Yoshihisa Yamamoto

AGE	55 / Jul 4, 1970
HEIGHT	6'3" / 190.5 cm
WEIGHT	220 lbs / 99.79 kg

ASSOCIATION
Freelance

CLASS
Heavyweight

Wins 14

KO / TKO

36%

SUBMISSIONS

36%

DECISIONS

OTHERS

21%

Draws 1

Losses 25

KO / TKO

32%

SUBMISSIONS

40%

DECISIONS

12%

OTHERS

16%

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Jong Wang Kim	Grabaka - Grabaka Live! 2 Oct / 27 / 2012	KO (Punches)	1	0:15
loss	Keiichiro Yamamiya	Grabaka Live - 1st Cage Attack Oct / 15 / 2011	Decision (Unanimous) Kenichi Serizawa	2	5:00
loss	Hidetaka Monma	Deep - 50 Impact Oct / 24 / 2010	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Kenichi Serizawa VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	1:07
loss	Tae Hyun Lee	K-1 HERO's - HERO's 2007 in Korea Oct / 28 / 2007	TKO (Punches)	1	1:03
loss	Katsuyori Shibata	K-1 - Hero's 8 Mar / 12 / 2007	TKO (Punches) Akira Okabayashi	1	0:09
loss	Don Frye	K-1 - Hero's 6 Aug / 05 / 2006	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Yoshinori Umeki	1	4:52
loss	Min Soo Kim	K-1 - Hero's 4 Mar / 15 / 2006	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Yoshinori Umeki	2	1:32
loss	Mu Bae Choi	Pride - Bushido 3 May / 23 / 2004	Decision (Unanimous) Ryogaku Wada	2	5:00
loss	Mirko Filipovic	Pride - Bushido 2 Feb / 15 / 2004	KO (Punches) Yuji Shimada	1	2:12
win	Mark Kerr	Pride 27 - Inferno Feb / 01 / 2004	KO (Slam) Daisuke Noguchi	1	0:48
loss	Heath Herring	Pride FC - Final Conflict 2003 Nov / 09 / 2003	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Daisuke Noguchi	3	2:29
win	Alexander Otsuka	Pride 24 - Cold Fury 3 Dec / 23 / 2002	TKO (Leg Injury) Ryogaku Wada	2	5:00
loss	Guy Mezger	Pride 22 - Beasts From The East 2 Sep / 29 / 2002	Decision (Unanimous) Daisuke Noguchi	3	5:00
loss	Bob Sapp	Pride 20 - Armed and Ready Apr / 28 / 2002	KO (Punches) Yuji Shimada	1	2:44
win	Jan Nortje	Pride 18 - Cold Fury 2 Dec / 23 / 2001	Submission (Armbar) Yuji Shimada	1	1:43
loss	Assuerio Silva	Pride 16 - Beasts From The East Sep / 24 / 2001	TKO (Punches) Keiji Shiozaki	1	0:11
loss	Valentijn Overeem	Rings - King of Kings 2000 Final Feb / 24 / 2001	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:45
win	Chris Haseman	Rings - King of Kings 2000 Block B Dec / 22 / 2000	TKO (Strikes)	1	3:51
win	Ameran Bitsadze	Rings - King of Kings 2000 Block B Dec / 22 / 2000	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:39
loss	Semmy Schilt	Rings Holland - Di Capo Di Tutti Capi Jun / 04 / 2000	KO (Knee and Punch)	1	2:54
loss	Branden Lee Hinkle	WEF 9 - World Class May / 13 / 2000	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:21
loss	Jeremy Horn	Rings - Millennium Combine 1 Apr / 20 / 2000	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	2	2:50
loss	Brad Kohler	Rings - King of Kings 1999 Block A Oct / 28 / 1999	Submission (Smother)	1	1:57
draw	Kiyoshi Tamura	Rings - Rise 4th Jun / 24 / 1999	Draw Ryogaku Wada	3	5:00
win	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	Rings - Rise 3rd May / 22 / 1999	TKO (Palm Strikes) Ryogaku Wada	3	0:41
win	Joop Kasteel	Rings - Rise 2nd Apr / 23 / 1999	TKO (Palm Strikes) Ryogaku Wada	1	7:32
win	Valentijn Overeem	Rings - Rise 1st Mar / 20 / 1999	Submission (Armbar) Ryogaku Wada	1	2:40
win	Andrei Kopylov	Rings - Final Capture Feb / 21 / 1999	Submission	1	6:55
win	Masayuki Naruse	Rings - Extension Fighting 2 Apr / 22 / 1997	Submission (Armbar)	1	21:20
loss	Tariel Bitsadze	Rings - Budokan Hall 1997 Jan / 22 / 1997	N/A	0	0:00
loss	Tariel Bitsadze	Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Final Jan / 01 / 1997	N/A	0	0:00
loss	Kiyoshi Tamura	Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Final Jan / 01 / 1997	N/A	0	0:00
win	Bakouri Gogitidze	Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Final Jan / 01 / 1997	N/A	0	0:00
win	David Khakhaleishvili	Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Opening Round Oct / 25 / 1996	N/A	0	0:00
loss	Ricardo Morais	Rings - Maelstrom 6 Aug / 24 / 1996	KO (Punches)	1	0:46
loss	Akira Maeda	Rings - Budokan Hall 1996 Jan / 24 / 1996	Submission	0	0:00
win	Ameran Bitsadze	Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1995 Opening Round Oct / 21 / 1995	N/A	0	0:00
loss	Rickson Gracie	VTJ 1995 - Vale Tudo Japan 1995 Apr / 20 / 1995	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	3:49
win	Ruud Ewoldt	Rings Holland - Free Fight Feb / 19 / 1995	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
loss	Hans Nijman	Rings - Budokan Hall 1995 Jan / 25 / 1995	N/A	0	0:00

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