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Tsuyoshi Kosaka
Fighter

Tsuyoshi Kosaka

"TK"
43-33-2JapanJapan
Grappling 0-2-1
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UFCal Elo rating

Current
1533▲42
Peak
1545Dec 29, 2015
Rated fights
4
150015502016201820202022Dec 29, 2015 — 1545Dec 29, 2016 — 1514Dec 31, 2017 — 1481Apr 17, 2022 — 15331533

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CAREER SUMMARY

Tsuyoshi Kosaka holds a professional MMA record of 43-33-2. Their full professional MMA career spans 79 bouts on record. Tsuyoshi Kosaka has won 43 fights: 10 by KO/TKO, 8 by submission, 25 by decision. Of 34 career losses, 15 came by KO/TKO and 5 by submission. Tsuyoshi Kosaka also has 3 recorded Grappling bouts. Most recent fight: April 17, 2022. Tracked organizations: RIZIN.

Profile

Height
5'11"180 cm
Weight
214 lbs97 kg
DOB
1970-03-06
Age
56
Nationality
Japan

Career history

  1. WIN
    vs Mikio Ueda
    RIZINRizin FF - Rizin 35· Apr 17, 2022· Heavyweight· 42-33-2 vs 0-0
    KO
    R1 · 2:05
  2. LOSS
    vs Saša Milinković
    HEAT 46· Jan 19, 2020· Heavyweight· 42-32-2 vs 6-2
    TKO
  3. LOSS
    vs Mirko Filipovic
    RIZINRizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: Final Round· Dec 31, 2017· Heavyweight· 42-31-2 vs 35-11-2
    TKO
    R1 · 1:02
  4. LOSS
    vs Kaido Hoovelson
    RIZINRizin 3 - Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2016: 2nd Round· Dec 29, 2016· Heavyweight
    UD
    R2 · 5:00
  5. LOSS
    vs Baruto Kaito
    RIZIN Fighting World Grand Prix 2016· Dec 29, 2016· 42-30-2 vs 2-0
    UD
  6. WIN
    vs James Thompson
    RIZINRizin Fighting Federation - Saraba no Utake· Dec 29, 2015· Super Heavyweight· 41-30-2 vs 20-15
    TKO
    R2 · 1:58
  7. LOSS
    vs Mark Hunt
    Pride Total Elimination Absolute· May 5, 2006· Heavyweight· 41-29-2 vs 4-1
    TKO
    R2 · 4:15
  8. WIN
    vs Mario Sperry
    Pride 31: Unbreakable· Feb 26, 2006· Heavyweight· 40-29-2 vs 12-3
    TKO
    R1 · 1:20
  9. LOSS
    vs Mike Kyle
    Pancrase 154· Oct 2, 2005· Heavyweight· 40-28-2 vs 9-3
    UD
  10. WIN
    vs David Shvelidze
    Rings Russia· Aug 20, 2005· Heavyweight· 39-28-2 vs 2-1
    —
  11. LOSS
    vs Fedor Emelianenko
    Pride Bushido 6· Apr 3, 2005· Heavyweight· 39-27-2 vs 21-1
    TKO
    R1 · 10:00
  12. WIN
    vs Ron Waterman
    Pancrase 141· Nov 7, 2004· Heavyweight· Title bout· 38-27-2 vs 12-2-2
    UD
  13. WIN
    vs Ricardo Morais
    NJPW: Ultimate Crush 2· Oct 13, 2003· Heavyweight· 37-27-2 vs 9-2-1
    UD
  14. WIN
    vs Sumiyaabazar Dolgorsurengiin
    NJPW: Ultimate Crush 1· May 2, 2003· Heavyweight· 36-27-2 vs 0-0
    TKO
    R1 · 2:58
  15. LOSS
    vs Rogerio Nogueira
    Deep 6 Impact· Sep 7, 2002· 36-26-2 vs 3-1
    UD
  16. LOSS
    vs Ricco Rodriguez
    UFC 37: High Impact· May 10, 2002· Heavyweight· 36-25-2 vs 12-1
    TKO
    R2 · 3:25
  17. LOSS
    vs Bozigit Ataev
    Rings Japan· Dec 21, 2001· Heavyweight· 36-24-2 vs 11-0
    MD
  18. WIN
    vs Koba Tkeshelashvili
    Rings Japan· Aug 11, 2001· Heavyweight· 35-24-2 vs 1-1
    TKO
    R1 · 2:17
  19. LOSS
    vs Renato Sobral
    Rings Japan· Jun 15, 2001· Heavyweight· 35-23-2 vs 18-2
    MD
  20. LOSS
    vs Randy Couture
    Rings Japan· Feb 24, 2001· Heavyweight· 35-22-2 vs 7-2
