Niko Puhakka

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Association: Espoon Kehahait

Pro Debut Date: 2002-04-21

Pro Record: 30-18-0

Win Finish %: 46.6%

Quality Perf. %: 41.7%

Last Ranked: 4/01/2017

#586 Welterweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 7/01/2004

#53 Middleweight

Last Loss Date: 9/10/2016
Last Loss: [#379 WW] Ioannis Palaiologos
Opponent's Last 5: L W W L L

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

	Opponent	Outcome
W	Jani Ridasmaa #487 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Nordic Fighting Championship - NFC Fight N... Saturday, May 27th 2017
L	Ioannis Palaiologos #566 Welterweight	TKO (Knees) Round 1
	Carelia Fight 12 Saturday, September 10th 2016
W	Viktor Tomasevic	Decision (Split) Round 3
	Nordic Fighting Championship - NFC Fight N... Saturday, May 28th 2016
L	Murad Machaev #110 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Fight Nights - Battle of Moscow 18 Saturday, December 20th 2014
L	Adrian Zielinski #410 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	PLMMA 32 - Warmia Heroes 2 Saturday, May 10th 2014
L	Alexander Butenko #174 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	M-1 Global - M-1 Challenge 45 Friday, February 28th 2014
L	Mairbek Taisumov #118 Lightweight	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 1
	M-1 Global - M-1 Challenge 40 Saturday, June 8th 2013
W	Berrie Bunthof	Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) Round 2
	Fight for Glory - First Round Saturday, April 6th 2013
L	Musa Khamanaev #57 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 5
	M-1 Challenge 37 - Khamanaev vs. Puhakka Wednesday, February 27th 2013
W	Maxim Shtepenko	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Draka - Pro Draka MMA Saturday, November 24th 2012
L	Yoshiyuki Yoshida #95 Welterweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 3
	FF 32 - Fight Festival 32 Saturday, October 13th 2012
W	Sebastien Garguier #451 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	CF 8 - Carelia Fight 8 Saturday, September 1st 2012
W	Arsen Shabanov	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Draka 7 - Governors Cup 2012 Saturday, May 26th 2012
W	John Gunderson #110 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	FF 31 - Fight Festival 31 Saturday, October 1st 2011
W	Manuel Garcia	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	Cage 15 - Powered by Reezig Friday, April 29th 2011
W	Maciej Gorski #141 Lightweight	Technical Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) Round 2
	KSW 15 - Konfrontacja Saturday, March 19th 2011
W	Ivica Truscek #293 Lightweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	FF 29 - Fight Festival 29 Monday, January 31st 2011
L	Luiz Azeredo #355 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	FF 28 - Fight Festival 28 Saturday, October 16th 2010
W	Borys Mankowski	Submission (Anaconda Choke) Round 2
	KSW 14 - Judgment Day Saturday, September 18th 2010
W	Danny van Bergen #599 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	KSW 14 - Judgment Day Saturday, September 18th 2010
W	Artur Sowinski	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	FF - Fight Festival Goes Kaisaniemi Wednesday, June 16th 2010
