Keisuke Fujiwara ( ''Fujiwara Keisuke'',; born September 17, 1982) is a

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mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorp ...

with a background in

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Biography

Kickboxing

While studying at art school, Fujiware joined Oguni-Gym to learn kickboxing. He got a license as a professional kickboxer. In 2004, he moved to Akimoto Dojo Jungle Junction and started leaning

MMA Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorp ...

Debut in 3 rules

On November 23, 2006, Fujiwara made a debut in a grappling match of ZST. He fought against Masato Arai, but the bout was decided as a draw because of time over. On August 26, 2007, he made a debut in a MMA match of ZST. He fought against Hitoshi Makino and won by submission with triangle choke. On May 20, 2007, he knocked out Ichiro Sugita during the 1st round, and won the Genesis tournament at bantamweight in ZST. On February 24, 2008, he made a debut in kickboxing match under shoot boxing rule against Tatsuya Umemiya. He won by TKO when he cut Umemiya's right eye during 1st round.

Winning first title

On May 24, 2009, he fought against Yukito for the vacant 1st bantamweight title of ZST. He won by TKO with punches and became the 1st champion. On October 25, 2009, he was offered to fight against Tomoya Miyashita in

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, but lost by unanimous decision after 3rd round. On February 20, 2010, he had a rematch against

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to defend his ZST title, and retained his title by decision after 5th round. After the bout, he announced that he wanted to challenge DREAM again. On November 25, 2010, he fought against Mariusz Cieśliński, a Polish kickboxer, in

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under K-1 rule, but lost by unanimous decision. On February 6, 2011, he had a rematch against Toshihiro Shimizu to defend his ZST title, and retained his title by submission with triangle choke during 5th round. On May 29, 2011, he challenged DREAM again to participate in the bantamweight tournament.61キロ以下規定のDREAMバンタム級が始動!!
5・29『DREAM JAPAN GP』で8人参加のバンタム級日本トーナメント開催!!]

Fighting Records

Mixed martial arts record

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, Decision (unanimous) ,

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, Decision (unanimous) , Dream: Fight for Japan! , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Japan , , - , Draw , align=center, 9–2–4 , Tatsumitsu Wada , Draw , ZST Battle Hazard 04 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 9–2–3 , Ichiro Sugita , KO (punch) , ZST.24 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:20 , Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 8–2–3 ,

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, KO (punch) , ZST.18 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:56 , Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 4–1–2 , Tokuaki Ninomiya , Submission (guillotine choke) , ZST.15 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:04 , Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 3–1–2 , Ranki Kawana , TKO (doctor stoppage) , ZST.14 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:59 , Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 3–0–2 , Toshihiro Shimizu , Submission (triangle choke) , ZST SWAT! 13 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:22 ,

, Japan , , - , Draw , align=center, 2–0–2 , Ranki Kawana , Draw , ZST.13 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 , Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 2–0–1 , Ichiro Sugita , KO (front kick) , ZST SWAT! 11, Tournament Final , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:29 ,

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Professional grappling

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Professional kickboxing

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Titles

*ZST Genesis Tournament 2007 Bantamweight winner *ZST Bantamweight champion

References

External links

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Official blog
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