Yasuhito Namekawa
(born October 27, 1974) is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. Namekawa made his Mixed martial arts debut for Fighting Network Rings in 1998. He fought in mainly Shoot fighting bouts until 1999 when Rings introduced the ''King of King Rules''. Throughout his career, Namekawa has fought for organisations such as Rings, Deep and Pride FC. His last fight to date was in 2008, with a professional Mixed martial arts career spanning ten years. Namekawa has fought notable opponents such as; Alistair Overeem, Volk Han, Maurício Rua and Cyrille Diabate. He holds a professional MMA Record of 25 wins, 16 losses and 4 draws. Fight career Fighting Network RINGS (1998-2002) Namekawa made his debut for RINGS on June 20, 1998 against Minoru Toyonaga, the bout ended in a draw. He then went on to submit Daniel Higgins and out point Ryuki Ueyama. Namekawa suffered his first loss on October 11, 1998 against Bakouri Gogitidze, he lost by submission. On ...
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Wataru Sakata
is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. Career A former Kyokushin karateka, Sakata trained in professional wrestling at Animal Hamaguchi's gym and joined Akira Maeda's Fighting Network RINGS immediately after. Fighting Network RINGS Sakata debuted in RINGS in 1994 against Nobuhiro Tsurumaki. Making the transition to mixed martial arts before most of his native colleagues, he started to take part in shootfights the same year of his debut. Over the years, Sakata would develop a rivalry with Willie Peeters in a long series of shootfighting bouts. Peeters defeated Wataru by TKO on their first fight On November 16, 1995, and they went to fight a rematch on June 29, 1996. During the latter, Sakata broke late a toehold and injured Peeters, who retaliated by illegally knocking him out with a close-fisted punch. Although the act gave Peeters a red card, he would win by KO due palm strikes. The two met again on August 24, where Sakata was dominated in a gr ...
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37 Impact
37 may refer to: * 37 (number), the natural number following 36 and preceding 38 Years * 37 BC * AD 37 * 1937 * 2037 Other uses * ''37'' (album), by King Never, 2013 * ''37'' (film), a 2016 film about the murder of Kitty Genovese * 37 (MBTA bus), a bus route in Boston, Massachusetts, US * 37 (New Jersey bus), a NJ Transit bus route in New Jersey, US * "Thirty Seven", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''Almost Heathen'', 2001 See also * 37th (other) * List of highways numbered 37 The following highways are numbered 37: Australia * Newcastle Inner City Bypass * Nubeena Road (TAS) Canada * Alberta Highway 37 * British Columbia Highway 37 * Winnipeg Route 37 * Ontario Highway 37 * Saskatchewan Highway 37 * Yukon Highwa ...

38 Impact
38 may refer to: *38 (number), the natural number following 37 and preceding 39 *one of the years 38 BC, AD 38, 1938, 2038 *.38, a caliber of firearms and cartridges **.38 Special, a revolver cartridge *'' Thirty-Eight: The Hurricane That Transformed New England'', a 2016 book by Stephen Long *"Thirty Eight", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''Almost Heathen ''Almost Heathen'' is the third studio album by the stoner rock band Karma to Burn, released in 2001 via Spitfire Records. It was the last album released before their seven-year disbandment in 2002. The album was reissued in 2022 by Heavy Psych Sou ...

Katsuyori Shibata
is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and professional wrestling trainer. In professional wrestling, he is known for his hard hitting offense. He is currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). In NJPW, he is a former three-time NEVER Openweight Champion, a one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion (with Hirooki Goto), and the winner of the 2017 New Japan Cup. He is also a former holder of Revolution Pro Wrestling's British Heavyweight Championship. Since March 2018, Shibata has served as the head coach of NJPW's dojo in Los Angeles. Early life Shibata attended Kuwana Kogyo High School in Kuwana, Mie, where he was classmates with Hirooki Goto. The son of former Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance and New Japan Pro-Wrestling competitor Katsuhisa Shibata, Katsuyori was an amateur wrestler during his school days and was competing at national level in 1997. Professional wrestling career New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1999–2005) Shibata made his professional wrestlin ...
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Katsuhisa Fujii
,(born August 15, 1972) is a Japanese retired mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, mostly known for his work in Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Hustle. A professional MMA competitor from 1996 until 2010, he competed for the UFC, PRIDE Fighting Championships, PRIDE Fighting Championships, Pancrase, DEEP, RINGS, and M-1 Global. Mixed martial arts career After a career of judo and amateur wrestling at the Tokyo University, Fujii learned mixed martial arts on the Super Tiger Gym of Satoru Sayama and debuted for Shooto in 1997. Ultimate Fighting Championship Fujii made his debut in Ultimate Fighting Championship during the UFC 23 tournament in Japan, where he first faced the newcomer Masutatsu Yano. The bout started slow, with Fujii defending with strikes and submissions attempts against his opponent's wrestling acumen, but in the second round, Fujii stunned Yano with punches and scored the knockout victory. He advanced to the next round and found himself against fellow shoot-st ...
