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Ota, Gunma
Hiroshi Nakamura
"
Iron
"
AGE
43
/
Feb 14, 1981
HEIGHT
5'5"
/
165.1 cm
WEIGHT
134 lbs
/
60.78 kg
ASSOCIATION
Carpe Diem Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
CLASS
Bantamweight
Wins
16
KO
/
TKO
0
0%
SUBMISSIONS
2
13%
DECISIONS
14
88%
Draws
4
Losses
7
KO
/
TKO
5
71%
SUBMISSIONS
0
0%
DECISIONS
2
29%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
win
Tomomi Iwama
Deep - 65 Impact
Mar / 22 / 2014
Decision (Majority)
Yuji Shimada
3
5:00
loss
Yusaku Nakamura
Deep - Cage Impact 2013
Nov / 24 / 2013
KO (Flying Knee)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
0:53
loss
Luis Alberto Nogueira
BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 70
May / 25 / 2012
KO (Punches)
Jason Herzog
3
1:58
win
Rodrigo Lima
BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 64
Apr / 06 / 2012
Decision (Unanimous)
Yves Lavigne
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Seiji Akao
Deep - 56 Impact
Dec / 16 / 2011
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
5:00
win
Yoshiro Maeda
Deep - Cage Impact 2011 in Tokyo, 2nd Round
Oct / 29 / 2011
Decision (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
loss
Takafumi Otsuka
Deep - 54 Impact
Jun / 24 / 2011
Decision (Unanimous)
Samio Kimura
3
5:00
win
Masakazu Imanari
Deep - 52 Impact
Feb / 25 / 2011
Decision (Unanimous)
Samio Kimura
3
5:00
win
Tatsumitsu Wada
Deep - 50 Impact
Oct / 24 / 2010
Decision (Unanimous)
Samio Kimura
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
5:00
win
Tomohiko Hori
Deep - 48 Impact
Jul / 03 / 2010
Decision (Unanimous)
Akira Shoji
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
5:00
loss
Isao Terada
Deep - 46 Impact
Feb / 28 / 2010
TKO (Punches)
Kenichi Serizawa
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
1:11
win
Wataru Inatsu
Zst - Zst 22
Nov / 23 / 2009
Submission (Armbar)
1
1:35
win
Jong Man Kim
FMC 1 - Korea vs. Japan
Aug / 16 / 2009
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
win
Wataru Miki
GCM - Cage Force 10
Apr / 25 / 2009
Decision (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
win
Hayate Usui
Shooto - Shooto Tradition 5
Jan / 18 / 2009
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
3
5:00
draw
Hatsu Hioki
Shooto - Gig Central 15
Aug / 03 / 2008
Draw (Majority)
Toshiharu Suzuki
3
5:00
win
Tenkei Oda
Shooto - Back To Our Roots 8
Mar / 28 / 2008
Decision (Majority)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
win
Kyotaro Nakao
Shooto - The Rookie Tournament 2007 Final
Dec / 08 / 2007
Decision (Unanimous)
Taro Wakabayashi
2
5:00
win
Yuji Inoue
Shooto - Shooting Disco 3: Everybody Fight Now
Oct / 20 / 2007
Decision (Unanimous)
Taro Wakabayashi
2
5:00
draw
Shintaro Ishiwatari
Shooto - Shooting Disco 2: The Heat Rises Tonight
Aug / 05 / 2007
Draw (Majority)
Taro Wakabayashi
2
5:00
draw
Keisuke Yamada
Shooto - 11/10 in Korakuen Hall
Nov / 10 / 2006
Draw (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
loss
Daisuke Ishizawa
Shooto - 7/21 in Korakuen Hall
Jul / 21 / 2006
KO (Punches)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
4:26
win
Hirotaka Tomiyama
Shooto - 5/28 in Kitazawa Town Hall
May / 28 / 2006
Submission (Armbar)
Taro Wakabayashi
2
3:24
draw
Sakae Kasuya
Shooto - 3/3 in Kitazawa Town Hall
Mar / 03 / 2006
Draw (Unanimous)
Taro Wakabayashi
2
5:00
win
Seigi Fujioka
Shooto - Soulful Fight
Oct / 28 / 2005
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
loss
Akiyo Nishiura
Shooto - 5/29 in Kitazawa Town Hall
May / 29 / 2005
KO (Punch)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
3:57
loss
Yutaka Nishioka
Shooto - 2/6 in Kitazawa Town Hall
Feb / 06 / 2005
Decision (Unanimous)
Kazuhiro Kusayanagi
2
5:00
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