Kiuma Kunioku

is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist. A longtime veteran of the Pancrase organization, Kunioku captured the King of Pancrase Middleweight Championship and King of Pancrase Welterweight Championship before leaving the organization in 2004 to compete in the K-1 HERO'S mixed martial arts organization. He holds notable victories over Guy Mezger, Frank Shamrock, Nate Marquardt, Masakatsu Funaki, Yuki Kondo, John Lober and Genki Sudo.

Kunioku has fought in Pancrase on 55 different occasions. He has also competed in the Abu Dhabi Professional Submission Grappling Tournament in 2003, but did not place.

Kunioku was scheduled to face Vincent Latoel at Fury 2 on October 9, 2010, in Macau. However, Kunioku was later removed from the card and the event was cancelled entirely on October 7.

He replaced Leonardo Santos in a bout with Maximo Blanco at Sengoku Raiden Championship 15 on October 30, 2010. Kunioku lost the fight by KO late in the first round.

Background In 1992, at the same time as graduating from junior high school, he joined the professional wrestling Fujiwara group led by Yoshiaki Fujiwara and became a trainee. With the launch of Pancrase in 1993, Kunioku also belonged to Pancrase as a trainee. At that time, he worked under the name Kunioku Shoryu (國奥将竜).

Championships and accomplishments Pancrase King of Pancrase Middleweight Championship (One time) King of Pancrase Welterweight Championship (One time) Fight Matrix Highest Quarterly Ranking: 7/01/2000, #1 Middleweight

Mixed martial arts record Loss

Ramazan Esenbaev Decision (majority) IGF: Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2014

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Maximo Blanco KO (punches) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Raiden Championships 15

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Leonardo Santos Submission (rear-naked choke) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Raiden Championships 12

Tokyo, Japan Win

A Sol Kwon Decision (unanimous) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 5

Tokyo, Japan Return to Lightweight. Win

Jay Ellis Submission (toe hold) FCC 35: Freestyle Combat Challenge 35

Racine, Wisconsin, United States Win

David Love TKO (punches) FCC 34: Freestyle Combat Challenge 34

Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States Lightweight bout. Draw

Seichi Ikemoto Draw Deep: 32 Impact

Tokyo, Japan Draw

Jutaro Nakao Draw Deep: 30 Impact

Osaka, Japan Loss

Fabricio Monteiro Submission (rear-naked choke) Deep: 27 Impact

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Antonio McKee Decision (unanimous) Hero's 4

Tokyo, Japan Return to Welterweight. Win

Jung Hwan Cha Submission (rear-naked choke) Hero's 2005 in Seoul

Seoul, South Korea Loss

Akira Kikuchi Decision (unanimous) Hero's 3

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Rodrigo Gracie Decision (unanimous) Hero's 2

Tokyo, Japan Lightweight debut. Loss

Izuru Takeuchi Decision (majority) Pancrase: Brave 4

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Kazuo Misaki TKO (doctor stoppage) Pancrase: Brave 1

Tokyo, Japan Win

Kenichi Serizawa Decision (unanimous) Pancrase - Hybrid 10

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Crosley Gracie Decision (unanimous) Pancrase - 10th Anniversary Show

Tokyo, Japan Win

Katsuomi Inagaki Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase - Hybrid 7

Osaka, Japan Win

Hidetaka Monma Decision (unanimous) Pancrase - Hybrid 4

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Nate Marquardt KO (flying knee) Pancrase: Spirit 9

Tokyo, Japan Win

Hiroki Nagaoka Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase: 2002 Anniversary Show

Yokohama, Japan Win

Takafumi Ito Submission (armbar) Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round

Tokyo, Japan Win

Koji Oishi Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round

Tokyo, Japan Win

Hideaki Iwasaki Decision (Unanimous) Pancrase: Spirit 5

Tokyo, Japan Welterweight debut. Win

Nate Marquardt Decision (majority) Pancrase: Proof 7

Yokohama, Japan Win

Ryuki Ueyama Decision (majority) Pancrase: 2001 Anniversary Show

Yokohama, Japan Draw

Sean Sherk Draw Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round

Tokyo, Japan Win

Mathieu Nicourt Submission (kimura) Pancrase: Proof 4

Tokyo, Japan Win

Daiju Takase Decision (majority) Pancrase: Proof 2

Kadoma, Osaka, Japan Draw

Nate Marquardt Draw Pancrase: Trans 7

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Nate Marquardt Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: 2000 Anniversary Show

