Ryuta Sakurai

AGE	54 / Sep 18, 1971
HEIGHT	5'10" / 177.8 cm
WEIGHT	170 lbs / 77.11 kg

ASSOCIATION
R-Blood

CLASS
Welterweight

Wins 30

KO / TKO

37%

SUBMISSIONS

40%

DECISIONS

23%

Draws 6

Losses 28

KO / TKO

29%

SUBMISSIONS

32%

DECISIONS

39%

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Tadahide Aoki	Grachan / Brave - Grachan 68 / Brave Fight 31 Mar / 10 / 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Akira Yamazaki	3	5:00
win	Kento Ueda	Grachan - Grachan 65: 15th Anniversary Tournament Oct / 15 / 2023	Submission (Armbar) Akira Yamazaki	2	4:10
loss	Seok Hyeon Ko	AFC 24 / Heat 51 - Angel's Fighting Championship 24 / Heat 51 Apr / 06 / 2023	TKO (Punches) Seung Hoon Kim	2	0:56
loss	Hidetaka Arato	Grachan - Grachan 58 Dec / 04 / 2022	Technical Decision (Unanimous) Akira Yamazaki	2	4:48
win	Radek Hecl	Grachan - Grachan 57 Sep / 04 / 2022	TKO (Punches) Akira Yamazaki	2	0:34
loss	Hiroki Nagaoka	Grachan - Grachan 48 Jun / 20 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Akira Yamazaki	3	5:00
win	Daryl Lokuku	Grachan / Gladiator - Grachan 42 / Gladiator 011 Dec / 21 / 2019	Submission (Armbar) Yoshinori Umeki	2	2:56
win	Akihito Mamiya	Grachan / Brave - Grachan 39 / Brave Fight 18 Mar / 10 / 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Akira Yamazaki	2	5:00
loss	Tatsuya Mizuno	Deep - 87 Impact Dec / 22 / 2018	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Hirokazu Takamoto	2	2:53
win	Hikaru Sato	Pancrase - 289 Aug / 20 / 2017	TKO (Punches) Yoshinori Umeki	2	0:23
loss	Yoichiro Sato	Deep - 78 Impact Mar / 18 / 2017	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Kenichi Serizawa	2	1:22
loss	Taisuke Okuno	Deep - Cage Impact 2016 in Korakuen Hall Oct / 18 / 2016	Decision (Split) Masato Fukuda	3	5:00
loss	Yushin Okami	Deep - 75 Impact Feb / 27 / 2016	TKO (Corner Stoppage) Yuji Shimada	2	4:23
loss	Svetlozar Savov	ADW - Abu Dhabi Warriors 2 Mar / 26 / 2015	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Grant Waterman	1	4:20
loss	Ken Hasegawa	Deep - 71 Impact Feb / 28 / 2015	Submission (Keylock) Masato Fukuda	1	4:12
loss	Yoshiyuki Nakanishi	Deep - 69 Impact Oct / 26 / 2014	Decision (Unanimous) Yuji Shimada	3	5:00
loss	Mamed Khalidov	KSW 25 - Khalidov vs. Sakurai Dec / 07 / 2013	Submission (Triangle Choke) Tomasz Bronder	1	2:03
win	Yuji Sakuragi	Deep - Cage Impact 2013 Jun / 15 / 2013	KO (Punch and Flying Knee) Yuji Shimada	1	1:04
win	Hiromitsu Kanehara	Deep - Haleo Impact Dec / 22 / 2012	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Kenichi Serizawa	3	0:46
loss	Kazuhiro Nakamura	Deep - 60 Impact Oct / 19 / 2012	Decision (Majority) Yoshinori Umeki	3	5:00
win	Katsuyori Shibata	Deep - 55 Impact Aug / 26 / 2011	TKO (Punches) Samio Kimura	2	3:04
win	Yoshiyuki Nakanishi	Deep - 52 Impact Feb / 25 / 2011	Submission (Armbar) Yoshinori Umeki	3	3:48
loss	Riki Fukuda	Deep - 49 Impact Aug / 27 / 2010	KO (Knee to the Body) Yoshinori Umeki VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	0:32
draw	Mamed Khalidov	KSW 13 - Kumite May / 07 / 2010	Draw Tomasz Bronder	4	3:00
win	Hiroki Sato	Deep - Cage Impact 2009 Dec / 19 / 2009	KO (Punch) Kenichi Serizawa	1	2:13
win	Hosea Ware	Deep - 44 Impact Oct / 10 / 2009	Submission (Straight Armbar) Moritaka Oshiro	1	3:46
draw	Hiromitsu Kanehara	Deep - 42 Impact Jun / 30 / 2009	Draw (Majority) Kenichi Serizawa	2	5:00
loss	Riki Fukuda	Deep - 40 Impact Feb / 20 / 2009	KO (Punches) Yoshinori Umeki	1	0:45
win	Sojiro Orui	Deep - 38 Impact Oct / 23 / 2008	Decision (Split) Samio Kimura	2	5:00
win	Kozo Urita	Deep - 37 Impact Aug / 17 / 2008	Submission (Armbar) Minoru Toyonaga	1	3:22