    UD
  21. WIN
    vs Fedor Emelianenko
    Rings Japan· Dec 22, 2000· Heavyweight· 34-22-2 vs 4-0
    TKO
    R1 · 0:17
  22. WIN
    vs Mikhail Iliyukhin
    Rings Japan· Dec 22, 2000· Heavyweight· 33-22-2 vs 30-15
    TKO
    R2 · 1:53
  23. DRAW
    vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
    Rings Japan· Aug 23, 2000· Heavyweight· 33-22-1 vs 6-1
    DRAW
  24. WIN
    vs Greg Wikan
    Rings USA: Rising Stars 1· Jul 15, 2000· Heavyweight· 32-22-1 vs 2-3
    —
    R1 · 2:53
  25. WIN
    vs Travis Fulton
    Rings USA: Rising Stars 1· Jul 15, 2000· Heavyweight· 31-22-1 vs 74-25-6
    UD
  26. LOSS
    vs Gilbert Yvel
    Rings Japan· Dec 22, 1999· Heavyweight· 31-21-1 vs 19-3
    TKO
    R1 · 1:17
  27. WIN
    vs Chris Haseman
    Rings Japan· Dec 22, 1999· Heavyweight· 30-21-1 vs 14-17
    SD
  28. LOSS
    vs Pedro Rizzo
    UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2· Nov 19, 1999· Heavyweight· 30-20-1 vs 8-0
    TKO
    R3 · 1:12
  29. WIN
    vs Gilbert Yvel
    Rings Japan· Aug 19, 1999· Heavyweight· 29-20-1 vs 16-2
    DEC
  30. WIN
    vs Tim Lajcik
    UFC 21: Return of the Champions· Jul 16, 1999· Heavyweight· 28-20-1 vs 4-0
    TKO
    R2 · 5:00
  31. LOSS
    vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto
    Rings Japan· May 22, 1999· Heavyweight· 28-19-1 vs 35-23
    TKO
    R1 · 15:41
  32. LOSS
    vs Gilbert Yvel
    Rings Japan· Apr 23, 1999· Heavyweight· 28-18-1 vs 14-2
    TKO
    R1 · 14:58
  33. WIN
    vs Kiyoshi Tamura
    Rings Japan· Jan 23, 1999· Heavyweight· 27-18-1 vs 25-8-1
    —
    R1 · 9:42
  34. LOSS
    vs Bas Rutten
    UFC 18· Jan 8, 1999· Heavyweight· 27-17-1 vs 25-4-1
    TKO
    R1 · 14:15
  35. LOSS
    vs Nikolai Zouev
    Rings Japan· Nov 20, 1998· Heavyweight· 27-16-1 vs 10-12
    DEC
  36. WIN
    vs Pete Williams
    UFC 17.5: Ultimate Brazil· Oct 16, 1998· Heavyweight· 26-16-1 vs 8-1
    UD
  37. WIN
    vs Mikhail Iliyukhin
    Rings Japan· Sep 21, 1998· Heavyweight· 25-16-1 vs 21-10
    —
    R1 · 12:00
  38. LOSS
    vs Tariel Bitsadze
    Rings Japan· Jul 20, 1998· Heavyweight· 25-15-1 vs 18-13
    TKO
    R1 · 7:43
  39. DRAW
    vs Kiyoshi Tamura
    Rings Japan· Jun 27, 1998· Heavyweight· 25-15 vs 20-7
    DRAW
  40. WIN
    vs Volk Han
    Rings Japan· May 29, 1998· Heavyweight· 24-15 vs 36-13
    SUB
    R1 · 10:10
  41. WIN
    vs Joop Kasteel
    Rings Japan· Apr 16, 1998· Heavyweight· 23-15 vs 6-4
    —
    R1 · 7:49
  42. WIN
    vs Nikolai Zouev
    Rings Japan· Mar 28, 1998· Heavyweight· 22-15 vs 9-9
    —
    R1 · 10:20
  43. WIN
    vs Kimo Leopoldo
    UFC 16: Battle in the Bayou· Mar 13, 1998· Heavyweight· 21-15 vs 7-2-1
    UD
  44. WIN
    vs Rob Van Esdonk
    Fighting Network RINGS· Feb 8, 1998· 20-15 vs 1-0
    —
  45. LOSS
    vs Mikhail Iliyukhin
    Fighting Network RINGS· Jan 21, 1998· 20-14 vs 16-9
    —
  46. WIN
    vs Borislav Jeliazkov
    Fighting Network RINGS· Oct 25, 1997· 19-14 vs 0-0
    —
  47. LOSS
    vs Frank Shamrock
    Rings Japan· Sep 26, 1997· Heavyweight· 19-13 vs 11-7-1
    DEC
  48. LOSS
    vs Akira Maeda
    Rings Japan· Aug 13, 1997· Heavyweight· 19-12 vs 31-5
    —
    R1 · 9:14
  49. WIN
    vs Zaza Tkeshelashvili
    Rings Japan· Jul 22, 1997· Heavyweight· 18-12 vs 6-5
    SUB