L	Marcus Aurelio #54 Welterweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
	FF 27 - Fight Festival 27 Saturday, March 13th 2010
W	Johnny Frachey #572 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Shooto Finland - Helsinki Fight Night Saturday, November 28th 2009
W	Brian Geraghty #70 Featherweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	FF 26 - Fight Festival 26 Saturday, October 17th 2009
W	Yanko Yanev #291 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	M-1 Challenge 17 - Korea Saturday, July 4th 2009
L	Renato Migliaccio #216 Lightweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	M-1 Challenge 16 - USA Friday, June 5th 2009
L	Bendy Casimir #80 Lightweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 2
	FF 25 - Fight Festival 25 Saturday, March 14th 2009
W	Makhtar Gueye	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	M-1 Challenge 10 - Finland Wednesday, November 26th 2008
W	Erikas Petraitis #113 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	FF 24 - Fight Festival 24 Saturday, September 20th 2008
L	Mikhail Malyutin #318 Lightweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
	M-1 Challenge 4 - Battle on the Neva 2 Friday, June 27th 2008
W	David Martinez	Submission (Kimura) Round 1
	M-1 Challenge 3 - Gran Canaria Saturday, May 31st 2008
W	Jong Man Kim #73 Lightweight	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
	M-1 Challenge 2 - Russia Thursday, April 3rd 2008
L	Erikas Petraitis #371 Lightweight	Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 2
	K-1 HEROs - HEROs Lithuania 2007 Saturday, November 10th 2007
W	Furdjel de Windt #108 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	FF 22 - Fight Festival 22 Saturday, September 22nd 2007
L	Ulas Aslan	Submission (Armbar) Round 3
	FF 21 - Fight Festival 21 Saturday, March 17th 2007
W	Arunas Jurgelenas	TKO (Cut) Round 2
	FF 20 - Fight Festival 20 Saturday, February 3rd 2007
L	Valdas Pocevicius #94 Middleweight	TKO Round 1
	FF 14 - Fight Festival 14 Saturday, April 9th 2005
L	Aleksandr Sukhonosov	TKO Round 2
	FF 13 - Fight Festival 13 Monday, February 28th 2005
L	Petras Markevicius	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
	The Cage Vol. 1 - First Time in Finland Saturday, October 2nd 2004
L	Gegard Mousasi	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
	FF 11 - Fight Festival 11 Saturday, September 11th 2004
W	Roman Dabolinsh	TKO (Corner Stoppage) Round 1
	Kamppailuilta - Kamppailuilta Friday, April 23rd 2004
W	Valentin Siouljine #69 Middleweight	DQ Round 3
	FF 9 - Fight Festival 9 Monday, October 20th 2003
W	Sergey Haritonov	Submission (Choke) Round 1
	FF 8 - Fight Festival 8 Monday, September 1st 2003
W	Danila Veselov	Decision (Majority) Round 2
	FF 6 - Fight Festival 6 Monday, January 20th 2003
W	Roman Vanicky	N/A Round 0
	NOTG 17 - Night of the Gladiators 17 Thursday, December 5th 2002
W	Roman Bagirov	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	FF 5 - Fight Festival 5 Monday, September 2nd 2002
W	Jani Jarvenpaa	TKO Round 2
	TF 1 - Tammerfight 1 Saturday, May 18th 2002
W	Jouni Nyman	TKO Round 1
	EKH - National Vale Tudo Competition Sunday, April 21st 2002

