Lim Hyun-Gyu

Lim Hyun-Gyu stands out to me first for his frame: 187 cm is unusually tall for a welterweight, and that reach must have shaped his entire approach to distance and timing inside the cage. Reaching the UFC welterweight division is no small thing, and he did it as part of that hungry wave of Korean fighters pushing onto the global stage. The record speaks quietly here, but simply standing in the sport's top promotion is achievement enough. I picture a rangy, physically imposing fighter, and I find myself wishing the data told more of the story behind that climb.

Name (English)

Lim Hyun-Gyu

Name (Japanese)

イム・ヒョンギュ

Reading

いむ・ひょんぎゅ

Born

January 16, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Height

187 cm

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A5

Tags

• mixed martial arts fighter

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.