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Japan
Chigasaki, Kanagawa
Keiichiro Yamamiya
"
Kei
"
AGE
52
/
Jul 12, 1972
HEIGHT
5'11"
/
180.34 cm
WEIGHT
170 lbs
/
77.11 kg
ASSOCIATION
Grabaka
CLASS
Welterweight
Wins
45
KO
/
TKO
11
24%
SUBMISSIONS
3
7%
DECISIONS
31
69%
Draws
10
Losses
35
KO
/
TKO
9
26%
SUBMISSIONS
8
23%
DECISIONS
18
51%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Ikkei Nagamura
Pancrase - 264
Feb / 01 / 2015
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
3:00
loss
Kenta Takagi
Pancrase - 261
Oct / 05 / 2014
KO (Punch)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
0:37
loss
Keita Nakamura
Deep - 67 Impact
Jun / 22 / 2014
TKO (Punches)
Kenichi Serizawa
1
4:13
loss
Yuki Okano
Deep - 65 Impact
Mar / 22 / 2014
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
4:53
loss
Eiji Ishikawa
Grabaka - Grabaka Live! 3
Oct / 27 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
2
5:00
loss
Yuji Hisamatsu
Pancrase 250 - 2013 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals
Jul / 28 / 2013
Decision (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
5:00
win
Daijiro Matsui
U-Spirits - Again
Mar / 09 / 2013
Decision (4-1 Points)
1
15:00
loss
Will Noland
Pancrase - 245
Feb / 03 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
win
Ikkei Nagamura
Pancrase - Progress Tour 14
Dec / 01 / 2012
KO (Flying Knee)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
1:26
win
Kenichi Yamamoto
Grabaka - Grabaka Live! 2
Oct / 27 / 2012
Decision (Unanimous)
2
5:00
loss
Takenori Sato
Pancrase - Progress Tour 10
Sep / 01 / 2012
Decision (Unanimous)
Minoru Toyonaga
3
5:00
win
Yukinari Tamura
Pancrase - Progress Tour 1
Jan / 28 / 2012
Decision (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
5:00
win
Shingo Suzuki
Pancrase - Impressive Tour 13
Dec / 03 / 2011
TKO (Punches)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
4:24
win
Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Grabaka Live - 1st Cage Attack
Oct / 15 / 2011
Decision (Unanimous)
Kenichi Serizawa
2
5:00
win
Ichiro Kanai
Pancrase - Impressive Tour 8
Aug / 07 / 2011
Decision (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
5:00
draw
Kosei Kubota
Pancrase - Impressive Tour 1
Feb / 06 / 2011
Draw (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
5:00
loss
Masahiro Toryu
Pancrase - Passion Tour 11
Dec / 05 / 2010
KO (Head Kick)
Kenji Kosuge
1
4:51
win
Hoon Kim
Pancrase - Passion Tour 7
Aug / 08 / 2010
Decision (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
5:00
loss
Kengo Ura
Pancrase - Passion Tour 5
Jun / 05 / 2010
Decision (Split)
Ryogaku Wada
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3
5:00
win
Takenori Sato
Pancrase - Passion Tour 3
Apr / 04 / 2010
Decision (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
5:00
loss
Yuji Hisamatsu
Pancrase - Passion Tour 1
Feb / 07 / 2010
Decision (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
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3
5:00
win
Ryuji Ohori
Pancrase - Changing Tour 3
Jun / 07 / 2009
KO (Punch)
Kenji Kosuge
1
1:01
loss
Alexandre Ribeiro
Sengoku - Eighth Battle
May / 02 / 2009
KO (Punch)
Yoshinori Umeki
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3
0:51
loss
Ryo Kawamura
Pancrase - Shining 8
Oct / 01 / 2008
Decision (Unanimous)
Soichi Hiroto
3
5:00
win
Hiromitsu Kanehara
Pancrase - Shining 5
Jun / 01 / 2008
Decision (Unanimous)
Hiromi Okamoto
3
5:00
win
Yuki Kondo
Pancrase - Shining 3
Apr / 27 / 2008
Decision (Majority)
Soichi Hiroto
3
5:00
win
Ryo Kawamura
Pancrase - Rising 10
Dec / 22 / 2007
