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Japan
Azumino, Nagano
Motonobu Tezuka
AGE
37
/
Aug 29, 1987
HEIGHT
5'7"
/
170.18 cm
WEIGHT
135 lbs
/
61.23 kg
ASSOCIATION
Secret Base Dominate
/
Cobra Kai MMA Dojo
CLASS
Bantamweight
Wins
30
KO
/
TKO
7
23%
SUBMISSIONS
7
23%
DECISIONS
16
53%
Draws
6
Losses
16
KO
/
TKO
1
6%
SUBMISSIONS
3
19%
DECISIONS
12
75%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Kunihisa Sasa
Poundout - Poundout 1
Oct / 05 / 2024
Decision (Unanimous)
Akira Yamazaki
3
5:00
loss
Toshinori Tsunemura
Grachan - Grachan 67
Feb / 04 / 2024
Decision (Split)
Keiji Sugimura
3
5:00
loss
Toshinori Tsunemura
Grachan - Grachan 65: 15th Anniversary Tournament
Oct / 15 / 2023
Decision (Unanimous)
Akira Yamazaki
2
5:00
win
Mehman Mamedov
Rizin FF - Rizin 39
Oct / 23 / 2022
TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Akira Shibata
1
4:33
loss
Alan Yamaniha
Rizin FF - Rizin 34
Mar / 20 / 2022
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Yasuhiro Tazawa
2
3:25
win
Kuya Ito
Grachan - Grachan 52
Dec / 19 / 2021
Submission (Armbar)
Akira Yamazaki
1
0:52
win
Takaya Takemoto
Grachan - Grachan 49
Aug / 07 / 2021
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
win
Jun Doi
Pancrase - Osaka
Apr / 04 / 2021
Decision (Unanimous)
Keiji Sugimura
3
5:00
win
Mamoru Uoi
Shooto - Shooto 2020 in Korakuen Hall
Jan / 26 / 2020
TKO (Arm Injury)
Masato Kataoka
2
0:19
win
Kota Onojima
Shooto - 30th Anniversary Tour 8th Round
Nov / 24 / 2019
Decision (Unanimous)
Masato Kataoka
3
5:00
win
Tomohiro Hagino
Shooto - 30th Anniversary Tour 5th Round
Jun / 30 / 2019
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Masato Fukuda
1
2:52
loss
Tomohiko Hori
Grachan 36 - 10th Anniversary
Sep / 09 / 2018
Decision (Split)
Hidenobu Koike
3
5:00
win
Jin Guk Kim
Grachan / WCF - Grachan 33 / Wardog Cage Fight 16
Jan / 28 / 2018
Decision (Unanimous)
Hidenobu Koike
2
5:00
win
Fumiya Sasaki
Grachan - Grachan 31
Oct / 15 / 2017
TKO (Punches)
Yoshinori Kawakami
1
1:04
win
Da Eun Jung
Grachan / One More Chance - Grachan 30 / 1MC Vol. 4
Aug / 13 / 2017
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Yoshinori Kawakami
2
0:59
draw
Tomohiko Hori
Grachan / WCF - Grachan 27 / Wardog Cage Fight 12
Jan / 29 / 2017
Draw (Majority)
Ryogaku Wada
2
5:00
win
Go Kashiwazaki
Zst - Zst 54 / Swat! 157
Nov / 27 / 2016
Decision (Majority)
3
5:00
loss
Shoki Omichi
Gladiator - Gladiator 001 in Wakayama
Jun / 19 / 2016
Decision (Majority)
Ryuichi Tanaka
3
5:00
draw
Shigeki Osawa
Grachan / One More Chance - Grachan 23 / 1MC Vol. 1
May / 22 / 2016
Draw (Majority)
Yoshinori Kawakami
2
5:00
loss
Takeshi Kasugai
Heat - Heat 37
Mar / 06 / 2016
Decision (Split)
3
5:00
win
Takaaki Aoki
Grachan / WCF - Grachan 21 / Wardog Cage Fight 8
Jan / 31 / 2016
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Yoshinori Kawakami
1
3:53
win
Yoji Saito
Grachan - Grachan 20
Nov / 29 / 2015
TKO (Punches)
1
0:43
win
Kenichi Ito
Grachan - Grachan 19
Sep / 19 / 2015
TKO (Punches)
1
0:25
loss
Daisuke Endo
Vale Tudo Japan - VTJ in Osaka
Jun / 21 / 2015
Decision (Split)
Naoya Uematsu
3
5:00
win
Takeshi Numajiri
Grachan - Grachan 16
Mar / 29 / 2015
TKO (Leg Injury)
Ryogaku Wada
2
0:10
loss
Takeshi Kasugai
Heat - Heat 34
Dec / 21 / 2014
Decision (Majority)
3
5:00
win
Kazuma Sone
Heat - Heat 33
Sep / 07 / 2014
Submission (Triangle Choke)
2
4:16
win
Alan Yamaniha
Heat - Heat 33
Sep / 07 / 2014
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
1
1:09
win
Kensaku Nakamura
Grachan 14 - Mach Matsuri
Jul / 20 / 2014
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
draw
Kensaku Nakamura
Grachan - Grachan 13
Apr / 27 / 2014
Draw (Majority)
Kenichi Serizawa
3
5:00
loss
