Akitoshi Tamura - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Akitoshi Tamura is a Japanese mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

. He competed almost exclusively in the Shooto

Shooto

Shooto is a mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, as an organization and as a particular fighting system derived from shoot wrestling. Practitioners are referred to as shooters,...

organization, before making his debut at the WEC 37

WEC 37

WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on December 3, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event aired live on the Versus Network....

. In 2007, he was the lightweight champion of Shooto. He was once ranked as the #5 Bantamweight in the world by the MMAWeekly Worldwide Ranking System. Tamura is a freestyle fighter.

Mixed martial arts career

Tamura made his professional debut in the Shooto

Shooto

organization in a fight against Eiji Murayama, in August 2001, and lost on a technical decision (he later returned to face Murayama in 2004, only for the match to end in a draw). He has made MMA headlines when he defeated Takeshi Inoue

Takeshi Inoue

"Lion" Takeshi Inoue is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently fighting as a lightweight in the Shooto organization. In other organizations such as the WEC he would be considered a featherweight as Shooto's 143 lb. weight class is known as lightweight.-Biography:On November 8, 2007, he...

in 2007, which won him the title of Shooto lightweight champion. He has also participated in GCM and MARS events, achieving a TKO over Masaomi Saito in the former, and a first round submission over Ian Loveland

Ian Loveland

Ian Loveland is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Loveland has mostly fought in his home state of Oregon...

in the latter.

Akitoshi Tamura made his WEC debut at WEC 37

WEC 37

. Although Akitoshi had a reputation of being one of the world's best in his weight class, he lost to former IFL featherweight champion Wagnney Fabiano

Wagnney Fabiano

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, for whom it was also his WEC debut. For his next fight, Tamura made his 135 lb. debut in the bantamweight division at WEC 40

WEC 40

WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on April 5, 2009 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. The event aired live on the Versus Network....

against former world title challenger Manny Tapia

Manny Tapia

Manny Tapia is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter from Chino, California who trains out of Millennia MMA in Rancho Cucamonga, California...

. Tamura defeated Tapia by unanimous decision

Unanimous decision

A unanimous decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all three judges agree on which fighter won the match....

. He was scheduled to fight Damacio Page

Damacio Page

Damacio James Page is an American mixed martial arts fighter and who currently competes in the bantamweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

on October 10, 2009 at WEC 43

WEC 43

WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on October 10, 2009 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.-Background:...

, but pulled out with an undisclosed injury. He was replaced in the bout by WEC newcomer Will Campuzano

Will Campuzano

William Campuzano is a Mexican American professional mixed martial artist from Mount Pleasant, Texas. He currently fights in the bantamweight division.-Early career:...

.

Tamura was defeated by WEC veteran Charlie Valencia

Charlie Valencia

Carlos Enrique Valencia is an American mixed martial artist . He has fought for the WEC and UFC in their bantamweight divisions..-Early life:...

via split decision on January 10, 2010 at WEC 46

WEC 46

WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on January 10, 2010. It took place at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.-Background:...

Mixed martial arts record

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|align=center|16-11-2
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Shigeki Osawa

Shigeki Osawa is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, Osawa has competed almost exclusively for Sengoku.-Background:...

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

Tokyo

Tokyo

, Japan
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|Win
|align=center|15-9-2
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Tokyo

Masakatsu Ueda

Masakatsu Ueda is a professional Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in the bantamweight division for Shooto where he is the current undisputed Featherweight champion. Ueda won the vacant title after defeating Koetsu Okazai on March 28, 2008 by Unanimous Decision at Shooto's Back...

Tokyo

Charlie Valencia

Carlos Enrique Valencia is an American mixed martial artist . He has fought for the WEC and UFC in their bantamweight divisions..-Early life:...

|Decision (spilt)
|WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson

WEC 46

WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on January 10, 2010. It took place at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.-Background:...

Sacramento

Sacramento is the capital of the state of California, in the United States of America.Sacramento may also refer to:- United States :*Sacramento County, California*Sacramento, Kentucky*Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta...

, California, USA
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|Win
|align=center|14-7-2
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Manny Tapia

Manny Tapia is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter from Chino, California who trains out of Millennia MMA in Rancho Cucamonga, California...

|Decision (unanimous)
|WEC 40

WEC 40

WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on April 5, 2009 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. The event aired live on the Versus Network....

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

Wagnney Fabiano

|Submission (arm-triangle choke)
|WEC 37

WEC 37

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|align=center|3
|align=center|4:48
|Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
|WEC debut
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|Win
|align=center|13-6-2
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Rumina Sato

is a Japanese mixed martial artist, currently competing in the Shooto organization. Being the first mixed martial artist to beat a black belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighter by a submission, Sato is considered by many to be an exciting shoot wrestling-based fighter in MMA and has been nicknamed...

|Submission (north-south choke)
|Shooto

Shooto

Tokyo

Hideki Kadowaki

is a Japanese mixed martial artist.-Biography:Hideki Kadowaki comes from Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He started MMA 11 years ago.He started out just goofing around with friends, and then thought it would be fun to do fighting as a job. After deciding to become a professional fighter, he joined...

Tokyo

, Japan
|Lost Shooto Lightweight (143 lbs.) Championship
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|Win
|align=center|12-5-2
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Takeshi Inoue

Tokyo

, Japan
|Won Shooto Lightweight (143 lbs.) Championship
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|Win
|align=center|11-5-2
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Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...

, Japan
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|Win
|align=center|10-5-2
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Akiyo Nishiura

"Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist. Nishiura competes for the Dream organization in the featherweight division.-Biography and career:...

Tokyo

, Japan
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|Win
|align=center|9-5-2
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Tokyo

Tokyo

, Japan
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|Win
|align=center|8-4-2
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Tokyo

, Japan
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|Win
|align=center|7-4-2
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Ian Loveland

Ian Loveland is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Loveland has mostly fought in his home state of Oregon...

Tokyo

Takeshi Inoue

Tokyo

, Japan
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|Win
|align=center|6-3-2
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Hayate Usui

is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and pro Shooto fighter. From Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, he now lives and trains in Tokyo at Wajitsu Keishukai's RJW and Tokyo HQ....

Tokyo

, Japan
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|Win
|align=center|5-3-2
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Tokyo

Hideki Kadowaki

Tokyo

Khabarovsk

Khabarovsk is the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some from the Chinese border. It is the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Vladivostok. The city became the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia...

Tokyo

, Japan
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|Win
|align=center|3-2-1
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Tokyo

, Japan
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|Win
|align=center|2-2-1
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Tokyo

Tokyo

Tokyo

, Japan
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|Win
|align=center|1-1-0
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Tokyo

Tokyo

, Japan
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External links

http://www.mmamadness.com/fighters.html?fighter_id=5151
Akitoshi Tamura statistics and rankings on Tapology

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