Maurice L. Smith (born December 13, 1961) is a retired American kickboxer and

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. In kickboxing, he held the WKC (World Kickboxing Council) world light heavyweight championship, the WKA (World Kickboxing Association) world heavyweight championship, and the ISKA (International Sport Karate Association) world heavyweight championship. In mixed martial arts, he held the Heavyweight championship in Battlecade Extreme Fighting and the

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, and became a member of the

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in 2017. A professional competitor since 1980, Smith has formerly competed in kickboxing for the companies All Japan Enterprise and K-1,

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and RFA.

Career

Raised in Seattle, Washington, Smith got into martial arts at the age of 13 after watching Bruce Lee's '' Chinese Connection'', and having had to retreat from a fight. He trained in karate,

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and

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, until he found the sport of kickboxing at age 18. Smith attended

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, where he played football and participated in gymnastics.

Kickboxing career

Smith won his first seven amateur kickboxing matches and then turned professional. His first fight was on March 4, 1982 against World Kickboxing Council's Light Heavyweight Champion Tony Morelli, who defeated him by decision after the seventh round. Seeing he had lost due to his lack of cardio, Smith started to train extensively to improve it, and fourteen months later, he went to his rematch as a new fighter. He then defeated Morelli by KO via

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also in the seventh round, winning the championship. Later that year, he was called for a non-title fight in Japan against the renowned

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, and although Smith lost the fight, he had shown heads in the kickboxing world that he was on the way up. Maurice moved up a weight class and won the

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Heavyweight Championship from Travis Everett, knocking him out via low kicks. In 1984, Smith went to compete in Holland, beating Marcel Swank in the first round. Smith went ten straight years without a loss. He also had a notable win in 1991 over

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who, at the time, was tearing through the ranks and was regarded as a super up and coming fighter. Maurice won this 12 round match by split decision after coming back from a knockdown in the first round by Stan and surviving an early onslaught. In 1993, Smith was invited to the

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along with seven of the world's best Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight kickboxers. Smith won his first match by defeating Japanese fighter Toshiyuki Atokawa in the quarterfinals by unanimous decision. In the semifinals he met Dutch fighter and future K-1 legend,

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, where after a hard-fought battle Smith was knocked out by left highkick in the final round, ending his tournament.

Mixed martial arts career

Smith had his first contact with mixed rules of fight, when he was invited in November 1989 by the Japanese

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promotion UWF Newborn. He was scheduled to face up-and-coming wrestler Masakatsu Funaki in a mixed rules fight, but his opponent got injured and was replaced with training partner

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. During the fight, Smith kept negating Suzuki's takedown attempts by employing the pro wrestling-ruled rope scapes and a rudimentary sprawl ability, knocking him out several times with strike before finishing him with a right punch at the fourth round. The event sold out the Tokyo Dome and broke record gates. On October 4, 1992, Smith would face Funaki in an exhibition fight for

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, ending in a draw. In 1993, Smith debuted for the mixed martial arts promotion

founded by Funaki and Suzuki. He took part in a kickboxing rules fight against Suzuki in the event Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 3. Later, he was scheduled to compete in a special rules MMA fight, in which the first and third rounds would be fought wearing boxing gloves, the second and fourth barehanded, and the fifth with only Smith wearing them. However, Smith lost the fight when Suzuki took him down at round 3 and made him tap to an

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. The next year, he took part in the King of Pancrase tournament. Maurice beat Takaku Fuke on the first round but fell to

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via

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. He would go to lose twice to

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, however his loss to Shamrock was more instrumental to his career, as he became friends with him and was sent to his dojo in United States, the Lion's Den, to learn proper MMA. There he met

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, who he formed a close relationship with. Shamrock and Smith worked synergistically; Shamrock, a submission specialist, improved Smith's ground game, while Smith in return improved Shamrock's striking. Along with Japanese fighter

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, who had befriended Frank after a fight between them in Fighting Network RINGS, Smith and Shamrock eventually formed their own MMA team, called the Alliance. Smith joined Battlecade Extreme Fighting in 1996 to fight against the Heavyweight Champion Marcus "Conan" Silveira. Throughout the fight, Maurice showed excellent use of the sprawl technique which negated the

