Yuji Ito (fighter)
Yuji Ito is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Lightweight division. Mixed martial arts record , - , Win , align=center, 5-4-3 , Yasunori Okuda , TKO (retirement) , Shooto - Shooto , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 3:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Draw , align=center, 4-4-3 , Yasuto Sekishima , Draw , Shooto - Shooto , , align=center, 5 , align=center, 3:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 4-4-2 , Takashi Ishizaki , Submission (kimura) , Shooto - Shooto , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:11 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 3-4-2 , Tomonori Ohara , Decision (unanimous) , Shooto - Shooto , , align=center, 5 , align=center, 3:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 2-4-2 , Tomohiro Tanaka , KO (punch) , Shooto - Shooto , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 2-3-2 , Kenji Kawaguchi , KO (punches) , Sh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Ar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shooto 5
Shooto is a combat sport and mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the ''Shooto Association'' and the ''International Shooto Commission''. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, first as a particular fighting system and then in 1989 as a mixed martial arts promotion. It is considered one of the first true mixed martial arts competitions, with its Vale Tudo Japan events being essential to the rise of PRIDE Fighting Championships and the development of modern MMA. Many Japanese MMA fighters had their start at Shooto and the organization still holds both professional and amateur tournaments. The list of current and past MMA fighters to come from Shooto roots is quite impressive. As a fighting system, Shooto is considered a hybrid martial art derived from Shoot Wrestling. It is focused on all aspects of fighting: striking, stand-up grappling and ground fighting. Practitioners are referred to as shooters or shootists. Shooto rules have evolved with time, are different de ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lightweight Mixed Martial Artists
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight boxers include Henry Armstrong, Ken Buchanan, Tony Canzoneri, Pedro Carrasco, Joel Casamayor, Al "Bummy" Davis, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Joe Gans, Artur Grigorian, Benny Leonard, Ray Mancini, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan Manuel Márquez, Sugar Shane Mosley, Miguel Ángel González, Carlos Ortiz, Katie Taylor, Edwin Valero, Len Wickwar, Pernell Whitaker, Manny Pacquiao and Ike Williams. Current world champions Current world rankings =''The Ring''= As of , . Keys: : Current '' The Ring'' world champion =BoxRec= As of , . Longest reigning world lightweight champions Below is a list of "longest reigning lightweight champions" career time as champion (for multiple time champions) does not apply. Amateur boxing Olympi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Japanese Male Mixed Martial Artists
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants i ... * Japanese studies {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Male Mixed Martial Artists
This is a list of notable professional male mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order. __NOTOC__ A * Shamil Abdurakhimov - ( M-1, UFC) * Daichi Abe - ( UFC, Pancrase) * Hiroyuki Abe - (Shooto, KOTC, Cage Rage, DEEP, Pride) * Papy Abedi - ( UFC, Shooto) * Cyril Abidi - (K-1) * Klidson Abreu - ( UFC, Brave Combat Federation, M-1 Global, Jungle Fight) * Daniel Acácio - (Pride, M-1, Shooto, Jungle Fight, KSW) * Bernard Ackah - ( DEEP, K-1 Hero's) * Akihiko Adachi - (Shooto) * Israel Adesanya - ( UFC) * Sam Adkins - ( UFC) * Peter Aerts - (K-1, K-1 Hero's) * AJ Agazarm - (Bellator) * Bashir Ahmad - ( OneFC) * Katsuhisa Akasaki - (Shooto) * Omari Akhmedov - ( UFC) * Jin Akimoto - (Shooto) * Yoshihiro Akiyama - (K-1, K-1 Hero's, DREAM, UFC) * Mostapha Al-Turk - (Cage Rage, UFC) * Tony Alanis - ( WEC) * John Albert - ( UFC) * Junior Albini - ( UFC) * Ildemar Alcântara - ( Jungle Fight, UFC) * Iuri Alcântara - ( Jungle Fig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shooto 3
Shooto is a combat sport and mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the ''Shooto Association'' and the ''International Shooto Commission''. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, first as a particular fighting system and then in 1989 as a mixed martial arts promotion. It is considered one of the first true mixed martial arts competitions, with its Vale Tudo Japan events being essential to the rise of PRIDE Fighting Championships and the development of modern MMA. Many Japanese MMA fighters had their start at Shooto and the organization still holds both professional and amateur tournaments. The list of current and past MMA fighters to come from Shooto roots is quite impressive. As a fighting system, Shooto is considered a hybrid martial art derived from Shoot Wrestling. It is focused on all aspects of fighting: striking, stand-up grappling and ground fighting. Practitioners are referred to as shooters or shootists. Shooto rules have evolved with time, are different de ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yuichi Watanabe
