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Hiroshi Izumi ( born June 22, 1982 in Shimokita District
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) is a Japanese
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and
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. He has fought in
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and had a one-fight stint in the
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promotion for the Dream Light Heavyweight Championship. Izumi also appeared in both
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and
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New Year's Eve events.


Background

Izumi, was born in
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and comes from a fishing family in the Shimokita Peninsula. His father, who can often be seen spectating his son's
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and
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matches, still fishes for
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at over 70 years of age. Izumi began judo at a young age and is known as a very accomplished
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, winning the men's -90 kg category silver medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and the gold medal at the World Judo Championship Games in
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in 2005.


Mixed Martial Arts

Izumi made his mixed martial arts debut against New Zealand
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specialist,
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for Japan's
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promotion in September 2009 after Izumi signed with
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. Instead of using his
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techniques to his advantage during his debut, Izumi attempted to trade punches with the world-class striker. Izumi was beaten badly in his debut and lost the fight by TKO. After his poor performance in his debut, Izumi began turning his mixed martial arts career around. At
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, representing
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, he won via unanimous decision over
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. After being dominated through the first few rounds, Izumi came back in the second half of the very final round, landing a great sequence of punches and controlling Shibata on the ground, where he utilized many hammerfists. This win was very significant because Izumi's father was vocal in saying that if Izumi was defeated again, that he would take his son out of
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and return to judo. Izumi followed this win up with 3 more wins, including one at
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, against former
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veteran and Dream Super Hulk Tournament Champion
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by TKO. This is perhaps the biggest win of Izumi's career to date. Izumi then earned a title shot at
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for the Dream Light Heavyweight Championship, but lost by TKO.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Izumi, Hiroshi 1982 births Living people Japanese male judoka Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Sportspeople from Aomori Prefecture Japanese male mixed martial artists Light heavyweight mixed martial artists Heavyweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing judo Olympic medalists in judo World judo champions Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade medalists in judo Universiade gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade