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Japan
Koto, Tokyo
Yuta Nezu
AGE
42
/
Jan 21, 1982
HEIGHT
5'5"
/
165.1 cm
WEIGHT
135 lbs
/
61.23 kg
ASSOCIATION
Team & Mosh
CLASS
Bantamweight
Wins
23
KO
/
TKO
9
39%
SUBMISSIONS
0
0%
DECISIONS
14
61%
Draws
2
Losses
12
KO
/
TKO
3
25%
SUBMISSIONS
3
25%
DECISIONS
6
50%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Tomoya Hirakawa
Shooto - Professional Shooto 2022 Vol. 5
Jul / 17 / 2022
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Masato Kataoka
2
4:40
win
Masakazu Imanari
Shooto - Road to ONE: 3rd Tokyo Fight Night
Sep / 10 / 2020
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
loss
Kazuma Kuramoto
Shooto - 30th Anniversary Tour 8th Round
Nov / 24 / 2019
TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Minoru Toyonaga
3
0:01
win
Kazuma Sone
Shooto - 30th Anniversary Tour 3rd and 4th Round
May / 06 / 2019
KO (Soccer Kick and Punches)
Minoru Toyonaga
3
2:51
win
Tomoya Hirakawa
Shooto - Professional Shooto 9/23
Sep / 23 / 2018
Decision (Unanimous)
Masato Kataoka
3
5:00
win
Mamoru Uoi
Shooto - Professional Shooto 5/13
May / 13 / 2018
Decision (Split)
Minoru Toyonaga
3
5:00
draw
Baasankhuu Damnlanpurev
Road FC 44 - Road Fighting Championship 44
Nov / 11 / 2017
Draw (Majority)
Zilong Zhao
2
5:00
loss
Ik Hwan Jang
Road FC 37 - Road Fighting Championship 37
Mar / 11 / 2017
Decision (Unanimous)
Kosuke Umeda
2
5:00
loss
Min Woo Kim
Road FC 33 - Road Fighting Championship 33
Sep / 24 / 2016
KO (Punches)
Sang Jun Park
1
0:14
loss
Jae Hoon Moon
Road FC 28 - Road Fighting Championship 28
Jan / 31 / 2016
Decision (Split)
Sung Hwan Chang
3
5:00
win
Hyung Geun Park
Road FC 25 - Road Fighting Championship 25
Aug / 22 / 2015
TKO (Head Kick and Punches)
Sang Hoon Han
1
0:21
win
Raja Shippen
Shooto - Mobstyles 15th Anniversary Tour Fight & Mosh
May / 03 / 2015
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
3
5:00
win
Keita Ishibashi
Shooto - 7th Round 2014
Sep / 27 / 2014
KO (Punches)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
4:57
win
Kota Onojima
Shooto - 2nd Round 2014
Mar / 16 / 2014
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
3
5:00
win
Motonobu Tezuka
Vale Tudo Japan - VTJ 3rd
Oct / 05 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Kenichi Serizawa
3
5:00
win
Akiyo Nishiura
Vale Tudo Japan - VTJ 2nd
Jun / 22 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
3
5:00
win
Takeshi Numajiri
Shooto - Gig Tokyo 13
Feb / 16 / 2013
KO (Punches)
Toshiharu Suzuki
1
3:50
win
Kazuhiro Ito
Shooto - 12th Round
Nov / 11 / 2012
KO (Punches)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
3:42
loss
Kota Onojima
Shooto - Gig Tokyo 11
Aug / 25 / 2012
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
win
Takuya Ogura
Shooto - Gig Tokyo 9
Apr / 14 / 2012
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
loss
Kyoji Horiguchi
Shooto - Shootor's Legacy 3
Jul / 18 / 2011
KO (Punch)
Toshiharu Suzuki
1
3:17
loss
Naohiro Mizuno
Shooto - Shooting Disco 14: 365-Step March
Feb / 26 / 2011
Decision (Majority)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
win
Kota Onojima
Shooto - The Way of Shooto 6: Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon
Nov / 19 / 2010
Decision (Majority)
Toshiharu Suzuki
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2
5:00
win
Keita Kono
Shooto - Shooting Disco 12: Stand By Me
Jun / 06 / 2010
Decision (Majority)
Taro Wakabayashi
2
5:00
loss
Naohiro Mizuno
Shooto - The Rookie Tournament 2009 Final
Dec / 13 / 2009
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
win
Nobuhiro Hayakawa
Shooto - Gig Tokyo 3
Oct / 18 / 2009
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Taro Wakabayashi
2
4:38
loss
Isao Terada
GCM - Cage Force 11
Jun / 27 / 2009
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Kenichi Serizawa
3
0:13
win
Masato Sannai
Shooto - Gig Tokyo 2
Apr / 19 / 2009
Decision (Unanimous)
Taro Wakabayashi
2
5:00
win
Seiji Ozuka
GCM - Cage Force EX
Feb / 28 / 2009
KO (Head Kick)
Minoru Toyonaga
1
2:39
draw
Nobuhiro Hayakawa
Shooto - Shooto Tradition 4
Nov / 29 / 2008
Draw (Majority)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
win
Ryo Taguchi
GCM - Cage Force 8
Sep / 27 / 2008
TKO (Leg Kicks)
3
0:36
loss
Haruo Ochi
Shooto - Shooto Tradition 2
Jul / 18 / 2008
Submission (Bulldog Choke)
Toshiharu Suzuki
1
3:42
win
Tomoaki Ueyama
GCM - Cage Force 6
Apr / 05 / 2008
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
3
1:48
win
Takahiro Hosoi
Shooto - Shooting Disco 3: Everybody Fight Now
Oct / 20 / 2007
Decision (Split)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
win
Atsushi Asano
Shooto - Battle Mix Tokyo 4
Jul / 20 / 2007
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
win
Masahito Wachi
GCM - Multiplex 2007
May / 13 / 2007
Decision (Majority)
2
5:00
loss
Satoru Ota
Shooto - Gig Central 12
Mar / 25 / 2007
Decision (Majority)
Taro Wakabayashi
2
5:00
PICTURES
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MMA pioneer
Megumi Fujii
hung up her gloves after an unceremonious rematch loss to
Jessica Aguilar
at
Vale Tudo Japan 3rd
in Tokyo.
Dean Marchand
Oct 09, 2013
Pictures: Vale Tudo Japan ‘VTJ 2nd’
Top Japanese prospect
Kyoji Horiguchi
overcame
Shintaro Ishiwatari
with a fifth-round surge at the latest installment of
Vale Tudo Japan
in Tokyo.
Taro Irei
Jun 24, 2013
Kyoji Horiguchi Struggles Against Shintaro Ishiwatari at Vale Tudo Japan 2nd
TOKYO -- Once again proving the merit of five round fights, highly coveted
Shooto
prospect
Kyoji Horiguchi
was on the losing end of his 135-pound affair with
Shintaro Ishiwatari
until pulling off a resounding...
Tony Loiseleur
Jun 22, 2013
Pictures: ‘Shootor’s Legacy 3’
Sherdog.com’s Taro Irei was ringside at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall on July 18 for
“Shootor’s Legacy 3,”
where
Kuniyoshi Hironaka
and
Yasuhiro Urushitani
left with...
SHERDOG
Jul 21, 2011
Hironaka Nets Title, Urushitani Retains at ‘Shootor’s Legacy 3’
TOKYO --
UFC
veteran and
Cage Force
lightweight champion
Kuniyoshi Hironaka
captured yet another title Monday evening, this time claiming the vacant Shooto world 154-pound title by dominating...
Tony Loiseleur
Jul 18, 2011
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