Decision (Unanimous)
Soichi Hiroto
3
5:00
draw
Carlos Toyota
MARS 6 - Rapid Fire
Dec / 22 / 2006
Draw
Moritaka Oshiro
2
5:00
loss
Mikko Rupponen
FF 17 - Fight Festival 17
Mar / 25 / 2006
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
loss
Dae Won Kim
Deep - 20th Impact
Sep / 03 / 2005
Decision (Unanimous)
Moritaka Oshiro
2
5:00
loss
Nilson de Castro
Pancrase - Spiral 2
Mar / 06 / 2005
Decision (Unanimous)
Soichi Hiroto
3
5:00
loss
Gustavo Machado
Pancrase - Brave 11
Nov / 26 / 2004
Submission (Heel Hook)
Soichi Hiroto
3
1:20
win
Chael Sonnen
Pancrase - 2004 Neo-Blood Tournament Final
Jul / 25 / 2004
Decision (Majority)
Hiromi Okamoto
3
5:00
win
Kozo Urita
Pancrase - Brave 5
May / 28 / 2004
Decision (Unanimous)
Hiromi Okamoto
2
5:00
draw
Bret Bergmark
Pancrase - Hybrid 11
Dec / 21 / 2003
Draw (Majority)
Soichi Hiroto
3
5:00
draw
Keith Jardine
Pancrase - Hybrid 8
Oct / 04 / 2003
Draw (Unanimous)
Soichi Hiroto
2
5:00
win
Nate Marquardt
Pancrase - 2003 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round
Jul / 27 / 2003
Decision (Unanimous)
Hiromi Okamoto
3
5:00
loss
Nilson de Castro
Pancrase - Hybrid 6
Jun / 07 / 2003
TKO (Punches)
Soichi Hiroto
1
4:00
draw
Tsuyoshi Kurihara
Pancrase - Hybrid 4
Apr / 12 / 2003
Draw (Majority)
Soichi Hiroto
2
5:00
loss
Akihiro Gono
Pancrase - Spirit 9
Dec / 21 / 2002
TKO (Punches)
Hiromi Okamoto
3
3:49
win
Eiji Ishikawa
Pancrase - 2002 Anniversary Show
Sep / 29 / 2002
Decision (Majority)
Kenji Kosuge
3
5:00
win
Mitsuyoshi Sato
Pancrase - 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round
Jul / 28 / 2002
TKO (Punches)
Soichi Hiroto
3
2:52
win
Ichiro Kanai
Pancrase - Spirit 4
May / 11 / 2002
TKO (Punches)
Soichi Hiroto
1
3:51
win
Sumio Koyano
Pancrase - Spirit 3
Mar / 25 / 2002
KO (Punch)
Hiromi Okamoto
1
0:31
loss
Yuki Sasaki
Pancrase - Spirit 1
Jan / 27 / 2002
Submission (Armbar)
Hiromi Okamoto
1
4:29
loss
Akihiro Gono
Pancrase - Proof 6
Oct / 30 / 2001
Decision (Unanimous)
Hiromi Okamoto
3
5:00
win
Hikaru Sato
Zero1 - Shingeki Chapter 2
Aug / 30 / 2001
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
5:00
win
Yoshinori Kawasaki
Pancrase - 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round
Jul / 29 / 2001
TKO (Punches)
Soichi Hiroto
1
4:04
loss
Paulo Filho
Deep - 1st Impact
Jan / 08 / 2001
KO (Punches)
2
0:29
win
Denis Kang
Pancrase - Trans 7
Dec / 04 / 2000
Decision (Majority)
Soichi Hiroto
2
3:00
win
Ikuhisa Minowa
Pancrase - 2000 Anniversary Show
Sep / 24 / 2000
Decision (Unanimous)
Hiromi Okamoto
2
3:00
win
Omar Bouiche
Pancrase - 2000 Anniversary Show
Sep / 24 / 2000
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Hiromi Okamoto
1
6:46
win
Kosei Kubota
Pancrase - Trans 4
Jun / 26 / 2000
Decision (Majority)
Soichi Hiroto
1
10:00
win
Naohisa Kawamura
Pancrase - Trans 4
Jun / 26 / 2000
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
10:00
win
Chris Lytle
Pancrase - Trans 1
Jan / 23 / 2000
Decision (Unanimous)
Soichi Hiroto
1
10:00
loss
Eugene Jackson
UFC 23 - Ultimate Japan 2
Nov / 19 / 1999
KO (Punch)
John McCarthy
3
3:12
win
Leon van Dijk
Pancrase - Breakthrough 7
Jul / 06 / 1999
TKO (Punches)
Hiromi Okamoto
1
2:05
loss
Kiuma Kunioku
Pancrase - Breakthrough 5
May / 23 / 1999
Decision (Lost Points)
Soichi Hiroto
1
15:00
win
Naoki Sano
Pancrase - Breakthrough 3
Mar / 09 / 1999
TKO (Knee)
Soichi Hiroto
1
10:43
draw
Jeremy Horn
Pancrase - Advance 12
Dec / 19 / 1998
Draw (Time Limit)
Soichi Hiroto
1
15:00
win
Jason DeLucia
Pancrase - Advance 10
Oct / 26 / 1998
Decision (Lost Points)
Soichi Hiroto
1
15:00
win
Satoshi Hasegawa
