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Kazuyuki Miyata is a Japanese freestyle wrestler

Freestyle wrestling

Freestyle wrestling is a style of amateur wrestling that is practised throughout the world. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic games. It is, along with track and field, one of the oldest organized sports in history...

and mixed martial artist who currently fights for the MMA promotion Dream

DREAM (mixed martial arts)

Dream is a mixed martial arts organization promoted by former PRIDE FC executives and K-1 promoter Fighting and Entertainment Group. DREAM replaced FEG's previous-run mixed martial arts fight series, Hero's. The series retains many of the stylistic flourishes and personnel from Pride FC...

in the featherweight

Featherweight

Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...

division.

Freestyle Wrestling

Miyata competed in Freesyle Wrestling for Japan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

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in Sydney

Sydney

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and was ranked 13th overall. He made it past the 1st round against Otar Tushishvili

Otar Tushishvili

Otar Tushishvili is a Georgian wrestler, who has won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*...

but lost the second round by decision to Carlos Ortíz

Carlos Ortiz

For the Cuban wrestler with the same name see Carlos Julian OrtízCarlos Ortiz is a Puerto Rican who was a three time world boxing champion, twice in the lightweight division and once in the Jr. Welterweights....

. Miyata also finished 17th at the 2001 World Championship 69.0 kg division and 4th at the 2000 Asian Championship 63.0 kg division.

Mixed martial arts

Miyata made his MMA debut at Rumble on the Rock 6 in 2004, against Brazilian Jiu Jitsu specialist, Royler Gracie

Royler Gracie

Royler Gracie is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. He ran the Gracie Humaitá jiu-jitsu school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for many years under his father Helio's direction, but currently resides in San Diego, US.Royler travels around the world teaching...

where despite dominating the majority of the fight he was caught by submission due to a triangle choke in the 2nd round. Miyata continued his career by fighting in the Japanese promotion, K-1 Hero's where he held notable wins over Kultar Gill

Kultar Gill

Kultar "Black Mamba" Gill is a professional Indian-Canadian welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer and lightweight mixed martial artist, fighting for Team Mamba in Abbotsford, British Columbia....

and Ian James Schaffa

Ian James Schaffa

Ian "The Goshu Hurricane" Schaffa is an Australian mixed martial artist, kickboxer and boxer. He has fought for K-1, World Victory Road, and Shooto promotions. Austral-Asian vale tudo champion. Bronze medalist in 1999 at the Australian National Greco roman championships. New South Wales kickboxing...

. Miyata also fought in the Japanese promotion Deep but returned to Dream on 6 October 2009 where he faced Daiki Hata

Daiki Hata

Daiki Hata is a Japanese mixed martial artist and occasional kickboxer.He is a Pancrase veteran and has fought for K-1, DEEP, BodogFight and Cage Force. He holds notable victories over WEC contenders Kenji Osawa and Yoshiro Maeda...

in a reserve bout for the Featherweight GP. Miyata defeated Hata by Unanimous decision. Miyata then defeated Takafumi Otsuka at Dream 14 by split decision and 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...

at Dream 16 by unanimous decision.

Mixed martial arts record

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|Loss
|11-8
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Hiroyuki Takaya

| Decision (Split)
| Dream: Japan GP Final

Dream: Japan GP Final

Dream: Japan GP Final, also known as Dream Japan GP – 2011 Bantamweight Japan Tournament Final, was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream...

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|5:00
|Tokyo

Tokyo

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, Japan

Japan

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| For DREAM Featherweight Championship
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| Win
|11–7
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Caol Uno

is a Japanese mixed martial artist, and former Shooto Welterweight Champion. Specifically, Uno is known for his low single leg takedown and rear naked choke. He was born in Kanagawa, Japan...

| Decision (Unanimous)
|Dynamite!! 2010

Dynamite!! 2010

Dynamite!! 2010 was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event and the latest in the annual New Year's Eve event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group that took place on December 31, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event included bouts that encompass the DREAM, K-1 and...

