Keiichirō Yamamiya

Keiichiro Yamamiya (born July 12, 1972) is a Japanese former professional mixed martial artist. A veteran of 90 fights who began his career in 1996 and last competed in 2015, he fought in the UFC, Pancrase, DEEP, and World Victory Road. He was the inaugural King of Pancrase Light Heavyweight Champion.

Mixed martial arts career Ultimate Fighting Championship Yamamiya signed with the UFC in 1999. He made his debut against Eugene Jackson at UFC 23 on November 19, 1999, and lost via first-round knockout. Yamamiya was then granted his release to return to Pancrase.

Pancrase Yamamiya's history with Pancrase goes back his professional debut in 1996, when he faced Satoshi Hasegawa at the 1996 Pancrase Neo-Blood Tournament. He won his debut by split decision. He then lost in the quarter-finals of the tournament, falling to now-MMA legend Yuki Kondo by TKO.

He faced Ryo Kawamura to become the Light Heavyweight King Of Pancrase at Pancrase: Shining 8 on October 1, 2008. He lost via unanimous decision.

On June 5, 2010, Yamamiya challenged Kengo Ura to become the Welterweight King Of Pancrase at Pancrase: Passion Tour 5. He lost the fight via split decision. Yamamiya faced Yuji Hisamatsu at Pancrase 250 on July 28, 2013. Though Yamamiya was the heavy favorite on multiple media scoring websites, Hisamatsu won a majority decision.

DEEP Yamamiya made his DEEP debut on January 8, 2001, when he faced Paulo Filho at DEEP: 1st Impact. He lost via second-round TKO. He faced Yuki Okano at DEEP: 65 Impact on March 22, 2014. Yamamiya was quickly taken down and submitted with a rear naked choke in the first round. Yamamiya faced UFC veteran Keita Nakamura at DEEP: 67 Impact on June 22, 2014. He lost the fight via TKO (punches) in the first round, putting Yamamiya at four losses in a row.

Sengoku Though not currently active for the promotion, Yamamiya signed a contract with Sengoku and made his debut against Alexandre Ribeiro at Sengoku 8 on May 2, 2009. He lost via third-round knockout.

Championships and accomplishments Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling Pancrase Light Heavyweight Championship (One time, inaugural champion) 2013 Pancrase Neo Blood Tournament Finalist 2004 Pancrase Neo Blood Tournament Finalist 2000 Pancrase Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Winner 1997 Pancrase Neo Blood Tournament Winner 1996 Pancrase Neo Blood Tournament Semi-Finalist

Mixed martial arts record Loss

Ikkei Nagamura Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: 264

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Kenta Takagi KO (punch) Pancrase: 261

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Keita Nakamura TKO (punches) DEEP: 67 Impact

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Yuki Okano Submission (rear naked choke) DEEP: 65 Impact

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Eiji Ishikawa Decision (unanimous) Grabaka: Grabaka Live! 3

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Yuji Hisamatsu Decision (majority) Pancrase 250: 2013 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals

Tokyo, Japan Win

Daijiro Matsui Decision (points) U-Spirits: U-Spirits Again

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Will Noland Decision (unanimous) Pancrase 245

Tokyo, Japan Win

Ikkei Nagamura KO (flying knee) Pancrase: Progress Tour 14

Tokyo, Japan Win

Kenichi Yamamoto Decision (unanimous) Grabaka: Grabaka Live! 2

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Takenori Sato Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Progress Tour 10

Tokyo, Japan Win

Yukinari Tamura Decision (majority) Pancrase: Progress Tour 1

Tokyo, Japan Win

Shingo Suzuki KO (punches) Pancrase: Impressive Tour 13

Tokyo, Japan Win

Yoshihisa Yamamoto Decision (unanimous) Grabaka Live: 1st Cage Attack

Tokyo, Japan Win

Ichiro Kanai Decision (majority) Pancrase: Impressive Tour 8

Tokyo, Japan Draw

Kosei Kubota Draw Pancrase: Impressive Tour 1

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Masahiro Toryu KO (head kick) Pancrase: Passion Tour 11

Tokyo, Japan Win

Hoon Kim Decision (majority) Pancrase: Passion Tour 7

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Kengo Ura Decision (split) Pancrase: Passion Tour 5

Tokyo, Japan Win

Takenori Sato Decision (majority) Pancrase: Passion Tour 3

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Yuji Hisamatsu Decision (majority) Pancrase: Passion Tour 1

Tokyo, Japan Win

Ryuji Ohori KO (punch) Pancrase: Changing Tour 3

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Alexandre Ribeiro KO (punch) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 8

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Ryo Kawamura Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Shining 8

Tokyo, Japan Win

Hiromitsu Kanehara Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Shining 5

Tokyo, Japan Middleweight debut. Win

Yuki Kondo Decision (majority) Pancrase: Shining 3

Tokyo, Japan Win

Ryo Kawamura Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Rising 10

Tokyo, Japan Draw

Carlos Toyota Draw MARS 6: Rapid Fire

Yokohama, Japan Loss

Mikko Rupponen Decision (unanimous) FF 17: Fight Festival 17

Helsinki, Finland Loss

Dae Won Kim Decision (unanimous) DEEP: 20th Impact

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Nilson de Castro Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Spiral 2

