Masakatsu Ueda

Masakatsu Ueda
Masakatsu Ueda
Born December 21, 1977 (1977-12-21) (age 33)
Nationality Japanese
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st)
Division Bantamweight
Style Wrestling, Shooto, Jiu-Jitsu
Team Paraestra Tokyo
Mixed martial arts record
Total 17
Wins 14
By knockout 2
By submission 3
By decision 9
Losses 1
By submission 1
Draws 2

Masakatsu Ueda (born December 21, 1977) is a professional Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in the bantamweight division (known as featherweight in Shooto) for Shooto where he is the current undisputed Featherweight champion. Ueda won the vacant title after defeating Koetsu Okazai on March 28, 2008 by Unanimous Decision at Shooto's Back To Our Roots 8 show. Ueda was also a college level wrestler in Japan where holds a win over fellow mixed martial artist and Japanese Superstar Norifumi Yamamoto, better known as "Kid" Yamamoto. Although he is the Current Shooto World Featherweight Champion, Ueda has also won many national titles in Combat Wrestling. He also won the All Japan Shooto Grappling championship, and both A and B class Shooto Rookie Tournaments. Ueda is currently ranked as the #8 bantamweight fighter in the world by MMAWeekly.[1]

Mixed martial arts record

Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 14-1-2 Royler Gracie Decision (split) AFC - Amazon Forest Combat 1 02011-09-14 September 14, 2011 3 5:00 Manaus, Brazil Lightweight bout
Win 13-1-2 Rumina Sato KO (kick to the body) Shooto - Shooter's Legacy 3 02011-07-11 July 11, 2011 1 4:23 Tokyo, Japan
Win 12-1-2 Ralph Acosta Submission (brabo choke) Shooto - Shooter's Legacy 1 02011-01-10 January 10, 2011 2 1:13 Tokyo, Japan
Win 11-1-2 Akitoshi Tamura Decision (unanimous) Shooto - The Way of Shooto 3: Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon 02010-05-30 May 30, 2010 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 10-1-2 Shuichiro Katsumura Submission (ninja choke) Shooto - The Way of Shooto 2: Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon 02010-03-22 March 22, 2010 2 3:39 Tokyo, Japan Lost Shooto Featherweight (132 lbs.) Championship
Win 10-0-2 Eduardo Dantas Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Revolutionary Exchanges 1 02009-07-19 July 19, 2009 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan Defended Shooto Featherweight (132 lbs.) Championship
Win 9-0-2 So Tazawa Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Tradition 6 02009-03-29 March 29, 2009 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan Defended Shooto Featherweight (132 lbs.) Championship
vDraw 8-0-2 Marcos Galvao Draw (split) Shooto - Tradition 3 02008-09-28 September 28, 2008 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan Defended Shooto Featherweight (132 lbs.) Championship
Win 8-0-1 Koetsu Okazaki Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Back To Our Roots 8 02008-03-28 March 28, 2008 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan For the vacant Shooto Featherweight (132 lbs.) Championship
Win 7-0-1 Atsushi Yamamoto Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Back To Our Roots 7 02008-01-26 January 26, 2008 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 6-0-1 Tetsu Suzuki Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Rooki Tournament 2007 Final 02007-12-08 December 8, 2007 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
vDraw 5-0-1 Takeya Mizugaki Draw (majority) Shooto - Back To Our Roots 4 02007-07-15 July 15, 2007 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 5-0-0 So Tazawa Submission (brabo choke) Shooto - Back To Our Roots 2 02007-03-16 March 16, 2007 3 2:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 4-0-0 Teriyuki Matsumoto Submission (triangle choke) Shooto - Rookie Tournament Final 02006-12-02 December 2, 2006 1 4:42 Tokyo, Japan
Win 3-0-0 Naoki Yahagi TKO (punches) Shooto - Kitazawa Town Hall 02006-10-01 October 1, 2006 1 3:49 Tokyo, Japan
Win 2-0-0 Nobuhiro Hayakawa Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Gig West 5 02006-06-03 June 3, 2006 2 5:00 Osaka, Japan
Win 1-0-0 Satoshi Yamashita Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Kitazawa Town Hall 02005-11-29 November 29, 2005 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan

References

http://www.fourouncestofreedom.com/archives/fighter_az_masakatsu_ueda.phtml

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