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Japan
Fukuyama, Hiroshima
Kazuhiro Nakamura
"
King Kaz
"
AGE
46
/
Jul 16, 1979
HEIGHT
5'11"
/
180.34 cm
WEIGHT
185 lbs
/
83.91 kg
ASSOCIATION
Yoshida Dojo
/
Team Kaz
CLASS
Middleweight
Wins
21
KO
/
TKO
5
24%
SUBMISSIONS
3
14%
DECISIONS
13
62%
Losses
13
KO
/
TKO
4
31%
SUBMISSIONS
3
23%
DECISIONS
6
46%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
Deep - 70 Impact
Dec / 21 / 2014
Decision (Unanimous)
Masato Fukuda
3
5:00
win
Seigo Mizuguchi
Deep - Cage Impact 2014
Jul / 21 / 2014
TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Yuji Shimada
2
3:25
loss
Ken Hasegawa
Deep - 65 Impact
Mar / 22 / 2014
Decision (Split)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
win
Yuji Sakuragi
Deep - Cage Impact 2013
Nov / 24 / 2013
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Yuji Shimada
3
2:49
win
Henry Miller
Deep - 63 Impact
Aug / 25 / 2013
KO (Punch)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
4:42
win
Daijiro Matsui
King Kaz Fight - Fukuyama
Jun / 30 / 2013
KO (Knee and Punches)
1
1:30
win
Young Choi
Deep - 61 Impact
Feb / 16 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
win
Ryuta Sakurai
Deep - 60 Impact
Oct / 19 / 2012
Decision (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
loss
Gerald Harris
Dream - Dream 17
Sep / 24 / 2011
Decision (Split)
Kenichi Serizawa
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3
5:00
win
Karl Amoussou
Dream - Dream 15
Jul / 10 / 2010
Decision (Unanimous)
Moritaka Oshiro
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
5:00
win
Hidehiko Yoshida
Astra - Yoshida's Farewell
Apr / 25 / 2010
Decision (Unanimous)
Ryogaku Wada
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
loss
Kazuo Misaki
Sengoku - Ninth Battle
Aug / 02 / 2009
Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Yoshinori Umeki
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
3:03
loss
Jorge Santiago
Sengoku - Sixth Battle
Nov / 01 / 2008
TKO (Punches)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
0:49
win
Yuki Sasaki
Sengoku - Sixth Battle
Nov / 01 / 2008
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
win
Paul Cahoon
Sengoku - Fifth Battle
Sep / 28 / 2008
Decision (Unanimous)
Kenichi Serizawa
3
5:00
loss
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
UFC 84 - Ill Will
May / 24 / 2008
TKO (Leg Injury)
Steve Mazzagatti
1
5:00
loss
Lyoto Machida
UFC 76 - Knockout
Sep / 22 / 2007
Decision (Unanimous)
John McCarthy
3
5:00
loss
Mauricio Rua
Pride FC - Shockwave 2006
Dec / 31 / 2006
Decision (Unanimous)
Moritaka Oshiro
3
5:00
win
Travis Galbraith
Pride 32 - The Real Deal
Oct / 21 / 2006
TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches)
Herb Dean
2
1:16
win
Yoshihiro Nakao
Pride FC - Final Conflict Absolute
Sep / 10 / 2006
Decision (Unanimous)
Moritaka Oshiro
3
5:00
win
Evangelista Santos
Pride FC - Critical Countdown Absolute
Jul / 01 / 2006
Submission (Keylock)
Moritaka Oshiro
1
4:49
loss
Josh Barnett
Pride 31 - Dreamers
Feb / 26 / 2006
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Minoru Toyonaga
1
8:10
win
Yuki Kondo
Pride FC - Shockwave 2005
Dec / 31 / 2005
Decision (Unanimous)
Minoru Toyonaga
3
5:00
win
Igor Vovchanchyn
Pride FC - Final Conflict 2005
Aug / 28 / 2005
Decision (Unanimous)
Minoru Toyonaga
2
5:00
loss
Wanderlei Silva
Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2005
Jun / 26 / 2005
TKO (Punches)
Yuji Shimada
1
5:24
win
Kevin Randleman
Pride FC - Total Elimination 2005
Apr / 23 / 2005
Decision (Unanimous)
Daisuke Noguchi
3
5:00
win
Stefan Leko
Pride 29 - Fists of Fire
Feb / 20 / 2005
TKO (Punches)
Daisuke Noguchi
1
0:54
loss
Dan Henderson
Pride 28 - High Octane
Oct / 31 / 2004
TKO (Shoulder Injury)
Daisuke Noguchi
1
1:15
win
Murilo Bustamante
Pride FC - Final Conflict 2004
Aug / 15 / 2004
Decision (Unanimous)
Yuji Shimada
3
5:00
loss
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Pride - Bushido 4
Jul / 19 / 2004
Decision (Split)
Minoru Toyonaga
2
5:00
win
Chalid Arrab
Pride - Bushido 3
May / 23 / 2004
Submission (Armbar)
Moritaka Oshiro
1
4:45
win
Alberto Rodriguez
Pride 27 - Inferno
Feb / 01 / 2004
Decision (Unanimous)
Yuji Shimada
3
5:00
win
Daniel Gracie
Pride - Bushido 1
Oct / 05 / 2003
Decision (Unanimous)
Daisuke Noguchi
2
5:00
loss
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Pride 25 - Body Blow
Mar / 16 / 2003
Submission (Armbar)
Daisuke Noguchi
2
3:30
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