Yokohama, Japan Loss

Gustavo Machado Submission (heel hook) Pancrase: Brave 11

Tokyo, Japan Win

Chael Sonnen Decision (majority) Pancrase: 2004 Neo-Blood Tournament Final

Tokyo, Japan Win

Kozo Urita Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Brave 5

Tokyo, Japan Draw

Bret Bergmark Draw Pancrase: Hybrid 11

Tokyo, Japan Draw

Keith Jardine Draw Pancrase: Hybrid 8

Osaka, Japan Win

Nate Marquardt Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: 2003 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Nilson de Castro TKO (punches) Pancrase: Hybrid 6

Tokyo, Japan Draw

Tsuyoshi Kurihara Draw Pancrase: Hybrid 4

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Akihiro Gono TKO (punches) Pancrase: Spirit 9

Tokyo, Japan Win

Eiji Ishikawa Decision (majority) Pancrase: 2002 Anniversary Show

Yokohama, Japan Win

Mitsuyoshi Sato TKO (punches) Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round

Tokyo, Japan Win

Ichiro Kanai TKO (punches) Pancrase: Spirit 4

Osaka, Japan Win

Sumio Koyano KO (punches) Pancrase: Spirit 3

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Yuki Sasaki Submission (armbar) Pancrase: Spirit 1

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Akihiro Gono Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Proof 6

Tokyo, Japan Win

Hikaru Sato Decision (unanimous) Zero1: Shingeki Chapter 2

Tokyo, Japan Win

Yoshinori Kawasaki TKO (punches) Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Paulo Filho KO (punches) DEEP: 1st Impact

Nagoya, Japan Win

Denis Kang Decision (majority) Pancrase: Trans 7

Tokyo, Japan Win

Ikuhisa Minowa Decision (unanimous)

Win

Omar Bouiche Submission (guillotine choke)

Win

Naohisa Kawamura Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Trans 4

Tokyo, Japan Win

Kousei Kubota Decision (majority) Pancrase: Trans 4

Tokyo, Japan Win

Chris Lytle Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Trans 1

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Eugene Jackson KO (punch) UFC 23

Tokyo, Japan Light Heavyweight debut. Win

Leon Dijk TKO Pancrase: Breakthrough 7

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Kiuma Kunioku Decision (lost points) Pancrase: Breakthrough 5

Nagoya, Japan Win

Yuhi Sano TKO (strikes) Pancrase: Breakthrough 3

Tokyo, Japan Draw

Jeremy Horn Draw Pancrase: Advance 12

Tokyo, Japan Win

Jason DeLucia Decision (lost points) Pancrase: Advance 10

Tokyo, Japan Win

Satoshi Hasegawa Decision (majority) Pancrase: 1998 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round

Aomori, Japan Loss

Osami Shibuya Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: 1998 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round

Tokyo, Japan Draw

Ryushi Yanagisawa Draw Pancrase: Advance 8

Kobe, Japan Win

Takafumi Ito TKO Pancrase: Advance 6

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Yuki Kondo Decision (majority) Pancrase: Advance 5

Yokohama, Japan Win

Minoru Suzuki Decision (majority) Pancrase: Advance 3

Kobe, Japan Draw

Ryushi Yanagisawa Draw Pancrase: Advance 2

Yokohama, Japan Loss

Osami Shibuya Submission (toe hold) Pancrase: Advance 1

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Bas Rutten Submission (rear naked choke) Pancrase: Alive 11

Yokohama, Japan Win

Takafumi Ito Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Alive 10

Kobe, Japan Draw

Tra Telligman Draw Pancrase: Alive 9

Tokyo, Japan Win

Minoru Suzuki Decision (lost points) Pancrase: 1997 Anniversary Show

Tokyo, Japan Win

Osami Shibuya Decision (1-0) Pancrase: Alive 8

Osaka, Japan Win

Satoshi Hasegawa TKO (knees)

Win

Kousei Kubota Decision (lost points)

Win

Les Johnston Submission (guillotine choke) Pancrase: 1997 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 1

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Guy Mezger Decision (lost points) Pancrase: Alive 7

Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan Draw

Kiuma Kunioku Draw Pancrase: Alive 5

Kobe, Japan Win

Taka Michinoku Submission (keylock) Pancrase: Alive 4

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Ryushi Yanagisawa Decision (lost points) Pancrase: Alive 3

Nagoya, Japan Win

Takafumi Ito Decision (lost points) Pancrase: Alive 2

Tokyo, Japan Win

Brian Gassaway Decision (lost points) Pancrase: Alive 1

Tokyo, Japan Win

Wes Gassaway Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Truth 10

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Yoshiki Takahashi Submission Pancrase: Truth 9

Kobe, Japan Loss

Kiuma Kunioku Submission Pancrase: Truth 8

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Katsuomi Inagaki Decision (majority)

Loss

Osami Shibuya Submission

Loss

Yuki Kondo TKO Pancrase: 1996 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 2

Tokyo, Japan Win

Satoshi Hasegawa Decision (split) Pancrase: 1996 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 1

Tokyo, Japan