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descent, fighting out of Battle Box Gym. He is the former K-1 Super Welterweight champion. He has faced several notable fighters of his weight division such as Kaew Fairtex,
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, Yasuomi Soda,
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, Massaro Glunder and Hiroya. He was ranked in the featherweight top ten by Combat Press between June 2015 and March 2017. He was also ranked in the top ten by Liverkick.com.


Kickboxing


Krush title run

He began his kickboxing career fight under the banner of MA Japan. He amassed an 8-2-1 record with them, with six of his wins coming by KO. He capped off his time with MA Japan by winning the MA Japan Super Lightweight Championship. In his Krush debut, Kimura fought NOMAN. He beat him by KO in the first round. In his second fight with Krush, he KO'd Daizo Sasaki in the first round. In his third fight with Krush, he TKO'd
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in the third round. Following his three fight winning streak, Kimura fought Yuji Takeuchi in a 63 kg title eliminator. He won by a first round KO. Minoru fought the reigning Krush Lightweight champion
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during Krush 35. Yamazaki won by KO, just 47 seconds into the fight.


K-1 Super Lightweight title run

Kimura rebounded from his failed title bid with a TKO win over Daizo Sasaki during Krush 39. In his next fight he faced the forme Krush and ISKA champion Thomas Adamandopoulos, whom he beat by a second round TKO. Kimura took part in the 2014 K-1 Super Lightweight Grand Prix. He lost to Yasuomi Soda in the quarter finals. Kimura was scheduled to fight the 2014 K-1 Welterweight Grand Prix winner Kaew Fairtex in January 2015. Kimura won by majority decision. He beat Hiroya by a first round TKO. He beat Massaro Glunder by decision, after an extra fought round was fought. He was scheduled to fight
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during K-1's 2015 Survival Wars. He won the fight by unanimous decision. His four fight winning streak earned him a chance to fight for the K-1 Super Lightweight title in a rematch with Kaew Fairtex in November 2015. Fairtex won by KO in the first round.


Winning the Krush title

Following his failed title, Kimura traded wins and losses over his next five fights. The first loss was to
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in the K-1 Welterweight Grand Prix quarter finals. Noiri beat him by KO in the first round. He beat NOMAN by a unanimous decision in June 2016. He lost to Kohei Nishikawa by KO during Krush 74. He beat Kenji during Krush 76 by a first round TKO. He took part in the 2017 K-1 Welterweight Grand Prix, and faced
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in the quarter finals. Kimura lost a unanimous decision. Minoru was scheduled to fight
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in November 2017. He won the fight by unanimous decision to begin a four fight winning streak. Kimura fought Jin Hirayama during K'Festa 1, and won the fight by a first round KO. He fought Kazuki Yamagiwa in June 2018, and won the fight by a first round left hook KO. Kimura fought Hitoshi Tsukakoshi, during Krush 91, for the Krush Welterweight title. He won the fight by TKO, after knocking Tsukakoshi down three times in the first round.


Krush title reign

After winning the Krush title, he lost to Jordann Pikeur by TKO, after being knocked down three times inside of the third round. Minoru fought Hiromi Wajima during K'Festa 2. He won the fight by a first round KO. Kimura's first title defense was against Kaisei Kondo during Krush 101. He beat Kondo in the second round by KO. Kimura fought Cruz Briggs in June 2019. He beat Briggs by a first round KO. Kimura was scheduled to face Sho Oizumi two months later. He beat Oizumi by a first round KO. Minoru faced Jordan Valdinocci at K-1's 2019 Yokohamatsuri event. Valdinocci came into the fight as a late replacement. He won the fight in the second round, by a body shot KO. He fought Marcel Adeyemi in December 2019. He beat Adeyemi by a first round KO.


K-1 Title reign

Kimura participated in K-1's 2020 Super Welterweight tournament. He won the quarterfinal bout against Kaito by a first round KO. He defeated Eder Lopes in the semifinals by first round KO as well. In the tournament finals he faced Hiromi Wajima, whom he likewise beat by a first round KO. He was scheduled to fight the HEAT Kick Middleweight champion Abiral Ghimire during K-1 World GP 2020 in Tokyo in a non-title bout. He won the fight by TKO in the second round, after the ringside doctor stopped the fight, due to a cut above Abiral's left eye. Kimura was scheduled to make his first K-1 Welterweight title defense against Hiromi Wajima, whom he had previously beaten by knockout, at K-1 World GP 2021 in Osaka on December 4, 2021. He lost the fight by a third-round knockout, as he was unable to beat the eight count after suffering a body kick knockdown.


Knock Out

Kimura made his KNOCK OUT promotional debut against the KNOCK OUT RED Super Welterweight champion Kuntap Charoenchai at KNOCK OUT 2023 SUPER BOUT BLAZE on March 5, 2023. He knocked Kuntap out less than a minute into the bout. The bout was eventually overturned to a no contest after Kimura confessed having been using performance enhancing drugs before the bout.


Rizin

Kimura made his Rizin return at Rizin 43 – Sapporo on June 24, 2023 against Daryl Lokoku, knocking him out with a left hook in the first round. However subsequently it was revealed that Kimura himself had requested to be tested for
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s and the results to be publicly announced. Eventually Kimura tested positive for steroids, and the win over Lokoku was overturned to no contest. After testing positive, Kimura admitted to having used performance enhancing drugs before the two previous bouts, which were also overturned to no contest. Kimura was scheduled to face
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at Rizin 45 on December 31, 2023. The fight was called off when Kimura tested positive for a banned substance. After the suspension Kimura faced Buakaw Banchamek at Rizin Landmark 9 on March 23, 2024. He lost the bout via second round knockout.


Mixed martial arts

In September 2016, Kimura made his mixed martial arts debut for the
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in Tokyo. He faced Charles Bennett and lost the fight via TKO just seven seconds into the first round.


Titles and accomplishments

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** 2020 K-1 World GP 2020 –70 kg Championship Tournament Winner ** 2020 K-1 "Fighter of the Year" Award *
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** 2018 Krush Welterweight Champion *Martial Arts Japan Kickboxing Federation ** 2012 MAJKF Super Lightweight Champion ** 2011 MAJKF Rookie Tournament winner


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Mixed martial arts record

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Mixed rules record

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See also

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List of male kickboxers This is a list of notable male professional kickboxing, kickboxers. A * Parviz Abdullayev * Donegi Abena * Lukas Achterberg * Thomas Adamandopoulos * Serhiy Adamchuk * Romie Adanza * Benjamin Adegbuyi * Israel Adesanya * Peter Aerts * Ryo Aitak ...
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List of K-1 champions This is the list of all K-1 champions. Included are the K-1 World Grand Prix and K-1 World MAX champions as well as all the preliminary tournament winners from the events promoted by FEG (1993– 2012), K-1 Global (2012–2023), and K-1 (2014–p ...


References

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