Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.
Akinori Watanabe (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Magomed Kurbanov (26-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
Akinori Watanabe vs Magomed Kurbanov — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Magomed Kurbanov leads 1–0- Magomed Kurbanov wonKurbanov vs WatanabeDec 15, 2017 · TKO · R8
The Numbers
- 0-2
- Record
- 26-2 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 92.9% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 14 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 53.85%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 48%
- 1
- Times stopped
- 1
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- —
- Bouts per year
- 2.9
- 2
- Bouts tracked
- 29
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 5′10″ (177 cm)
- 41
- Age
- 31
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Japan
- Nationality
- Russia
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyAkinori Watanabe · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Magomed Kurbanov · 27 wins
KO/TKO
13
Decision
14
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (2 and 29 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.
Current Form
Akinori Watanabe
LL
L2 streak · last fought Dec 15, 2017
Magomed Kurbanov
LWLWW
L1 streak · last fought Jul 5, 2025
Common Questions
- Have Akinori Watanabe and Magomed Kurbanov ever fought each other?
- Yes. Akinori Watanabe and Magomed Kurbanov met once on December 15, 2017, and Magomed Kurbanov won by TKO in round 8.
- Who has the better record, Akinori Watanabe or Magomed Kurbanov?
- Akinori Watanabe is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Magomed Kurbanov is 26-2. Magomed Kurbanov has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Akinori Watanabe or Magomed Kurbanov?
- Akinori Watanabe has 0 knockout wins and Magomed Kurbanov has 14. Magomed Kurbanov has more.
- Do Akinori Watanabe and Magomed Kurbanov have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Akinori Watanabe and Magomed Kurbanov have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Akinori Watanabe and Magomed Kurbanov?
- This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Akinori Watanabe and 29 bouts tracked for Magomed Kurbanov. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.