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|5:00
|Saitama

Saitama, Saitama

' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...

, Japan

Japan

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|Win
|10–7
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Takeshi Inoue

Japan

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|Win
|9–7
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Saitama, Saitama

, Japan

Japan

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| Win
|8–7
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Daiki Hata

| Decision (Unanimous)
|Dream 11

Dream 11

Dream 11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream held on October 6, 2009....

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|5:00
|Yokohama

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

Japan

|DREAM Featherweight GP reserve bout
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| Win
|7–7
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Takeshi Yamazaki
| Decision (Unanimous)
|DEEP - 42 Impact
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|5:00
|Tokyo, Japan
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|Win
|6–7
| Jae Hyun So
| Submission (Guillotine choke)
|DEEP - 41 Impact
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|2:31
|Tokyo, Japan
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|Loss
|5–7
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Luiz Firmino

Luiz Firmino de Carvalho Júnior , commonly known as Luiz "Buscapé" Firmino, is an Brazilian Vale Tudo fighter and mixed martial artist, who fights at Lightweight...

Joachim Hansen
| Submission (Rear naked choke)
|K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!!

K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!!

K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!! was an annual kickboxing and mixed martial arts event held by K-1 and Hero's on New Year's Eve, Monday December 31, 2007 at the Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Japan...

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|1:33
|Osaka, Japan
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|Win
|5–5
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Yokohama

, Kanagawa, Japan

Japan

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| Loss
|4–5
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Japan

|Hero's

HERO'S

Hero's was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion operated by Fighting and Entertainment Group, the parent entity behind kickboxing organization K-1. Grown from and branched off of K-1's earlier experiments in MMA, including the K-1 Romanex event and various MMA fights on its regular K-1...

2007 Middleweight Grand Prix quarter-final.
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|Win
|4–4
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Kultar Gill

Kultar "Black Mamba" Gill is a professional Indian-Canadian welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer and lightweight mixed martial artist, fighting for Team Mamba in Abbotsford, British Columbia....

| Submission (Guillotine choke)
|Hero's 8

Hero's 8

Hero's 8 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Hero's promotion on March 12, 2007 at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan.-Results:...

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|5:00
|Nagoya, Japan
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|Win
|3–4
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Ian James Schaffa

| TKO (cut)
|Hero's 7

Hero's 7

Hero's 7 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Hero's promotion on October 9, 2006 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.The semi-finals and final of both the 2006 Lightweight Grand Prix and the Light Heavyweight Grand Prix were held at the event....

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|0:49
|Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Japan

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|Loss
|2–4
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Norifumi Yamamoto

is a Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He is associated with Purebred Tokyo and Krazy Bee. He quickly gained popularity in the Shooto organization due to his aggressive, well-rounded style and controversial persona...

| KO (Flying Knee)
|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...

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|0:04
|Tokyo, Japan
|Fastest knockout in Hero's history.
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|Win
|2-3
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Erikas Petraitis
| Submission (Armbar)
|Hero's 4

Hero's 4

Hero's 4 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Hero's promotion on March 15, 2006 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.Muay Thai kickboxer Ole Laursen made his debut in MMA at the event against Genki Sudo.-Results:...

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|3:59
|Tokyo, Japan
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|Loss
|1–3
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Genki Sudo

is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist and a kickboxer who, up until December 31, 2006 competed in the Japanese fighting organization HERO'S and before that, the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pancrase. He is notable for his elaborate ring entrances and unorthodox fighting style. His...

HERO'S

2005 Middleweight Grand Prix quarter-final.
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|Win
|1–2
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Ian James Schaffa

| Decision (Split)
|Hero's 1
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|align="center"|3
|5:00
|Saitama, Japan
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|Loss
|0–1
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Royler Gracie

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, United States

United States

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