Kazuhiro Sakamoto

Kazuhiro Sakamoto
坂本和弘
BornJapan
NationalityJapanese
Weight139 lb (63 kg; 9.9 st)
DivisionBantamweight
Featherweight
TeamShooting Gym Yokohama
Years active1989 - 1995
Mixed martial arts record
Total17
Wins13
By submission11
By decision2
Losses4
By submission3
By decision1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Kazuhiro Sakamoto Japanese: 坂本和弘 is a Japanese[1] mixed martial artist.[2] He competed in the Bantamweight[3] and Featherweight divisions. Sakamoto is a longtime Shooto and Vale Tudo Japan veteran and currently serves as a representative and promoter for Shooto and Vale Tudo Japan.

Career

Sakamoto trained in amateur wrestling before becoming a trainee under Satoru Sayama at the Super Tiger Gym. He was the lightweight champion of the second pre-shooting tournament. He was a frequent opponent of Kenichi Tanaka, another Sayama trainee whom he fought and eventually captured the Shooto Lightweight 65 kg (143.3 lb) Championship from.

He is now a head trainer at Shooting Gym Tokyo.

Sakamoto currently coaches current Rizin FF fighter Kazuma Kuramoto.

Championships and Accomplishments

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
17 matches 13 wins 4 losses
By submission 11 3
By decision 2 1
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 13–4 Leonid Zaslavsky Submission (rear-naked choke) Shooto - Vale Tudo Perception September 26, 1995 1 2:11 Tokyo, Japan
Win 12–4 Rene Stigter Submission (armbar) Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 4 May 12, 1995 1 1:47 Japan
Win 11–4 Imre Hagendoorn Submission (armbar) Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 3 January 21, 1995 1 0:45 Tokyo, Japan
Win 10–4 Akbar Talei Submission (kimura) Shooto - Shooto May 6, 1994 1 2:35 Tokyo, Japan
Win 9–4 Mamoru Okochi Submission (kimura) Shooto - Shooto April 26, 1993 3 0:35 Tokyo, Japan
Win 8–4 Suguru Shigeno Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto February 26, 1993 2 0:55 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 7–4 Noboru Asahi Decision (majority) Shooto - Shooto March 27, 1992 5 3:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 7–3 Hiroyuki Kanno Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto October 17, 1991 2 1:52 Osaka, Japan
Win 6–3 Hiroaki Matsutani Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto August 3, 1991 3 0:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 5–3 Kenichi Tanaka Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Shooto May 31, 1991 5 3:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 4–3 Noboru Asahi Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Shooto March 29, 1991 5 3:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 3–3 Kenichi Tanaka Submission (kimura) Shooto - Shooto September 8, 1990 2 2:37 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 3–2 Kenichi Tanaka Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto July 7, 1990 1 0:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 3–1 Yuichi Watanabe Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto January 13, 1990 2 2:54 Tokyo, Japan
Win 3–0 Kenichi Tanaka Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto October 19, 1989 1 1:30 Tokyo, Japan
Win 2–0 Suguru Shigeno Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto July 29, 1989 2 0:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 1–0 Tetsuo Yokoyama Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto May 18, 1989 1 0:00 Tokyo, Japan

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kazuhiro Sakamoto". Sherdog. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013.
  2. ^ "Kazuhiro Sakamoto". mixedmartialarts.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014.
  3. ^ "Kazuhiro Sakamoto". fightmatrix.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014.