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who has also competed in
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and
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.


Career

Debuting as a professional boxer on March 26, 1992, Nishijima compiled a 24–2–1 record, and over the course of his career, won the WBO NABO Cruiserweight title, the
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Cruiserweight title and the World Boxing Federation Cruiserweight title. His last boxing bout, a two-round
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loss to Cecil McKenzie in a California State Cruiserweight title fight, took place on July 10, 2003. On February 26, 2006, Nishijima debuted in mixed martial arts, at
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, taking on
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and losing by KO. Currently Nishijima's record in mixed martial arts is 0–5 with most recent loss to
Melvin Manhoef Melvin Manhoef (born 11 May 1976) is a retired Surinamese people, Surinamese-born Dutch people, Dutch mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and Kickboxing, kickboxer. In kickboxing, he is a former It's Showtime (kickboxing), It's Showtime Middl ...
by
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, took place on December 31, 2007, at K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!!. In 2009 Nishijima competed in two
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style kickboxing bouts. He lost to
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by KO due to a right
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on August 11, 2009, at the
K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Tokyo Final 16 Qualifying GP This is a list of events held and scheduled by the K-1, a Japanese kickboxing promotion. The first event, K-1 Sanctuary I, took place on March 30, 1993, at Kōrakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Since its inception, K-1 events were organized by the ...
. On New Year's Eve 2009 he fought another
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style kickboxing bout when he took on
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at
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and lost by unanimous decision. He was not allowed to kick during this match, as he was wearing
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shoes, which ended up giving him a large disadvantage against the
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n. His kickboxing record is currently 0–2. In his retirement match, Nishijima defeated Bob Sapp under kickboxing rules at ''Legend 4'' in Kumamoto, Japan on November 17, 2013, although he was not allowed to kick as he chose to wear boxing shoes. He dropped Sapp with a body shot. Sapp stood back up but he finished the business with body shots followed by couple of right hooks.


Professional boxing record

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Kickboxing record

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Mixed martial arts record

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