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Ryuta Sakurai
Ryuta Sakurai (born September 8, 1971) is a Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in the middleweight division. A veteran who fought for many companies such as Shooto, Pancrase and PRIDE. Nicknamed Mr. DEEP, he is best known for spending most of his fighting career in DEEP, where he is a former DEEP Middleweight champion. Career DEEP Sakurai defeated Ryuki Ueyama at Deep: 17 Impact on December 18th, 2004 by technical knockout in the first round to win the championship. Sakurai would lose the title in February 2006 to Ryo Chonan at Deep: 23rd Impact in the first round due to a cut. He would challenge for the championship in a rematch against rival Riki Fukuda at Deep: 40 Impact, where he lost via unanimous decision. His last fight in DEEP to date was at Deep: 87 Impact on December 21st, 2018, to a second round submission loss to Tatsuya Mizuno. Championship and accomplishments *DEEP ** DEEP Middleweight Championship (1 time) *GRACHAN **GRAND Welterweight Champio ...
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Pride Bushido 2
The year 2004 is the 8th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2004 had 10 events beginning with, ''Pride 27 - Inferno''. Title fights Debut Pride FC fighters The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2004: * Akihiro Gono * Amar Suloev * Bertrand Amoussou * Brady Fink * Charles Bennett * Cory Peterson * Crosley Gracie * Dean Lister * Egidijus Valavicius * Fabio Mello * Gan McGee * Henry Miller * Hiroyuki Abe * Jadyson Costa * James Thompson * Jens Pulver * Jin O Kim * Jorge Patino * Josh Barnett * Katsuhisa Fujii * Kazuo Misaki * Kazuo Takahashi * Luiz Firmino * Makoto Takimoto * Mal Foki * Marcus Aurelio * Mark Hunt * Masakazu Imanari * Matt Foki * Mu Bae Choi * Rulon Gardner * Ryo Chonan * Ryuki Ueyama * Ryuta Sakurai * Sean Sherk * Sergey Ignatov * Soa Palelei * Stefan Leko * Takanori Gomi * Yasuaki Miyazono * Yasuhito Namekawa * Yoji Anjo * Yukio Kawabe Ev ...
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Wallid Ismail
Wallid Farid Ismail ( ar, وليد فريد إسماعيل, born February 23, 1968) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and promoter. Ismail holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) under Carlson Gracie, and is an IVC mixed martial arts world champion and BJJ Champion. Ismail is considered one of the first professional fighters in BJJ. Because of his specially dedicated training, as he had many sponsors and did not have to teach or have another job, unlike most of the other competitors in the country at the time. In mixed martial arts, Ismail also competed for the UFC, and PRIDE, and most of wins in the sport came by way of submission. After his career, he became heavily involved in the business side of MMA. He is the founder and promoter of Jungle Fight, Brazil's largest MMA promotion, and also manager of multiple fighters. Background Of Lebanese Brazilian heritage, Ismail started training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 1980 in his home state of Amazonas in Brazil under Ary ...
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Yuki Ishikawa (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist and promoter. Ishikawa is known for his violent shoot-style matches, that often include him and his opponents legitimately hitting each other and ending the match with numerous injuries and/or blood on their faces. He is perhaps best known for his work in Battlarts, a promotion he founded in 1996. Ishikawa has also competed extensively on the Japanese independent circuit as a freelancer, competing for companies such as Pro Wrestling Zero1, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) as a freelancer. Professional wrestling career Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (1992–1995) Ishikawa idolised Antonio Inoki as a child and dreamed of being a professional wrestler his entire life. After graduating from Nihon University, he travelled to the United States and enrolled in Boris Malenko's school of professional wrestling, where he trained under Malenko and Karl Gotch. After returning to Japan in 1 ...
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Daisuke Watanabe
is a Japanese video game writer employed by Square Enix. He is mostly known for his work on the role-playing video game series ''Final Fantasy'' and the action role-playing video game, action RPG series ''Kingdom Hearts''. Career Watanabe first became interested in writing in junior high school in 1988, after reading the ''Wizardry'' novel ''Tonariawase no Hai to Seishun'' by Benny Matsuyama. Before he joined Square (video game company), Square, Watanabe wrote manga novelizations. ''Final Fantasy X'' was the first ''Final Fantasy'' game that he worked on as scenario writer. Among others, he was responsible for the dialog in the Zanarkand Ruins which he almost wrote in one single night. He joined the ''Final Fantasy XIII'' team in early 2004 but left it again about half a year later. He instead became part of the ''Final Fantasy XII'' development team in November 2004. The original scenario writer Yasumi Matsuno left that project in August 2005 due to sickness. Hiroshi Minagawa, ...
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Egidijus Valavicius
Egidijus is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English language name Giles. List of people named Egidijus *Egidijus Balčiūnas (born 1975), Lithuanian sprint canoer *Egidijus Bičkauskas (born 1955), Lithuanian politician, jurist *Egidijus Dimša (born 1985), Lithuanian basketball player *Egidijus Jarašiūnas (born 1952), Lithuanian lawyer *Egidijus Juška (born 1975), Lithuanian footballer *Egidijus Kavaliauskas (born 1988), Lithuanian boxer who competed in the 2008 Olympics *Egidijus Klumbys (born 1952), Lithuanian politician *Egidijus Kūris (born 1961), Lithuanian professor and PhD in law *Egidijus Majus (born 1984), Lithuanian footballer currently playing for PFK Dinamo Samarqand *Egidijus Mockevičius (born 1992), Lithuanian basketball player * Egidijus Vaitkūnas (born 1988), Lithuanian footballer *Egidijus Valavičius (born 1978), Lithuanian mixed martial artist from Vilnius *Egidijus Varnas (born 1975), Lithuanian football forward curren ...
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