Masayoshi Kato

"Macho the Butterfly"

AGE	41 / Feb 29, 1984
HEIGHT	5'6" / 167.64 cm
WEIGHT	114 lbs / 51.71 kg

ASSOCIATION
Cobra Kai MMA Dojo

CLASS
Strawweight

Wins 13

KO / TKO

SUBMISSIONS

31%

DECISIONS

69%

Draws 2

Losses 18

KO / TKO

22%

SUBMISSIONS

17%

DECISIONS

61%

Upcoming Fights

Shooto

January 18, 2026 New Pier Hall, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Masayoshi Kato

13-18-2 (WIN-LOSS-DRAW)

Rui Tomori

2-3-0 (WIN-LOSS-DRAW)

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FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Keita Taguchi	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2025 Vol. 8 Sep / 21 / 2025	TKO (Flying Knee and Punches) Ryosuke Uchida	2	2:20
loss	Kazusa Kurobe	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2025 Vol. 6 Jul / 21 / 2025	Decision (Unanimous) Yuta Nabekubo	2	5:00
loss	Ryuya Hatakeyama	Shooto - The Shooto Okinawa Vol. 11 Nov / 10 / 2024	KO (Punches) Masato Kataoka	1	2:16
loss	Yoshinao Touma	Shooto - The Shooto Okinawa Vol. 9 Nov / 12 / 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Minoru Toyonaga	3	5:00
loss	Yoshinao Touma	Shooto - The Shooto Okinawa Vol. 7 Nov / 06 / 2022	Decision (Majority) Minoru Toyonaga	3	5:00
loss	Shuto Aki	Shooto / Torao Nation State - Force Gig 02 / Force 15 Apr / 24 / 2022	KO (Punches) Masato Fukuda	1	0:43
win	Koyuru Tanoue	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Vol. 8 Dec / 19 / 2021	Decision (Split) Motoki Yoshida	3	5:00
loss	Ken Asahina	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Vol. 4 Jul / 04 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Masato Kataoka	3	5:00
loss	Ryohei Kurosawa	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2020 Vol. 7 Nov / 23 / 2020	Decision (Unanimous) Masato Kataoka	3	5:00
win	Shinnosuke Ishihara	Shooto - 30th Anniversary Tour 5th Round Jun / 30 / 2019	Submission (Front Choke) Masato Fukuda	1	0:45
loss	Shuto Aki	Shooto - Professional Shooto in Osaka 2018 Jun / 17 / 2018	KO (Punches) Motoki Yoshida	1	0:30
loss	Sho Nishida	Shooto - Professional Shooto in Osaka 2017 Jun / 25 / 2017	Submission (Triangle Choke) Motoki Yoshida	3	3:00
draw	Sho Nishida	Shooto - Border: Season 8 - The 3rd Dec / 11 / 2016	Draw (Majority) Kazuhiro Kusayanagi	3	5:00
win	Takuma Kimura	Shooto - Gig West 18 Jul / 03 / 2016	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Minoru Toyonaga	1	4:10
loss	Tateo Iino	Shooto - Professional Shooto 3/21 Mar / 21 / 2016	Decision (Unanimous) Masato Fukuda	3	5:00
win	Takahiro Kohori	Shooto - Border: Season 7 - The 3rd Dec / 23 / 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Kazuhiro Kusayanagi	3	5:00
win	Takuya Eizumi	Grandslam MMA 3 - Way of the Cage Sep / 12 / 2015	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
loss	Rambaa Somdet	Shooto - Torao 15: Direction of the Cage Jun / 21 / 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Toshiharu Suzuki	3	5:00
loss	Ryuto Sawada	Shooto - The Rookie Tournament 2014 Final Dec / 21 / 2014	Technical Submission (Armbar) Toshiharu Suzuki	1	2:37
loss	Ryohei Kurosawa	Shooto - Gig West 16 Jul / 06 / 2014	Decision (Unanimous) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	5:00
win	Atsushi Takeuchi	Shooto - 2nd Round 2014 Mar / 16 / 2014	Decision (Majority) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	5:00
loss	Tatsuya Yamamoto	Shooto - Battle Mix 8 Oct / 06 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Toshiharu Suzuki	3	5:00
win	Itchaku Murata	Shooto - Gig West 15 Jul / 28 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	5:00
loss	Tadaaki Yamamoto	Shooto - Border: Season 5 - First Apr / 07 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Toshiharu Suzuki	3	5:00
win	Atsushi Takeuchi	Shooto - Gig West 14 Jul / 08 / 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Toshiharu Suzuki	3	5:00
loss	Shinya Murofushi	Shooto - The Rookie Tournament 2011 Final Dec / 18 / 2011	Submission (Hammerlock) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	3:15
win	Takehiro Harusaki	Shooto - Border: Season 3 - Roaring Thunder Sep / 04 / 2011	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Toshiharu Suzuki	1	2:05
win	Tadaaki Yamamoto	Shooto - The Rookie Tournament 2010 Final Dec / 18 / 2010	Decision (Split) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	5:00
win	Tomokazu Sato	Shooto - Gig West 12 Sep / 26 / 2010	Submission (Triangle Choke) Taro Wakabayashi	2	2:27
draw	Masanobu Mori	Shooto - Border: Season 2 - Rhythm Aug / 15 / 2010	Draw (Majority) Taro Wakabayashi	2	5:00
win	Takahiro Kohori	Shooto - Border: Season 2 - Vibration Mar / 28 / 2010	Decision (Unanimous) Taro Wakabayashi	2	5:00
win	Noriyuki Takei	Shooto - Grapplingman 9 Nov / 29 / 2009	Decision (Unanimous) Toshiharu Suzuki	2	5:00
loss	Tomohiko Yoshida	Powergate - Wakayama Slash Mar / 11 / 2009	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

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"Macho the Butterfly"

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