Kazuhiro Hamanaka
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese
mixed martial artist
. He fought for the Tokyo Sabres
in the International Fight League
.
career in 2003 with a victory over Antonio Schembri at PRIDE 26
. After losing to Ryan Gracie
in PRIDE Bushido 1
, he made stints in other organizations such as K-1
. Over his mixed martial arts
career, Hamanaka has trained with IFL
coaches Matt Lindland
and Dan Henderson
, as well as UFC legend Randy Couture
. Kazuhiro currently resides in Tokyo
.
| Loss
|4-6-1
| Karl Amoussou
| KO (Flying Knee)
| M-1 Challenge 14 - Japan
| 4/29/2009
| 1
| 0:23
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| Loss
|4-5-1
| Matt Horwich
| KO (Kicks and Punches)
| IFL-Everett
| 6/1/2007
| 1
| 2:07
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|-
| Loss
|4-4-1
| Jeremy Williams
| TKO (triangle choke)
| IFL-Los Angeles
| 3/17/2007
| 1
| 0:59
|
|
|-
| Loss
|4-3-1
| Alex Schoenauer
| Submission (Guillotine Choke)
| IFL-Portland
| 9/9/2006
| 1
| 1:04
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|-
| Win
|4-2-1
| Yoichi Babaguchi
| Submission (Kimura)
| Hero's 5
| 5/3/2006
| 1
| 1:22
|
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|-
| Win
|3-2-1
| Wesley Correira
| Submission (Kimura)
| ROTR 9-Rumble on the Rock 9
| 4/21/2006
| 2
| 1:53
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|-
| Loss
|2-2-1
| Wilson Gouveia
| KO
| Euphoria-USA vs. Japan
| 11/5/2005
| 1
| 0:39
|
|
|-
|Draw
|2-1-1
| Yukiya Naito
| Draw
| GCM-D.O.G. 3
| 9/17/2005
| 2
| 5:00
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|-
| Win
|2-1
| Webster Dauphiney
| KO
| NJPW-Los Angeles Dojo Show
| 6/26/2004
| 2
| 0:40
|
|
|-
| Loss
|1-1
| Ryan Gracie
| KO (Kick)
| PRIDE Bushido 1
| 10/5/2003
| 1
| 7:37
|
|
|-
| Win
|1-0
| Nino Schembri
| Decision (Unanimous)
| PRIDE 26
| 6/8/2003
| 3
| 5:00
|
|
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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 fought for the Tokyo Sabres
Tokyo Sabres
The Tokyo Sabres are an International Fight League team based in Tokyo, Japan . The Sabres are coached by bodybuilder Ken Yasuda. Japanese wrestling legend Antonio Inoki use to be a mentor to the Sabres but after their horrible 0-5 loss to the Los Angeles Anacondas Inoki broke all ties with the IFL...
in the International Fight League
International Fight League
The International Fight League was an American mixed martial arts promotion billed as the world's first MMA league. It was founded on January 7, 2006 and closed on July 31, 2008...
.
Career
Hamanaka began his mixed martial artsMixed 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...
career in 2003 with a victory over Antonio Schembri at PRIDE 26
PRIDE 26
Pride 26: Bad to the Bone was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on June 8, 2003....
. After losing to Ryan Gracie
Ryan Gracie
Ryan Gracie , was a Brazilian mixed martial artist with a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He was a member of the Gracie family, and the grandson of Carlos Gracie, one of the founders of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu...
in PRIDE Bushido 1
PRIDE Bushido 1
PRIDE Bushido 1 was a mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships. The card was billed as Team Japan Vs. Team Gracie, with five events represented by both a "coach" Hidehiko Yoshida fighter and a "coach" Royce Gracie fighter . It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in...
, he made stints in other organizations such as K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...
. Over his mixed martial arts
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...
career, Hamanaka has trained with IFL
International Fight League
The International Fight League was an American mixed martial arts promotion billed as the world's first MMA league. It was founded on January 7, 2006 and closed on July 31, 2008...
coaches Matt Lindland
Matt Lindland
Matthew James Lindland is an American mixed martial artist, Olympic wrestler and politician. He won the Oregon Republican Party's nomination for the Oregon House of Representatives, District 52 seat on May 20, 2008....
and Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson
Daniel Jeffery Henderson, is an American mixed martial artist and former Olympic wrestler, who competes as a middleweight and light heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion and was the last Welterweight and Middleweight champion...
