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Hidehiko Yoshida vs Maurice Smith

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Hidehiko Yoshida and Maurice Smith met once (2008). Hidehiko Yoshida won in 2008 by submission.

SOURCE·Hidehiko Yoshida and Maurice Smith (fighter) — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Hidehiko YoshidaMaurice Smith
—Reach—
—Height74″ (188 cm)
—Reach advantage—
9–8Record10–10
89%Finish rate100%
3Longest unbeaten run3
18Recorded bouts28
—Stance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 2. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentHidehiko YoshidaMaurice Smith
Tank Abbott W W
Kiyoshi Tamura W L

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Hidehiko Yoshida

20002010win v Masaaki Satake, 2002, submissionwin v Don Frye, 2002, submissiondraw v Royce Gracie, 2003, drawloss v Wanderlei Silva, 2003, decisionwin v Kiyoshi Tamura, 2003, submissionloss v Rulon Gardner, 2004, decisionwin v Mark Hunt, 2004, submissionwin v Naoya Ogawa, 2005, submissionwin v Tank Abbott, 2005, submissionloss v Wanderlei Silva, 2005, decisionloss v James Thompson, 2006, koloss v Mirko Cro Cop, 2006, kowin v Yosuke Nishijima, 2006, submissionwin v Maurice Smith, 2008, submissionloss v Josh Barnett, 2008, submissionwin v Satoshi Ishii, 2009, decisionloss v Sanae Kikuta, 2009, decisionloss v Kazuhiro Nakamura, 2010, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2002–2010
2010 win vs Masaaki Satake (2002)win vs Don Frye (2002)draw vs Royce Gracie (2003)loss vs Wanderlei Silva (2003)win vs Kiyoshi Tamura (2003)loss vs Rulon Gardner (2004)win vs Mark Hunt (2004)win vs Naoya Ogawa (2005)win vs Tank Abbott (2005)loss vs Wanderlei Silva (2005)loss vs James Thompson (2006)loss vs Mirko Cro Cop (2006)win vs Yosuke Nishijima (2006)win vs Maurice Smith (2008)loss vs Josh Barnett (2008)win vs Satoshi Ishii (2009)loss vs Sanae Kikuta (2009)loss vs Kazuhiro Nakamura (2010)
winlossdraw / NC2002–2010

Maurice Smith

1980199020002010UNFILEDwin v Minoru Suzuki, 1989, koloss v James Broad, 1991, koloss v Ken Merritt, 1992loss v Ken Shamrock, 1994, submissionloss v Minoru Suzuki, 1994, submissionloss v Bas Rutten, 1995, submissionwin v Marcus Silveira, 1996, koloss v Kiyoshi Tamura, 1996, submissionloss v Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, 1996, submissionloss v Randy Couture, 1997, decisionwin v Tank Abbott, 1997, kowin v Mark Coleman, 1997, decisionwin v Kazunari Murakami, 1997, koloss v Akira Maeda, 1997, submissionloss v Renzo Gracie, 1999, submissionwin v Branden Lee Hinkle, 1999, decisionloss v Marcus Silveira, 1999, submissionwin v Branko Cikatic, 1999, submissionwin v Marco Ruas, 1999, koloss v Kevin Randleman, 1999, decisionloss v Renato Sobral, 2000, decisionwin v Bobby Hoffman, 2000, decisionwin v Marco Ruas, 2007, koloss v Hidehiko Yoshida, 2008, submissionwin v Rick Roufus, 2008, submissionwin v Jorge Cordoba, 2012, koloss v Matt Kovacs, 2013, decisionwin v Takaku Fuke, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1989–2013 · 1 UNDATED
1990 2000 2010 win vs Minoru Suzuki (1989)loss vs James Broad (1991)loss vs Ken Merritt (1992)loss vs Ken Shamrock (1994)loss vs Minoru Suzuki (1994)loss vs Bas Rutten (1995)win vs Marcus Silveira (1996)loss vs Kiyoshi Tamura (1996)loss vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (1996)loss vs Randy Couture (1997)win vs Tank Abbott (1997)win vs Mark Coleman (1997)win vs Kazunari Murakami (1997)loss vs Akira Maeda (1997)loss vs Renzo Gracie (1999)win vs Branden Lee Hinkle (1999)loss vs Marcus Silveira (1999)win vs Branko Cikatic (1999)win vs Marco Ruas (1999)loss vs Kevin Randleman (1999)loss vs Renato Sobral (2000)win vs Bobby Hoffman (2000)win vs Marco Ruas (2007)loss vs Hidehiko Yoshida (2008)win vs Rick Roufus (2008)win vs Jorge Cordoba (2012)loss vs Matt Kovacs (2013)
winlossdraw / NC1989–2013
Cross-references
Hidehiko Yoshida

The full ledger: 18 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

9–8 Maurice Smith

The same, from the other corner — 28 bouts and the cohort Smith is ranked inside.

10–10 Every confirmed matchup

The other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.

900 BOUTS
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DATA · JUL 2026 amitsharma.co.nz

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