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Japan
Mito, Ibaraki
Ryuta Sakurai
AGE
54
/
Sep 18, 1971
HEIGHT
5'10"
/
177.8 cm
WEIGHT
170 lbs
/
77.11 kg
ASSOCIATION
R-Blood
CLASS
Welterweight
Wins
30
KO
/
TKO
11
37%
SUBMISSIONS
12
40%
DECISIONS
7
23%
Draws
6
Losses
28
KO
/
TKO
8
29%
SUBMISSIONS
9
32%
DECISIONS
11
39%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
win
Tadahide Aoki
Grachan / Brave - Grachan 68 / Brave Fight 31
Mar / 10 / 2024
Decision (Unanimous)
Akira Yamazaki
3
5:00
win
Kento Ueda
Grachan - Grachan 65: 15th Anniversary Tournament
Oct / 15 / 2023
Submission (Armbar)
Akira Yamazaki
2
4:10
loss
Seok Hyeon Ko
AFC 24 / Heat 51 - Angel's Fighting Championship 24 / Heat 51
Apr / 06 / 2023
TKO (Punches)
Seung Hoon Kim
2
0:56
loss
Hidetaka Arato
Grachan - Grachan 58
Dec / 04 / 2022
Technical Decision (Unanimous)
Akira Yamazaki
2
4:48
win
Radek Hecl
Grachan - Grachan 57
Sep / 04 / 2022
TKO (Punches)
Akira Yamazaki
2
0:34
loss
Hiroki Nagaoka
Grachan - Grachan 48
Jun / 20 / 2021
Decision (Unanimous)
Akira Yamazaki
3
5:00
win
Daryl Lokuku
Grachan / Gladiator - Grachan 42 / Gladiator 011
Dec / 21 / 2019
Submission (Armbar)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
2:56
win
Akihito Mamiya
Grachan / Brave - Grachan 39 / Brave Fight 18
Mar / 10 / 2019
Decision (Unanimous)
Akira Yamazaki
2
5:00
loss
Tatsuya Mizuno
Deep - 87 Impact
Dec / 22 / 2018
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Hirokazu Takamoto
2
2:53
win
Hikaru Sato
Pancrase - 289
Aug / 20 / 2017
TKO (Punches)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
0:23
loss
Yoichiro Sato
Deep - 78 Impact
Mar / 18 / 2017
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Kenichi Serizawa
2
1:22
loss
Taisuke Okuno
Deep - Cage Impact 2016 in Korakuen Hall
Oct / 18 / 2016
Decision (Split)
Masato Fukuda
3
5:00
loss
Yushin Okami
Deep - 75 Impact
Feb / 27 / 2016
TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Yuji Shimada
2
4:23
loss
Svetlozar Savov
ADW - Abu Dhabi Warriors 2
Mar / 26 / 2015
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Grant Waterman
1
4:20
loss
Ken Hasegawa
Deep - 71 Impact
Feb / 28 / 2015
Submission (Keylock)
Masato Fukuda
1
4:12
loss
Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
Deep - 69 Impact
Oct / 26 / 2014
Decision (Unanimous)
Yuji Shimada
3
5:00
loss
Mamed Khalidov
KSW 25 - Khalidov vs. Sakurai
Dec / 07 / 2013
Submission (Triangle Choke)
Tomasz Bronder
1
2:03
win
Yuji Sakuragi
Deep - Cage Impact 2013
Jun / 15 / 2013
KO (Punch and Flying Knee)
Yuji Shimada
1
1:04
win
Hiromitsu Kanehara
Deep - Haleo Impact
Dec / 22 / 2012
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Kenichi Serizawa
3
0:46
loss
Kazuhiro Nakamura
Deep - 60 Impact
Oct / 19 / 2012
Decision (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
win
Katsuyori Shibata
Deep - 55 Impact
Aug / 26 / 2011
TKO (Punches)
Samio Kimura
2
3:04
win
Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
Deep - 52 Impact
Feb / 25 / 2011
Submission (Armbar)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
3:48
loss
Riki Fukuda
Deep - 49 Impact
Aug / 27 / 2010
KO (Knee to the Body)
Yoshinori Umeki
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
0:32
draw
Mamed Khalidov
KSW 13 - Kumite
May / 07 / 2010
Draw
Tomasz Bronder
4
3:00
win
Hiroki Sato
Deep - Cage Impact 2009
Dec / 19 / 2009
KO (Punch)
Kenichi Serizawa
1
2:13
win
Hosea Ware
Deep - 44 Impact
Oct / 10 / 2009
Submission (Straight Armbar)
Moritaka Oshiro
1
3:46
draw
Hiromitsu Kanehara
Deep - 42 Impact
Jun / 30 / 2009
Draw (Majority)
Kenichi Serizawa
2
5:00
loss
Riki Fukuda
Deep - 40 Impact
Feb / 20 / 2009
KO (Punches)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
0:45
win
Sojiro Orui
Deep - 38 Impact
Oct / 23 / 2008
Decision (Split)
