Kazuhisa Watanabe

is a Japanese boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist currently competing in K-1 and Dream in the featherweight division. He is known to be overly flamboyant in fights, often jeering and taunting opponents at every opportunity.

Career Watanabe began his career in professional boxing in 2002. On October 13, 2005, he defeated Norihisa Tomimoto by unanimous decision to claim the Japanese Featherweight Championship. He defended the title twice, against Motokazu Abe and Ikuto Kobayashi, before losing it to Koji Umetsu on October 14, 2006. Watanabe retired from the sport in 2007 with a record of 15 wins (8 by knock out) and 3 losses.

On February 23, 2009, he made his kickboxing debut against Daisuke Uematsu at the K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan Tournament, losing via unanimous decision. He returned at the K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final 8 on July 13 and defeated Atsushi Yamamoto via technical knockout after knocking him down three times in the first round. This would be his first and only victory in K-1 as he went on to lose his next three bouts against Cheon Jae-Hee, Daiki Hata and Kazuyuki Miyata.

He then ventured into mixed martial arts on December 31, 2010 at Dynamite!! 2010, where he was submitted with an armbar by Hideo Tokoro in the third round.

Titles Japanese Featherweight Boxing Champion (2005–2006, 2 defences)

Boxing record Win Saengcharoen Mahasapcondo Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan KO

15-3 Win Kota Suzushino Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous)

14-3 Loss Koji Umetsu Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Decision (majority)

13-3 Lost Japanese Featherweight Championship. Win Ikuto Kobayashi Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous)

12-2 Defended Japanese Featherweight Championship. Win Motokazu Abe Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan KO

12-2 Defended Japanese Featherweight Championship. Win Norihisa Tomimoto Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous)

11-2 Won Japanese Featherweight Championship. Win Runktawan Sor Vorapin City Gymnasium Akita City, Japan KO

10-2 Win Ryuta Miyagi Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous)

9-2 Win Raisak Porfahkamron Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan KO

8-2 Win Atsushi Tsuburaya Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous)

7-2 Win Kenichi Nakayama Kose Sports Park Kōfu, Japan TKO

6-2 Win Yosuke Tsuda Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous)

5-2 Win Hajime Tanaka Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous)

4-2 Loss Atsushi Sakurai Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan KO

3-2 Win Shinya Saito Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan KO

3-1 Win Tatsuya Yokoyama Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan KO

2-1 Loss Atsushi Sakurai Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan KO

1-1 Win Ken Komuro Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan KO

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Kickboxing record Loss Kazuyuki Miyata K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg Tournament Final 16 -63kg Japan Tournament Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous)

1-4 Loss Daiki Hata K-1 World MAX 2010 –70 kg Japan Tournament Saitama, Japan Decision (unanimous)

1-3 Loss Cheon Jae-Hee K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final Yokohama, Japan Decision (split)

1-2 Win Atsushi Yamamoto K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final 8 Tokyo, Japan TKO (3 knockdowns)

1-1 Loss Daisuke Uematsu K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan Tournament Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous)

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Mixed martial arts record Loss

Hideo Tokoro Submission (armbar) Dynamite!! 2010

Saitama, Saitama, Japan