    R1 · 9:26
  50. LOSS
    vs Kiyoshi Tamura
    Rings Japan· Apr 22, 1997· Heavyweight· 18-11 vs 9-3
    —
    R1 · 13:57
  51. WIN
    vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto
    Rings Japan· Apr 4, 1997· Heavyweight· 17-11 vs 25-19
    DEC
  52. WIN
    vs Tariel Bitsadze
    Rings Japan· Mar 28, 1997· Heavyweight· 16-11 vs 17-9
    SUB
    R1 · 8:11
  53. WIN
    vs Mikhail Iliyukhin
    Rings Japan· Jan 22, 1997· Heavyweight· 15-11 vs 15-8
    SUB
    R1 · 10:04
  54. LOSS
    vs Hans Nijman
    Rings Japan· Dec 19, 1996· Heavyweight· 15-10 vs 15-10-1
    TKO
    R1 · 9:24
  55. LOSS
    vs Volk Han
    Rings Japan· Nov 22, 1996· Heavyweight· 15-9 vs 27-9
    SUB
    R1 · 10:27
  56. WIN
    vs Dick Vrij
    Rings Japan· Oct 25, 1996· Heavyweight· 14-9 vs 17-13
    —
    R1 · 5:35
  57. LOSS
    vs Mitsuya Nagai
    Rings Japan· Sep 25, 1996· Heavyweight· 14-8 vs 23-16-1
    TKO
    R1 · 11:05
  58. LOSS
    vs Volk Han
    Rings Japan· Aug 24, 1996· Heavyweight· 14-7 vs 24-9
    —
    R1 · 13:52
  59. LOSS
    vs Volk Han
    Rings Japan· Jul 16, 1996· Heavyweight· 14-6 vs 23-9
    TKO
    R1 · 11:23
  60. WIN
    vs Jacob Hamilton
    Rings Japan· Jun 29, 1996· Heavyweight· 13-6 vs 0-1
    —
    R1 · 5:10
  61. LOSS
    vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto
    Rings Japan· Apr 26, 1996· Heavyweight· 13-5 vs 20-14
    —
    R1 · 13:04
  62. WIN
    vs Hans Nijman
    Rings Japan· Mar 25, 1996· Heavyweight· 12-5 vs 14-7-1
    —
    R1 · 9:03
  63. WIN
    vs Willie Peeters
    Fighting Network RINGS· Feb 18, 1996· 11-5 vs 7-7
    —
  64. WIN
    vs Maurice Smith
    Rings Japan· Jan 24, 1996· Heavyweight· 10-5 vs 1-5
    SUB
    R1 · 2:28
  65. LOSS
    vs Zaza Tkeshelashvili
    Rings Japan· Dec 19, 1995· Heavyweight· 10-4 vs 4-4
    SUB
    R1 · 9:33
  66. WIN
    vs Dennis Raven
    Rings Japan· Nov 16, 1995· Heavyweight· 9-4 vs 0-0
    SUB
    R1 · 5:40
  67. WIN
    vs TBA
    Japan Regional· Oct 13, 1995· 6-4
    TKO
  68. WIN
    vs Susumu Yamasaki
    Japan Regional· Oct 13, 1995· 6-4 vs 0-0
    —
  69. WIN
    vs Egan Inoue
    Japan Regional· Oct 13, 1995· 6-4 vs 0-0
    —
  70. WIN
    vs Joop van der Ven
    Rings Japan· Sep 22, 1995· Heavyweight· 5-4 vs 1-1
    SUB
    R1 · 6:42
  71. LOSS
    vs Dmitriy Petkov
    Rings Japan· Aug 27, 1995· Heavyweight· 5-3 vs 1-4
    SUB
    R1 · 11:35
  72. LOSS
    vs Masayuki Naruse
    Rings Japan· Jul 18, 1995· Heavyweight· 5-2 vs 12-19-1
    TKO
    R1 · 11:00
  73. WIN
    vs Scott Sullivan
    ACE: The World Martial Arts Challenge· Jun 23, 1995· Heavyweight· 4-2 vs 0-2
    —
    R1 · 3:00
  74. LOSS
    vs Sergey Sousserov
    Rings Japan· Jun 17, 1995· Heavyweight· 4-1 vs 1-3
    SUB
    R1 · 11:30
  75. LOSS
    vs Sotir Gotchev
    Rings Japan· May 20, 1995· Heavyweight· 4-0 vs 1-2
    SUB
    R1 · 8:30
  76. WIN
    vs Wataru Sakata
    Rings Japan· Apr 28, 1995· Heavyweight· 3-0 vs 3-2
    —
    R1 · 9:39
  77. WIN
    vs Wataru Sakata
    Rings Japan· Jan 25, 1995· Heavyweight· 2-0 vs 3-0
    —
    R1 · 21:56
  78. WIN
    vs Daisuke Ikeda
    Rings Japan· Dec 24, 1994· Heavyweight· 1-0 vs 0-0
    SUB
    R1 · 8:17
  79. WIN
    vs Nobuhiro Tsurumaki
    Rings Japan· Aug 20, 1994· Heavyweight· 0-0 vs 1-3
    TKO
    R5 · 1:30