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fighter's attempts at takedowns, as well as a remarkable submission defensive whenever Silveira was able to engage him on the ground. Smith then knocked out Silveira in the third round with a roundhouse kick to the head. In doing so, he became the Extreme Fighting Heavyweight Champion and became the first legitimate striker to win a top-end MMA event. He then defended his title in the fourth show against judo and pro wrestling exponent Kazunari Murakami. Although Murakami surprisingly dropped Smith with a palm strike at the beginning, Smith escaped from his ground game and hit a barrage of leg kicks against the prone Japanese, and later knocked him out with a single punch. After the win, the company folded and Maurice joined the largest MMA promotion in the United States, the

. At

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on July 27, 1997, Smith faced

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in a title fight. Smith was considered to be a massive underdog for the bout, but shocked the mixed martial arts world with a unanimous decision victory to win the

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. With this win, Smith became the first striker to survive the attack of a world class wrestler. Through the use of an active guard, Smith was able to negate Coleman's vaunted ground and pound attacks. After nearly 15 minutes of attempting to damage Smith through his guard, Coleman was exhausted, allowing Smith to capitalize on the feet. Eventually, he won the decision against an exhausted and damaged Coleman. Smith then successfully defended his belt against David "Tank" Abbott winning after Abbott was too exhausted to continue, before losing his belt to MMA legend

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by majority decision, in a controversial fight that many viewers deemed as a fight that Smith should have won; especially since Smith was the reigning and defending UFC heavyweight champion.

Return to MMA

On May 19, 2007 Maurice Smith had his first MMA bout in almost seven years when he defeated

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by TKO in a rematch at an

show held in

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. He saved his energy for the first rounds, making little action, before turning to attack and dropping Ruas thrice with striking combinations for the towel throw. On February 23, 2008 at a

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, Smith defeated kickboxer

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, who was making his MMA debut, by submission at 1:53 of the first round. Maurice Smith was the coach of the

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of the

from 2006 to 2007. He is currently associated with ''Team Alliance''. Smith returned to MMA on March 30, 2012 at the second Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) card against Jorge Cordoba, his first career fight as a Light Heavyweight. After spending the first two rounds picking apart Cordoba with various strikes, Maurice finished the fight with a head-kick knockout. He was scheduled to fight Ryan Lopez on June 30, 2012 at Resurrection Fighting Alliance's third event, RFA 3. Weeks before the fight, though, Lopez was forced to pull out of the fight due to an unspecified illness. Smith returned to the Heavyweight division and lost a unanimous decision to Matt Kovacs at Cage Warrior Combat (CWC) 9 on November 2, 2013.

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

* K-1 ** 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary USA winner ** K-1 World Grand Prix '93 Tournament Semifinalist *

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** I.S.K.A. World Muay Thai Heavyweight Champion (1996) *

** W.K.A. World Kickboxing Heavyweight Champion (1983) ** W.K.A. World Muay Thai Heavyweight Champion (1994) * Other ** W.K.C. Light-Heavyweight World Champion (1983)

Mixed martial arts

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(One time) ** One successful title defense **

(Pioneer wing, class of 2017) * Extreme Fighting ** Extreme Fighting Heavyweight Championship 3 Marcus "Conan" Silveira ** Extreme Fighting Heavyweight Championship 4 Murakami Kazanari *

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** 1997 Most Outstanding Fighter ** 1997 Fight of the Year vs. Mark Coleman on July 27 *

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** 2001 Full-Contact Fighter of the Yea

Kickboxing record

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, Japan , , KO , , 5 , , 1:13 , , 38-3-3 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1991-03-30 , , Win , , align=left, Kees Bessems , , "Soar Into Space" Chapter II , ,

, Japan , , KO , , 1 , , , , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1990-12-09 , , Win , , align=left, Kees Bessems , , Sammi Kebchi Promotion , ,

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, Paris , , KO , , 2 , , , , , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , - , 1990-09-09 , , Win , , align=left, Floyd Brown , , "Inspiring Wars Heat-928" , ,

, Japan , , Decision (Unanimous) , , 5 , , 3:00 , , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1990-01-20 , , Win , , align=left,

Kevin Rosier Kevin Rosier (January 6, 1962 – April 14, 2015) was an American kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. He had much success as a kickboxer, winning a number of titles, but did not transition particularly well into the world of boxing and ...