	Opponent	Event	Outcome
W	Jani Ridasmaa #487 Welterweight	Nordic Fighting Championship - NFC Fight N... Saturday, May 27th 2017	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Ioannis Palaiologos #566 Welterweight	Carelia Fight 12 Saturday, September 10th 2016	TKO (Knees) Round 1
W	Viktor Tomasevic	Nordic Fighting Championship - NFC Fight N... Saturday, May 28th 2016	Decision (Split) Round 3
L	Murad Machaev #110 Lightweight	Fight Nights - Battle of Moscow 18 Saturday, December 20th 2014	TKO (Punches) Round 2
L	Adrian Zielinski #410 Lightweight	PLMMA 32 - Warmia Heroes 2 Saturday, May 10th 2014	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Alexander Butenko #174 Lightweight	M-1 Global - M-1 Challenge 45 Friday, February 28th 2014	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Mairbek Taisumov #118 Lightweight	M-1 Global - M-1 Challenge 40 Saturday, June 8th 2013	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 1
W	Berrie Bunthof	Fight for Glory - First Round Saturday, April 6th 2013	Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) Round 2
L	Musa Khamanaev #57 Lightweight	M-1 Challenge 37 - Khamanaev vs. Puhakka Wednesday, February 27th 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Round 5
W	Maxim Shtepenko	Draka - Pro Draka MMA Saturday, November 24th 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Yoshiyuki Yoshida #95 Welterweight	FF 32 - Fight Festival 32 Saturday, October 13th 2012	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 3
W	Sebastien Garguier #451 Lightweight	CF 8 - Carelia Fight 8 Saturday, September 1st 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Arsen Shabanov	Draka 7 - Governors Cup 2012 Saturday, May 26th 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	John Gunderson #110 Lightweight	FF 31 - Fight Festival 31 Saturday, October 1st 2011	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Manuel Garcia	Cage 15 - Powered by Reezig Friday, April 29th 2011	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
W	Maciej Gorski #141 Lightweight	KSW 15 - Konfrontacja Saturday, March 19th 2011	Technical Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) Round 2
W	Ivica Truscek #293 Lightweight	FF 29 - Fight Festival 29 Monday, January 31st 2011	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
L	Luiz Azeredo #355 Lightweight	FF 28 - Fight Festival 28 Saturday, October 16th 2010	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Borys Mankowski	KSW 14 - Judgment Day Saturday, September 18th 2010	Submission (Anaconda Choke) Round 2
W	Danny van Bergen #599 Lightweight	KSW 14 - Judgment Day Saturday, September 18th 2010	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
W	Artur Sowinski	FF - Fight Festival Goes Kaisaniemi Wednesday, June 16th 2010	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Marcus Aurelio #54 Welterweight	FF 27 - Fight Festival 27 Saturday, March 13th 2010	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
W	Johnny Frachey #572 Lightweight	Shooto Finland - Helsinki Fight Night Saturday, November 28th 2009	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Brian Geraghty #70 Featherweight	FF 26 - Fight Festival 26 Saturday, October 17th 2009	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Yanko Yanev #291 Lightweight	M-1 Challenge 17 - Korea Saturday, July 4th 2009	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Renato Migliaccio #216 Lightweight	M-1 Challenge 16 - USA Friday, June 5th 2009	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
L	Bendy Casimir #80 Lightweight	FF 25 - Fight Festival 25 Saturday, March 14th 2009	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 2
W	Makhtar Gueye	M-1 Challenge 10 - Finland Wednesday, November 26th 2008	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Erikas Petraitis #113 Lightweight	FF 24 - Fight Festival 24 Saturday, September 20th 2008	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Mikhail Malyutin #318 Lightweight	M-1 Challenge 4 - Battle on the Neva 2 Friday, June 27th 2008	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
W	David Martinez	M-1 Challenge 3 - Gran Canaria Saturday, May 31st 2008	Submission (Kimura) Round 1
W	Jong Man Kim #73 Lightweight	M-1 Challenge 2 - Russia Thursday, April 3rd 2008	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
L	Erikas Petraitis #371 Lightweight	K-1 HEROs - HEROs Lithuania 2007 Saturday, November 10th 2007	Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 2
W	Furdjel de Windt #108 Welterweight	FF 22 - Fight Festival 22 Saturday, September 22nd 2007	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Ulas Aslan	FF 21 - Fight Festival 21 Saturday, March 17th 2007	Submission (Armbar) Round 3
W	Arunas Jurgelenas	FF 20 - Fight Festival 20 Saturday, February 3rd 2007	TKO (Cut) Round 2
L	Valdas Pocevicius #94 Middleweight	FF 14 - Fight Festival 14 Saturday, April 9th 2005	TKO Round 1
L	Aleksandr Sukhonosov	FF 13 - Fight Festival 13 Monday, February 28th 2005	TKO Round 2
L	Petras Markevicius	The Cage Vol. 1 - First Time in Finland Saturday, October 2nd 2004	Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
L	Gegard Mousasi	FF 11 - Fight Festival 11 Saturday, September 11th 2004	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
W	Roman Dabolinsh	Kamppailuilta - Kamppailuilta Friday, April 23rd 2004	TKO (Corner Stoppage) Round 1
W	Valentin Siouljine #69 Middleweight	FF 9 - Fight Festival 9 Monday, October 20th 2003	DQ Round 3
W	Sergey Haritonov	FF 8 - Fight Festival 8 Monday, September 1st 2003	Submission (Choke) Round 1
W	Danila Veselov	FF 6 - Fight Festival 6 Monday, January 20th 2003	Decision (Majority) Round 2
W	Roman Vanicky	NOTG 17 - Night of the Gladiators 17 Thursday, December 5th 2002	N/A Round 0
W	Roman Bagirov	FF 5 - Fight Festival 5 Monday, September 2nd 2002	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
W	Jani Jarvenpaa	TF 1 - Tammerfight 1 Saturday, May 18th 2002	TKO Round 2
W	Jouni Nyman	EKH - National Vale Tudo Competition Sunday, April 21st 2002	TKO Round 1