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Frequently asked questions

What is Tsuyoshi Kosaka's record?

Tsuyoshi Kosaka's professional MMA record is 43-33-2.

When does Tsuyoshi Kosaka fight next?

Tsuyoshi Kosaka has no confirmed upcoming fight.

Who is Tsuyoshi Kosaka fighting next?

Tsuyoshi Kosaka's next opponent has not been announced.

Who did Tsuyoshi Kosaka fight last?

Tsuyoshi Kosaka most recently fought Mikio Ueda at Rizin FF - Rizin 35 on Sunday, April 17, 2022 — WIN (Knockout).

What weight class does Tsuyoshi Kosaka fight in?

Tsuyoshi Kosaka fights at Heavyweight.

How many knockouts does Tsuyoshi Kosaka have?

Tsuyoshi Kosaka has 10 wins by KO/TKO and 8 wins by submission.

How tall is Tsuyoshi Kosaka?

Tsuyoshi Kosaka is 5'11" (180 cm) tall.

How much does Tsuyoshi Kosaka weigh?

Tsuyoshi Kosaka weighs 214 lbs (97 kg).

How old is Tsuyoshi Kosaka?

Tsuyoshi Kosaka is 56 years old (born Mar 6, 1970).

Where is Tsuyoshi Kosaka from?

Tsuyoshi Kosaka is from Japan.