Yokohama, Japan Win

Matt Lee Submission (armbar) Pancrase: Trans 4

Tokyo, Japan Draw

Shonie Carter Draw Pancrase: Trans 3

Yokohama, Japan Win

Genki Sudo Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Trans 2

Osaka, Japan Middleweight debut. Win

Lane Andrews Submission (armbar) Pancrase: Breakthrough 11

Yokohama, Japan Loss

Yuki Kondo KO (flying knee and palm strikes) Pancrase: 1999 Anniversary Show

Urayasu, Chiba, Japan Win

Keiichiro Yamamiya Decision (lost points) Pancrase: Breakthrough 5

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Win

Yuki Kondo Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Breakthrough 3

Tokyo, Japan Win

Daisuke Watanabe Technical Submission (kimura) Pancrase: Breakthrough 2

Osaka, Japan Loss

Jason DeLucia Decision (lost points) Pancrase: Breakthrough 1

Tokyo, Japan Win

Daisuke Ishii Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Advance 11

Osaka, Japan Win

Masakatsu Funaki Decision (lost points) Pancrase: Advance 10

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Evan Tanner Decision (lost points) Pancrase: 1998 Anniversary Show

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Leon van Dijk KO (head kick) Pancrase: Advance 7

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Adrian Serrano Decision (majority) Pancrase: Advance 5

Yokohama, Japan Win

Osami Shibuya Decision (majority) Pancrase: Advance 3

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan Draw

Yuki Kondo Draw (majority) Pancrase: Advance 2

Yokohama, Japan Win

Kosei Kubota Submission (armbar) Pancrase: Advance 1

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Jong Wang Kim Technical Submission (guillotine choke) Pancrase: Alive 11

Yokohama, Japan Loss

Guy Mezger KO (head kick) Pancrase: Alive 9

Tokyo, Japan Win

John Lober Decision (lost points) Pancrase: 1997 Anniversary Show

Urayasu, Chiba, Japan Win

Satoshi Hasegawa Submission (toe hold) Pancrase: Alive 8

Osaka, Japan Loss

Jason DeLucia TKO (doctor stoppage) Pancrase: Alive 6

Tokyo, Japan Draw

Keiichiro Yamamiya Draw (majority) Pancrase: Alive 5

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan Loss

Bas Rutten Decision (lost points) Pancrase: Alive 4

Urayasu, Chiba, Japan Win

Haygar Chin Submission (armbar) Pancrase: Alive 3

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Loss

Yuki Kondo Decision (split) Pancrase: Alive 1

Tokyo, Japan Win

Frank Shamrock Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Truth 10

Tokyo, Japan Win

Satoshi Hasegawa TKO (palm strikes) Pancrase: Truth 9

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan Win

Keiichiro Yamamiya Submission (armbar) Pancrase: Truth 8

Tokyo, Japan Win

Guy Mezger Decision (split) Pancrase: Truth 7

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Loss

Manabu Yamada Submission (guillotine choke) Pancrase: 1996 Anniversary Show

Chiba, Japan Loss

Pete Williams Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: 1996 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 1

Tokyo, Japan Win

Takafumi Ito Decision (lost points) Pancrase: Truth 6

Fukuoka, Japan Draw

Yuki Kondo Draw (majority) Pancrase: Truth 5

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Jason DeLucia Decision (lost points) Pancrase: Truth 4

Tokyo, Japan Win

Takafumi Ito TKO (palm strikes) Pancrase: Truth 2

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan Draw

Osami Shibuya Draw (split) Pancrase: Truth 1

Yokohama, Japan Submission grappling record KO PUNCHES Result Opponent Method Event Date Round Time