, , "Inspiring Wars" 1 , ,

, Japan , , KO , , 2 , , , , 33-3-3 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1987-09-05 , , Win , , align=left, Steve Tremblay , ,

"Super Fight 2" , ,

Tokyo, Japan 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 ...

, , KO , , 5 , , , , , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1987 , , Win , , align=left, Dino Homsey , , , , , , , , , , , , , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1987 , , Win , , align=left, Bill Morrison , , , ,

, United States , , TKO (Low kicks) , , 8 , , 0:55 , , , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1986 , , Win , , align=left, Raymond Horsey , , , , Atlanta, Georgia, USA , , KO (Low Kicks) , , , , , , , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1984 , , Win , , align=left, Marcel Schwank , , , , Netherlands , , KO , , 1 , , , , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1983 , , Win , , align=left, Dana Goodson , , , , , , , , , , , , , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1983 , , Win , , align=left, Travis Everett , , , , Mexico City, Mexico , , KO (Low Kicks) , , , , , , 13-2 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1983 , , Win , , align=left, , , , , , , , , , , , , 12-2 , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 1983-05-21 , , Loss , , align=left, Don Wilson , , , ,

, Japan , , Decision , , 11 , , 2:00 , , 11-2 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1983-00-00 , , Win , , align=left, , , , , , , , , , , , , 11-1 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1983-00-00 , , Win , , align=left, Tony Morelli , , , ,

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

, United States , , KO (Kick) , , 7 , , , , 10-1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1983-00-00 , , Win , , align=left, Don Nakaya Nielsen , , , ,

, United States , , Decision , , 7 , , 2:00 , , 9-1 , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 1983-00-00 , , Loss , , align=left, Tony Morelli , , , ,

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

, Canada , , Decision , , 7 , , 2:00 , , 8-1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1981-00-00 , , Win , , align=left, Marcus Ector , , , , Everett, WASHINGTON , , KO , , , , , , 7-0 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1981-00-00 , , Win , , align=left, Pat Peters , , , , Surrey, Canada , , KO , , , , , , 6-0 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1981-00-00 , , Win , , align=left, Scott Rohr , , , ,

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

, OR , , KO , , , , , , 5-0 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1981-00-00 , , Win , , align=left, Ken Orr , , , , Everett, WASHINGTON , , KO , , , , , , 4-0 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1981-02-26 , , Win , , align=left, Wade Woodbury , , , ,

Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The ...

, Canada , , Decision (Split) , , , , , , 3-0 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1981-01-17 , , Win , , align=left, Rich Mason , , , , Everett, WASHINGTON , , KO , , , , , , 2-0 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 1980-09-20 , , Win , , align=left, Kelly Worden , , , , Tacoma, WASHINGTON , , KO , , , , , , 1-0 , - , colspan=9 , ''Legend'':

Mixed martial arts record

, - , Loss , align=center, 14–14 , Matt Kovacs , Decision (unanimous) , CWC 9: Cage Warrior Combat 9 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Kent, Washington, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 14–13 , Jorge Cordoba , KO (head kick) , RFA 2: Yvel vs. Alexander , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 2:05 , Kearney, Nebraska, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 13–13 ,

Hidehiko Yoshida is a Japanese gold-medalist judoka and retired mixed martial artist. He is a longtime veteran of Japan's PRIDE Fighting Championships, competing in the Middleweight (93kg) and Heavyweight divisions. He won gold at the 1992 Sum ...

, Submission (neck crank) , World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 3 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:23 , Saitama, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 13–12 ,

, Submission (straight armbar) , Strikeforce: At The Dome , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:53 ,

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 12–12 ,

, TKO (corner stoppage) , IFL: Chicago , , align=center, 4 , align=center, 3:43 ,

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 11–12 ,

Renato Sobral Renato da Cunha Sobral (; born 7 September 1975), also known as "Babalu", is a retired Brazilian Luta Livre submission grappler, mixed martial artist, and was the former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion. Sobral previously fought in the Ult ...

