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Kiyoshi Tamura

44-19-3JapanJapanLast 5
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CAREER SUMMARY

Kiyoshi Tamura holds a professional MMA record of 44-19-3. Their full professional MMA career spans 66 bouts on record. Kiyoshi Tamura has won 44 fights: 6 by KO/TKO, 5 by submission, 33 by decision. Of 19 career losses, 6 came by KO/TKO and 5 by submission. Kiyoshi Tamura also has 4 recorded Special rules bouts.

Profile

Height
5'11"180 cm
DOB
1969-12-17
Age
56
Nationality
Japan

Career history

  1. WIN
    vs Kazushi Sakuraba
    K-1: Dynamite 2008· Dec 31, 2008· Middleweight· 43-19-3 vs 24-11-1
    UD
  2. WIN
    vs Masakatsu Funaki
    Dream 2· Apr 29, 2008· Middleweight· 42-19-3 vs 39-12-1
    TKO
    R1 · 0:57
  3. WIN
    vs Hideo Tokoro
    K-1: Dynamite 2007· Dec 31, 2007· Middleweight· 41-19-3 vs 22-16-2
    -
    R3 · 3:08
  4. LOSS
    vs Taiei Kin
    K-1 HERO'S: Grand Prix 2007 (Stage 1)· Jul 16, 2007· Light Heavyweight· 41-18-3 vs 1-1
    UD
  5. WIN
    vs Ikuhisa Minowa
    Pride Shockwave 2006· Dec 31, 2006· Welterweight· 40-18-3 vs 35-24-8
    TKO
    R1 · 1:18
  6. LOSS
    vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
    Pride 31: Unbreakable· Feb 26, 2006· Heavyweight· 40-17-3 vs 25-3-1
    -
    R1 · 2:24
  7. WIN
    vs Makoto Takimoto
    Pride Critical Countdown 2005· Jun 26, 2005· Welterweight· 39-17-3 vs 1-0
    UD
  8. WIN
    vs Aliev Makhmud
    Pride 29: Fists of Fire· Feb 20, 2005· Welterweight· 38-17-3 vs 0-0
    TKO
    R1 · 7:09
  9. WIN
    vs Rony Sefo
    Pride Shockwave 2003· Dec 31, 2003· Heavyweight· 37-17-3 vs 0-0
    -
    R1 · 2:20
  10. LOSS
    vs Hidehiko Yoshida
    Pride Total Elimination 2003· Aug 10, 2003· Middleweight· 37-16-3 vs 2-0
    -
    R1 · 5:06
  11. WIN
    vs Nobuhiko Takada
    Pride 23: Championship Chaos 2· Nov 24, 2002· Heavyweight· 36-16-3 vs 2-5-2
    TKO
    R2 · 1:00
  12. WIN
    vs Ikuhisa Minowa
    Deep 6 Impact· Sep 7, 2002· 35-16-3 vs 21-15-8
    UD
  13. LOSS
    vs Bob Sapp
    Pride 21: Demolition· Jun 23, 2002· Super Heavyweight· 35-15-3 vs 1-0
    TKO
    R1 · 0:11
  14. LOSS
    vs Wanderlei Silva
    Pride 19: Bad Blood· Feb 24, 2002· Middleweight· 35-14-3 vs 18-3
    TKO
    R2 · 2:28
  15. LOSS
    vs Gustavo Machado
    Rings Japan· Apr 20, 2001· Middleweight· 35-13-3 vs 2-0
    MD
  16. LOSS
    vs Renato Sobral
    Rings Japan· Feb 24, 2001· Light Heavyweight· 35-12-3 vs 17-2
    MD
  17. LOSS
    vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
    Rings Japan· Oct 9, 2000· Heavyweight· 35-11-3 vs 7-1-1
    -
    R2 · 2:29
  18. WIN
    vs Zaza Tkeshelashvili
