Takaku Fuke (冨宅飛駈; January 30, 1969), born Yusuke Fuke (冨宅裕介) is a Japanese

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and former

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fighter. He was most notably involved in the early days of

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, at infancy of

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in Japan.

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ranked Takaku Fuke was #2 Heavyweight and #4 Pound-for-Pound best MMA fighter in the world in 1994.

Background

Fuke was an active practitioner of judo in high school. After graduating from high school in 1989, he became a UWF trainee. There, he would train with likes of Tatsuo Nakano and

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. Subsequently, he would work for Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi. While employed with PWFG, he was involved in a proto-MMA match with kickboxer Lawi Napataya.

Combat sport career

At Pancrase 2 (October 1993), he lost to Bas Rutten via TKO, following a knee to Fuke's liver. In November 1993, Fuke lost to

via submission. In December 1994, Fuke took part in the King of Pancrase tournament, where he lost against Maurice Smith in the first round. At Pancrase 19, Fuke lost to Frank Shamrock. In June 2003, he transferred to the new section "Pancrase MISSION" in Pancrase from "Pancrase Osaka.". He became a player belonging to MISSION next to Minoru Suzuki, and in the same month, participated in "U-STYLE" for the first time. On November 7, 2014 at WRESTLE-1/ZERO-ONE KASSEN ~ Battle ZERO1 Vs. W-1 Tournament - Day 3, he worked a match with his old Pancrase alumni,

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. In February 2019, at WRESTLE-1 Keiji Muto Produce Pro-Wrestling Masters event, Fuke took part in a 6-man tag team match, teamed up with Mitsuya Nagai and Yoshiaki Fujiwara, against

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and Tatsumi Fujinami.

Movie appearances

* Dynamite Wolf (February 16, 2019) - as himself

Championships and accomplishments

* Tenryu Project ** Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time)

Mixed martial arts record

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, Submission (rear-naked choke) , Pancrase 42 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 8:59 , , , - , Win , align=center, 14–15–1 , Paul Lazenby , Submission (ankle lock) , Pancrase 41 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 7:45 , , , - , Win , align=center, 13–15–1 , Haygar Chin , Submission (3:46) , Pancrase 39 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:46 , , , - , Loss , align=center, 12–15–1 , Osami Shibuya , Decision (points) , Pancrase 38 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 15 , , , - , Win , align=center, 12–14–1 , Jong Wang Kim , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Pancrase 37 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:09 , , , - , Loss , align=center, 11–14–1 , Ryushi Yanagisawa , Decision (points) , Pancrase 30 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 15:00 , , , - , Draw , align=center, 11–13–1 , Vernon White , Draw (unanimous) , Pancrase 29 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 10:00 , , , - , Loss , align=center, 11–13 , Guy Mezger , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase - Truth 3 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 10:00 , , , - , Loss , align=center, 11–12 ,

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, Submission (rear-naked choke) , Pancrase 12 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:13 , , , - , Win , align=center, 7–4 , Manabu Yamada , Submission (heel hook) , Pancrase 11 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 13:47 , , , - , Win , align=center, 6–4 , Jason Delucia , Submission (heel hook) , Pancrase 10 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:00 ,

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, , - , Win , align=center, 5–4 , Gregory Smit , Submission (ankle lock) , Pancrase 9 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:46 , , , - , Win , align=center, 4–4 , Toon Stelling , Disqualification (Illegal soccer kick) , Pancrase 8 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:37 , , , - , Loss , align=center, 3–4 ,

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, Submission (rear-naked choke) , Pancrase 3 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:44 ,

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References

External links

Takaku Fuke on Fight Matrix
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuke, Takaku Living people Martial artists from Osaka Prefecture People from Sakai, Osaka 1969 births Japanese male professional wrestlers Japanese male mixed martial artists Light heavyweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing shoot wrestling Mixed martial artists utilizing judo Mixed martial artists utilizing kickboxing 20th-century Japanese sportsmen Tenryu Project International Junior Heavyweight Champions