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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 ranked as the #5 Bantamweight in the world by the MMAWeekly Worldwide Ranking System. Tamura is a freestyle fighter. In 2004, Tamura became the first foreigner to beat a Burmese Lethwei fighter in an official match. Mixed martial arts career Tamura made his professional debut in the Shooto organization in a fight against Eiji Murayama, in August 2001, and lost on a technical decision (he later returned to face Murayama in 2004, only for the match to end in a draw). He has made MMA headlines when he defeated Takeshi Inoue in 2007, which won him the title of Shooto lightweight champion. He has also participated in GCM and MARS events, achieving a TKO over Masaomi Saito in the former, and a first round submission over Ian Loveland in the latt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishiwaki, Hyōgo
260px, Nishiwaki City Hall is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 39,001 in 17210 households and a population density of 290 persons per km².The total area of the city is . The city calls itself "The Navel of Japan (Nihon no Heso)." Located at the crossing of the 135° East meridian and the 35° North parallel, the city's ''Nihon no Heso'' Park marks the center of the nation Geography Nishiwaki is located in the northern Harima region of Hyōgo prefecture, about 50 kilometers north of Kobe city, bordered by the Chugoku Mountains to the north. The Kakogawa River, Sugihara River, and the Noma River flow through the city, Neighbouring municipalities Hyōgo Prefecture * Kasai * Katō * Taka * Sasayama * Tanba Climate Nishiwaki has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with hot summers and cool to cold winters. Precipitation is significantly higher in summer than in winter, though on the whole lower tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manny Tapia
Manuel Alcaraz Tapia (born March 14, 1981) is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter currently competing in the Bantamweight division. He has formerly competed for the WEC, King of the Cage, and Tachi Palace Fights. He is the former King of the Cage Flyweight Champion. Background Tapia is from Riverside, California. After the death of his parents, Tapia used football, judo, and wrestling as outlets for his anger. He attended Don Lugo High School in Chino, California and Chaffey College. Tapia was originally introduced to mixed martial arts a year out of high school. Mixed martial arts career Early career Tapia made his professional mixed martial arts debut in 2003 for King of the Cage and compiled a record of 4-0-1 before winning the King of the Cage Flyweight Championship. He later signed with the WEC and was stripped of his title. World Extreme Cagefighting Tapia made his WEC debut at WEC 27 on May 12, 2007 in a Featherweight bout against Brandon Foxworth and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeki Osawa
Shigeki Osawa (born May 2, 1986) is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division. Mixed martial arts career Background Osawa is a training partner of Japanese MMA veteran Michihiro Omigawa. Osawa is a successful wrestler. Amongst his successes was his participation in the 8th World University Wrestling Championship in Greece where he won gold in the 60 kg division. He also won the All-Japan Freestyle Wrestling Championship 60 kg division in 2007, which gave him his entry into Sengoku. Sengoku In May 2009, Osawa made his Sengoku debut at Sengoku 8 against Kota Ishibashi. Osawa won the bout via unanimous decision (20–18, 20–19, 20–19). Three months later, Osawa returned at Sengoku 9 against Toru Harai. Late in the first round, Osawa defeated Harai via TKO (punches). After defeating Ki Hyun Kim at Sengoku 10, Osawa faced Ronnie Mann at Sengoku 11. Mann dominated the fight and claimed a unanimous decision victory, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Delumeau
Guy Delumeau (born August 18, 1981) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division. Personal life Delumeau attended Pacific University. Mixed martial arts record , - , Win , align=center, 22-13-3 , Juri Ohara , Decision (majority) , DEEP: 81 Impact , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 , Tokyo, Japan , Return to Lightweight. , - , Loss , align=center, 21-13-3 , Hiroto Uesako , TKO (punches) , DEEP: 78 Impact , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:23 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 21-12-3 , Nazareno Malegarie , Decision (unanimous) , Pancrase: 281 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 21-11-3 , Satoshi Inaba , Submission (twister) , Pancrase: 279 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:40 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 20-11-3 , Juntaro Ushiku , TKO (knee injury) , Pancrase: 266 , , align=center, 2 , al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dailymotion