win	Young Choi	Deep - 35 Impact May / 19 / 2008	Decision (Unanimous) Daisuke Noguchi	2	5:00
loss	Riki Fukuda	Deep - 34 Impact Feb / 22 / 2008	Decision (Unanimous) Yoshinori Umeki	3	5:00
win	Eiji Ishikawa	Deep - 32 Impact Oct / 09 / 2007	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Yoshinori Umeki	1	5:00
loss	Murilo Bustamante	Deep - 29 Impact Apr / 13 / 2007	KO (Punch) Daisuke Noguchi	1	3:50
loss	Ryo Chonan	Deep - 28 Impact Feb / 16 / 2007	Decision (Majority) Daisuke Noguchi	3	5:00
win	Geovani Pereira	Deep - 27 Impact Dec / 20 / 2006	Submission (Straight Armbar) Daisuke Noguchi	1	1:57
win	Xavier Foupa-Pokam	Deep - 25 Impact Aug / 04 / 2006	Technical Submission (Armbar) Daisuke Noguchi	1	4:47
loss	Ryo Chonan	Deep - 23 Impact Feb / 05 / 2006	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Daisuke Noguchi	1	1:57
loss	Paulo Filho	Pride - Bushido 9 Sep / 25 / 2005	Submission (Armbar) Moritaka Oshiro	1	3:49
win	Yasuhito Namekawa	Deep - 19th Impact Jul / 08 / 2005	Submission (Armbar) Daisuke Noguchi	1	4:40
loss	Murilo Bustamante	Pride - Bushido 6 Apr / 03 / 2005	Decision (Unanimous) Moritaka Oshiro	2	5:00
win	Ryuki Ueyama	Deep - 17th Impact Dec / 18 / 2004	TKO (Punches) Yoshinori Umeki	1	2:40
win	David Bielkheden	Shooto - 7/16 in Korakuen Hall Jul / 16 / 2004	Decision (Unanimous) Toshiharu Suzuki	3	5:00
loss	Yushin Okami	Pride - Bushido 2 Feb / 15 / 2004	Decision (Unanimous) Minoru Toyonaga	2	5:00
win	Tetsuya Onose	Deep - 13th Impact Jan / 22 / 2004	KO (Punches) Daisuke Noguchi	1	0:56
win	Hirohide Fujinuma	Deep - 12th Impact Sep / 15 / 2003	Submission (Kimura) Akira Okabayashi	1	3:46
loss	Eiji Ishikawa	Deep - 9th Impact May / 05 / 2003	TKO (Punches) Keiji Shiozaki	2	4:22
win	John Renken	Shooto - 2/23 in Korakuen Hall Feb / 23 / 2003	Submission (Kimura) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	3:09
win	Yuichi Nakanishi	Shooto - 1/24 in Korakuen Hall Jan / 24 / 2003	Decision (Unanimous) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	5:00
win	Jun Kitagawa	Shooto - Gig West 3 Oct / 27 / 2002	TKO (Cut) Toshiharu Suzuki	1	3:23
draw	Masato Nishiguchi	Shooto - Gig East 10 Aug / 27 / 2002	Draw Toshiharu Suzuki	2	5:00
draw	Marcelo Machado	Shooto - Treasure Hunt 4 Mar / 13 / 2002	Draw Toshiharu Suzuki	2	5:00
win	Nathan Schouteren	Shooto Holland - Night of the Warriors Nov / 04 / 2001	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:27
loss	Shiko Yamashita	Shooto - Gig East 3 Jun / 14 / 2001	Decision (Unanimous) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	5:00
draw	Izuru Takeuchi	Shooto - Gateway to the Extremes Nov / 04 / 1999	Draw Toshiharu Suzuki	2	5:00
loss	Jun Kitagawa	Shooto - Renaxis 3 Aug / 04 / 1999	Decision (Unanimous) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	5:00
loss	Yuki Sasaki	Shooto - Shooter's Passion May / 27 / 1999	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	2:00
loss	Cyrille Diabate	GT - Golden Trophy 1999 Mar / 20 / 1999	TKO (Punches)	2	N/A
win	Nobuhiro Tsurumaki	Shooto - Shooter's Soul Jan / 27 / 1999	TKO (Cut) Yasuyuki Ogata	1	0:54
draw	Izuru Takeuchi	Shooto - Las Grandes Viajes 6 Nov / 27 / 1998	Draw (Majority) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	5:00
win	Masashi Kita	Shooto - Shooter's Dream Sep / 18 / 1998	TKO (Punches) Toshiharu Suzuki	1	3:00
loss	Masanori Suda	Lumax Cup - Tournament of J '97 Heavyweight Tournament Jul / 27 / 1997	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:25
loss	Hiroyuki Yoshioka	Lumax Cup - Tournament of J '96 Mar / 30 / 1996	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:38
win	Katsuhisa Fujii	Lumax Cup - Tournament of J '96 Mar / 30 / 1996	Decision	2	3:00

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