Yasuhiro Sakuraba

AGE	35 / Feb 6, 1989
HEIGHT	5'7" / 170.18 cm
WEIGHT	145 lbs / 65.77 kg

ASSOCIATION
Answer Fight

CLASS
Featherweight

Wins 4

KO / TKO

SUBMISSIONS

25%

DECISIONS

75%

Draws 1

Losses 7

KO / TKO

57%

SUBMISSIONS

DECISIONS

43%

Upcoming Fights

Shooto / Philoktetes Niigata

April 29, 2024 Niigata Lots, Niigata, Niigata, Japan

Akihiko Sugai

7-6-2 (WIN-LOSS-DRAW)

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FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Takumi Yagi	Grachan - Grachan 67 Feb / 04 / 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Motoki Yoshida	2	5:00
loss	Yuichi Nakamura	GFG 3 - Global Fightingsports Game 3 Nov / 19 / 2023	KO (Upkick)	2	4:08
loss	Yoshiteru Kubomura	Shooto / Philoktetes Niigata - Echigo Fujin Matsuri 11 Sep / 03 / 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Takashi Ouchi	2	5:00
loss	Taisei Otsuki	Grachan - Grachan 62 Jul / 23 / 2023	TKO (Punches) Junichi Ota	1	2:26
draw	Shoki Ogawa	Shooto / Philoktetes Niigata - Echigo Fujin Matsuri 10 Mar / 26 / 2023	Draw (Majority) Masato Kataoka	2	5:00
win	Hidekazu Asakura	Grachan / Brave - Grachan 59 / Brave Fight 27 Feb / 12 / 2023	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
win	Osamu Nagahama	Shooto / Philoktetes Niigata - Echigo Fujin Matsuri 9 Aug / 21 / 2022	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Masato Kataoka	2	0:26
win	Rui Ito	Grachan - Grachan 55 May / 15 / 2022	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
loss	Kazuki Hagiwara	Grachan / Brave - Grachan 53 / Brave Fight 26 Mar / 11 / 2022	Decision (Unanimous) Hidenobu Koike	2	5:00
loss	Tatsuma Okada	Shooto / Philoktetes Niigata - Echigo Fujin Matsuri 8 Aug / 28 / 2021	KO (Punches) Takashi Ouchi	1	3:40
loss	Katsushi Kojima	Grachan / Brave - Grachan 47 / Brave Fight 23 Apr / 25 / 2021	TKO (Punches)	1	4:27
win	Mitsunobu Takeda	GFG 2 - Global Fightingsports Game 2 Jul / 07 / 2019	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Ryutaro Tokusa	Pancrase - Sapporo Sep / 23 / 2019	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
win	Shu Sendai	Grachan / WCF - Grachan 38 / Wardog Cage Fight 20 Jan / 27 / 2019	Decision (Unanimous)	1	5:00
draw	Onigawara Lee	Rings - The Outsider 51: 10th Anniversary Road to Las Vegas Jul / 21 / 2018	Draw (Majority)	2	3:00
loss	Hikaru Uchida	Grachan / One More Chance - Grachan 35 / 1MC Vol. 6 May / 27 / 2018	TKO (Punches)	1	4:51

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Yasuhiro Sakuraba

Shooto / Philoktetes Niigata