Kōetsu Okazaki

Koetsu Okazaki (born March 7, 1979) is a Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Bantamweight division for ONE Championship. A professional competitor since 2004, Okazaki has also formerly competed for Shooto and is the former Shooto Featherweight Champion as well as the former Shooto Pacific Rim Featherweight Champion.

Mixed martial arts career

Shooto Okazaki won the 2004 Shooto rookie tournament in 2004 and then disappeared for 18 months before returning with back-to-back wins over Hiroyuki Tanaka and So Tazawa in front of his hometown Osaka crowd, earning his Class A Shooto license, and firmly planting himself in the minds of Shooto fans while intensifying the 132-pound class.

On October 18, 2009 Okazaki won Shooto's vacant 132-pound Pacific Rim Championship in the main event of Shooto GIG Tokyo 3 at Shinjuku FACE by beating Hiromasa Ogikubo via second-round TKO.

Okazaki won the Shooto 132-Pound World Championship at Shooto Tradition 2011 on April 29, 2011 at Tokyo Dome City Hall when he defeated Shuichiro Katsumura by TKO (punches).

On May 18, 2012 Okazaki made the first defence of his Shooto 132-Pound World Championship in a rematch with Ogikubo but was submitted in the third round.

ONE FC On April 10, 2013 it was announced that Okazaki had signed with ONE Fighting Championship. He faced Bibiano Fernandes for the Interim ONE FC Bantamweight Championship at ONE FC: 'Rise to Power' at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Manila on May 31. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Championships and accomplishments Shooto Shooto Featherweight Championship (One time) Shooto Rookie Featherweight Championship (One time) Shooto PRO Featherweight Championship (One time)

Mixed martial arts record Loss

Kevin Belingon Decision (unanimous) ONE FC: Warrior's Way

Pasay, Philippines Win

Yusup Saadulaev TKO (punches) ONE FC: War of Dragons

Taipei, Taiwan Win

Joshua Alvarez Submission (rear-naked choke) ONE FC: Moment of Truth

Pasay, Philippines Loss

Bibiano Fernandes Decision (unanimous) ONE FC: Rise to Power

Pasay, Philippines For ONE FC Interim Bantamweight Championship Loss

Hiromasa Ougikubo Submission (rear-naked choke) Shooto: 5th Round

Tokyo, Japan Win

Shuichiro Katsumura TKO (punches) Shooto: Shooto Tradition 2011

Tokyo, Japan Win

Tetsu Suzuki Decision (unanimous) Shooto: The Way of Shooto 4: Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon

Tokyo, Japan Win

Hiromasa Ougikubo TKO (punches) Shooto: Gig Tokyo 3

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Masakatsu Ueda Decision (unanimous) Shooto: Back To Our Roots 8

Tokyo, Japan Win

Atsushi Yamamoto Decision (majority) Shooto: Back To Our Roots 3

Tokyo, Japan Win

So Tazawa Decision (unanimous) Shooto: Gig West 6

Osaka, Japan Win

Hiroyuki Tanaka Decision (majority) Shooto: Gig West 5

Osaka, Japan Draw

So Tazawa Draw Shooto: Rookie Tournament 2004 Final

Setagaya, Japan Win

Takahiro Hosoi Decision (majority) Shooto: Gig Central 6

Nagoya, Japan Win

Takao Tamura Decision (unanimous) Shooto 2004: 4/11 in Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium

Osaka, Japan