Makoto Uehara

Makoto Uehara 上原 誠
Born	(1984-11-14) November 14, 1984 Tokyo, Japan
Native name	上原 誠
Nationality	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	23
Wins	17
By knockout	10
Losses	5
By knockout	2
Draws	1
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

17 Wins (10 KO's, 7 decisions), 5 Losses, 1 Draw Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record 2014-12-29 Loss Zabit Samedov Blade 1 Tokyo, Japan Extra Round Decision 3 3:00 17-5-1 2014-07-12 Win Zelg Galešić RISE 100 [14] Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Hook) 1 1:25 17-4-1 2013-12-21 Win Dustin Jacoby Glory 13: Tokyo Tokyo, Japan Decision (split) 3 3:00 16-4-1 2013-09-13 Draw Kim Neichuru RISE 95 [15][16] Tokyo, Japan Draw (Majority) 4 3:00 15-4-1 2013-03-17 Win Kengo Shimizu RISE 92 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Split) 3 3:00 15-4 Wins RISE 90 kg title. 2012-10-14 Win 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 Crafton Wallace RISE 88 Tokyo, Japan TKO 2 2:27 13-4 2012-03-23 Win Won Jingan RISE 87 Tokyo, Japan K0 (Right Low Kick 1 0:22 12-4 2011-11-23 Loss 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 Jan Soukup RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Ext. R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 11-3 2011-11-23 Win Stefan Leko RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 10-3 2011-07-23 Win Raoumaru RISE 80 Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Hook) 2 2:42 9-3 Wins vacant RISE Heavyweight title. 2011-02-27 Win Igifan RISE 74 Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Low Kick) 1 2:14 8-3 2010-12-19 Win Raoumaru RISE 73 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 7-3 2010-07-31 Win Kengo Shimizu RISE 68 Tokyo, Japan KO (Left High Kick) 3 1:24 6-3 2010-04-03 Loss Tsutomu Takahagi K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 5-3 2009-12-05 Loss Singh Jaideep K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Yokohama, Japan KO (Right Hook) 2 1:36 5-2 2009-07-18 Loss Hiromi Amada Heat 10 Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 5-1 2009-03-28 Win Takeshi Onda Heat 9 Japan KO (Left Hook) Ex. R Decision ? 5-0 2008-12-14 Win Sunwu Heat 8 Japan TKO (Corner Stoppage) 2 1:10 4-0 2008-07-13 Win 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 Hideo Sawada K-1 League Trial Project Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2-0 2008-01-14 Win Ryuhei Takahashi Japan KO 2 1:26 1-0 Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

• List of male kickboxers
• List of K-1 Events

References

External links

• Official K-1 website
• Makoto Uehara K-1 profile
• Makoto Uehara Official Blog