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Minoru Suzuki

29–20 · 52 recorded bouts · 1989–2013

MMA record

29–20

Minoru Suzuki finished 86% of 29 wins inside the distance — the 43rd percentile for 1990s MMA, where the median is 91%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

1980199020002010loss v Maurice Smith, 1989, kowin v Lawi Nabataya, 1991, submissionwin v James Mathews, 1993, submissionwin v Vernon White, 1993, submissionwin v Katsuomi Inagaki, 1993, submissionloss v Manabu Yamada, 1994, submissionwin v Jason DeLucia, 1994, submissionwin v Matt Hume, 1994, decisionloss v Masakatsu Funaki, 1994, submissionwin v Todd Bjornethun, 1994, submissionwin v Remco Pardoel, 1994, koloss v Bas Rutten, 1994, kowin v Maurice Smith, 1994, submissionwin v Thomas Puckett, 1994, submissionwin v Takaku Fuke, 1994, submissionwin v Ken Shamrock, 1994, submissionwin v Guy Mezger, 1995, kowin v Todd Medina, 1995, submissionloss v Bas Rutten, 1995, submissionwin v Jason DeLucia, 1995, submissionwin v Larry Papadopoulos, 1995, submissionwin v Ken Shamrock, 1995, submissionloss v Frank Shamrock, 1995, submissionwin v Christopher DeWeaver, 1995, submissionwin v Gregory Smit, 1995, submissionwin v Takafumi Ito, 1996, decisionloss v Jason DeLucia, 1996, koloss v Vernon White, 1996, decisionloss v Yuki Kondo, 1996, decisionloss v Guy Mezger, 1996, kowin v Takaku Fuke, 1996, submissionloss v Frank Shamrock, 1996, submissionloss v Keiichiro Yamamiya, 1997, decisionwin v Jagjit Singh, 1997, kowin v Joel Sutton, 1997, submissionloss v Osami Shibuya, 1998, koloss v Omar Bouiche, 1998, submissionloss v Kazuo Takahashi, 1998, koloss v Takaku Fuke, 1998, decisionwin v John Lober, 1998, decisionwin v Tony Rojo, 1998, decisionwin v Kosei Kubota, 1998, submissionloss v Keiichiro Yamamiya, 1998, decisionloss v Semmy Schilt, 1998, koloss v Sanae Kikuta, 1999, submissionloss v Denis Kang, 2000, kowin v Sean Daugherty, 2000, submissionwin v Takaku Fuke, 2001, submissiondraw v Yuki Kondo, 2001, drawwin v Jushin Thunder Liger, 2002, submissionwin v El Solar, 2002, dqwin v Hans Nijman, 2013, submission
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1989–2013

SOURCE·Minoru Suzuki — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-06-25

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-06-25. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 87 1990s MMA fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2013 W Hans Nijman Submission1
2002 W Jushin Thunder Liger Submission1
2002 W El Solar DQ1
2001 W Takaku Fuke Submission1
2001 D Yuki Kondo Draw1
2000 L Denis Kang KO/TKO1
2000 W Sean Daugherty Submission1
1999 L Sanae Kikuta Submission1
1998 L Osami Shibuya KO/TKO1
1998 L Omar Bouiche Submission1
1998 L Kazuo Takahashi KO/TKO1
1998 L Takaku Fuke Decision1
1998 W John Lober Decision1
1998 W Tony Rojo Decision2
1998 W Kosei Kubota Submission1
1998 L Keiichiro Yamamiya Decision1
1998 L Semmy Schilt KO/TKO1
1997 L Keiichiro Yamamiya Decision1
1997 W Jagjit Singh KO/TKO1
1997 W Joel Sutton Submission1
1996 W Takafumi Ito Decision1
1996 L Jason DeLucia KO/TKO1
1996 L Vernon White Decision1
1996 L Yuki Kondo Decision1
1996 L Guy Mezger KO/TKO1
1996 W Takaku Fuke Submission1
1996 L Frank Shamrock Submission1
1995 W Guy Mezger KO/TKO1
1995 W Todd Medina Submission1
1995 L Bas Rutten Submission1
1995 W Jason DeLucia Submission1
1995 W Larry Papadopoulos Submission1
1995 W Ken Shamrock Submission1
1995 L Frank Shamrock Submission1
1995 W Christopher DeWeaver Submission1
1995 W Gregory Smit Submission1
1994 L Manabu Yamada Submission1
1994 W Jason DeLucia Submission1
1994 W Matt Hume Decision1
1994 L Masakatsu Funaki Submission1
1994 W Todd Bjornethun Submission1
1994 W Remco Pardoel KO/TKO1
1994 L Bas Rutten KO/TKO1
1994 W Maurice Smith Submission3
1994 W Thomas Puckett Submission1
1994 W Takaku Fuke Submission1
1994 W Ken Shamrock Submission1
1993 W James Mathews Submission1
1993 W Vernon White Submission1
1993 W Katsuomi Inagaki Submission1
1991 W Lawi Nabataya Submission1
1989 L Maurice Smith KO/TKO4

