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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] |
Japanese People
The are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Japanese archipelago."人類学上は，旧石器時代あるいは縄文時代以来，現在の北海道〜沖縄諸島（南西諸島）に住んだ集団を祖先にもつ人々。" () Japanese people constitute 97.9% of the population of the country of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 129 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 122.5 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live outside Japan are referred to as , the Japanese diaspora. Depending on the context, the term may be limited or not to mainland Japanese people, specifically the Yamato (as opposed to Ryukyuan and Ainu people). Japanese people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world. In recent decades, there has also been an increase in the number of multiracial people with both Japanese and non-Japanese roots, including half Japanese people. History Theories of origins Archaeological evidence indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pancrase
Pancrase Inc. is a mixed martial arts promotion company founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. The name was based on pankration, a fighting sport in the Ancient Olympic Games. Suzuki and Funaki practiced catch wrestling. They based the promotion and its rules on professional wrestling. The promotion's champions were called "King of Pancrase". The rules allowed closed-fisted punches, except to the head, and palm strikes to the head. A wrestler must break a submission hold when the opponent reaches the ropes, but a wrestler who claims a rope break loses a point. A wrestler who claims a specified number of rope breaks (between 3 and 5) was disqualified. From 1998 to 2000, the promotion changed its rules to resemble other mixed martial arts promotions. Pancrase participant Guy Mezger said that "there was icnot very many works redetermined outcomes Maybe 4 or 5 total and most of them were before I was fighting for them. I hate when p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomonari Kanomata
Tomonari Kanomata (born August 4, 1979) is a Japanese people, Japanese mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He competed in the Featherweight (MMA), featherweight and Lightweight (MMA), lightweight divisions. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 20-9-7 , Guy Delumeau , Decision (Unanimous) , Pancrase: 260 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Draw , align=center, 20-8-7 , Junpei Chikano , Draw (Majority) , Pancrase: 257 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 , Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 20-8-6 , Kazushi Sugiyama , Decision (Unanimous) , Pancrase: 255 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 19-8-6 , Daniel Swain , TKO (Punches) , Pancrase: 248 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 4:36 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 19-7-6 , Jon Shores , Decision (Unanimous) , 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shunichi Shimizu
is a Japanese mixed martial arts and Lethwei fighter who currently competes in the bantamweight division. Career Shimizu is a veteran of the Japanese mixed martial arts scene and primarily fought in Pancrase and ZST, the latter where he earned the nicknames Mr. SWAT! and the Ironman of ZST. Shimizu has also competed for Deep, GLADIATOR, Road Fighting Championship, Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Victory Road. Professional Lethwei record , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2018-02-21 , Draw , align="left" , Tun Lwin Moe , Lethwei in Japan 7: Yuki , Tokyo, Japan , Draw , 5 , - , colspan=9 , ''Legend'': Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 35-26-11 (2) , Joo Sang Yoo , Decision (unanimous) , AFC 22 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Ilsan, South Korea , , - , Win , align=center, 35-25-11 (2) , Jun Doi , Decision (split) , GLADIATOR 017 in OSAKA , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 , Osaka, Japan , , - , Loss , align= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooto The Shoot 2011
Shooto is a combat sport and mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the ''Shooto Association'' and the ''International Shooto Commission''. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, first as a particular fighting system and then in 1989 as a mixed martial arts promotion. It is considered one of the first true mixed martial arts competitions, with its Vale Tudo Japan events being essential to the rise of PRIDE Fighting Championships and the development of modern MMA. Many Japanese MMA fighters had their start at Shooto and the organization still holds both professional and amateur tournaments. The list of current and past MMA fighters to come from Shooto roots is quite impressive. As a fighting system, Shooto is considered a hybrid martial art derived from Shoot Wrestling. It is focused on all aspects of fighting: striking, stand-up grappling and ground fighting. Practitioners are referred to as shooters or shootists. Shooto rules have evolved with time, are different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Hiroyuki Abe (fighter)
, also known as Abe Ani, is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently fighting in the featherweight division for Shooto as well as teaching at his gym, Abe Ani Combat Club. Abe is most notable for training female mixed martial arts veteran and Bellator Fighting Championships finalist, Megumi Fujii. Abe has fought in many high-level MMA organizations, including Shooto, Pride FC, Deep, King of the Cage and Cage Rage. He has also competed at ADCC. He holds notable bouts against UFC standouts Urijah Faber and Brad Pickett, as well as Pride veteran Luiz Firmino. He made his return to Shooto after 5 years on September 30, 2012 vs. Shigeki Osawa. He lost the bout via TKO. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 8–15–3 (1) , Shigeki Osawa , TKO (punches) , Shooto: 10th Round , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:12 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 8–14–3 (1) , Atsuhiro Tsuboi , Decision (unanimous) , Deep: Cage Impact 2011 in Nago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiyo Nishiura
(born August 8, 1983) is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer. Nishiura currently competes in MMA for the DREAM organization as a Featherweight and has also fought for Shooto, Cage Force, and DEEP. Mixed martial arts career DREAM After compiling a record of 9-3-1 in organizations such as Shooto and Cage Force, Nishiura made his promotional debut with DREAM on March 8, 2009 against Abel Cullum at ''DREAM 7'' in the opening round of the Featherweight Grand Prix, where he lost via unanimous decision. He returned at ''DREAM 14'' in May 2010 and was able to cause an upset by defeating Hideo Tokoro via technical knockout within the first round. In his next fight at ''DREAM 16'', he faced Mitsuhiro Ishida. Ishida worked frequent takedowns almost exclusively in favor of striking for the 15-minute affair, though Nishiura was able to regain his feet quickly each time. In the second frame, Ishida was able to gain mount, but it was Nishiura who drew first blood with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VTJ 6th
is an annual mixed martial arts competition held in Japan. Originally arranged by promoter and former professional wrestler Satoru Sayama, he had previously created a hybrid martial art organization named Shooto in 1985. He arranged VTJ in 1994 with the objective of creating a more rules-free event similar to the early Ultimate Fighting Championship events in the United States and Vale Tudo competitions in Brazil, previously to this tournament, Shooto did not feature striking in ground position. The fighters were composed by the best Japanese MMA fighters drawn from Shooto, the Shoot Wrestling circuit as well as foreign invitees, one of them and most famously begin the older brother of UFC champion Royce Gracie, Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Rickson Gracie. Some other notable fighters to fight at Vale Tudo Japan include Sanae Kikuta, Takanori Gomi, Enson Inoue, João Roque, Carlos Newton, Rumina Sato, Royler Gracie, Dan Severn, Vladimir Matyushenko, Frank Shamrock, Jean Jacques Macha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wataru Miki
Wataru Miki (born August 26, 1980) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Featherweight and Lightweight divisions. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 20-14-6 , Shigeki Osawa , Decision (Unanimous) , Shooto: 1st Round 2015 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 20-13-6 , Takumi Nakayama , Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) , Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 5th in Osaka , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:29 , Osaka, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 20-12-6 , Jae Woong Kim , Decision (Unanimous) , Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 4th , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Ota, Tokyo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 20-11-6 , Jung Gyeong Lee , Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) , Shooto: 1st Round 2013 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:57 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 19-11-6 , Yusuke Yachi , Decision (Unanimous) , Shooto: 12th Round , , ... [...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] |
