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Japan
Matsumoto, Nagano
Akihiro Murayama
AGE
44
/
Mar 29, 1980
HEIGHT
5'10"
/
177.8 cm
WEIGHT
170 lbs
/
77.11 kg
ASSOCIATION
Akatsuki Dojo
CLASS
Welterweight
Wins
23
KO
/
TKO
6
26%
SUBMISSIONS
6
26%
DECISIONS
11
48%
Draws
9
Losses
13
KO
/
TKO
3
23%
SUBMISSIONS
0
0%
DECISIONS
10
77%
Upcoming Fights
Pancrase
May 25, 2024
New Pier Hall
,
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Akihiro Murayama
23-13-9 (WIN-LOSS-DRAW)
Kota Shirakawa
5-5-0 (WIN-LOSS-DRAW)
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FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Genpei Hayashi
Pancrase - 334
Jun / 04 / 2023
Decision (Unanimous)
Shinji Shimamura
5
5:00
win
Hiroki Nagaoka
Pancrase - 330
Dec / 25 / 2022
Decision (Unanimous)
Hirokazu Takamoto
3
5:00
loss
Yusaku Kinoshita
Pancrase - 327
Apr / 29 / 2022
KO (Flying Knee)
Shinji Shimamura
1
1:48
loss
Masayuki Kikuiri
Pancrase - 324
Oct / 17 / 2021
Decision (Unanimous)
Shinji Shimamura
5
5:00
win
Masayuki Kikuiri
Pancrase - 320
Dec / 13 / 2020
Decision (Unanimous)
Shinji Shimamura
3
5:00
win
Yuki Kondo
Pancrase - 312
Feb / 16 / 2020
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
loss
J.J. Ambrose
Pancrase - 306
Jun / 30 / 2019
Decision (Unanimous)
Shinji Shimamura
3
5:00
loss
Hiroyuki Tetsuka
Pancrase - 302
Dec / 09 / 2018
Decision (Unanimous)
Akira Yamazaki
3
5:00
win
Takaaki Nara
Pancrase 296 - Ueda vs. Silva
May / 20 / 2018
Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Ryogaku Wada
1
0:48
loss
Takashi Sato
Pancrase - 292
Dec / 10 / 2017
TKO (Punches)
Kenichi Serizawa
1
4:15
loss
Hiromitsu Miura
Pancrase - 281
Oct / 02 / 2016
Decision (Unanimous)
Hirokazu Takamoto
5
5:00
win
Shingo Suzuki
Pancrase - 276
Mar / 13 / 2016
KO (Punches)
Minoru Toyonaga
4
3:33
win
Kosei Kubota
Pancrase - 270
Oct / 04 / 2015
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
win
Daniel Roberts
Pancrase - 266
Apr / 26 / 2015
Decision (Split)
Jeff Mackens
3
5:00
win
Shingo Suzuki
Pancrase - 263
Dec / 06 / 2014
TKO (Punches)
Kenichi Serizawa
3
0:27
loss
Gota Yamashita
Pancrase - 260
Aug / 10 / 2014
Decision (Unanimous)
Kenichi Serizawa
3
5:00
win
Thiago Jambo Goncalves
Pancrase - 257
Mar / 30 / 2014
Decision (Unanimous)
Ryogaku Wada
3
5:00
draw
Yuya Shirai
Deep - Tribe Tokyo Fight
Oct / 20 / 2013
Draw (Majority)
3
5:00
win
Yuki Kondo
Pancrase - 248
Jun / 30 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
draw
Takenori Sato
Pancrase - 246
Mar / 17 / 2013
Draw (Unanimous)
Ryogaku Wada
3
5:00
win
Yuta Nakamura
Pancrase - 245
Feb / 03 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Ryogaku Wada
2
5:00
draw
Sojiro Orui
Pancrase - Progress Tour 9
Aug / 05 / 2012
Draw (Majority)
Minoru Toyonaga
3
5:00
win
Keita Nakamura
Shooto - Shootor's Legacy 4
Sep / 23 / 2011
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Toshiharu Suzuki
1
2:30
win
Yoichiro Sato
Shooto - Shooting Disco 15: Try Hard, Japan!
Jun / 11 / 2011
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
3
5:00
draw
Yoichiro Sato
Shooto - Shooting Disco 14: 365-Step March
Feb / 26 / 2011
Draw (Split)
Toshiharu Suzuki
3
5:00
win
Jung Min Kang
Shooto - Gig Tokyo 5
Aug / 07 / 2010
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Toshiharu Suzuki
3
3:31
loss
Kenta Takagi
GCM - Cage Force 16
Apr / 11 / 2010
KO (Elbow)
Tomoki Matsumiya
1
0:48
loss
Yoichiro Sato
Shooto - Shooting Disco 9: Superman
Jun / 06 / 2009
Decision (Unanimous)
Taro Wakabayashi
2
5:00
draw
Ikkei Nagamura
GCM - Cage Force 10
Apr / 25 / 2009
Draw (Unanimous)
Kenichi Serizawa
3
3:00
loss
Rikuhei Fujii
GCM - Cage Force 7
Jun / 22 / 2008
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
win
Hiroki Sato
Shooto - Shooting Disco 4: Born in the Fighting
Feb / 23 / 2008
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
win
Makoto Maeda
Shooto - Shooting Disco 3: Everybody Fight Now
Oct / 20 / 2007
TKO (Punches)
Taro Wakabayashi
1
3:57
win
Akihiko Adachi
Shooto - Shooting Disco 2: The Heat Rises Tonight
Aug / 05 / 2007
Submission (Armbar)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
2:29
win
Seiji Furukawa
Shooto - It's Strong Being a Man
Mar / 04 / 2007
Submission (Keylock)
Toshiharu Suzuki
1
0:39
draw
Akihiko Adachi
Shooto - 10/1 in Kitazawa Town Hall
Oct / 01 / 2006
Draw (Majority)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
draw
Osami Shibuya
GCM - D.O.G. 6
Jun / 11 / 2006
Draw (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
5:00
win
Masashi Yozen
Shooto - Soulful Fight
Oct / 28 / 2005
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
win
Yoshinori Ashikawa
Shooto - Shooter's Summer
Jul / 14 / 2005
TKO (Punches)
Taro Wakabayashi
1
0:25
win
Nobuyuki Shimakawa
Shooto - 6/3 in Kitazawa Town Hall
Jun / 03 / 2005
TKO (Punches)
Toshiharu Suzuki
1
2:16
loss
Petras Markevicius
Shooto Lithuania - Bushido
Nov / 20 / 2004
Decision
2
5:00
draw
Wataru Takahashi
GCM - Demolition 040919
Sep / 19 / 2004
Draw (Majority)
2
5:00
win
Hajime Moriyama
GCM - Demolition 040711
Jul / 11 / 2004
TKO (Corner Stoppage)
2
1:56
loss
Ryuhei Sato
Shooto - 4/16 in Kitazawa Town Hall
Apr / 16 / 2004
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
draw
Shinpei Sotoyama
GCM - Demolition 031227
Dec / 27 / 2003
Draw (Unanimous)
2
5:00
win
Kenji Nagai
GCM - Demolition 031025
Oct / 25 / 2003
Submission (Armbar)
1
4:42
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