Yuki Nakai

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height= 5' 7" (170 cm)
weight=154 lb (70 kg)
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fightingfrom=Tokyo, Japan
hometown=Hokkaidō, Japan
fightstyle=Shooto, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
wins=8
losses=2
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nihongo|Yuki Nakai|中井祐樹|Nakai Yūki is a retired Japanese Shooto practitioner and mixed martial artist, who currently practices and teaches Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He competed in the Vale Tudo Japan 1995, where he was greatly outweighed by every opponent in the tournament. Despite the weight differences and despite the suffering a severe eye injury in the first bout, Nakai managed to make it to the finals where he lost to Rickson Gracie. Nakai is considered to be a legend of Shooto by many fighters and fans. He is the founder of the Paraestra Shooto gyms and coaches such fighters as PRIDE and DREAM stand out Shinya Aoki, who is also a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Nakai.

Vale Tudo Japan 1995

In 1995, as the current Shooto welterweight champion, Nakai was selected by the Shooto Commission to represent Shooto in the Vale Tudo tournament Vale Tudo Japan 1995. His first opponent was Gerard Gordeau, a Dutch Savate fighter. Gordeau illegally eye-gouged Nakai during their fight, causing Nakai to lose vision in his right eye. Despite the eye injury, Nakai proceeded to defeat Gordeau by heel hook in the fourth round. The next fights, on the same night he came out with a bandage on his eye, ready to fight. In his second bout, Nakai defeated the American fighter Craig Pittman by armbar, and in the third and final bout, he lost to the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master Rickson Gracie by rear naked choke at 6:22 of the first round.

Yuki Nakai became permanently blind in his right eye due to Gerard Gordeau's illegal tactics. For years he kept his blindness a secret to protect the reputation of Mixed Martial Arts. The injury forced Nakai to retire from mixed martial arts competition, but impressed with Rickson Gracie's technique, he took up Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, where he currently holds a black belt despite not having any formal training in the art and is the president of the Japanese Confederation of Jiu-Jitsu.

Nakai speaks Japanese, and English.

Mixed martial arts record

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flagicon|Brazil Rickson Gracie
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Vale Tudo Japan 1995
April 20, 1995
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flagicon|USA Craig Pittman
Submission (Armbar)
Vale Tudo Japan 1995
April 20, 1995
align="center"|1
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yes2Win
flagicon|Netherlands Gerard Gordeau
Submission (Heel Hook)
Vale Tudo Japan 1995
April 20, 1995
align="center"|1
align="center"|26:41
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yes2Win
flagicon|Japan Miraoki Matsutani
Submission (Heel Hook)
Shooto: Vale Tudo Access 3
January 21, 1995
align="center"|1
align="center"|0:19
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yes2Win
flagicon|JapanKazuhiro Kusayanagi
Decision (Unanimous)
Shooto: Vale Tudo Access 2
November 7, 1994
align="center"|4
align="center"|4:00
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flagicon|Japan Noboru Asahi
Decision (Unanimous)
Shooto 1993
November 25, 1993
align="center"|5
align="center"|3:00
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flagicon|Japan Hiroshi Sumi
Submission (Heel Hook)
Shooto 1993
April 26, 1993
align="center"|1
align="center"|0:53
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References

* Abu Dhabi Combat Club. [http://news.adcombat.com/article.html?id=5123 Yuki Nakai's Jiu Jitsu 'Mook'] . "news.adcombat.com". URL last accessed April 6, 2006.
* Frymer, William. [http://boutreviewusa.com/Columns/08shooto02.html A Sacred Cup named SHOOTO] . "boutreviewusa.com". URL last accessed April 6, 2006..
* Sherdog.com. [http://www.sherdog.com/news/interviews.asp?n_id=3986 Nakai talks Vale Tudo, SHOOTO and Rickson] , [http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=15 Gerard Gordeau] , [http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=429 Yuki Nakai] . "www.sherdog.com". URL last accessed April 6, 2006.

External links

* [http://www.paraestra.com/ Paraestra] (his gym)
* [http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=429 Sherdog MMA Profile]