Daichi Kitakata is a Japanese mixed martial artist, currently competing in the strawweight division of Pancrase, where he is the former Strawweight King of Pancrase.
32 Facts About Daichi Kitakata
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Daichi Kitakata won the fight by a first-round guillotine choke.
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Daichi Kitakata was then scheduled to participate in the 2011 Pancrase Neo Blood tournament, and faced Yuki Uejima in the quarterfinals, at Pancrase - Impressive Tour 2 on March 13,2011.
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Daichi Kitakata won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.
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Daichi Kitakata fought Shohei Takamatsu at Pancrase - Impressive Tour 12 on November 27,2011, in his final fight of the year.
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Daichi Kitakata faced Yuki Nishigo at Pancrase - Progress Tour 2 on March 3,2012.
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Daichi Kitakata was scheduled to face Isao Hirose at Pancrase Progress Tour 5 on April 28,2012.
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Daichi Kitakata won the fight by a second-round technical knockout.
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Daichi Kitakata faced Seiji Ozuka at Pancrase Progress Tour 13 on November 25,2012, in his fifth and final fight of the year.
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Daichi Kitakata faced Atsushi Yamamoto at Pancrase 246 on March 17,2013.
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Daichi Kitakata faced Yasutaka Koga at Pancrase 249 on July 14,2013.
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Daichi Kitakata was scheduled to face Tatsuya So at Pancrase 253 at on November 3,2013.
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Daichi Kitakata snapped his winless streak at Pancrase Osaka on July 20,2014, after beating Kohei Haruka by unanimous decision.
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Daichi Kitakata followed this up with a second-round submission of Kanta Sato at DEEP Cage Impact 2014 in Osaka on October 19,2014.
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Daichi Kitakata finished the year with a split decision loss to Hiroyuki Abe at Pancrase Osaka on December 21,2014.
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Daichi Kitakata faced the undefeated Raymison Bruno at Pancrase 268 on July 5,2015.
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Daichi Kitakata was next scheduled to face Takafumi Ato at Pancrase 270 on October 4,2015.
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Daichi Kitakata faced Ryo Hatta at Pancrase 286 on April 23,2017.
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Daichi Kitakata won the fight by a third-round guillotine choke.
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Daichi Kitakata faced Hiroaki Ijima at Pancrase 296 on May 20,2018.
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Daichi Kitakata faced Tatsuya So at Pancrase 304 on April 14,2019.
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Daichi Kitakata challenged the incumbent Strawweight King of Pancrase Mitsuhisa Sunabe for the second time at Pancrase 307 on July 21,2019.
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Daichi Kitakata was more successful in the rematch, as he won the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout.
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Daichi Kitakata faced the reigning Shooto flyweight champion Yosuke Saruta at ONE Championship: Century Part Two on October 13,2019.
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Daichi Kitakata was expected to make his first Pancrase strawweight title defense against Adam Antolin at Pancrase 313 on March 8,2020.
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On February 10,2020, it was announced by the promotion that Daichi Kitakata had withdrawn from the fight, as he had broken his hand in training.
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Daichi Kitakata was sidelined for the majority of 2021, as he was diagnosed with an ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in April.
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Daichi Kitakata was forced to withdraw from the bout however, as the doctor didn't clear him to fight during the pre-fight medical check-up.
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Daichi Kitakata won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.
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Daichi Kitakata dropped Miyazawa with a left hook, which he followed up with ground and pound which forced referee Kosuke Umeda to wave the fight off.
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Daichi Kitakata returned to flyweight to face Yutaro Muramoto, at Rizin 34 on March 20,2022.
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Daichi Kitakata was booked to make his second Pancrase title defense against the undefeated Keito Yamakita at Pancrase 328 on July 18,2022.