About Kazuhiro Sakamoto
Kazuhiro Sakamoto was a mixed martial arts fighter.
Kazuhiro Sakamoto is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Bantamweight and Featherweight divisions. Sakamoto is a longtime Shooto and Vale Tudo Japan veteran and currently serves as a representative and promoter for Shooto and Vale Tudo Japan.
Career Sakamoto trained in amateur wrestling before becoming a trainee under Satoru Sayama at the Super Tiger Gym. He was the lightweight champion of the second pre-shooting tournament. He was a frequent opponent of Kenichi Tanaka, another Sayama trainee whom he fought and eventually captured the Shooto Lightweight 65 kg (143.3 lb) Championship from.
He is now a head trainer at Shooting Gym Tokyo.
Sakamoto currently coaches current Rizin FF fighter Kazuma Kuramoto.
Championships and Accomplishments Shooto Shooto Lightweight 65 kg (143.3 lb) Championship (One time) One successful title defense
Mixed martial arts record Win
Leonid Zaslavsky Submission (rear-naked choke) Shooto - Vale Tudo Perception
Tokyo, Japan Win
Rene Stigter Submission (armbar) Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 4
Japan Win
Imre Hagendoorn Submission (armbar) Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 3
Tokyo, Japan Win
Akbar Talei Submission (kimura) Shooto - Shooto
Tokyo, Japan Win
Mamoru Okochi Submission (kimura) Shooto - Shooto
Tokyo, Japan Win
Suguru Shigeno Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto
Tokyo, Japan Loss
Noboru Asahi Decision (majority) Shooto - Shooto
Tokyo, Japan Win
Hiroyuki Kanno Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto
Osaka, Japan Win
Hiroaki Matsutani Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto
Tokyo, Japan Win
Kenichi Tanaka Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Shooto
Tokyo, Japan Win
Noboru Asahi Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Shooto
Tokyo, Japan Loss
Kenichi Tanaka Submission (kimura) Shooto - Shooto
Tokyo, Japan Loss
Kenichi Tanaka Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto
Tokyo, Japan Loss
Yuichi Watanabe Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto
Tokyo, Japan Win
Kenichi Tanaka Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto
Tokyo, Japan Win
Suguru Shigeno Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto
Tokyo, Japan Win
Tetsuo Yokoyama Submission (armbar) Shooto - Shooto
Tokyo, Japan
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