Samio Kimura
2
5:00
win
Kozo Urita
Deep - 37 Impact
Aug / 17 / 2008
Submission (Armbar)
Minoru Toyonaga
1
3:22
win
Young Choi
Deep - 35 Impact
May / 19 / 2008
Decision (Unanimous)
Daisuke Noguchi
2
5:00
loss
Riki Fukuda
Deep - 34 Impact
Feb / 22 / 2008
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
win
Eiji Ishikawa
Deep - 32 Impact
Oct / 09 / 2007
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
5:00
loss
Murilo Bustamante
Deep - 29 Impact
Apr / 13 / 2007
KO (Punch)
Daisuke Noguchi
1
3:50
loss
Ryo Chonan
Deep - 28 Impact
Feb / 16 / 2007
Decision (Majority)
Daisuke Noguchi
3
5:00
win
Geovani Pereira
Deep - 27 Impact
Dec / 20 / 2006
Submission (Straight Armbar)
Daisuke Noguchi
1
1:57
win
Xavier Foupa-Pokam
Deep - 25 Impact
Aug / 04 / 2006
Technical Submission (Armbar)
Daisuke Noguchi
1
4:47
loss
Ryo Chonan
Deep - 23 Impact
Feb / 05 / 2006
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Daisuke Noguchi
1
1:57
loss
Paulo Filho
Pride - Bushido 9
Sep / 25 / 2005
Submission (Armbar)
Moritaka Oshiro
1
3:49
win
Yasuhito Namekawa
Deep - 19th Impact
Jul / 08 / 2005
Submission (Armbar)
Daisuke Noguchi
1
4:40
loss
Murilo Bustamante
Pride - Bushido 6
Apr / 03 / 2005
Decision (Unanimous)
Moritaka Oshiro
2
5:00
win
Ryuki Ueyama
Deep - 17th Impact
Dec / 18 / 2004
TKO (Punches)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
2:40
win
David Bielkheden
Shooto - 7/16 in Korakuen Hall
Jul / 16 / 2004
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
3
5:00
loss
Yushin Okami
Pride - Bushido 2
Feb / 15 / 2004
Decision (Unanimous)
Minoru Toyonaga
2
5:00
win
Tetsuya Onose
Deep - 13th Impact
Jan / 22 / 2004
KO (Punches)
Daisuke Noguchi
1
0:56
win
Hirohide Fujinuma
Deep - 12th Impact
Sep / 15 / 2003
Submission (Kimura)
Akira Okabayashi
1
3:46
loss
Eiji Ishikawa
Deep - 9th Impact
May / 05 / 2003
TKO (Punches)
Keiji Shiozaki
2
4:22
win
John Renken
Shooto - 2/23 in Korakuen Hall
Feb / 23 / 2003
Submission (Kimura)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
3:09
win
Yuichi Nakanishi
Shooto - 1/24 in Korakuen Hall
Jan / 24 / 2003
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
win
Jun Kitagawa
Shooto - Gig West 3
Oct / 27 / 2002
TKO (Cut)
Toshiharu Suzuki
1
3:23
draw
Masato Nishiguchi
Shooto - Gig East 10
Aug / 27 / 2002
Draw
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
draw
Marcelo Machado
Shooto - Treasure Hunt 4
Mar / 13 / 2002
Draw
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
win
Nathan Schouteren
Shooto Holland - Night of the Warriors
Nov / 04 / 2001
Submission (Armbar)
1
1:27
loss
Shiko Yamashita
Shooto - Gig East 3
Jun / 14 / 2001
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
draw
Izuru Takeuchi
Shooto - Gateway to the Extremes
Nov / 04 / 1999
Draw
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
loss
Jun Kitagawa
Shooto - Renaxis 3
Aug / 04 / 1999
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
loss
Yuki Sasaki
Shooto - Shooter's Passion
May / 27 / 1999
Submission (Heel Hook)
1
2:00
loss
Cyrille Diabate
GT - Golden Trophy 1999
Mar / 20 / 1999
TKO (Punches)
2
N/A
win
Nobuhiro Tsurumaki
Shooto - Shooter's Soul
Jan / 27 / 1999
TKO (Cut)
Yasuyuki Ogata
1
0:54
draw
Izuru Takeuchi
Shooto - Las Grandes Viajes 6
Nov / 27 / 1998
Draw (Majority)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
win
Masashi Kita
Shooto - Shooter's Dream
Sep / 18 / 1998
TKO (Punches)
Toshiharu Suzuki
1
3:00
loss
Masanori Suda
Lumax Cup - Tournament of J '97 Heavyweight Tournament
Jul / 27 / 1997
Submission (Armbar)
1
4:25
loss
Hiroyuki Yoshioka
Lumax Cup - Tournament of J '96
Mar / 30 / 1996
Submission (Armbar)
1
3:38
win
Katsuhisa Fujii
Lumax Cup - Tournament of J '96
Mar / 30 / 1996
Decision
2
3:00
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