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2032:Renzo Gracie
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1667:Mark Coleman
1643:June 4, 2000
1631:John Renken
1534:May 27, 2001
1481:Semmy Schilt
1425:Reno, Nevada
1414:May 17, 2002
1256:MaurΓcio Rua
1192:May 23, 2004
1179:Yukio Kawabe
1067:Cage Rage 14
1022:Kazuo Misaki
983:Todd Medina
968:Reno, Nevada
866:Gilbert Yvel
826:Kazuo Misaki
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279:Years active
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213:Middleweight
165:Uozu, Toyama
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43:verification
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2476:1974 births
1680:May 1, 2000
1441:Jeremy Horn
1366:Paulo Filho
1139:Paulo Filho
1099:Dean Lister
757:By decision
731:By knockout
523:weakest?" (
429:Heavyweight
409:Akira Shoji
221:Heavyweight
183:Nationality
175:Other names
143:Akira Shoji
2470:Categories
2389:References
1996:Juan Mott
1816:Guy Mezger
1216:Murilo Rua
1085:, England
654:frying pan
646:Yuko Ogura
603:Retirement
582:luta livre
567:Guy Mezger
542:exponent,
445:submission
253:Teacher(s)
155:1974-01-31
87:newspapers
1059:Mark Weir
809:Location
791:Opponent
724:17 losses
677:Rey Ohara
520:low kicks
506:from the
282:1996-2011
117:June 2015
39:citations
2377:See also
2356:Decision
2176:Opponent
1767:, Japan
1603:PRIDE 10
1566:PRIDE 12
1529:PRIDE 14
1507:, Japan
1489:PRIDE 16
1467:, Japan
1449:PRIDE 18
1374:PRIDE 22
1337:PRIDE 25
1242:, Japan
1212:11β10β5
1175:12β10β5
1165:, Japan
1135:12β11β5
1125:, Japan
1123:Yokohama
1095:12β12β5
1055:12β13β5
1018:12β14β5
980:13β14β5
940:13β15β5
930:, Japan
902:14β15β5
892:, Japan
874:PRIDE 34
862:14β16β5
852:, Japan
636:company
516:omoplata
209:Division
187:Japanese
65:libelous
2442:Sherdog
2412:Sherdog
2040:PRIDE 1
2003:PRIDE 2
1968:PRIDE 3
1898:PRIDE 4
1861:PRIDE 5
1824:PRIDE 6
1787:PRIDE 7
1638:PRIDE 9
1465:Fukuoka
1325:10β8β5
1289:11β8β5
1252:11β9β5
1240:Saitama
890:Saitama
821:14β17β5
794:Method
788:Record
719:14 wins
548:mounted
514:and an
401:Sherdog
239:Jujutsu
101:scholar
2322:Points
2289:Points
2258:Points
2227:Armbar
2181:Method
2171:Result
2154:Japan
2151:20:00
2131:0β0β1
2098:1β0β1
2088:Japan
2065:1β1β1
2052:10:00
2028:1β1β2
1993:2β1β2
1980:10:00
1956:2β1β3
1946:Japan
1923:2β1β4
1886:3β1β4
1873:10:00
1849:3β2β4
1812:4β2β4
1777:5β2β4
1761:15:00
1737:5β2β5
1724:15:00
1700:6β2β5
1687:15:00
1663:6β3β5
1628:7β3β5
1591:8β3β5
1554:8β4β5
1517:8β5β5
1477:8β6β5
1437:8β7β5
1399:9β7β5
1362:9β8β5
1163:Nagoya
1083:London
928:Toyama
812:Notes
803:Round
797:Event
638:Hustle
571:clinch
512:armbar
480:judoka
449:armbar
344:Losses
294:record
266:
201:Weight
193:Height
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2206:Notes
2196:Round
2186:Event
2137:Draw
2128:Draw
2118:2:16
2085:3:00
2062:Loss
2036:Draw
2025:Draw
2015:3:47
1964:Draw
1953:Draw
1943:5:00
1929:Draw
1920:Draw
1910:1:26
1846:Loss
1836:5:00
1799:5:00
1745:Draw
1734:Draw
1660:Loss
1650:6:44
1615:3:48
1578:5:00
1551:Loss
1541:3:18
1514:Loss
1505:Osaka
1501:8:19
1474:Loss
1461:5:00
1434:Loss
1421:4:46
1386:2:48
1359:Loss
1349:5:00
1309:5:00
1276:3:47
1249:Loss
1236:2:24
1209:Loss
1199:0:18
1159:5:00
1132:Loss
1119:3:13
1092:Loss
1079:0:17
1052:Loss
1042:2:32
1015:Loss
1002:5:00
964:2:23
937:Loss
924:5:00
886:3:04
859:Loss
850:Tokyo
846:1:13
817:Loss
806:Time
800:Date
785:Res.
770:Draws
689:Smash
498:Pride
468:Dream
399:from
378:Draws
300:Total
227:Style
169:Japan
108:JSTOR
94:books
32:This
2368:5:00
2362:1999
2328:1999
2307:Loss
2295:2003
2276:Loss
2264:2003
2233:2003
2212:Loss
2201:Time
2191:Date
2095:Win
1990:Win
1883:Win
1809:Win
1774:Win
1697:Win
1625:Win
1588:Win
1396:Win
1322:Win
1286:Win
1172:Win
977:Win
899:Win
609:DEEP
461:will
415:and
310:Wins
272:Judo
261:Rank
245:Team
235:Judo
149:Born
80:news
41:for
2341:Win
2245:Win
617:TKO
431:to
231:MMA
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2012:1
1977:4
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