Soo Chul Kim
Road FC 14 - Road Fighting Championship 14
Feb / 09 / 2014
TKO (Punches)
Sang Jun Park
1
1:58
loss
Yuta Nezu
Vale Tudo Japan - VTJ 3rd
Oct / 05 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Kenichi Serizawa
3
5:00
win
Taichi Nakajima
Pancrase - 247
May / 19 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Kenichi Serizawa
3
5:00
loss
Vaughan Lee
UFC on Fuel TV 7 - Barao vs. McDonald
Feb / 16 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Leon Roberts
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
loss
Alex Caceres
UFC on Fuel TV 6 - Franklin vs. Le
Nov / 10 / 2012
Decision (Split)
Marc Goddard
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Shunichi Shimizu
Pancrase - Progress Tour 5
Apr / 28 / 2012
Decision (Unanimous)
Minoru Toyonaga
3
5:00
win
Tatsuya So
Pancrase - Progress Tour 3
Mar / 11 / 2012
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Yuichi Taniuchi
2
1:12
win
Nobuhiro Yoshitake
Pancrase - Impressive Tour 12
Nov / 27 / 2011
Decision (Unanimous)
Ryuichi Tanaka
3
5:00
loss
Shintaro Ishiwatari
Pancrase - Impressive Tour 8
Aug / 07 / 2011
Decision (Split)
Masato Fukuda
3
5:00
win
Hiroshi Tomita
Pancrase - Impressive Tour 2
Mar / 13 / 2011
Decision (Unanimous)
Masato Fukuda
2
5:00
win
Takumi Murata
Pancrase - Passion Tour 12
Dec / 19 / 2010
Decision (Unanimous)
Ryuichi Tanaka
2
5:00
win
Yuki Uejima
Pancrase - Passion Tour 7
Aug / 08 / 2010
Submission (Armbar)
Kentaro Kawaguchi
1
2:11
win
Yuta Numakura
Pancrase - Passion Tour 5
Jun / 05 / 2010
Decision (Unanimous)
Masato Fukuda
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
5:00
win
Nobuhiro Yoshitake
Pancrase - Passion Tour 2
Mar / 22 / 2010
Decision (Unanimous)
Motoki Yoshida
2
5:00
win
Shinya Kumazawa
TF - Tenkaichi Fight 42
Oct / 18 / 2009
Decision (Majority)
2
5:00
draw
Yasuhiro Kanayama
Powergate - Powerstyle
Jun / 28 / 2009
Draw
2
5:00
win
Yohei Tagami
TF - Tenkaichi Fight 34
Feb / 15 / 2009
Decision (Unanimous)
2
5:00
draw
Kenji Takeshige
Pancrase - Shining 7
Sep / 07 / 2008
Draw (Unanimous)
Ryuichi Tanaka
2
5:00
loss
Yasutomo Tanaka
Pancrase - Shining 3
Apr / 27 / 2008
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Yuichi Taniuchi
2
2:30
win
Taku Aramaki
Pancrase - 2008 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations
Mar / 23 / 2008
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
5:00
loss
Taiyo Nakahara
GCM - Cage Force EX Eastern Bound
Feb / 11 / 2008
Submission (Kneebar)
Minoru Toyonaga
1
1:07
draw
Takuro Nishimura
SR - Spiritual Road 1st
Sep / 03 / 2005
Draw
1
10:00
FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
win
Koji Nakamura
Deep - Future King Tournament 2009
Dec / 27 / 2009
Submission (Triangle Choke)
1
2:02
win
Yoshiyuki Ishikawa
Deep - Future King Tournament 2009
Dec / 27 / 2009
Submission (Kneebar)
1
1:22
win
Yudai Aoyama
Deep - Future King Tournament 2009
Dec / 27 / 2009
Submission (Armbar)
1
1:58
win
Tetsuo Uehata
Powergate - Memorial in KBS Hall
Dec / 16 / 2007
Submission (Armbar)
2
0:34
win
Shota Watanabe
Powergate - Evolution in Zepp Osaka
Oct / 28 / 2007
Decision (Unanimous)
3
3:00
draw
Yuki Uejima
Pancrase - Rising 7
Sep / 30 / 2007
Draw (Time Limit)
Yoshifumi Oyabu
2
5:00
loss
Soyu Tanabe
Powergate - Kaiser Grand Prix 2007 Second Round
Jun / 17 / 2007
Submission (Kimura)
2
1:27
win
Makoto Kamaya
Powergate 14 - Kaiser Grand Prix 2007 First Round
Apr / 08 / 2007
Decision (Split)
3
3:00
win
Takayoshi Ono
Powergate 12 - Burning Christmas in Flamingo The Arusha
Dec / 17 / 2006
Decision (Split)
3
3:00
win
Akira Shimazu
Powergate 7 - Tour in Community Plaza Hirano
May / 07 / 2006
Decision (Split)
3
3:00
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