Egan Inoue

Egan Inoue
Born June 4, 1965 (1965-06-04) (age 46)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Nationality American
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Division Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Style Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Teacher(s) John Lewis
Rank Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Mixed martial arts record
Total 21
Wins 13
By knockout 3
By submission 8
By decision 1
Losses 8
By knockout 3
By decision 4
Draws 0
Other information
Notable relatives Enson Inoue, brother

Egan Inoue is an American multi-sport athlete. He is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist who has competed internationally in Jiu-Jitsu and also MMA. He is also a racquetball player who has won two world championships.

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Racquetball career

At the 1986 World Racquetball Championship in Orlando, Florida, he defeated Roger Harripersad of Canada 15-2, 7-15, and 15-7. Then four years later in 1990 he won the championship again over Tim Doyle (USA) by the scores of 13-15, 15-13, and 15-5.

In 1989, Inoue had a 50 percent ownership in E-Force, a racquetball equipment company. In 1993, he sold his stake in E-Force and returned to jiu jitsu.

Mixed martial arts career

In 1996, Inoue won the World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the blue belt division. He was the first American to win the title. He then returned to Brazil in 1997 and won the World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the absolute purple belt division. He now holds a 2nd degree black belt in Jiu Jitsu.

Inoue went on to fight professionally in MMA. He retired in 2003 but came out of retirement on May 5, 2008 beating Hans Marrero by TKO at a X-1 - Legends, an mma show held at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Inoue's MMA record is 13 wins with 8 losses. He has opened up three MMA training schools in the state of Hawaii. Egan’s MMA career led him to fights in Pride, Shooto, Superbrawl and Luminex Cup. He enjoyed a successful career with five world championship titles.

Egan also has a famous younger brother Enson Inoue who went on to become the first ever Heavyweight Champion of Shooto.

Mixed martial arts record

Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 13-8 Hans Marrero TKO (retirement) X-1 - Legends 02008-05-16 16 May 2008 3 5:00 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Loss 12-8 Jason Miller TKO (corner stoppage) SB 32 - SuperBrawl 32 02003-12-05 5 December 2003 2 5:00 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Loss 12-7 Masanori Suda KO (punches) SB 29 - SuperBrawl 29 02003-05-09 9 May 2003 1 0:27 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Win 12-6 Yukiya Naito Decision (unanimous) SB 28 - SuperBrawl 28 02003-02-08 8 February 2003 2 5:00 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Win 11-6 Martijn de Jong KO (kick) SB 25 - SuperBrawl 25 02002-07-13 13 July 2002 1 2:46 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Win 10-6 Marcos da Silva Submission (punches) SB 23 - SuperBrawl 23 02002-03-09 9 March 2002 2 0:56 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Win 9-6 Joe Doerksen Submission (toe hold) SB 22 - SuperBrawl 22 02001-11-02 2 November 2001 1 0:56 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Win 8-6 Brett Al-azzawi Submission (forearm choke) SB 21 - SuperBrawl 21 02001-05-24 24 May 2001 1 1:29 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Loss 7-6 Guy Mezger KO (punch) Pride 13 02001-03-25 25 March 2001 1 2:25 Saitama, Japan
Win 7-5 John Alessio Submission (rear-naked choke) SB 15 - SuperBrawl 15 01999-12-07 7 December 1999 1 2:41 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Loss 6-5 Carl Ognibene Decision (unanimous) Pride 6 01999-07-04 4 July 1999 3 5:00 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Win 6-4 Marcelo Tigre DQ (excessive fouling) SB 12 - SuperBrawl 12 01999-06-01 1 June 1999 2 0:12 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Win 5-4 Minoru Toyonaga TKO (punches) Pride 5 01999-04-29 29 April 1999 1 5:53 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Loss 4-4 Mauricio Silva Decision WSKF - World Challenge 01998-12-19 19 December 1998 3 5:00 Waikiki, Hawaii, USA
Loss 4-3 Masayuki Naruse DQ RINGS: Maelstrom 6 01996-08-24 24 August 1996 1 11:51 Japan
Loss 4-2 Sanae Kikuta Decision Lumax Cup - Tournament of J '96 01996-03-30 30 March 1996 1 5:00 Japan Tournament quarter-finals
Win 4-1 Yasunobu Matsuo Submission (armlock) Lumax Cup - Tournament of J '96 01996-03-30 30 March 1996 1 1:20 Japan Tournament qualifier
Win 3-1 Gordon Dehdman Submission (triangle choke) Shooto - Vale Tudo Junction 2 01996-03-05 5 March 1996 1 1:39 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 2-1 Tsuyoshi Kohsaka Decision (unanimous) Lumax Cup - Tournament of J '95 01995-10-13 13 October 1995 3 3:00 Japan Tournament finals
Win 2-0 Akihiro Gono Submission (armbar) Lumax Cup - Tournament of J '95 01995-10-13 13 October 1995 1 1:33 Japan Tournament semi-finals
Win 1–0 Alexander Otsuka Submission (armbar) Lumax Cup - Tournament of J '95 01995-10-13 13 October 1995 1 0:55 Japan Tournament quarter-finals

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