    Rings Japan· Oct 9, 2000· Heavyweight· 34-11-3 vs 15-13
    UD
  19. WIN
    vs Pat Miletich
    Rings Japan· Aug 23, 2000· Light Heavyweight· 33-11-3 vs 26-3-2
    MD
  20. WIN
    vs Jeremy Horn
    · May 26, 2000· Middleweight· 32-11-3 vs 39-6-4
    UD
  21. LOSS
    vs Gilbert Yvel
    Rings Japan· Apr 20, 2000· Heavyweight· 32-10-3 vs 22-4
    TKO
    R1 · 13:13
  22. LOSS
    vs Renato Sobral
    Rings Japan· Feb 26, 2000· Heavyweight· 32-9-3 vs 11-0
    MD
  23. WIN
    vs Renzo Gracie
    Rings Japan· Feb 26, 2000· Heavyweight· 31-9-3 vs 9-0-1
    UD
  24. WIN
    vs Borislav Jeliazkov
    Rings Japan· Dec 22, 1999· Heavyweight· 30-9-3 vs 2-4
    -
    R2 · 1:17
  25. WIN
    vs Dave Menne
    Rings Japan· Dec 22, 1999· Heavyweight· 29-9-3 vs 23-4-1
    UD
  26. WIN
    vs Joop Kasteel
    Rings Japan· Aug 19, 1999· Heavyweight· 28-9-3 vs 14-10
    -
    R1 · 12:17
  27. DRAW
    vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto
    Rings Japan· Jun 24, 1999· Heavyweight· 28-9-2 vs 36-23
    DRAW
  28. WIN
    vs Tariel Bitsadze
    Rings Japan· May 22, 1999· Heavyweight· 27-9-2 vs 27-14
    -
    R1 · 9:19
  29. DRAW
    vs Frank Shamrock
    Rings Japan· Apr 23, 1999· Light Heavyweight· 27-9-1 vs 18-7-1
    DRAW
  30. WIN
    vs Hiromitsu Kanehara
    Rings Japan· Mar 20, 1999· Light Heavyweight· 26-9-1 vs 11-3
    -
    R1 · 20:14
  31. WIN
    vs Valentijn Overeem
    Rings Japan· Feb 21, 1999· Heavyweight· 25-9-1 vs 9-4
    -
    R1 · 6:08
  32. LOSS
    vs Tsuyoshi Kosaka
    Rings Japan· Jan 23, 1999· Heavyweight· 25-8-1 vs 27-18-1
    -
    R1 · 9:42
  33. WIN
    vs Kenichi Yamamoto
    Rings Japan· Dec 23, 1998· Heavyweight· 24-8-1 vs 1-6
    TKO
    R1 · 11:26
  34. LOSS
    vs Nikolai Zouev
    Rings Japan· Nov 20, 1998· Heavyweight· 24-7-1 vs 9-12
    SUB
    R1 · 3:17
  35. WIN
    vs Andrey Kopylov
    Rings Japan· Nov 20, 1998· Heavyweight· 23-7-1 vs 9-12
    SUB
    R1 · 1:35
  36. WIN
    vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto
    Rings Japan· Sep 21, 1998· Heavyweight· 22-7-1 vs 31-21
    -
    R1 · 18:52
  37. WIN
    vs Masayuki Naruse
    Rings Japan· Aug 28, 1998· Light Heavyweight· 21-7-1 vs 28-27-1
    -
    R1 · 23:33
  38. WIN
    vs Wataru Sakata
    Rings Japan· Jul 20, 1998· Heavyweight· 20-7-1 vs 10-18-1
    -
  39. DRAW
    vs Tsuyoshi Kosaka
    Rings Japan· Jun 27, 1998· Heavyweight· 20-7 vs 25-15
    DRAW
  40. LOSS
    vs Tariel Bitsadze
    Rings Japan· May 29, 1998· Heavyweight· 20-6 vs 17-13
    TKO
    R1 · 3:39
  41. LOSS
    vs Valentijn Overeem
    Rings Japan· Apr 16, 1998· Heavyweight· 20-5 vs 8-3
    TKO
    R1 · 3:56
  42. WIN
