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Masahiko Kimura (木村 政彦, Kimura Masahiko, 10 September 1917 – 18 April 1993) was a Japanese judoka and professional wrestler.He won the All-Japan Judo Championships three times in a row for the first time in history and had never lost a judo match from 1936 to 1950.
Tatsuya Kimura (木村 達也, Kimura Tatsuya) Voiced by (English): Grant George [1] Voiced by (Japanese): Keiji Fujiwara Ippo's senpai and Aoki's best friend. He is the smooth, collected type and a romantic at heart, but trains as hard as anyone.
The fight between Japanese judoka Masahiko Kimura and Brazilian jiu-jitsu founder Hélio Gracie was held at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on October 23, 1951. It was held as a special challenge, with no titles on the line: Gracie was the self-proclaimed national jiu-jitsu champion, [1] seen as a regular judo 6th dan by Kimura, [2] while Kimura himself was coming from a career in ...
Kimura would go on to defeat Hélio in 14 minutes. [6] Kimura broke Hélio's arm during the match with a reverse ude-garami after applying a number of submissions. [4] According to Kimura in his book My Judo, he thought of Hélio Gracie to be a 6th dan judoka at the time of his fight with him in 1951. [7]
It is unclear whether Robinson defeated Great Kusatsu in a tournament final or Rusher Kimura in a 2-out-of-3 falls match to win the vacant title. [7] [8] 8 Billy Graham: August 16, 1974: N/A Denver, CO: 1 52: 2 On that day, Robinson was facing Buddy Wolff in Peoria, Illinois; this title change is considered fictitious. [9] [10] [11] 9 Mighty ...
Win 13–1–2 Masahiro Sakamoto MD: 12 23 Nov 2016 Sumiyoshi SportsCenter, Osaka, Japan: Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title: 15 Win 12–1–2 Thiraphong Phaepho KO 1 (10), 2:35: 6 Jul 2016 Meenayothin Camp, Bangkok, Thailand: 14 Win 11–1–2 Yamato Uchinono TKO 5 (8), 1:45: 12 May 2016 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan: 13 Win 10–1–2 ...
Kazushi Sakuraba in 2015. Royce Gracie in 2007. The rivalry between Kazushi Sakuraba from Takada Dojo and the Gracie family of Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners started in PRIDE 8, when Sakuraba faced Royler Gracie, though it actually traced back to the first PRIDE Fighting Championships event, PRIDE 1, where Royler's brother Rickson had defeated Sakuraba's stablemaster Nobuhiko Takada. [2]
Kimura faced George Roop on April 16, 2014, at The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale. [9] He lost the fight via unanimous decision. [10] Kimura was expected to face Ian Entwistle on September 5, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 50. [11] However, Entwistle pulled out of the bout citing an injury. Subsequently, Kimura was paired with Chris Beal at the ...