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FIGHTER
RECORD
KO · SUB · FIN%
ELO
1
🇯🇵
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
RET.
"TK"
HEAVYWEIGHT
39
–
27
· 10KO 20SUB · 77%
39
–
27
10 · 20
· 77%
1767
2
🇯🇵
Satoshi Ishii
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
26
–
14
· 3KO 13SUB · 62%
26
–
14
3 · 13
· 62%
1755
3
🇯🇵
Yoshihiro Nakao
RET.
"Kiss"
HEAVYWEIGHT
8
–
3
· 4KO 1SUB · 63%
8
–
3
4 · 1
· 63%
1717
4
🇯🇵
Kazuyuki Fujita
RET.
"Ironhead"
HEAVYWEIGHT
18
–
15
· 9KO 7SUB · 89%
18
–
15
9 · 7
· 89%
1678
5
🇯🇵
Hidehiko Yoshida
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
9
–
8
· 0KO 8SUB · 89%
9
–
8
0 · 8
· 89%
1663
6
🇯🇵
Kazuhisa Tazawa
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
7
–
2
· 1KO 5SUB · 86%
7
–
2
1 · 5
· 86%
1658
7
🇯🇵
Naoya Ogawa
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
6
–
2
· 2KO 4SUB · 100%
6
–
2
2 · 4
· 100%
1640
8
🇯🇵
Ikuhisa Minowa
RET.
"Minowaman"
HEAVYWEIGHT
63
–
45
· 11KO 42SUB · 84%
63
–
45
11 · 42
· 84%
1618
9
🇯🇵
Hirohide Fujinuma
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
12
–
6
· 11KO 0SUB · 92%
12
–
6
11 · 0
· 92%
1590
10
🇯🇵
Yoshihisa Yamamoto
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
31
–
24
· 8KO 19SUB · 87%
31
–
24
8 · 19
· 87%
1589
11
🇯🇵
Akira Shoji
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
16
–
17
· 3KO 6SUB · 56%
16
–
17
3 · 6
· 56%
1584
12
🇯🇵
Yusuke Kawaguchi
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
19
–
13
· 8KO 2SUB · 53%
19
–
13
8 · 2
· 53%
1583
13
🇯🇵
Ryugo Takeuchi
HEAVYWEIGHT
5
–
3
· 5KO 0SUB · 100%
5
–
3
5 · 0
· 100%
1576
14
🇯🇵
Kohei Sato
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
2
–
0
· 1KO 0SUB · 50%
2
–
0
1 · 0
· 50%
1568
15
🇯🇵
Yukinori Akazawa
HEAVYWEIGHT
8
–
6
· 6KO 1SUB · 88%
8
–
6
6 · 1
· 88%
1560
16
🇯🇵
Jun Ishii
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
8
–
6
· 6KO 0SUB · 75%
8
–
6
6 · 0
· 75%
1541
17
🇯🇵
Shuji Morikawa
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
12
–
10
· 8KO 0SUB · 67%
12
–
10
8 · 0
· 67%
1537
18
🇯🇵
Yuhei Fukuda
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
3
–
2
· 3KO 0SUB · 100%
3
–
2
3 · 0
· 100%
1532
19
🇯🇵
Yuichiro Abe
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
3
–
2
· 1KO 2SUB · 100%
3
–
2
1 · 2
· 100%
1528
20
🇯🇵
Takayuki Okada
RET.