24 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Minoru Suzuki — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-06-25

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height70.1″ (178 cm)
Stance—
DivisionSuper Heavyweight MMA
inferred from the listed weight, not stated as a class
Most active decade1990s — 44 of 52 dated bouts
CountryJapan

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Minoru Suzuki, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

1990 2000 2010 loss vs Maurice Smith (1989)win vs Lawi Nabataya (1991)win vs James Mathews (1993)win vs Vernon White (1993)win vs Katsuomi Inagaki (1993)loss vs Manabu Yamada (1994)win vs Jason DeLucia (1994)win vs Matt Hume (1994)loss vs Masakatsu Funaki (1994)win vs Todd Bjornethun (1994)win vs Remco Pardoel (1994)loss vs Bas Rutten (1994)win vs Maurice Smith (1994)win vs Thomas Puckett (1994)win vs Takaku Fuke (1994)win vs Ken Shamrock (1994)win vs Guy Mezger (1995)win vs Todd Medina (1995)loss vs Bas Rutten (1995)win vs Jason DeLucia (1995)win vs Larry Papadopoulos (1995)win vs Ken Shamrock (1995)loss vs Frank Shamrock (1995)win vs Christopher DeWeaver (1995)win vs Gregory Smit (1995)win vs Takafumi Ito (1996)loss vs Jason DeLucia (1996)loss vs Vernon White (1996)loss vs Yuki Kondo (1996)loss vs Guy Mezger (1996)win vs Takaku Fuke (1996)loss vs Frank Shamrock (1996)loss vs Keiichiro Yamamiya (1997)win vs Jagjit Singh (1997)win vs Joel Sutton (1997)loss vs Osami Shibuya (1998)loss vs Omar Bouiche (1998)loss vs Kazuo Takahashi (1998)loss vs Takaku Fuke (1998)win vs John Lober (1998)win vs Tony Rojo (1998)win vs Kosei Kubota (1998)loss vs Keiichiro Yamamiya (1998)loss vs Semmy Schilt (1998)loss vs Sanae Kikuta (1999)loss vs Denis Kang (2000)win vs Sean Daugherty (2000)win vs Takaku Fuke (2001)draw vs Yuki Kondo (2001)win vs Jushin Thunder Liger (2002)win vs El Solar (2002)win vs Hans Nijman (2013)
winlossdraw / NC1989–2013

Record

MMA record

29–20

49 bouts on record

Finish rate

86%

of wins ended inside the distance — 1990s MMA median 91%, 43rd percentile

KO/TKO: 3 (10%)Submission: 22 (76%)Decision: 4 (14%)
  • KO/TKO 10%
  • Submission 76%
  • Decision 14%

The career, bout by bout

52 recorded bouts from 1989 to 2013. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

25y

1989–2013

Longest unbeaten run

6

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1994

11 bouts

Recorded bouts

52

52 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Minoru Suzuki's record?
29–20 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 52 bouts individually.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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