Makoto Uehara

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Makoto Uehara
上原 誠
Born (1984-11-14) November 14, 1984
Tokyo, Japan
Native name 上原 誠
Nationality Japan Japanese
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 90.3 kg (199 lb; 14.22 st)
Division Heavyweight
Reach 76.0 in (193 cm)
Style Shidokan Karate
Team Shidokan Murakamijuku
Years active 2008–present
Kickboxing record
Total 20
Wins 16
By knockout 9
Losses 4
By knockout 2
last updated on: December 21, 2013

Makoto Uehara (Japanese: 上原 誠; born November 14, 1984) is a Japanese Shidokan Karateka and heavyweight kickboxer competing in K-1.[1]

Biography and career

He faced Hiromi Amada at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo Final 16 on October 14, 2012[2][3] and won via unanimous decision.[4]

Despite qualifying for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final, Uehara was left out in the cold when the event rolled around and was replaced by the higher-ranked Pavel Zhuravlev.[5]

Uehara defeated Kengo Shimizu by way of split decision at RISE 92 in Tokyo on March 17, 2013 to win the RISE 90 kg title.[6]

He was set to fight Dustin Jacoby at Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament in New York City on November 23, 2013[7] but the match was switched to Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013.[8][9] He defeated Jacoby by split decision.[10][11][12][13]

Titles

  • 2013 RISE 90 kg champion
  • 2011 RISE Heavyweight Tournament runner up
  • 2011 RISE Heavyweight champion
  • 31st Shidokan Karate Strong Open Tournament champion

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record
16 Wins (9 KO's, 6 decisions), 4 Losses
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
2013-12-21 Win United States Dustin Jacoby Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament Tokyo, Japan Decision (split) 3 3:00 16-4
2013-03-17 Win Japan Kengo Shimizu RISE 92 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Split) 3 3:00 15-4
Wins RISE 90 kg title.
2012-10-14 Win Japan Hiromi Amada K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo Final 16, First Round Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 14-4
2012-06-02 Win United States Crafton Wallace RISE 88 Tokyo, Japan TKO 2 2:27 13-4
2012-03-23 Win China Won Jingan RISE 87 Tokyo, Japan K0 (Right Low Kick 1 0:22 12-4
2011-11-23 Loss India Singh Jaideep RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Final Tokyo, Japan KO 1 0:38 11-4
Fight was for the RISE Heavyweight Tournament 2011 title.
2011-11-23 Win Czech Republic Jan Soukup RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Ext. R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 11-3
2011-11-23 Win Germany Stefan Leko RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 10-3
2011-07-23 Win Japan Raoumaru RISE 80 Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Hook) 2 2:42 9-3
Wins vacant RISE Heavyweight title.
2011-02-27 Win Japan Igifan RISE 74 Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Low Kick) 1 2:14 8-3
2010-12-19 Win Japan Raoumaru RISE 73 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 7-3
2010-07-31 Win Japan Kengo Shimizu RISE 68 Tokyo, Japan KO (Left High Kick) 3 1:24 6-3
2010-04-03 Loss Japan Tsutomu Takahagi K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 5-3
2009-12-05 Loss India Singh Jaideep K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Yokohama, Japan KO (Right Hook) 2 1:36 5-2
2009-07-18 Loss Japan Hiromi Amada Heat 10 Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 5-1
2009-03-28 Win Japan Takeshi Onda Heat 9 Japan KO (Left Hook) Ex. R Decision ? 5-0
2008-12-14 Win China Sunwu Heat 8 Japan TKO (Corner Stoppage) 2 1:10 4-0
2008-07-13 Win South Korea Yong Soo Park K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei Taipei, Taiwan KO (Left Hook) Ex. R 1:26 3-0
2008-04-20 Win Japan Hideo Sawada K-1 League Trial Project Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2-0
2008-01-14 Win Japan Ryuhei Takahashi Japan KO 2 1:26 1-0

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Makoto Uehara K-1 profile". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Retrieved 2008-05-24. 
  2. ↑ K-1 Final 16 Matches Unveiled
  3. ↑ K-1 WGP Final 16, Finalized Fight Card For This Sunday, October 14
  4. ↑ K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16 Live Results
  5. ↑ K-1 WGP Final 8 Match-Ups
  6. ↑ RISE 92 Results: Yamamoto Edges Bennoui, Umeno Avenges Loss
  7. ↑ 4 more fights confirmed for Glory 12 in New York
  8. ↑ The GLORY 13 Card is Super Stacked So Far
  9. ↑ 4 more bouts confirmed for Glory 13 including main event between Daniel Ghita and Errol Zimmerman
  10. ↑ GLORY SuperFight Series Tokyo and GLORY 13 Spoilers
  11. ↑ Glory 13 Results and Recap
  12. ↑ Glory 13 Tokyo results and gifs: Rico Verhoeven, Daniel Ghita, and Nieky Holzken win big in Japan
  13. ↑ GLORY 13 Results: Verhoeven, Ghita and Holzken pick up victories

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