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is a Japanese

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...

judo

Judo

is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

ka and 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 was a world-class judo competitor with 5 top-3 Judo World Cup tournament finishes and has won multiple silver and bronze medals at world and national judo competitions. Most recently, he's competed in MMA and currently has an MMA record of 8 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw. He won the Spirit MC

Spirit MC

Spirit Martial Challenge is a defunct South Korean mixed martial arts promotion formerly operated by Entlian Corporation.The promotion was separated into Spirit MC , Spirit MC Inter League, Spirit MC Amateur League. Amateur League was a minor league, which was a stepping stone to the Professional...

Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament in 2007.

Judo career

Murata has achieved good success as a judoka. He was second at the world junior championships in 1996. In Japanese national tournaments he has been second once (2000) and third twice (1998,2001). At World Cup events he won in Tbilisi (2003) and Budapest (2001), finished second at Leonding, Austria (1997), and third in Paris (2000).

Mixed martial arts career

Ryuichi Murata made is MMA debut on Pride Fighting Championships Bushido 8 card in 2005. He lost the fight against Kazuki Okubo due to submission. In a post fight interview, Murata stated that he didn't have enough experience to fight well in MMA and didn't feel like he was "able to show much at all" of what he wanted to achieve.

Murata went on to fight on a number of cards with the Deep and Spirit MC

Spirit MC

MMA promotions. In 2007, he participated in Spirit MC's Heavyweight GP tournament. In the first round he knocked out Dong Woo Shin. He later submitted ChunGil Myung Chun with an armbar to move to the tournament finals. In the finals he earned a technical knockout against Jung Gyu Choi to become Spirit MC's Heavyweight GP Champion.

Judo tournaments

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!Date
!Tournament
!Place
!Weight class
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| A-Tournament Tbilisi
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st
| Half-middleweight (81kg)
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| Super A-Tournament Moscow
| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
| Half-middleweight (81kg)
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| Jigoro Kano Cup Tokyo
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| Half-middleweight (81kg)
|-
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| East Asian Games Osaka
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| Half-middleweight (81kg)
|-
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| Japan Judo Championships
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| Half-middleweight (81kg)
|-
|
| A-Tournament Budapest Bank Cup
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st
| Half-middleweight (81kg)
|-
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| Japan Judo Championshops
| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
| Half-middleweight (81kg)
|-
|
| Tournoi de Paris
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| Half-middleweight (81kg)
|-
|
| Japan National Championships Fukuoka
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| Half-middleweight (81kg)
|-
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| ASKO World Tournament Leonding
| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
| Half-Heavyweight (78kg)
|-
|
| World Junior Championships
| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
| Half-Heavyweight (78kg)

Mixed martial arts record

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| Loss
|align=center|8-3-1
|

Jae Young Kim
|KO (punches and knees)
|Spirit MC

Spirit MC

17
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|align=center|1
|align=center|0:33
|Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

|
|-
| Win
|align=center|8-2-1
|

Seung Bae Whi
|Decision (unanimous)
|Sprit MC 16
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Seoul, South Korea
|
|-
| Win
|align=center|7-2-1
|

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Japan

Japan

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|-
| Win
|align=center|6-2-1
|

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...

, Japan

Japan

|
|-
| Win
|align=center|3-2
|

Gregory Babene
|TKO (punches)
|Real Rhythm - 5th Stage
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:36
|Osaka, Japan
|
|-
| Win
|align=center|2-2
|

Japan

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|-
| Loss
|align=center|1-2
|

Nick Ring

Nick Ring is a Canadian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2002, Ring fought in various promotions, most notably the Bellator Fighting Championships...

|Decision (unanimous)
|Deep - 23 Impact
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
|Tokyo, Japan
|
|-
| Win
|align=center|1-1
|

Nagoya, Aichi

is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan.Located on the Pacific coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshu, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Moji...

, Japan

Japan

|MMA Debut

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