    vs Dick Vrij
    Rings Japan· Mar 28, 1998· Heavyweight· 19-5 vs 20-17
    -
    R1 · 7:20
  43. WIN
    vs Sergey Sousserov
    Rings Japan· Mar 3, 1998· Heavyweight· 18-5 vs 2-5
    -
    R1 · 9:27
  44. WIN
    vs Joop Kasteel
    Fighting Network RINGS· Jan 21, 1998· 15-5 vs 5-3
    -
  45. WIN
    vs Akira Maeda
    Fighting Network RINGS· Jan 21, 1998· 15-5 vs 34-5
    -
  46. WIN
    vs Mikhail Iliyukhin
    Fighting Network RINGS· Jan 21, 1998· 15-5 vs 16-9
    -
  47. WIN
    vs Hans Nijman
    Fighting Network RINGS· Oct 25, 1997· 14-5 vs 18-12-1
    -
  48. WIN
    vs Elvis Sinosic
    Rings Japan· Oct 14, 1997· Heavyweight· 13-5 vs 1-1
    SUB
    R1 · 10:11
  49. WIN
    vs Volk Han
    Rings Japan· Sep 26, 1997· Heavyweight· 12-5 vs 32-10
    -
    R1 · 12:48
  50. LOSS
    vs Hans Nijman
    Rings Japan· Aug 13, 1997· Heavyweight· 12-4 vs 17-12-1
    TKO
    R1 · 9:03
  51. WIN
    vs Tariel Bitsadze
    Rings Japan· Jul 22, 1997· Heavyweight· 11-4 vs 17-11
    -
    R1 · 13:32
  52. LOSS
    vs Nikolai Zouev
    Rings Japan· Jun 21, 1997· Heavyweight· 11-3 vs 8-8
    SUB
    R1 · 10:30
  53. WIN
    vs Zaza Tkeshelashvili
    Rings Japan· May 23, 1997· Heavyweight· 10-3 vs 6-4
    TKO
    R1 · 8:15
  54. WIN
    vs Tsuyoshi Kosaka
    Rings Japan· Apr 22, 1997· Heavyweight· 9-3 vs 18-11
    -
    R1 · 13:57
  55. WIN
    vs Chris Haseman
    Rings Japan· Apr 4, 1997· Heavyweight· 8-3 vs 3-7
    -
    R1 · 6:52
  56. LOSS
    vs Akira Maeda
    Rings Japan· Mar 28, 1997· Heavyweight· 8-2 vs 28-4
    SUB
    R1 · 7:54
  57. WIN
    vs Andre Mannaart
    Fighting Network RINGS· Feb 2, 1997· 7-2 vs 0-1-1
    -
  58. LOSS
    vs Volk Han
    Rings Japan· Jan 22, 1997· Heavyweight· 7-1 vs 29-9
    SUB
    R1 · 12:36
  59. WIN
    vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto
    Rings Japan· Dec 19, 1996· Heavyweight· 6-1 vs 24-17
    SUB
    R1 · 9:49
  60. WIN
    vs Mitsuya Nagai
    Rings Japan· Nov 22, 1996· Heavyweight· 5-1 vs 25-16-1
    SUB
    R1 · 6:13
  61. WIN
    vs Mikhail Iliyukhin
    Rings Japan· Oct 25, 1996· Heavyweight· 4-1 vs 15-7
    SUB
  62. LOSS
    vs Volk Han
    Rings Japan· Sep 25, 1996· Heavyweight· 4-0 vs 25-9
    SUB
    R1 · 10:32
  63. WIN
    vs Maurice Smith
    Rings Japan· Aug 24, 1996· Heavyweight· 3-0 vs 2-7
    -
    R1 · 10:58
  64. WIN
    vs Willie Peeters
    Rings Japan· Jul 16, 1996· Heavyweight· 2-0 vs 11-8
    -
    R1 · 10:47
  65. WIN
    vs Dick Vrij
    Rings Japan· Jun 29, 1996· Heavyweight· 1-0 vs 16-11
    -
    R1 · 3:41
  66. WIN
    vs Patrick Smith
    K-1: Hercules '95· Dec 9, 1995· Heavyweight· 0-0 vs 4-4
    -
    R1 · 0:55

