is a Japanese

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currently competing in the

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division. A professional competitor since 1996, he has competed for the

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, PRIDE Fighting Championships,

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 pr ...

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World Victory Road World Victory Road (WVR) is a defunct Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) organization which promoted the Sengoku Raiden Championship (SRC) in Japan. The organization was formed in 2007 following the purchase of PRIDE FC by Zuffa. It operated in ...

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Shooto 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 198 ...

, and

Vale Tudo Japan 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 w ...

. He is the former

Light Heavyweight Champion (2001–2003) and the winner of the ADCC 88 kg class in 2001.

Early life

Kikuta started training in

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in his childhood, winning the Kantō Middleweight class when he was in 3rd grade. He became a student at the Super Tiger Gym when he was in the 6th grade, learning

under

Satoru Sayama (born November 27, 1957) is a Japanese professional wrestling, Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist, MMA and wrestling promoter and writer, best known as the original Tiger Mask (professional wrestling), Tige ...

, but he left on the feeling that he wasn't being given enough attention in the combative aspect.''Kaminoge Vol.64'', Toho Publishing Kikuta later joined the Judo team again at high school, where he won the 86 kg class at the National Athletic Highschool Meeting. He also learned under

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at the

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. During his university tenure, Kikuta also tried

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, failing to enter

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, but being accepted in

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and training with them for a time before leaving. After considering finding a job as a Judo teacher, Kikuta applied again to the entrance exam for NJPW, but he failed for a second time, this time due to showing

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symptoms during a sparring with fellow examinee Kenichi Yamamoto. Kikuta left college and went to train

Kickboxing Kickboxing is a combat sports, combat sport focused on kicking and punch (strike), punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is pract ...

under

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in Australia. Upon his return to Japan, Kikuta started training at

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and won the All Japan amateur Shootboxing heavyweight championship. However, after watching

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win the first

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events, he became interested in

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Mixed martial arts career

Kikuta had his MMA debut for the first tournament hosted in 1996 by Lumax Cup, which featured the use of

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. Kikuta won after beating

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and

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. He then went to compete in the Vale Tudo Japan event, but was defeated by Mushtaq Abdullah by forearm choke. After returning to Lumax Cup, he won the 1997 tournament, too, defeating Suda again.

PRIDE Fighting Championships

Kikuta made his worldwide MMA debut for the

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promotion at its second event, where he faced

Brazilian jiu-jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...

expert

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in a special rules match. The fight turned out to be a slow, methodical bout which lasted six fifteen minutes rounds, whose end saw Renzo submitting Kikuta via

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at the sixth one. Kikuta returned to PRIDE to face

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understudy

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. Again, the fight was a technical battle, ending with a draw after none of the fighters could finish the other. At PRIDE 20, Kikuta fought

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. This time the fight was a controversial one, with Otsuka throwing several knees to the groin which weren't penalized. Despite so, Sanae controlled the match with dominant positions and soccer kicks, and won by unanimous decision. At UFO Legend, Kikuta fought PRIDE competitor

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. The two grappling specialists exchanged assaults on the ground, with the Brazilian taking down Kikuta and attacking his

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before the Japanese capitalized on a failed

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to switch positions. Kikuta pressed from the top, but Nogueira regained full guard and scrambled to switch positions again, where the Japanese defended again from half guard. At the second round, Kikuta looked to take the match to the ground again, but it took a sudden twist when Nogueira landed a surprising right hook, knocking Sanae out completely. Nogueira was declared the winner. Sanae fought again for PRIDE in the event Shockwave 2005, taking on

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, judo gold medalist and apprentice to

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. Kikuta opened the fight pulling guard, after which the two judoka traded positions and submission attempts with Sanae coming over in most of them. Having maintained the advantage for all of the three rounds both standing and on the ground, Kikuta was given the unanimous decision win.

Pancrase

After a single match for

, Kikuta joined the

fighting organization in April 1994. He scored big victories over veterans

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and Ryushi Yanagisawa, and shortly after he founded the Grabaka team along with

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, Eiji Ishikawa and Hiroo Matsunaga. Kikuta also participated in the

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in April 2001 and won its 88 kg class. In September 2001 he won the title of Pancrase Light Heavyweight Champion. He currently runs the

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gym in

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, and formerly

, and

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Ultimate Fighting Championship

In his sole apparition for

, Kikuta took part in the event '' Ultimate Japan III'' in April 2000. He defeated

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in dominant fashion, taking him down and locking an armbar for the submission.

World Victory Road

On January 4, 2009 at ''World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Rebellion 2009'', Kikuta faced fellow judoka

. The bout started characteristically slow, with Kikuta taking Yoshida down and tentatively exchanging strikes with him. At the second round, Kikuta opted for pulling guard and pursuing an

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, but Yoshida remained on top and landed several punches through his guard. Afterwards, however, Kikuta reversed and got the mount, unloading ground and pound until the end of the round. The third round saw Yoshida stunning Kikuta with a punch and scoring a judo throw, but Sanae took his back and kept striking on him for the rest of the match, eventually winning the decision.

Championships and accomplishments

Grappling

*Abu Dhabi Combat Club ** ADCC 2001 88 kg class winner (April 2001)

Judo

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Judo Middleweight winner *The National Athletic High School Meeting, Judo 86 kg class Winner

Mixed martial arts

*Lumax Cup **Tournament of J'96 Winner **Tournament of J'97 Winner *

**Pancrase Light heavyweight Champion (One time) *''

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'' ** Technique Award (2001)

Shootboxing

*Japan Shootboxing Association **All Japan Amateur Shoot boxing Championship Heavyweight Winner

Mixed martial arts record

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Saburo Kawakatsu Saburo Kawakatsu (born June 18, 1974) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 5-7-1 , Takahiro Kajita , TKO (punches) , Shoot ...

, Submission (keylock) , Lumax Cup: Tournament of J '96 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:04 , Japan ,

Mixed martial arts exhibition record

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Manabu Yamada Manabu Yamada (山田学, born May 18, 1969 in Tochigi, Japan) is a retired Japanese mixed martial arts fighter. He is best known for his participation in Shooto and Pancrase fighting organizations. On December 17, 1994 Yamada advanced to the fi ...

, Technical Draw , DEEP 2001 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , -

Submission grappling record

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Daiju Takase is a Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He has fought as a middleweight and welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and PRIDE Fighting Championship. He is noted for being the second to defeat, and first to finish, former U ...

, , Draw , , The Contenders X-Rage Vol.1, , December 14, 2001, , 1, , 15:00, , Partnered with Takeshi Yamazaki , - , Win, ,

Saulo Ribeiro Saulo Mendonça Ribeiro Filho (born July 2, 1974), brother of the equally famed Xande Ribeiro, is a 6th-degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ). After earning a black belt in Judo, he began his training of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Rio de J ...

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, , , , ADCC 2001 –88 kg, , 2001, , , , , , , - , Win, , Chris Brown , , , , ADCC 2001 –88 kg, , 2001, , , , , , , - , Win, ,

Evan Tanner Evan Lloyd Tanner (February 11, 1971 – September 5, 2008) was an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a former UFC Middleweight Championship, UFC Middleweight Champion and was the first American to win the Pancrase N ...

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Rigan Machado Rigan Machado (born 2 July 1966) is an 8th degree red and White belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, earning his rank under Carlos Gracie, Jr. He is a former Pan American Champion (1996, 1997 weight and absolute) and a veteran medalist of the ADCC. Mac ...

, , Points , , ADCC 1999 –99 kg, , 1999, , 1, , 10:00, , , -

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