Kengo Shimizu
| Kengo Shimizu | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Kengo Shimizu November 17, 1983 Japan |
| Other names | Ken-Shimu |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb) |
| Division |
Middleweight Light heavyweight Heavyweight |
| Style | Kyokushinkaikan |
| Fighting out of | Japan |
| Team | Silver Ax |
| Trainer | Jayson Vemoa |
| Rank | Black belt Kyokushin kaikan |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 26 |
| Wins | 21 |
| By knockout | 17 |
| Losses | 5 |
| By knockout | 2 |
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Kengo Shimizu (Japanese: 清水賢吾; born in November 17, 1983), is a Japanese middleweight kickboxer competing in RISE and GLORY promotion.
Kyokushin Karate career
Started doing Kyokushin Karate at the age of 16, joining Kyokushin Kaikan Tokyo Itabashi Dojo. Achieved last 8 at 20th All Japan Weight Category Tournament at the age of 19. His biggest achievement was 2nd place at 24th All Japan Weight Category Tournament, where he fought as heavyweight and lost to Osamu Shiojima. That qualified him for 9th World Open Tournament, but he didn't make remarkable achievement.[1]
Kickboxing career
He made pro debout in 2006, fighting mostly in RISE promotion. In 2012, with a promotion record of 8-1, he rematched Raoumaru for vacant RISE Heavyweight title. Shimizu dominated the fight, just like the first fight, this time scoring 3rd-round knockout with a high kick.[2]
Next year he dropped weight and fought for vacant RISE Light Heavyweight title against, making a revanche against Makoto Uehara at RISE 92 in Tokyo, Japan. Uehara got the split decision victory, with a point deduction from Shimizu in the second.[3]
He dropped weight again and won Road to Glory Japan -85 kg tournament on March 3, 2013, defeating Yuki Niimura and Magnum Sakai by decisions on the same night and joined Glory's middleweight division.[4]
He made Glory debout on September 28, 2013, replacing Steve Wakeling[5] and joining Glory 10: Los Angeles - Middleweight World Championship Tournament. He lost in semi finals to eventual winner Joe Schilling by unanimous decision.[6][7][8]
Titles and achievements
- Kickboxing
- 2013 Road to Glory Japan 85kg Tournament Winner
- 2012 RISE Heavyweight Champion +100 kg (1 Title Def.)
- Kyokushin Karate – IKO 1
- 2011 10th World Open Tournament, Participated
- 2011 28th All Japan Weight Category Tournament, heavyweight, Last 8
- 2007 9th World Open Tournament, Participated
- 2007 24th All Japan Weight Category Tournament, heawyweight
- 2005 22nd All Japan Weight Category Tournament, heavyweight, Last 8
- 2004 21st All Japan Weight Category Tournament, heavyweight, Last 8
- 2003 20th All Japan Weight Category Tournament, Last 8
Kickboxing record
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21 Wins (17 (T)KO's, 4 Decisions), 5 Losses (2 (T)KO's, 2 Decisions)
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References
- ↑ All Japan Weight Category Tournament - IKO 1
- ↑ RISE 90 Results: Yuki Stops Javier Hernandez in 2nd Round
- ↑ RISE 92 results: Yamamoto edges Bennoui, Umeno avenges loss
- ↑ GLORY 8 Tokyo Results and Review: Yuta Kubo Proves Why He is the Number One Japanese Fighter in the World Archived 2013-05-06 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Steve Wakeling out of Glory 10 middleweight tournament, Kengo Shimizu now set to face Joe Schilling
- ↑ GLORY 10 Live Results and Updates
- ↑ GLORY 10 results, LIVE online fight coverage stream for 'Los Angeles'
- ↑ Joe Schilling is the New GLORY Middleweight Champion of the World
- ↑ RESULT / RISE 105(in Japanese)
- ↑ 清水賢吾、桜木裕司に1R KO勝ち。菅原勇介、復帰戦は判定負け：1.24 後楽園(in Japanese)
- ↑ 清水賢吾＆村越優汰が海外勢をKO。那須川天心、3戦目は判定勝ち：11.16 後楽園(in Japanese)
- ↑ Rise 100: Kaew Fairtex i Andy Souwer zwyciężają! Wyniki (in Polish)
- ↑ 【ライズ】極真・清水が大逆転のハイキックで王座防衛(in Japanese)
- ↑ 【ライズ】小宮山が無敗の挑戦者を激戦の末に破る(in Japanese)