"Giant Ochiai"
HEAVYWEIGHT
3
–
2
· 2KO 1SUB · 100%
3
–
2
2 · 1
· 100%
1525
21
🇯🇵
Keigo Kunihara
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
3
–
2
· 1KO 1SUB · 67%
3
–
2
1 · 1
· 67%
1524
22
🇯🇵
Jukei Nakajima
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
3
–
2
· 3KO 0SUB · 100%
3
–
2
3 · 0
· 100%
1519
23
🇯🇵
Keigo Takamori
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
6
–
6
· 6KO 0SUB · 100%
6
–
6
6 · 0
· 100%
1514
24
🇯🇵
Takaaki Oban
HEAVYWEIGHT
11
–
10
· 3KO 6SUB · 82%
11
–
10
3 · 6
· 82%
1514
25
🇯🇵
Manabu Ohara
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
1
–
1
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
1
–
1
0 · 0
· 0%
1511
26
🇯🇵
Kazunari Murakami
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
5
–
5
· 1KO 2SUB · 60%
5
–
5
1 · 2
· 60%
1504
27
🇯🇵
Koichiro Kimura
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
3
–
3
· 0KO 1SUB · 33%
3
–
3
0 · 1
· 33%
1503
28
🇯🇵
Yasuaki Rao
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
1
–
1
· 1KO 0SUB · 100%
1
–
1
1 · 0
· 100%
1502
29
🇯🇵
Nobuhiko Takada
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
2
–
6
· 0KO 2SUB · 100%
2
–
6
0 · 2
· 100%
1492
30
🇯🇵
Akihito Tanaka
RET.
"Kinniku Mantaro"
HEAVYWEIGHT
2
–
2
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
2
–
2
0 · 0
· 0%
1487
31
🇯🇵
Hideki Tadao
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
5
–
6
· 0KO 3SUB · 60%
5
–
6
0 · 3
· 60%
1485
32
🇯🇵
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
0
–
1
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
0
–
1
0 · 0
· 0%
1481
33
🇯🇵
Manabu Nakanishi
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
0
–
1
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
0
–
1
0 · 0
· 0%
1473
34
🇯🇵
Satoshi Hasegawa
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
12
–
17
· 0KO 5SUB · 42%
12
–
17
0 · 5
· 42%
1469
35
🇯🇵
Fumio Yoshimura
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
0
–
1
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
0
–
1
0 · 0
· 0%
1466
36
🇯🇵
Toshinobu Komeya
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
2
–
3
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
2
–
3
0 · 0
· 0%
1464
37
🇯🇵
Koji Kitao
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
1
–
2
· 0KO 1SUB · 100%
1
–
2
0 · 1
· 100%
1462
38
🇯🇵
Toyohiko Monma
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
1
–
2
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
1
–
2
0 · 0
· 0%
1462
39
🇯🇵
Yuji Nagata
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
0
–
2
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
0
–
2
0 · 0
· 0%
1461
40
🇯🇵
TM
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
0
–
1
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
0
–
1
0 · 0
· 0%
1459
41
🇯🇵
Yuichi Sakai
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
0
–
1
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
0
–
1
0 · 0
· 0%
1457
42
🇯🇵
Tadahiro Hosaka
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
4
–
5
· 1KO 1SUB · 50%
4
–
5
1 · 1
· 50%
1457
43
🇯🇵
Kosaku Shikimasu
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
2
–
4
· 1KO 1SUB · 100%
2
–
4
1 · 1
· 100%
1453
44
🇯🇵
Tokiwa Tokiwa
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
0
–
1
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
0
–
1
0 · 0
· 0%
1447
45
🇯🇵
Atsushi Sawada
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
0
–
2
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
0
–
2
0 · 0
· 0%
1440
46
🇯🇵
Yoshiaki Yatsu
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
0
–
2
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
0
–
2
0 · 0
· 0%
1434
47
🇯🇵
Tadao Yasuda
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
2
–
4
· 0KO 1SUB · 50%
2
–
4
0 · 1
· 50%
1431
48
🇯🇵
Kengo Watanabe
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
8
–
13
· 4KO 2SUB · 75%
8
–
13
4 · 2
· 75%
1429
49
🇯🇵
Mitsunori Tanimura
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
0
–
3
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
0
–
3
0 · 0
· 0%
1425
50
🇯🇵
Kazunori Hase
RET.
HEAVYWEIGHT
1
–
3
· 0KO 0SUB · 0%
1
–
3
0 · 0
· 0%
1424
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