Satoru Kitaoka

Satoru Kitaoka
Born February 4, 1980 (1980-02-04) (age 32)[1]
Nara, Japan[1]
Other names The Catch Wrestling Koala Bear, The Crazy Koala, Weird But Strong
Nationality Japanese[1]
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]
Weight 154 lb (70 kg; 11.0 st)[1]
Division Lightweight
Welterweight
Style

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Catch Wrestling, Judo

[2]
Team Lotus Paraestra
Nippon Top Team[3]
Rank black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
black belt in Judo
Mixed martial arts record
Total 49
Wins 29
By submission 15
By decision 14
Losses 11
By knockout 3
By decision 8
Draws 9
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: September 11, 2009

Satoru Kitaoka (北岡悟 Kitaoka Satoru?, born 4 February 1980), is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He has fought the majority of his career as a welterweight for Pancrase, but moved down to lightweight in 2008 when he joined MMA promoter World Victory Road. Kitaoka is renowned for his submission grappling abilities and is the reigning BJJ and No-Gi Open Champion in both the 79.7-kilogram (176 lb) and Absolute divisions. In August 2008, he entered and won the 2008 Sengoku Lightweight Grand Prix. He holds notable victories over Takanori Gomi, Kurt Pellegrino, Carlos Condit, Eiji Mitsuoka, Clay French, and Paul Daley.

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Mixed martial arts career

Kitaoka has fought the majority of his career as a welterweight for Pancrase.[4]

Sengoku

Dropping down to lightweight, Kitaoka's first fight for Sengoku was a submission win over Ian James Schaffa at Sengoku 2 on 18 May 2008 before entering Sengoku's eight-man lightweight tournament.[5] In the first round of the tournament at Sengoku 4 on 24 August 2008 he was put up against American Clay French. Kitaoka made short work of French, winning by submission due to an achilles lock at 1:21 of the first round.[6] The win put him up against fellow Japanese fighter Eiji Mitsuoka in the tournament's semifinal taking place at Sengoku 6. Kitaoka again made short work of his opponent winning by a heel hook submission at 1:16 of the first round. The win earned him a place in the tournament's final taking place that same night against Kazunori Yokota. The fight proved longer than Kitaoka's three previous fights as it went the distance completing all three five minute rounds with Kitaoka being awarded the unanimous decision, thus winning the 2008 Sengoku Lightweight Grand Prix.[1][7]

The lightweight tournament win set up Kitaoka to fight the last reigning Pride FC Lightweight Champion, Takanori Gomi, for Sengoku's newly created Lightweight Championship.[3] The two fought at Sengoku no Ran 2009 on 4 January 2009 and ended with Kitaoka defeating Gomi with an achilles lock at 1:41 of the first round.[1][8]

In his first title defence, on August 2, 2009, at World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 9, Kitaoka lost his lightweight championship to Mizuto Hirota.[9]

Return to Pancrase

Following his title loss in Sengoku, Kitaoka returned to his home promotion Pancrase picking up wins over Jorge Rogrigues and Kuniyoshi Hironaka.

DREAM

Kitaoka faced former UFC fighter Willamy Freire at Dream 17.[10] Kitaoka entered the bout on a three fight win streak picking up victories in both Pancrase and Deep. He won the fight via split decision.

Kitaoka faced team mate and fellow Yuki Nakai black belt Shinya Aoki at DREAM's year end event for the DREAM Lightweight championship. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts record

Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 29-11-9 Shinya Aoki Decision (unanimous) Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 02011-12-31 31 December 2011 5 5:00 Saitama, Japan for DREAM Lightweight Championship
Win 29-10-9 Willamy Freire Decision (split) Dream 17 02011-09-24 24 September 2011 3 5:00 Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Win 28-10-9 Jutaro Nakao Decision (unanimous) Deep: 53 Impact 02011-04-22 22 April 2011 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan Fought at Welterweight
Win 27-10-9 Kuniyoshi Hironaka Submission (guillotine choke) Pancrase: Passion Tour 9 02010-10-03 3 October 2010 2 4:22 Tokyo, Japan
Win 26-10-9 Jorge Rodrigues Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Passion Tour 5 02010-06-05 5 June 2010 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 25-10-9 Jorge Masvidal KO (punches) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 11 02009-11-07 7 November 2009 2 3:23 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 25-9-9 Mizuto Hirota TKO (knees) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 9 02009-08-02 2 August 2009 4 2:50 Saitama, Saitama, Japan Lost Sengoku Lightweight Championship
Win 25-8-9 Yukio Sakaguchi Submission (achilles lock) Pancrase: Changing Tour 3 02009-06-06 6 June 2009 1 1:26 Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Win 24-8-9 Takanori Gomi Submission (achilles lock) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku no Ran 2009 02009-01-04 4 January 2009 1 1:41 Saitama, Japan Won Sengoku Lightweight Championship
Win 23-8-9 Kazunori Yokota Decision (unanimous) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 6 02008-11-01 1 November 2008 3 5:00 Saitama, Japan Won Sengoku Lightweight Grandprix 2008
Win 22-8-9 Eiji Mitsuoka Submission (heel hook) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 6 02008-11-01 1 November 2008 1 1:16 Saitama, Japan
Win 21-8-9 Clay French Submission (achilles lock) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 4 02008-08-24 24 August 2008 1 0:31 Saitama, Japan
Win 20-8-9 Ian James Schaffa Submission (guillotine choke) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 2 02008-05-18 18 May 2008 1 0:50 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 19-8-9 Katsuya Inoue Decision (split) Pancrase: Shining 1 02008-01-30 30 January 2008 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 19-7-9 Jason Palacios Decision (split) Pancrase: Rising 6 02007-09-05 5 September 2007 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 18-7-9 Fabricio Monteiro Submission (arm-triangle choke) Deep: 29 Impact 02007-04-13 13 April 2007 2 2:37 Tokyo, Japan
Win 17-7-9 Gustavo Picone Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Rising 2 02007-02-28 28 February 2007 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 16-7-9 Ju Pyo Hong Submission (achilles lock) Pancrase: Blow 9 02006-10-25 25 October 2006 1 0:24 Tokyo, Japan
Win 15-7-9 Paul Daley Submission (guillotine choke) Pancrase: Blow 6 02006-08-27 27 August 2006 1 2:54 Yokohama, Japan Fought at Welterweight
Loss 14-7-9 Daizo Ishige Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Blow 4 02006-05-02 2 May 2006 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 14-6-9 Tatsunori Tanaka Submission (guillotine choke) Pancrase: Blow 2 02006-03-19 19 March 2006 2 2:53 Osaka, Japan
vDraw 13-6-9 Katsuya Inoue Draw Pancrase: Blow 1 02006-01-26 26 January 2006 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 13-6-8 Carlos Condit Submission (heel hook) Pancrase: Spiral 8 02005-10-02 2 October 2005 1 3:57 Yokohama, Japan Fought at Welterweight
Win 12-6-8 Thomas Schulte Submission (heel hook) Pancrase: Spiral 5 02005-07-10 10 July 2005 1 1:11 Yokohama, Japan
Win 11-6-8 Hidehiko Hasegawa Decision (split) Pancrase: Spiral 2 02005-03-06 6 March 2005 3 5:00 Yokohama, Japan
Loss 10-6-8 Katsuya Inoue Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Brave 10 02004-11-07 7 November 2004 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
vDraw 10-5-8 Heath Sims Draw Pancrase: Brave 8 02004-09-24 24 September 2004 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 10-5-7 Kurt Pellegrino Submission (guillotine choke) Pancrase: 2004 Neo-Blood Tournament Semifinals 02004-07-25 25 July 2004 2 0:34 Tokyo, Japan
Win 9-5-7 Takaichi Hirayama Submission (guillotine choke) Pancrase: Brave 5 02004-05-28 28 May 2004 2 4:05 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 8-5-7 Eiji Ishikawa Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Brave 3 02004-03-29 29 March 2004 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
vDraw 8-4-7 Tadahiro Hosaka Draw Pancrase: Brave 2 02004-02-15 15 February 2004 2 5:00 Osaka, Japan
Win 8-4-6 Naoki Seki Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Hybrid 9 02003-10-31 31 October 2003 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
vDraw 7-4-6 Yuji Hoshino Draw Pancrase: Hybrid 7 02003-06-22 22 June 2003 3 5:00 Osaka, Japan
vDraw 7-4-5 Takuya Wada Draw Pancrase: Hybrid 4 02003-04-12 12 April 2003 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 7-4-4 Hiroki Nagaoka Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Hybrid 1 02003-01-26 26 January 2003 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 6-4-4 Taro Minato Decision (majority) Pancrase: Spirit 7 02002-10-29 29 October 2002 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 5-4-4 Hidetaka Monma KO (knee) Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round 02002-07-28 28 July 2002 1 0:05 Tokyo, Japan
Win 5-3-4 Kenji Arai Submission (toe hold) Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round 02002-07-28 28 July 2002 3 2:08 Tokyo, Japan
Win 4-3-4 Hiroyuki Nozawa Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round 02002-07-28 28 July 2002 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 3-3-4 Kenji Arai Decision (majority) Pancrase: Spirit 4 02002-05-11 11 May 2002 2 5:00 Osaka, Japan
Loss 2-3-4 Koji Oishi Decision (majority) Pancrase: Spirit 3 02002-03-25 25 March 2002 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
vDraw 2-2-4 Hiroki Nagaoka Draw Pancrase: Proof 7 02001-12-01 1 December 2001 2 5:00 Yokohama, Japan
Win 2-2-3 Yohei Ota Decision (39-38) GCM: The Contenders 6 02001-10-08 8 October 2001 2 5:00 Yokohama, Japan
vDraw 1-2-3 Junya Miyakawa Draw Pancrase: Proof 5 02001-08-25 25 August 2001 2 5:00 Osaka, Japan
vDraw 1-2-2 Kenichi Serizawa Draw GCM: Club Contenders 1 02001-08-15 15 August 2001 2 3:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 1-2-1 Yuji Hoshino Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Proof 4 02001-06-26 26 June 2001 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
vDraw 1-1-1 Kousei Kubota Draw Pancrase: Proof 2 02001-03-31 31 March 2001 2 5:00 Osaka, Japan
Win 1-1 Kazuhito Kikuchi Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Trans 8 02000-12-09 9 December 2000 1 10:00 Aomori, Aomori, Japan
Loss 0-1 Yoshinori Kawasaki Decision (majority) Pancrase: Trans 6 02000-10-31 31 October 2000 1 10:00 Tokyo, Japan

References

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  2. ^ http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Satoru-Kitaoka-1756
  3. ^ a b Loiseleur, Tony (2009-01-03). "Kitaoka on Gomi: 'I think I hate him'". Sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/pictures/event/Kitaoka-on-Gomi-I-Think-I-Hate-Him-Pictures-15666. Retrieved 2009-02-14. 
  4. ^ "Two Lightweight Bouts Announced for Next 'Sengoku'". Sherdog.com. 2008-03-28. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Two-Lightweight-Bouts-Announced-for-Next-Sengoku-12016. Retrieved 2009-02-14. 
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  8. ^ a b Sengoku 7 play-by-play from Sherdog.com
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New championship 1st Sengoku Lightweight Champion
January 4, 2009 - August 2, 2009		 Succeeded by
Mizuto Hirota