Hiroshi Tsuruya (born December 8, 1970) is a

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mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-stylistic contests took place t ...

. He competed in the

Lightweight Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing (sport), rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the spor ...

and

Welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term ''welterweight'' was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ...

divisions.

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Vítor Ribeiro Vítor de Souza Ribeiro (born February 24, 1979) is a retired professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division. A professional competitor since 2001, he has formerly competed for Strikeforce, Sho ...

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Koji Takeuchi Koji Takeuchi (born May 29, 1974) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Welterweight division. Mixed martial arts record , - , Win , align=center, 7–8–5 , Hiroshi Kozakai , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Pancrase: ...

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Seichi Ikemoto is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. He is a veteran of Shooto, PRIDE and DEEP. His specialty is a "double punch", in which he puts his hands together and throws them at his opponent. Biography and career Ikemoto is a ...

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Tomonori Ohara Tomonori Ohara is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, , Naoki Kimura , TKO (punches) , Deep - Hero 1 , , align=center, 1 ...

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Masakazu Kuramochi Masakazu Kuramochi (born February 7, 1972) is a Japanese retired mixed martial artist. He competed in the Lightweight division. Kurmochi was a veteran of every major Japanese mixed martial arts promotion with the exception of PRIDE. In 2008 Ku ...

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Takanori Gomi is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist who gained international fame in Pride Fighting Championships. Later in his career, Gomi also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Gomi is the only Pride FC Lightweight Champion in the ...

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Takaharu Murahama is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Lightweight division. He is the brother of professional wrestler and kickboxer Takehiro Murahama. Career Prior to his pro debut he won 3rd place in the middleweight category (-74kg) at th ...

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