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Bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports and weightlifting. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class ...

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Akitoshi Tamura Akitoshi Tamura (born May 31, 1980) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed almost exclusively in the Shooto organization, before making his debut in 2008 at the WEC 37. In 2007, he was the lightweight champion of Shooto. He was once ran ...

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Isao Tanimura Isao Tanimura is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Middleweight division. Mixed martial arts record , - , Win , align=center, 7–5 , Mario Stapel , Decision (unanimous) , Shooto: Wanna Shooto 2002 , , align=center ...

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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 ...

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Jutaro Nakao Jutaro Nakao (born November 30, 1970) is a Japanese mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He competes in both the Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight and Welterweight (MMA), Welterweight divisions. A judo based fighter, Nakao is known for his c ...

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Masato Fujiwara Masato Fujiwara (born January 23, 1976; ) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, , Koji Nishioka , Decision (majority) , Shooto: Kitazawa Shooto Vol. 4 , , align=center, 2 , ali ...

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Tetsuji Kato is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competed in the welterweight and lightweight divisions in Shooto, Strikeforce and DEEP. He was the SuperBrawl 7 Light Heavyweight Tournament winner, defeating Ben Hernandez in the finals. __TOC__ Champi ...

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Aichi is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefecture ...

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