Welterweight · “Piranah”
Ryo Chonan
22-13-0 UFC 1-3-0
Hard To Hit
Positional Grappler
Taken Down Often
5'9"Height
70"Reach
OrthodoxStance
50Age
0KO wins
0Sub wins
0%Finish rate
15:00Avg fight
Skill profile
- Control Above avg 75
- Striking D Above avg 73
- Durability Average 59
- Grappling Below avg 25
- Striking Weak 20
- Wrestling Weak 17
- Accuracy Weak 16
- TD Defense Weak 11
Built on 60 minutes of tracked cage time across 4 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Hard To Hit
opponents land only 35% of what they throw
Positional Grappler
above avg control — rates 75 of 100 among UFC veterans
Taken Down Often
put on his back 12 times · 3.0 per 15 min
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min2.53
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.0
Striking accuracy37.9%
Striking defense65.4%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.0
Takedowns / 15 min0.5
Takedown accuracy50.0%
Takedown defense40.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.0
Control time31.1%
Record vs .500+ opponents0-2
Striking trend
Fight history
L TJ Grant 13-2 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 97: Redemption · April 18, 2009
31/75Sig. strikes
34/76Absorbed
2/2Takedowns
9:08Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Brad Blackburn 16-9-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 · December 27, 2008
63/181Sig. strikes
79/296Absorbed
0/2Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Roan Carneiro 10-7 walk-in Decision - Split · R3 5:00 — UFC 88: Breakthrough · September 6, 2008
23/58Sig. strikes
18/38Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
7:40Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Karo Parisyan 17-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC 78: Validation · November 17, 2007
35/87Sig. strikes
49/110Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
1:50Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
KO/TKO
7
Submission
2
Decision
13
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
4
Submission
1
Decision
8
Other
0
Fights by organization
DEEP
14
PRIDE
5
Deep
4
UFC
4
PRIDE Bushido
2
Fight For Japan
1
World Victory Road Presents
1
Astra
1
+ 3 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 35 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Dan Hornbuckle | Decision (unanimous) | DEEP: Tribe Tokyo Fight
October 20, 2013 |
DEEP | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Seichi Ikemoto | Decision (unanimous) | DEEP: Osaka Impact 2013
April 28, 2013 |
DEEP | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Hayato Sakurai | Decision (unanimous) | Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011
December 31, 2011 |
Fight For Japan | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Naoki Samukawa | Decision (unanimous) | Deep: Cage Impact 2011 in Tokyo, 2nd Round
October 29, 2011 |
Deep | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Shigetoshi Iwase | KO (punch) | Deep: 54 Impact
June 24, 2011 |
Deep | 1 | 4:45 |
| L | Taisuke Okuno | KO (punch) | World Victory Road Presents: Soul of Fight
December 30, 2010 |
World Victory Road Presents | 1 | 0:19 |
| W | Jun Hee Moon | TKO (punches) | Deep: 50 Impact
October 24, 2010 |
Deep | 3 | 2:57 |
| L | Jung Hwan Cha | KO (punches) | Astra
April 25, 2010 |
Astra | 2 | 1:16 |
| W | Andrews Nakahara | Decision (unanimous) | DREAM 13
March 22, 2010 |
DREAM | 2 | 5:00 |
| W | Jutaro Nakao | Decision (unanimous) | Deep: 43 Impact
August 23, 2009 |
Deep | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | T. J. Grant | Decision (split) | UFC 97
April 18, 2009 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Brad Blackburn | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 92
December 27, 2008 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Roan Carneiro | Decision (split) | UFC 88
September 6, 2008 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Karo Parisyan | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 78
November 17, 2007 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Seo Do Wong | TKO (strikes) | DEEP: DEEP in Yamagata
June 24, 2007 |
DEEP | 1 | 2:58 |
| W | Ryuta Sakurai | Decision (majority) | DEEP: 28 Impact
February 16, 2007 |
DEEP | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Paulo Filho | Submission (armbar) | PRIDE: Bushido 12
August 26, 2006 |
PRIDE | 1 | 2:30 |
| W | Joey Villaseñor | Decision (split) | PRIDE: Bushido 11
June 4, 2006 |
PRIDE | 2 | 5:00 |
| W | Ryuta Sakurai | TKO (doctor stoppage) | DEEP: 23 Impact
February 5, 2006 |
DEEP | 1 | 1:57 |
| L | Dan Henderson | KO (punch) | PRIDE: Bushido 9
September 25, 2005 |
PRIDE | 1 | 0:22 |
| L | Phil Baroni | KO (punch) | PRIDE: Bushido 8
July 17, 2005 |
PRIDE | 1 | 1:40 |
| W | Nino Schembri | Decision (unanimous) | PRIDE: Bushido 7
May 22, 2005 |
PRIDE | 2 | 5:00 |
| W | Roan Carneiro | TKO (doctor stoppage) | DEEP: 18th Impact
February 12, 2005 |
DEEP | 3 | 2:15 |
| W | Anderson Silva | Submission (flying scissor heel hook) | PRIDE Shockwave 2004
December 31, 2004 |
PRIDE Shockwave | 3 | 3:08 |
| W | Carlos Newton | Decision (unanimous) | PRIDE Bushido 5
October 14, 2004 |
PRIDE Bushido | 2 | 5:00 |
| L | Ricardo Almeida | Decision (unanimous) | PRIDE Bushido 3
May 23, 2004 |
PRIDE Bushido | 2 | 5:00 |
| W | Daijiro Matsui | Decision (majority) | DEEP: 13th Impact
January 22, 2004 |
DEEP | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Hayato Sakurai | TKO (doctor stoppage) | DEEP: 12th Impact
September 15, 2003 |
DEEP | 3 | 2:10 |
| W | Yuji Hisamatsu | Decision (majority) | DEEP: 11th Impact
July 13, 2003 |
DEEP | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Masanori Suda | Decision (split) | DEEP: 7th Impact
December 8, 2002 |
DEEP | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Katsumi Usuta | TKO (strikes) | DEEP: 6th Impact
September 7, 2002 |
DEEP | 1 | 0:05 |
| L | Eiji Ishikawa | Decision (majority) | DEEP: 5th Impact
June 9, 2002 |
DEEP | 2 | 5:00 |
| W | Kenji Akiyama | TKO (submission to punches) | DEEP: 4th Impact
March 30, 2002 |
DEEP | 1 | 4:22 |
| W | Takaku Fuke | Decision (unanimous) | DEEP: 3rd Impact
December 23, 2001 |
DEEP | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Hikaru Sato | Decision (unanimous) | Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations
May 5, 2001 |
Pancrase | 3 | 5:00 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Ryo Chonan) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.