Yuta Murakoshi is a Japanese

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, fighting out of

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. He is the former K-1 Featherweight and RISE Bantamweight champion. As of November 2021, he is the #5 ranked bantamweight in the world according to Combat Press. He was ranked in the strawweight top ten by Combat Press between May 2019 and February 2020, and in the bantamweight top ten between July 2018 and November 2018.

Kickboxing career

RISE

Murakoshi made his professional debut in April 2011, against Singdam M16muaythaistyle as part of the 2011 Rising Rookies Cup. He lost the fight by KO in the third round. After this loss, Murakoshi went on a five fight winning streak, scoring KO wins over Yunbo, Yuji and Hironori Okama, as well as decision wins over Hirofumi Kamata and Daihachi Furuoka. His winning streak was snapped by an extra round split decision loss to Seiya Rokugawa during RISE 91. After this loss, Murakoshi once again went on a five fight winning streak. He scored decision wins over Hikaru Fujihashi and Tomoya Aoki, and KO wins over Tomo Arimatsu, Kazuki Tanaka and Shuto Miyazaki. Murakoshi's five fight winning streak earned him a chance to challenge Hiroki Maeda for the RISE Bantamweight title. Murakoshi won the fight by unanimous decision. After winning the RISE Bantamweight title, Murakoshi fought three non-title bouts. During RISE 101, he defeated Takashi Oono by unanimous decision. During RISE 102, he defeated Nakalek Kaew.Kanraya by a second round KO. During RISE 104, he defeated So Jeon Hu by a second round KO. Murakoshi was scheduled to defend his RISE Bantamweight title for the first time against the sixteen year old

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. Nasukawa won the fight by TKO, midway through the second round.

BLADE FC

Yuta Murakoshi took part in the 2015 BLADE FC 55 kg tournament. In the quarterfinals, Murakoshi faced Yu Wor.Wanchai, and won the bout by unanimous decision. In the semifinals he fought

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, but would in turn lose a unanimous decision.

Return to RISE

Returning to RISE, Murakoshi went on a three fight winning streak. He won a split decision against Itto, and scored (T)KO wins over Tomo Arimatsu and

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. Murakoshi fought a rematch with

for the RISE Bantamweight title in September 2016. Nasukawa won the fight by majority decision. After his failed title bid, Murakoshi won his next four fights. He first won a unanimous decision against Norihisa Isencho during J-NETWORK 20th Anniversary～2nd. He then won a majority decision against Masahide Kudo during RISE 118. Afterwards, Murakoshi fought Shunta during Big Bang's ISEHARA event, and won the fight by unanimous decision. The last win of this four fight winning streak came against Ryusei Ashizawa, whome he defeated by majority decision.

K-1

Murakoshi fought

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for the Krush Featherweight title, during Krush 86. Saikyo successfully defended his title by an extra round decision. Yuta Murakoshi participated in the 2018 K-1 Featherweight World Grand Prix. He defeated

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by an extra round split decision in the quarterfinals. He again went into an extra round against Jorge Varela in the semifinals, after which Murakoshi won a unanimous decision. In the tournament finals, he fought a rematch with

, whom he defeated by TKO, after Saikyo suffered an ankle injury in the first round. After winning the K-1 Featherweight title, Murakoshi lost a decision to

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, in November 2018. He was scheduled to defend his K-1 Featherweight title against

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at K'Festa 2. Murakoshi won the fight by unanimous decision. In his next two fights, Murakoshi won a unanimous decision against Huo Xiaolong, and lost a majority decision to

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. In December 2020, he won a unanimous decision against Naoki Yamamoto. Murakoshi fought Ryusei Ashizawa at the K-1: K'Festa 4 Day 1 event, and won the fight by unanimous decision. Murakoshi faced Narufumi Nishimoto at K-1 World GP 2021: Yokohamatsuri on September 20, 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Murakoshi was scheduled to face

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at K-1: K'Festa 5 on April 3, 2022. He lost the fight by knockout in the first round.

Titles and accomplishments

Kickboxing

RISE Rise or RISE may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * '' Rise: The Vieneo Province'', an internet-based virtual world * Rise FM, a fictional radio station in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto 3'' * Rise Kujikawa, a vide ...

** 2012 RISE Rookies Cup Bantamweight Winner ** 2014 RISE Bantamweight Champion * K-1 ** 2018 K-1 World GP -57.5kg Champion (One defense)

Karate

*2006 Byakuren Kaikan All Japan Jr Championship U-12 runner-up

Fight record

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Ryusei Ashizawa Ryusei Ashizawa is a Japanese kickboxer. Between April and July 2022, he was ranked the tenth best bantamweight in the world by Combat Press. Kickboxing career Ashizawa made his professional debut on December 9, 2012 at MAJKF BREAK－32 ～SE ...

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, , Decision (Majority), , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2019-06-30, , Win , , align=left, Huo Xiaolong , , K-1 World GP 2019: Super Bantamweight World Tournament , ,

, , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2019-03-10, , Win , , align=left,

, , K-1 World GP 2019: K’FESTA 2 , ,

, , Decision (Unanimous), , 3 , , 3:00 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - style="background:#FFBBBB;" , 2018-11-03, , Loss , , align=left,

, , K-1 World GP 2018: 3rd Super Lightweight Championship Tournament , ,

, , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2018-06-17, , Win , , align=left,

, , K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament, Final , ,

, , TKO (ankle injury) , , 1 , , 0:51 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2018-06-17, , Win , , align=left, Jorge Varela , , K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament, Semi Final , ,

, , Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) , , 4 , , 3:00 , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2018-06-17, , Win , , align=left,

, , K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament, Quarter Final , ,

