Daijiro Matsui

4-8-2
Career record (W-L-D)

Physical stats

Height5' 9" (175 cm)
Weight200 lbs. (91 kg)
Reach-
StanceOrthodox
BornDec 05, 1972
Age53
DivisionLight Heavyweight
BirthplaceMabi, Okayama, Japan
NationalityJapanese
TeamTakada Dojo (formerly)

Striking & grappling

SLpM0.84
Str. Acc45%
SApM1.69
Str. Def55%
TD Avg1.83
TD Acc30%
TD Def-
Sub Avg0.4

Recent form

W L L W L
Last 5 fights, most recent first

Career timeline

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14 fights, oldest to newest — ■ win ■ loss ■ draw/no contest. Hover for details.

Career breakdown

Based on recorded UFC bouts — early regional fights may not be included.
Wins by method
0 KO/TKO wins · 0 sub wins · 2 decision wins
Losses by method
2 KO/TKO losses · 1 sub losses · 5 decision losses
Finish rate0%
Times finished38%
StreakW1
Best streak1
Avg fight13:20
Octagon time3h 6m
Opp win%57%
ActiveJun. 24, 1998 – Dec. 23, 2002 (5y)

Career story

Daijiro Matsui is a 13-29-7 grappler.

Daijiro debuted Jun. 24, 1998 vs Akira Shoji (draw). 5 years active (Jun. 24, 1998–Dec. 23, 2002).

Best wins: Quinton Jackson (DQ R1, Dec. 23, 2001); Jose Landi-Jons (U-DEC R3, May. 27, 2001); Bob Schrijber (DQ R1, Sep. 12, 1999).

Daijiro Matsui (Japanese: 松井 大二郎, Matsui Daijirō; born December 5, 1972 in Okayama) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. A professional MMA competitor since 1998, he has competed for the PRIDE Fighting Championships, Cage Rage, DEEP, Pancrase, and King of the Cage. As a professional wrestler, Matsui has wrestled for UWF International, Battlarts, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Inoki Genome Federation and most recently GLEAT. A former longtime training partner of Kazushi Sakuraba, Matsui is known for his toughness, conditioning, wrestling prowess and unorthodox offense. Despit

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Fight history

DateEventResultMethodRTimeKDStrTDSub
Dec. 23, 2002PRIDE 24: Cold Fury 3W Kazuki OkuboU-DEC35:000 050 274 11 2
Aug. 28, 2002PRIDE Shockwave 2002L Jerrel VenetiaanS-DEC35:000 01 195 01 0
Feb. 24, 2002PRIDE 19: Bad BloodL Rodrigo GracieSUB Guillotine Choke30:280 04 181 20 1
Dec. 23, 2001PRIDE 18: Cold Fury 2W Quinton JacksonDQ10:140 00 10 00 0
Sep. 24, 2001PRIDE 16: Beasts from the EastL Murilo RuaKO/TKO Stomps30:510 016 470 41 1
Jul. 29, 2001PRIDE 15: Raging RumbleL Ebenezer Fontes BragaU-DEC35:000 03 490 00 1
May. 27, 2001PRIDE 14: Clash of the TitansW Jose Landi-JonsU-DEC35:000 015 193 20 3
Aug. 27, 2000PRIDE 10: Return of the WarriorsL Vitor BelfortDecision210:000 00 470 10 0
Jun. 04, 2000PRIDE 9: New BloodL Igor VovchanchynKO/TKO15:030 00 180 00 0
Nov. 21, 1999PRIDE 8L Wanderlei SilvaDecision210:000 13 420 00 0
Sep. 12, 1999PRIDE 7W Bob SchrijberDQ110:000 017 234 02 0
Jul. 04, 1999PRIDE 6L Carlos NewtonU-DEC35:000 028 235 20 3
Oct. 11, 1998PRIDE 4D Sanae KikutaOther310:000 011 60 40 3
Jun. 24, 1998PRIDE 3D Akira ShojiOther410:000 015 431 30 0

Fight data compiled from public statistical sources (ufcstats.com) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). OctagonStats is an independent database, not affiliated with UFC / TKO Group.