobudo Fight 16 Mar / 08 / 2015	Submission (Armbar) Ryuichi Tanaka	1	2:49

FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Tomonaga Icho	Deep - Future King Tournament 2014 Feb / 01 / 2015	Submission (Armbar) Hidenobu Koike	1	0:49
win	Takuya Maruoka	Deep - Future King Tournament 2014 Feb / 01 / 2015	Submission (Armbar) Akira Yamazaki	1	3:21
win	Kenichi Kimura	Deep - Amateur Deep 20: Kobudo Fight Mar / 02 / 2014	Decision (Unanimous)	2	3:00
win	Gaku Sakamoto	Deep - Nagoya Impact 2014 Feb / 09 / 2014	Submission (Armbar) Kentaro Kawaguchi	1	3:04

PICTURES

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Naoki Inoue-Yuki Motoya Bantamweight Title Tilt Set for Rizin 50 Naoki Inoue will meet Yuki Motoya in a rematch — this time with the bantamweight title at stake — at Rizin 50.

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