, Decision (unanimous) ,

UFC 28 ''UFC 28: High Stakes'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 17, 2000 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. History UFC 28 marked the first Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC even ...

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Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City, often known by its initials A.C., is a coastal resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The city is known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches. In 2020, the city had a population of 38,497.

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 11–11 ,

Bobby Hoffman Bobby "The Truth" Hoffman (born October 28, 1966) is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in the heavyweight division. He is the former King of the Cage super heavyweight champion as well as the former King of the Cage heavywei ...

, Decision (majority) ,

UFC 27 The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

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New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...

, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 10–11 , Renzo Gracie , Submission (straight armbar) , RINGS: King of Kings 1999 Block B , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:50 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 10–10 ,

Branden Lee Hinkle Branden Lee Hinkle is a retired American professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor from 1998 until 2016, he competed for the UFC, RINGS, Vale Tudo Japan, Pancrase, the WEF, and the International Vale Tudo Championship. Back ...

, Decision (majority) , RINGS: King of Kings 1999 Block B , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 9–10 , Marcus Silveira , Submission (arm-triangle choke) , WEF 7: Stomp in the Swamp , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:48 ,

Kenner, Louisiana Kenner (historically french: Cannes-Brûlées) is a city in Louisiana, United States. It is the largest city in Jefferson Parish, and is the largest incorporated suburban city of New Orleans. The population was 66,448 at the 2020 census. History ...

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 9–9 , Branko Cikatic , Submission (forearm choke) , Pride 7 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 7:33 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 8–9 ,

, TKO (corner stoppage) ,

UFC 21 ''UFC 21: Return of the Champions'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 16, 1999 at the Five Seasons Events Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, ...

, , align=center, 1 , align=center, 5:00 , Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 7–9 ,

Kevin Randleman Kevin Christopher Randleman (August 10, 1971 – February 11, 2016) was an American mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, and former UFC Heavyweight Champion. Randleman's background was in collegiate wrestling, in which he became ...

, Decision (unanimous) , UFC 19 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 15:00 , Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 7–8 ,

, Decision (majority) , UFC Japan , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 21:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 7–7 ,

Tank Abbott David Lee "Tank" Abbott (born April 26, 1965) is an American retired mixed martial arts fighter, professional wrestler, and author. He currently hosts his own podcast series titled "The Proving Ground with Tank Abbott." Abbott is perhaps best kn ...

, TKO (leg kicks) ,

UFC 15 The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

, , align=center, 1 , align=center, 8:08 , Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 6–7 ,

, Decision (unanimous) ,

, , align=center, 1 , align=center, 21:00 ,

Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr ...

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 5–7 , Kazunari Murakami , KO (punch) , Extreme Fighting 4 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:23 ,

Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...

, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 4–7 , Akira Maeda , N/A , RINGS: Budokan Hall 1997 , , align=center, N/A , align=center, N/A ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 4–6 , Marcus Silveira , TKO (head kick) , Extreme Fighting 3 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 1:36 ,

Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...

, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 3–6 ,

Kiyoshi Tamura is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Once a student of legendary professional wrestlers Billy Robinson, Lou Thesz and Akira Maeda, Tamura was known for his skills in catch wrestling and is considered to be one of ...

, Submission (armbar) , RINGS: Maelstrom 6 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 10:58 ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 3–5 ,

, N/A , RINGS: Budokan Hall 1996 , , align=center, N/A , align=center, N/A ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 3–4 ,

, Submission (rear-naked choke) , Pancrase: Eyes Of Beast 6 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:34 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 3–3 ,

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 ...

, KO (punch) , Pancrase: 1995 Anniversary Show , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:46 ,

, , - , Loss , align=center, 2–3 ,

, Submission (kneebar) , Pancrase: Eyes Of Beast 4 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:10 , Chiba, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 2–2 ,

, Submission (arm-triangle choke) , Pancrase: King of Pancrase Tournament Opening Round , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:23 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 2–1 , Takaku Fuke , KO (knee) , Pancrase: King of Pancrase Tournament Opening Round , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:48 ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 1–1 ,

, Submission (armbar) , Pancrase: Road to the Championship 1 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 0:36 ,

, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 ,

, KO (punch) , Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 3 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 0:52 ,

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Mixed rules

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