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Japan
Okayama, Okayama
Kiyoshi Tamura
AGE
55
/
Dec 17, 1969
HEIGHT
5'11"
/
180.34 cm
WEIGHT
195 lbs
/
88.45 kg
ASSOCIATION
U-File Camp
CLASS
Light Heavyweight
Wins
32
KO
/
TKO
5
16%
SUBMISSIONS
13
41%
DECISIONS
8
25%
OTHERS
6
19%
Draws
3
Losses
13
KO
/
TKO
4
31%
SUBMISSIONS
3
23%
DECISIONS
4
31%
OTHERS
2
15%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
win
Kazushi Sakuraba
K-1 - Dynamite!! Power of Courage 2008
Dec / 31 / 2008
Decision (Unanimous)
Daisuke Noguchi
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2
5:00
win
Masakatsu Funaki
Dream 2 - Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Opening Round
Apr / 29 / 2008
TKO (Punches)
Yuji Shimada
1
0:57
win
Hideo Tokoro
K-1 - Premium 2007 Dynamite!!
Dec / 31 / 2007
Submission (Kimura)
Ryogaku Wada
3
3:08
loss
Taiei Kin
K-1 HERO's - Middleweight Tournament Opening Round
Jul / 16 / 2007
Decision (Unanimous)
Minoru Toyonaga
2
5:00
win
Ikuhisa Minowa
Pride FC - Shockwave 2006
Dec / 31 / 2006
KO (Soccer Kicks)
Daisuke Noguchi
1
1:18
loss
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Pride 31 - Dreamers
Feb / 26 / 2006
Submission (Armbar)
Yuji Shimada
1
2:24
win
Makoto Takimoto
Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2005
Jun / 26 / 2005
Decision (Unaminous)
Yuji Shimada
3
5:00
win
Aliev Makhmud
Pride 29 - Fists of Fire
Feb / 20 / 2005
TKO (Retirement)
Daisuke Noguchi
1
5:10
win
Rony Sefo
Pride FC - Shockwave 2003
Dec / 31 / 2003
Submission (Armbar)
Yuji Shimada
1
2:20
loss
Hidehiko Yoshida
Pride FC - Total Elimination 2003
Aug / 10 / 2003
Submission (Ezekiel Choke)
Yuji Shimada
1
5:06
win
Nobuhiko Takada
Pride 23 - Championship Chaos 2
Nov / 24 / 2002
KO (Punch)
Ryogaku Wada
2
1:00
win
Ikuhisa Minowa
Deep - 6th Impact
Sep / 07 / 2002
Decision (Unanimous)
Keiji Shiozaki
3
5:00
loss
Bob Sapp
Pride 21 - Demolition
Jun / 23 / 2002
TKO (Punches)
Yuji Shimada
1
0:11
loss
Wanderlei Silva
Pride 19 - Bad Blood
Feb / 24 / 2002
KO (Punch)
Yuji Shimada
2
2:28
loss
Gustavo Machado
Rings - World Title Series 1
Apr / 20 / 2001
Decision (Majority)
2
5:00
loss
Renato Sobral
Rings - King of Kings 2000 Final
Feb / 24 / 2001
Decision (Majority)
2
5:00
loss
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Rings - King of Kings 2000 Block A
Oct / 09 / 2000
Submission (Armbar)
2
2:29
win
Zaza Tkeshelashvili
Rings - King of Kings 2000 Block A
Oct / 09 / 2000
Decision (Unanimous)
2
5:00
win
Pat Miletich
Rings - Millennium Combine 3
Aug / 23 / 2000
Decision (Majority)
2
5:00
win
Jeremy Horn
C2K - Colosseum 2000
May / 26 / 2000
Decision (Unanimous)
2
5:00
loss
Gilbert Yvel
Rings - Millennium Combine 1
Apr / 20 / 2000
TKO (Punches)
1
13:13
loss
Renato Sobral
Rings - King of Kings 1999 Final
Feb / 26 / 2000
Decision (Majority)
2
5:00
win
Renzo Gracie
Rings - King of Kings 1999 Final
Feb / 26 / 2000
Decision (Unanimous)
2
5:00
win
Borislav Jeliazkov
Rings - King of Kings 1999 Block B
Dec / 22 / 1999
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
2
1:17
win
Dave Menne
Rings - King of Kings 1999 Block B
Dec / 22 / 1999
Decision (Unanimous)
2
5:00
win
Joop Kasteel
Rings - Rise 5th
Aug / 19 / 1999
Submission (Armbar)
Ryogaku Wada
2
2:17
draw
Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Rings - Rise 4th
Jun / 24 / 1999
Draw
Ryogaku Wada
3
5:00
win
Tariel Bitsadze
Rings - Rise 3rd
May / 22 / 1999
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Ryogaku Wada
1
9:19
draw
Frank Shamrock
Rings - Rise 2nd
Apr / 23 / 1999
Draw
Ryogaku Wada
1
20:00
win
Hiromitsu Kanehara
Rings - Rise 1st
Mar / 20 / 1999
Submission (Armbar)
Ryogaku Wada
3
0:14
win
Valentijn Overeem
Rings - Final Capture
Feb / 21 / 1999
Submission (Armbar)
1
6:08
win
Kenichi Yamamoto
Rings - World Mega Battle Tournament
Dec / 23 / 1998
TKO
2
1:26
draw
Tsuyoshi Kosaka
Rings - Fourth Fighting Integration
Jun / 27 / 1998
Draw
1
30:00
loss
Tariel Bitsadze
Rings - Third Fighting Integration
May / 29 / 1998
TKO
1
3:39
win
Mikhail Ilyukhin
Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1997 Final
Jan / 21 / 1998
N/A
0
0:00
win
Akira Maeda
Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1997 Final
Jan / 21 / 1998
N/A
0
0:00
win
Joop Kasteel
Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1997 Final
Jan / 21 / 1998
N/A
0
0:00
win
Hans Nijman
Rings - Mega Battle Tournament 1997 Semifinal 1
Oct / 25 / 1997
Submission (Arm Lock)
1
10:34
win
Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov
Rings - Extension Fighting 7
Sep / 26 / 1997
Submission (Armbar)
1
12:48
win
Tsuyoshi Kosaka
Rings - Extension Fighting 2
Apr / 22 / 1997
Submission (Toe Hold)
1
13:57
win
Andre Mannaart
Rings Holland - The Final Challenge
Feb / 02 / 1997
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
1
2:11
loss
Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov
Rings - Budokan Hall 1997
Jan / 22 / 1997
N/A
0
0:00
loss
Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov
Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Final
Jan / 01 / 1997
N/A
0
0:00
win
Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Final
Jan / 01 / 1997
N/A
0
0:00
win
Mitsuya Nagai
Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Final
Jan / 01 / 1997
N/A
0
0:00
win
Mikhail Ilyukhin
Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Opening Round
Oct / 25 / 1996
N/A
0
0:00
win
Maurice Smith
Rings - Maelstrom 6
Aug / 24 / 1996
Submission (Armbar)
1
10:58
win
Patrick Smith
K-1 - Hercules '95
Dec / 09 / 1995
Submission (Heel Hook)
1
0:55
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7%
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2%
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40%
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6%
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21%
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