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Kenichi Yamamoto vs Kevin Randleman

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

Meetings on record

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Kenichi Yamamoto and Kevin Randleman met once (2002). Kevin Randleman won in 2002 by ko.

SOURCE·Kenichi Yamamoto (mixed martial artist) and Kevin Randleman — 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.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Kenichi YamamotoKevin Randleman
—Reach—
71″ (180.3 cm)Height70″ (177.8 cm)
—Reach advantage—
5–12Record17–16
80%Finish rate53%
3Longest unbeaten run5
19Recorded bouts33
—Stance—

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

Both records, drawn

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

Kenichi Yamamoto

199020002010loss v Kiyoshi Tamura, 1998, koloss v Masayuki Naruse, 1998, submissionwin v Chris Haseman, 1998, submissionwin v Katsuhisa Fujii, 1999, submissionwin v Daiju Takase, 1999, decisionloss v Pat Miletich, 2000, submissionwin v Tatsuya Kurahashi, 2000, koloss v Genki Sudo, 2001, submissiondraw v Akira Yasumura, 2001, drawdraw v Kenji Akiyama, 2001, drawloss v Kevin Randleman, 2002, koloss v Alexander Otsuka, 2003, decisionloss v Ikuhisa Minowa, 2004, kowin v German Reyes, 2005, koloss v Diego Lionel Vitosky, 2006, koloss v Kaream Ellington, 2006, koloss v Sanae Kikuta, 2011, koloss v Keiichiro Yamamiya, 2012, decisionloss v Kazuo Takahashi, 2013, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1998–2013
2000 2010 loss vs Kiyoshi Tamura (1998)loss vs Masayuki Naruse (1998)win vs Chris Haseman (1998)win vs Katsuhisa Fujii (1999)win vs Daiju Takase (1999)loss vs Pat Miletich (2000)win vs Tatsuya Kurahashi (2000)loss vs Genki Sudo (2001)draw vs Akira Yasumura (2001)draw vs Kenji Akiyama (2001)loss vs Kevin Randleman (2002)loss vs Alexander Otsuka (2003)loss vs Ikuhisa Minowa (2004)win vs German Reyes (2005)loss vs Diego Lionel Vitosky (2006)loss vs Kaream Ellington (2006)loss vs Sanae Kikuta (2011)loss vs Keiichiro Yamamiya (2012)loss vs Kazuo Takahashi (2013)
winlossdraw / NC1998–2013

Kevin Randleman

199020002010UNFILEDwin v Dan Bobish, 1996, submissionloss v Tom Erikson, 1997, koloss v Carlos Barreto, 1997, submissionwin v Pete Williams, 1999, decisionloss v Bas Rutten, 1999, decisionwin v Maurice Smith, 1999, decisionloss v Randy Couture, 2000, kowin v Pedro Rizzo, 2000, decisionloss v Chuck Liddell, 2001, kowin v Murilo Rua, 2002, kowin v Kenichi Yamamoto, 2002, kowin v Michiyoshi Ohara, 2002, decisionwin v Brian Foster, 2002, kowin v Renato Sobral, 2002, decisionloss v Kazushi Sakuraba, 2003, submissionloss v Quinton Jackson, 2003, koloss v Mirko Cro Cop, 2004, submissionloss v Ron Waterman, 2004, submissionloss v Fedor Emelianenko, 2004, submissionwin v Fatih Kocamis, 2005, decisionloss v Kazuhiro Nakamura, 2005, decisionloss v Maurício Rua, 2006, submissionwin v Ryo Kawamura, 2008, decisionloss v Stanislav Nedkov, 2009, decisionloss v Mike Whitehead, 2009, decisionloss v Roger Gracie, 2010, submissionloss v Baga Agaev, 2011, submissionloss v Mike Whitehead, no date on recordwin v Gustavo Homem de Neve, no date on recordwin v Mário Neto, no date on recordwin v Ebenezer Fontes Braga, no date on recordwin v Geza Kalman, no date on recordwin v Luiz Carlos Maciel, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1996–2011 · 6 UNDATED
2000 2010 win vs Dan Bobish (1996)loss vs Tom Erikson (1997)loss vs Carlos Barreto (1997)win vs Pete Williams (1999)loss vs Bas Rutten (1999)win vs Maurice Smith (1999)loss vs Randy Couture (2000)win vs Pedro Rizzo (2000)loss vs Chuck Liddell (2001)win vs Murilo Rua (2002)win vs Kenichi Yamamoto (2002)win vs Michiyoshi Ohara (2002)win vs Brian Foster (2002)win vs Renato Sobral (2002)loss vs Kazushi Sakuraba (2003)loss vs Quinton Jackson (2003)loss vs Mirko Cro Cop (2004)loss vs Ron Waterman (2004)loss vs Fedor Emelianenko (2004)win vs Fatih Kocamis (2005)loss vs Kazuhiro Nakamura (2005)loss vs Maurício Rua (2006)win vs Ryo Kawamura (2008)loss vs Stanislav Nedkov (2009)loss vs Mike Whitehead (2009)loss vs Roger Gracie (2010)loss vs Baga Agaev (2011)
winlossdraw / NC1996–2011
Cross-references
Kenichi Yamamoto

The full ledger: 19 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

5–12 Kevin Randleman

The same, from the other corner — 33 bouts and the cohort Randleman is ranked inside.

17–16 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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