, as well as UFC legend Randy Couture
Randy Couture
Randy Duane Couture is a retired American mixed martial artist, Greco-Roman wrestler, actor, a three-time former heavyweight champion, two-time former light-heavyweight champion, former interim light heavyweight champion and UFC 13 tournament winner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
. Kazuhiro currently resides in Tokyo
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...
.
Mixed martial arts record
|-| Loss
|4-6-1
| Karl Amoussou
Karl Amoussou
Karl Amoussou is a French professional mixed martial artist. Amoussou is a M-1 Global, Dream and Strikeforce veteran and has fought for Cage Warriors.-MMA career:...
| KO (Flying Knee)
| M-1 Challenge 14 - Japan
| 4/29/2009
| 1
| 0:23
|
|
|-
| Loss
|4-5-1
| Matt Horwich
Matt Horwich
Matthew Peter Horwich is a journeyman American mixed martial artist. Previously fighting for the Portland Wolfpack of the International Fight League where he held the middleweight championship in 2007, BAMMA and in the UFC, he holds notable wins over past and present UFC fighters Jake Rosholt,...
| KO (Kicks and Punches)
| IFL-Everett
| 6/1/2007
| 1
| 2:07
|
|
|-
| Loss
|4-4-1
| Jeremy Williams
Jeremy Williams (MMA fighter)
Jeremy Williams was an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He most notably fought for the Southern California Condors of the International Fight League.- Bio :...
| TKO (triangle choke)
| IFL-Los Angeles
| 3/17/2007
| 1
| 0:59
|
|
|-
| Loss
|4-3-1
| Alex Schoenauer
Alex Schoenauer
Alex Schoenauer is an Argentine American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He last fought for the Los Angeles Anacondas of the International Fight League and resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Early life:...
| Submission (Guillotine Choke)
| IFL-Portland
| 9/9/2006
| 1
| 1:04
|
|
|-
| Win
|4-2-1
| Yoichi Babaguchi
| Submission (Kimura)
| Hero's 5
Hero's 5
Hero's 5: 2006 Lightweight Grand Prix Opening Round was a mixed martial arts event held by the Hero's promotion on May 3, 2006 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.The opening round of the 2006 Lightweight Grand Prix was held at the event...
| 5/3/2006
| 1
| 1:22
|
|
|-
| Win
|3-2-1
| Wesley Correira
Wesley Correira
Wesley "Cabbage" Correira is an American mixed martial artist. He trains with BJ Penn in Hilo, Hawaii at BJ Penn MMA.-Biography:...
| Submission (Kimura)
| ROTR 9-Rumble on the Rock 9
| 4/21/2006
| 2
| 1:53
|
|
|-
| Loss
|2-2-1
| Wilson Gouveia
Wilson Gouveia
Wilson Gouveia is a Brazilian mixed martial artist.At and , Gouveia fights as a light heavyweight in the Maximum Fighting Championships organization after a stint as a middleweight in the UFC. He holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and is a member of American Top Team...
| KO
| Euphoria-USA vs. Japan
| 11/5/2005
| 1
| 0:39
|
|
|-
|Draw
|2-1-1
| Yukiya Naito
| Draw
| GCM-D.O.G. 3
| 9/17/2005
| 2
| 5:00
|
|
|-
| Win
|2-1
| Webster Dauphiney
| KO
| NJPW-Los Angeles Dojo Show
| 6/26/2004
| 2
| 0:40
|
|
|-
| Loss
|1-1
| Ryan Gracie
Ryan Gracie
Ryan Gracie , was a Brazilian mixed martial artist with a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He was a member of the Gracie family, and the grandson of Carlos Gracie, one of the founders of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu...
| KO (Kick)
| PRIDE Bushido 1
PRIDE Bushido 1
PRIDE Bushido 1 was a mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships. The card was billed as Team Japan Vs. Team Gracie, with five events represented by both a "coach" Hidehiko Yoshida fighter and a "coach" Royce Gracie fighter . It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in...
| 10/5/2003
| 1
| 7:37
|
|
|-
| Win
|1-0
| Nino Schembri
Nino Schembri
Antonio "Nino" Schembri is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is a former member of the Chute Boxe Academy and currently trains with the Black House Team. He is called "Elvis" because of his long, chop-like sideburns. The highlight of his career came with his upset victory over Kazushi Sakuraba...
| Decision (Unanimous)
| PRIDE 26
PRIDE 26
Pride 26: Bad to the Bone was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on June 8, 2003....
| 6/8/2003
| 3
| 5:00
|
|