Career history data via Tapology.

UFCalendar Power Index rating

Current
1681▲8
Peak
1693Oct 9, 2000
Rated fights
66
15001600170019961999200220052008Dec 9, 1995 · 1536Jun 29, 1996 · 1558Jul 16, 1996 · 1577Aug 24, 1996 · 1594Sep 25, 1996 · 1554Oct 25, 1996 · 1602Nov 22, 1996 · 1621Dec 19, 1996 · 1643Jan 22, 1997 · 1619Feb 2, 1997 · 1630Mar 28, 1997 · 1608Apr 4, 1997 · 1616Apr 22, 1997 · 1630May 23, 1997 · 1648Jun 21, 1997 · 1611Jul 22, 1997 · 1628Aug 13, 1997 · 1603Sep 26, 1997 · 1623Oct 14, 1997 · 1630Oct 25, 1997 · 1638Jan 21, 1998 · 1645Jan 21, 1998 · 1651Jan 21, 1998 · 1660Mar 3, 1998 · 1665Mar 28, 1998 · 1668Apr 16, 1998 · 1654May 29, 1998 · 1641Jun 27, 1998 · 1640Jul 20, 1998 · 1644Aug 28, 1998 · 1651Sep 21, 1998 · 1658Nov 20, 1998 · 1642Nov 20, 1998 · 1649Dec 23, 1998 · 1654Jan 23, 1999 · 1645Feb 21, 1999 · 1651Mar 20, 1999 · 1658Apr 23, 1999 · 1658May 22, 1999 · 1667Jun 24, 1999 · 1666Aug 19, 1999 · 1672Dec 22, 1999 · 1675Dec 22, 1999 · 1683Feb 26, 2000 · 1673Feb 26, 2000 · 1681Apr 20, 2000 · 1673May 26, 2000 · 1681Aug 23, 2000 · 1690Oct 9, 2000 · 1693Oct 9, 2000 · 1684Feb 24, 2001 · 1677Apr 20, 2001 · 1667Feb 24, 2002 · 1657Jun 23, 2002 · 1639Sep 7, 2002 · 1646Nov 24, 2002 · 1655Aug 10, 2003 · 1642Dec 31, 2003 · 1649Feb 20, 2005 · 1651Jun 26, 2005 · 1658Feb 26, 2006 · 1653Dec 31, 2006 · 1666Jul 16, 2007 · 1655Dec 31, 2007 · 1661Apr 29, 2008 · 1673Dec 31, 2008 · 16811681

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Frequently asked questions

When does Kiyoshi Tamura fight next?

Kiyoshi Tamura has no confirmed upcoming fight.

What is Kiyoshi Tamura's record?

Kiyoshi Tamura's professional MMA record is 44-19-3.

Who is Kiyoshi Tamura fighting next?

Kiyoshi Tamura's next opponent has not been announced.

How many knockouts does Kiyoshi Tamura have?

Kiyoshi Tamura has 6 wins by KO/TKO and 5 wins by submission.

How tall is Kiyoshi Tamura?

Kiyoshi Tamura is 5'11" (180 cm) tall.

How old is Kiyoshi Tamura?

Kiyoshi Tamura is 56 years old (born Dec 17, 1969).

Where is Kiyoshi Tamura from?

Kiyoshi Tamura is from Japan.