Pancrase - 1998 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round
Jul / 26 / 1998
Decision (Majority)
Hiromi Okamoto
1
15:00
loss
Osami Shibuya
Pancrase - 1998 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round
Jul / 07 / 1998
Decision (Unanimous)
Soichi Hiroto
1
20:00
draw
Ryushi Yanagisawa
Pancrase - Advance 8
Jun / 21 / 1998
Draw (Majority)
Soichi Hiroto
2
3:00
win
Takafumi Ito
Pancrase - Advance 6
May / 12 / 1998
TKO (Palm Strikes)
Hiromi Okamoto
2
1:35
loss
Yuki Kondo
Pancrase - Advance 5
Apr / 26 / 1998
Decision (Majority)
Soichi Hiroto
1
20:00
win
Minoru Suzuki
Pancrase - Advance 3
Mar / 01 / 1998
Decision (Majority)
Soichi Hiroto
1
20:00
draw
Ryushi Yanagisawa
Pancrase - Advance 2
Feb / 06 / 1998
Draw (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
3:00
loss
Osami Shibuya
Pancrase - Advance 1
Jan / 16 / 1998
Submission (Toe Hold)
Hiromi Okamoto
1
17:31
loss
Bas Rutten
Pancrase - Alive 11
Dec / 20 / 1997
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Soichi Hiroto
1
4:58
win
Takafumi Ito
Pancrase - Alive 10
Nov / 16 / 1997
Decision (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
3:00
draw
Tra Telligman
Pancrase - Alive 9
Oct / 29 / 1997
Draw (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
3:00
win
Minoru Suzuki
Pancrase - 1997 Anniversary Show
Sep / 06 / 1997
Decision (Lost Points)
Hiromi Okamoto
1
20:00
win
Osami Shibuya
Pancrase - Alive 8
Aug / 09 / 1997
Decision (Unanimous)
Soichi Hiroto
2
3:00
win
Satoshi Hasegawa
Pancrase - 1997 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 2
Jul / 20 / 1997
TKO (Knees)
Soichi Hiroto
1
5:50
win
Kosei Kubota
Pancrase - 1997 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 2
Jul / 20 / 1997
Decision (Lost Points)
Kenji Kosuge
1
10:00
win
Les Johnston
Pancrase - 1997 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 1
Jul / 20 / 1997
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Hiromi Okamoto
1
4:07
loss
Guy Mezger
Pancrase - Alive 7
Jun / 30 / 1997
Decision (Lost Points)
Hiromi Okamoto
1
15:00
draw
Kiuma Kunioku
Pancrase - Alive 5
May / 24 / 1997
Draw (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
10:00
win
Taka Michinoku
Pancrase - Alive 4
Apr / 27 / 1997
Submission (Keylock)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
7:36
loss
Ryushi Yanagisawa
Pancrase - Alive 3
Mar / 22 / 1997
Decision (Lost Points)
Kenji Kosuge
1
10:00
win
Takafumi Ito
Pancrase - Alive 2
Feb / 22 / 1997
Decision (Lost Points)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
15:00
win
Brian Gassaway
Pancrase - Alive 1
Jan / 17 / 1997
Decision (Lost Points)
Kenji Kosuge
1
10:00
win
Wes Gassaway
Pancrase - Truth 10
Dec / 15 / 1996
Decision (Unanimous)
Kenji Kosuge
1
10:00
loss
Kazuo Takahashi
Pancrase - Truth 9
Nov / 09 / 1996
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Masaaki Hirahara
1
7:12
loss
Kiuma Kunioku
Pancrase - Truth 8
Oct / 22 / 1996
Submission (Armbar)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
1:38
loss
Katsuomi Inagaki
Pancrase - 1996 Anniversary Show
Sep / 07 / 1996
Decision (Majority)
Masaaki Hirahara
1
10:00
loss
Osami Shibuya
Pancrase - 1996 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 2
Jul / 23 / 1996
Submission (Ankle Lock)
Soichi Hiroto
1
6:48
loss
Yuki Kondo
Pancrase - 1996 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 2
Jul / 23 / 1996
TKO (Knee to the Body)
Kenji Kosuge
1
6:16
win
Satoshi Hasegawa
Pancrase - 1996 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 1
Jul / 22 / 1996
Decision (Split)
Kenji Kosuge
1
10:00
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