, , Ext.R Decision (Split) , , 4 , , 3:00 , - , - style="background:#FFBBBB;" , 2018-03-10, , Loss , , align=left,

, , Krush.86 , ,

, , Decision (Split) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2017-12-27, , Win , , align=left,

, , K-1 World GP 2017 Japan Survival Wars 2017 , ,

, , Decision (Majority), , 3 , , 3:00 , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2017-10-08, , Win , , align=left, Shunta , , Big Bang ISEHARA , ,

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, , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2017-07-17, , Win , , align=left, Masahide Kudo , , RISE118 , ,

, , Decision (Majority) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2017-02-25, , Win , , align=left, Norihisa Isencho , , J-KICK 2017～J-NETWORK 20th Anniversary～2nd , ,

, , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#FFBBBB;" , 2016-09-25, , Loss , , align=left,

, , RISE 113 , ,

, , Decision (Majority) , , 5 , , 3:00 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2016-07-30, , Win , , align=left,

, , RISE 112 , ,

, , TKO (Corner Stoppage), , 3 , , 1:53 , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2016-03-26, , Win , , align=left, Tomo Arimatsu , , RISE 110 , ,

, , KO (Liver Kick) , , 3 , , 1:37 , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2015-11-08, , Win , , align=left, Itto , , RISE 108 , ,

, , Ext.R Decision (Split) , , 4 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#FFBBBB;" , 2015-08-01, , Loss , , align=left,

, , BLADE Fighting Championship 2 - JAPAN CUP -55kg, Semi Finals , ,

, , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2015-08-01, , Win , , align=left, Yu Wor.Wanchai , , BLADE Fighting Championship 2 - JAPAN CUP -55kg, Quarter Finals , ,

, , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#FFBBBB;" , 2015-09-31, , Loss , , align=left,

, , RISE 105 , ,

, , TKO (Punches), , 2 , , 1:31 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2015-03-21, , Win , , align=left, So Jeon Hu , , RISE 104 , ,

, , KO (Left Knee to the Body), , 2 , , 1:46 , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2014-11-06, , Win , , align=left, Nakalek Kaew.Kanraya , , RISE 102 , ,

, , KO (Left Hook) , , 2 , , 0:32 , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2014-09-28, , Win , , align=left, Takashi Oono , , RISE 101 , ,

, , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2014-07-12, , Win , , align=left, Hiroki Maeda , , RISE 100～BLADE 0～ , ,

, , Decision (Unanimous), , 5 , , 3:00 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2014-03-30, , Win , , align=left, Shuto Miyazaki , , RISE 98 , ,

, , Ext.R KO (Right Knee), , 4 , , 0:23 , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2013-11-04, , Win , , align=left, Kazuki Tanaka , , RISE 96 , ,

, , KO (Front Kick), , 2 , , 1:00 , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2013-09-13, , Win , , align=left, Tomo Arimatsu , , RISE 95 , ,

, , KO (Knee), , 2 , , 1:10 , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2013-07-20, , Win , , align=left, Tomoya Aoki , , RISE 94 , ,

, , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2013-06-09, , Win , , align=left, Hikaru Fujihashi , , RISE 93 , ,

, , Decision (Unanimous), , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#FFBBBB;" , 2013-01-06, , Loss , , align=left, Seiya Rokugawa , , RISE 91/M-1MC ～INFINITY.II～ , ,

, , Ext.R Decision (Split) , , 4 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2012-10-25, , Win , , align=left, Daihachi Furuoka , , RISE 90 , ,

, , Decision (Unanimous), , 3 , , 3:00 , - , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2012-06-17, , Win , , align=left, Hironori Okama , , J-NETWORK J-KICK 2012～NEXT J-GENERATION～3rd , ,

, , KO , , 2, , 2:26 , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2012-03-11, , Win , , align=left, Yuji , , RISE ZERO , ,

, , KO (Right Hook) , , 2 , , 0:35 , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2011-12-18, , Win , , align=left, Hirofumi Kamata , , RISE ZERO , ,

, , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#CCFFCC;" , 2011-09-23, , Win , , align=left, Yunbo , , RISE 82 , ,

, , KO , , 1 , , 2:08 , - style="background:#FFBBBB;" , 2011-04-24, , Loss , , align=left, Singdam M16muaythaistyle, , RISE 77 - Rising Rookies Cup , ,

, , KO (Punches), , 3 , , 2:53 , - , colspan=9 , ''Legend'': , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2010-10-31, , Loss, , align=left, Shogo Kondo, , KAMINARIMON All Japan Tournament, Quarter Final , ,

, , Decision (Unanimous), , 1 , , 2:00 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2010-08-25, , Loss, , align=left, Nobuto Ikeda, , K-1 Koshien East Japan Selection Tournament, 1/8 Final , ,

, , Ext.R Decision , , 2 , , 2:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2010-08-25, , Win, , align=left, Haruki Nihei , , K-1 Koshien East Japan Selection Tournament, First Round , ,

, , Ext.R Decision , , 2 , , 2:00 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2009-10-25, , Loss, , align=left, Shogo Kondo, , KAMINARIMON Championship Selection Tournament, Semi Final , ,

, , Decision (Majority), , 1 , , 2:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2009-10-25, , Win, , align=left, Kouki Hosogai , , KAMINARIMON Championship Tournament, Quarter Final , ,

, , Decision (Unanimous), , 1 , , 2:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2009-08-23, , Win, , align=left, Tokio Yachuda , , KAMINARIMON , ,

, , Decision (Majority), , 2 , , 1:30 , - , colspan=9 , ''Legend'':

References

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