Yuichi Watanabe is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. He competed in Shooto's Lightweight division and was the inaugural Shooto Lightweight Champion defeating Kazuhiro Kusayanagi. As a pro wrestler he competes for Real Japan Pro Wrestling under the name Super Rider. He has also wrestled for notable promotions such as W*ING, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, IWA Japan, Battlarts, Dramatic Dream Team, Pro Wrestling KAGEKI, Pro Wrestling ZERO-1 and Diamond Ring. Background and career Watanabe trained under Satoru Sayama in Shooto and was also one of his first trainees at his Seikendo school. He also learned shootboxing under Caesar Takeshi, was an amateur wrestling champion in high school, was the captain of his high school club wrestling club with Mitsuharu Misawa as his vice-captain and Toshiaki Kawada as his junior, competed in the 1984 All Japan Student Wrestling Championships representing Nihon University losing to future Olympic medalist Kosei Akaishi in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Takashi Tojo
Takashi Tojo is a Japanese mixed martial artist. Mixed martial arts record , - , Draw , align=center, 0-2-3 , Tomonori Ohara , Draw , Shooto - Shooto , , align=center, 4 , align=center, 3:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 0-2-2 , Yasuto Sekishima , Submission (armbar) , Shooto - Shooto , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Draw , align=center, 0-1-2 , Satoshi Honma , Submission (armbar) , Shooto - Shooto , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 0-1-1 , Yuji Ito , Submission (kimura) , Shooto - Shooto , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 0:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Draw , align=center, 0-0-1 , Manabu Yamada , Draw , Shooto - Shooto , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 3:00 , Tokyo, Japan , See also *List of male mixed martial artists This is a list of notable professional male mixed martial arts fighters in alphabe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Naoki Sakurada
Naoki Sakurada (born May 12, 1968) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Welterweight and Middleweight divisions. He is a former Shooto Middleweight Champion. Mixed martial arts career Sakurada started as a student of combat wrestling's (Japanese version of submission wrestling founding father Noriaki Kiguchi at Kiguchi Dojo. Sakurada competed almost exclusively in Shooto events, with the only exception when he faced Yasushi Warita at Vale Tudo Japan 1994 which ended in a draw. Sakurada challenged Yasuto Sekishima for the Shooto Middleweight Championship at Shooto - Shooto on November 28, 1990 but the bout ended in a draw. A rematch of the championship bout took place at Shooto - Shooto on October 17, 1991. Sakurada claimed the title via unanimous decision and went on to successfully defend it once against Kazuhiro Kusayanagi at Shooto - Shooto on December 23, 1991 via majority decision. At the turn of the millennium he founded Gutsman Shooto Dojo, whe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shooto 6
Shooto is a combat sport and mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the ''Shooto Association'' and the ''International Shooto Commission''. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, first as a particular fighting system and then in 1989 as a mixed martial arts promotion. It is considered one of the first true mixed martial arts competitions, with its Vale Tudo Japan events being essential to the rise of PRIDE Fighting Championships and the development of modern MMA. Many Japanese MMA fighters had their start at Shooto and the organization still holds both professional and amateur tournaments. The list of current and past MMA fighters to come from Shooto roots is quite impressive. As a fighting system, Shooto is considered a hybrid martial art derived from Shoot Wrestling. It is focused on all aspects of fighting: striking, stand-up grappling and ground fighting. Practitioners are referred to as shooters or shootists. Shooto rules have evolved with time, are different de ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kenji Kawaguchi
Kenji Kawaguchi () is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Welterweight division. Career Vale Tudo Japan After a 10–0–4 career in Shooto, Kawaguchi represented the promotion in the event Vale Tudo Japan in July 1994, where he was pitted against French karateka Jan Lomulder. Kawaguchi charged for a takedown, but Lomulder kept himself standing by grabbing the ring ropes and scored multiple strikes on the back of Kawaguchi's head, both being legal tactics under that ruleset. Kawaguchi eventually took him down, only for Lomulder to answer with rabbit punches that forced the wrestler out of the ring. A controversial moment happened when Kawaguchi tried to return to the ring, as the referee didn't stop the action, meaning Lomulder could freely score soccer kicks and stomps while he did so. The Shooto wrestler repeated the takedown, but Lomulder grabbed the ropes again and landed multiple elbow strikes to the back of the head, and then followed with and more soccer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tomohiro Tanaka (mixed Martial Artist)
Tomohiro Tanaka is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Lightweight division. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 3-4-1 , Ken Komoda , Submission (armbar) , Zst - Swat! in Face 9 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:54 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 3-3-1 , Tomonori Ohara , TKO (punches) , Shooto - Shooto , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:03 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 3-2-1 , Naoki Sakurada , KO , Shooto - Shooto , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 3-1-1 , Yuji Ito , KO (punch) , Shooto - Shooto , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 2-1-1 , Kazuhiro Kusayanagi , Submission (armbar) , Shooto - Shooto , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:00 , Osaka, Japan , , - , Draw , align=center, 2-0-1 , Noboru Asahi , Draw , Shooto - Shooto , , ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |