Masakatsu Ueda (born December 21, 1977) is a professional Japanese

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who currently competes in the

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division of

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. Ueda was also a college level wrestler in Japan, where holds a win over fellow mixed martial artist and Japanese superstar

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, better known as "Kid" Yamamoto. Ueda has also won many national titles in combat wrestling. He also won the All Japan Shooto Grappling championship, and both A and B class Shooto Rookie Tournaments. He is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under

Yuki Nakai Yuki Nakai (born 18 August 1970, ) is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist. He currently teaches Shootfighting and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and is the president of the Japanese Confederation of Jiu-Jitsu. He competed in Shooto, an early MMA ...

Mixed martial arts career

Shooto

Ueda won the vacant Shooto Featherweight Championship after defeating Koetsu Okazai on March 28, 2008, by Unanimous Decision at Shooto's Back To Our Roots 8 show.

Bellator

Ueda faced Travis Marx in the first round of the Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament and suffered a unanimous decision loss in a competitive fight. He was later released from the promotion.

ONE Fighting Championship

Following his release from Bellator, Ueda signed with

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and entered the ONE FC Bantamweight Grand Prix. He made his debut against Min Jung Song at ONE Fighting Championship: Rise of Kings on October 6. Ueda faced

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in the Bantamweight Grand Prix semifinals on April 5, 2013, at ONE Fighting Championship: Kings and Champions. He won the fight by submission. On May 31, 2013, he faced

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at ONE Fighting Championship: Rise to Power in the ONE Bantamweight Grand Prix Final. Ueda won the fight by unanimous decision. By winning the Bantamweight Grand Prix, Ueda was able to secure a title shot against Bibiano Fernandes for the ONE Bantamweight Championship. He faced Fernandes at ONE Fighting Championship: Rise of Heroes on May 2, 2014. He lost by unanimous decision.

Championships and accomplishments

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** Shooto Featherweight Championship (1 time) **Three successful title defenses *

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** ONE FC Bantamweight 2013 Grand Prix Champion

Mixed martial arts record

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, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 18–3–2 , Bibiano Fernandes , Decision (unanimous) , ONE FC: Rise of Heroes , , align=center, 5 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Singapore , ONE FC Bantamweight Grand Prix first round , - , Loss , align=center, 15–2–2 , Travis Marx , Decision (unanimous) , Bellator 64 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Canada , Bellator Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal , - , Win , align=center, 15–1–2 ,

Kyoji Horiguchi is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He most recently competed in Rizin FF in the Flyweight division, where he was a former RIZIN Flyweight Champion and former RIZIN Bantamweight Championsh ...

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, Japan , Return to Bantamweight , - , Win , align=center, 14–1–2 ,

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, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 10–1–2 , Shuichiro Katsumura , Submission (ninja choke) , Shooto: The Way of Shooto 2: Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 3:39 ,

, Japan , Lost Shooto Featherweight (132 lbs.) Championship , - , Win , align=center, 10–0–2 , Eduardo Dantas , Decision (unanimous) , Shooto: Revolutionary Exchanges 1: Undefeated , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , Defended Shooto Featherweight (132 lbs.) Championship , - , Win , align=center, 9–0–2 , So Tazawa , Decision (unanimous) , Shooto: Tradition 6 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , Defended Shooto Featherweight (132 lbs.) Championship , - , Draw , align=center, 8–0–2 ,

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, Japan , Defended Shooto Featherweight (132 lbs.) Championship , - , Win , align=center, 8–0–1 , Koetsu Okazaki , Decision (unanimous) , Shooto: Back To Our Roots 8 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , For the vacant Shooto Featherweight (132 lbs.) Championship , - , Win , align=center, 7–0–1 , Atsushi Yamamoto , Decision (unanimous) , Shooto: Back To Our Roots 7 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 6–0–1 , Tetsu Suzuki , Decision (unanimous) , Shooto: Rookie Tournament 2007 Final , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 4–0 , Teriyuki Matsumoto , Submission (triangle choke) , Shooto: Rookie Tournament Final , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:42 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 3–0 , Naoki Yahagi , TKO (punches) , Shooto 2006: 10/1 in Kitazawa Town Hall , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:49 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 2–0 , Nobuhiro Hayakawa , Decision (unanimous) , Shooto: Gig West 5 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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References

External links

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