Kai Kara-France

New Zealand MMAActive

Professional

12 KOs

3 KOs

1 NC

AmateurNo record yet

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James Kaiwhare "Kai" Kara-France (born 26 March 1993) is a New Zealand professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was a UFC flyweight title challenger.

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Result	Date	Opponent	Method	Event
L	28 Jun 2025	Alexandre PantojaTitle Flyweight	SUB · R3 1:55 rear-naked choke	UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira
W	18 Aug 2024	Steve Erceg Flyweight	TKO · R1 4:04 punches	UFC 305: du Plessis vs. Adesanya
L	3 Jun 2023	Amir Albazi Flyweight	SD · R5 5:00	UFC on ESPN: Kara-France vs. Albazi
L	30 Jul 2022	Brandon Moreno Flyweight	TKO · R3 4:34 body kick and punches	UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2
W	26 Mar 2022	Askar Askarov Flyweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs. Daukaus
W	11 Dec 2021	Cody Garbrandt Flyweight	TKO · R1 3:21 punches	UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier
W	6 Mar 2021	Rogério Bontorin Flyweight	KO · R1 4:55 punches	UFC 259: Błachowicz vs. Adesanya
L	27 Sept 2020	Brandon Royval Flyweight	SUB · R2 0:48 guillotine choke	UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa
W	23 Feb 2020	Tyson Nam Flyweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker
L	14 Dec 2019	Brandon Moreno Flyweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington
W	31 Aug 2019	Mark De La Rosa Flyweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang
W	10 Feb 2019	Raulian Paiva Flyweight	SD · R3 5:00	UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva
W	2 Dec 2018	Elias Garcia Flyweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa

Result	Date	Opponent	Method	Event
L	28 Jun 2025	Alexandre PantojaTitle Flyweight	SUB · R3 1:55 rear-naked choke	UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira
W	18 Aug 2024	Steve Erceg Flyweight	TKO · R1 4:04 punches	UFC 305: du Plessis vs. Adesanya
L	3 Jun 2023	Amir Albazi Flyweight	SD · R5 5:00	UFC on ESPN: Kara-France vs. Albazi
L	30 Jul 2022	Brandon Moreno Flyweight	TKO · R3 4:34 body kick and punches	UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2
W	26 Mar 2022	Askar Askarov Flyweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs. Daukaus
W	11 Dec 2021	Cody Garbrandt Flyweight	TKO · R1 3:21 punches	UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier
W	6 Mar 2021	Rogério Bontorin Flyweight	KO · R1 4:55 punches	UFC 259: Błachowicz vs. Adesanya
L	27 Sept 2020	Brandon Royval Flyweight	SUB · R2 0:48 guillotine choke	UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa
W	23 Feb 2020	Tyson Nam Flyweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker
L	14 Dec 2019	Brandon Moreno Flyweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington
W	31 Aug 2019	Mark De La Rosa Flyweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang
W	10 Feb 2019	Raulian Paiva Flyweight	SD · R3 5:00	UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva
W	2 Dec 2018	Elias Garcia Flyweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa

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