Dailymotion is a French video-sharing technology platform owned by Vivendi. North American launch partners included Vice Media, Bloomberg and Hearst Digital Media. It is among the earliest known platforms to support HD (720p) resolution video. Dailymotion is available worldwide in 183 languages and 43 localised versions featuring local home pages and local content. History In March 2005, Benjamin Bejbaum and Olivier Poitrey founded the website, pooling €6,000 (US$9,271) from six individuals to start it. In September 2006, Dailymotion raised funds in collaboration with Atlas Ventures and Partech International. They raised €7 million, which was considered to be the most funds raised in 2006 from the French Web 2.0. In 2007 Dailymotion created ASIC, together with other companies in the sector. Dailymotion supports a high-definition video resolution of 720p since February 2008, making it one of the earliest known HD video platforms. October 2009, the French government inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shwe Sai
Shwe Sai ( my, ရွှေဆိုင်း), is a retired Burmese Lethwei fighter and former Openweight Lethwei World Champion. Personal life Shwe Sai is born in the Karen state and has a son named Sai Maung Maung, who also competes in Lethwei and who is signed to the World Lethwei Championship. Lethwei career On 10 and 11 July 2004, Shwe Sai and teammates Aye Bo Sein, Naing Wan Lay and Win Tun competed in a Lethwei tournament at Thuwunna National Indoor Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar. The Burmese fighters were matched against four Japanese fighters: Tamura, Yoshitaro Niimi, Takaharu Yamamoto and Seiji Wakasugi. During his reign, Shwe Sai faced Zaw Win Tun, 1996 Golden Belt Champion, with Shwe Sai having the upper hand having won one fight while the other was a draw. On 2 August 2019, Shwe Sai's son Sai Maung Maung, was supposed to continue the rivalry and face the son of his past rival Saw Win Tun at WLC 9: King of Nine Limbs, but the fight was cancelled due to medical rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Light Of Myanmar
''The New Light of Myanmar'' (, ; formerly ''The New Light of Burma'') is a government-owned newspaper published by the Ministry of Information (Burma), Ministry of Information and based in Yangon, Myanmar. ''The New Light of Myanmar'' is often viewed as propaganda on part of the Tatmadaw and the government, and features many articles about military officials. The majority of domestic news articles comes from the state-run Myanmar News Agency (MNA), whilst most international articles come from News agency, news services, particularly Reuters, which are published after censorship by the MNA. History The counterpart of the Myanmar-language ''Myanmar Alin'' ( my, မြန်မာ့အလင်), the ''New Light of Myanmar'' is claimed by its editors to be the oldest English-language daily, first published on 12 January 1964 as ''The Working People’s Daily''. The newspaper took on its current name on 17 April 1993. According to Bertil Lintner of ''The Irrawaddy'', another ''New L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangon
Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government relocated the administrative functions to the purpose-built capital city of Naypyidaw in north central Myanmar. With over 7 million people, Yangon is Myanmar's most populous city and its most important commercial centre. Yangon boasts the largest number of colonial-era buildings in Southeast Asia, and has a unique colonial-era urban core that is remarkably intact. The colonial-era commercial core is centered around the Sule Pagoda, which is reputed to be over 2,000 years old. The city is also home to the gilded Shwedagon Pagoda – Myanmar's most sacred and famous Buddhist pagoda. Yangon suffers from deeply inadequate infrastructure, especially compared to other major cities in Southeast Asia, such as Jakarta, Bangkok or Hanoi. Though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thuwunna National Indoor Stadium
, logo_image = , image = File:National Indoor Stadium 1 Thuwuna.jpg , fullname = , location = Thingangyun, Yangon, Myanmar , coordinates = , broke_ground = 1983 , built = , opened = 1986 , renovated = 11 August 2019 , expanded = , closed = , demolished = , owner = Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs , operator = Department of Sports and Physical Education , surface = , construction_cost = , structural engineer = , services engineer = , general_contractor = , project_manager = , main_contractors = , former_names = , seating_capacity = 10,825 , dimensions = , scoreboard = , publictransit= National Indoor Stadium (1), Thuwunna is a modern indoor stadium located in Yangon, Myanmar. It is the largest indoor sports stadium in Myanmar, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Valencia
Carlos Enrique "Charlie" Valencia (born October 31, 1974) is an American mixed martial artist. He has fought for the WEC and UFC in their Bantamweight divisions, and is the former King of the Cage Bantamweight Champion. He is one of only two men to ever finish Ian McCall in a professional MMA fight. Background Valencia grew up in Rosemead, California as the son of a machinist for an aerospace company and a stay-at-home mother. He has three brothers, two older and one younger. He attended Mark Keppel High in Monterey Park, California. He took sixth in the state championships in his senior year. After high school, he went on to East Los Angeles College where he won a junior college state championship. He moved on to Fresno State where he had a successful career on the Bulldogs wrestling team. He graduated from Fresno State in 1995. Mixed martial arts career Valencia made his WEC debut on March 24, 2007 at WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio and was victorious over Antonio Banuelos via ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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