31 Facts About Haruo Ochi

Haruo Ochi Japanese: was born on 7 February 1984 and is a Japanese mixed martial artist, who has been professionally competing since 2008.

Haruo Ochi is a two-time and current DEEP Strawweight Champion.

Haruo Ochi would begin the fight with a left hook knockdown of his opponent, helped by Tozawa being off-balanced.

Late in the second minute of the fight, Haruo Ochi shot for a takedown, lifted his opponent, and slammed Tozawa, earning a slam knockout victory in his debut, after just three minutes.

Haruo Ochi fought again during Shooto: Shooto Tradition 2, with his opponent being the streaking Yuta Nezu.

Haruo Ochi would implement a pressuring game, and landed a left hook in the third round which staggered Nezu.

Haruo Ochi suffered his second professional loss, again losing by a unanimous decision.

Haruo Ochi won a clear decision, with all three judges awarding him the win.

Haruo Ochi fought five more times under the Shooto banner, losing once and winning four times.

Haruo Ochi won the fight by a majority decision, with two judges scoring the fight in his favor, as Haruo Ochi successfully defended Shimizu's takedowns and dominated the striking exchanges.

Haruo Ochi secured a first round finish, winning by a guillotine choke.

Late into the first round, Haruo Ochi dropped Imanari with a strike, followed up with ground and pound, and Imanari unsuccessfully attempted a triangle from the bottom.

Haruo Ochi relied entirely on out-wrestling Ishibashi, who managed to land several good strikes in between conceding takedowns.

The judges ruled the fight a unanimous draw, as Haruo Ochi failed to land effective damage on Kota.

Haruo Ochi won the first round through a mixture of body strikes and jab counters.

Haruo Ochi lost the bout via split decision and was eliminated from the tournament.

Haruo Ochi bounced back from this loss with a three fight winning streak over Altantsetseg Uuganbayar, Yutaro Muramoto and Kosuke Suzuki which led him to a chance to fight for the DEEP Strawweight title in a rematch with Kanta Sato.

Haruo Ochi won the fight by a second round guillotine choke.

Haruo Ochi implemented a pressuring game, using his strikes to set up takedowns, winning a unanimous decision and all three rounds of the bout.

In 2018 Haruo Ochi signed a non-exclusive contract with Rizin Fighting Federation.

Haruo Ochi's first fight with the organization was a super fight between Ochi, the DEEP strawweight champion, and Mitsuhisa Sunabe, the prevailing Pancrase Flyweight Champion at Rizin 13 on September 30,2018.

The first two rounds were largely grappling exchanges, with Haruo Ochi controlling Sunabe on the ground.

Haruo Ochi was scheduled to make his third title defense, in a rematch against Namiki Kawahara, during DEEP 96.

Haruo Ochi returned to mixed martial arts following a 13-month absence from the sport, in his first fight post-title loss, to face Kazuki Shibuya at DEEP 103 Impact on September 23,2021.

Haruo Ochi faced Tatsuya So at Rizin 32 - Okinawa on November 20,2021.

Haruo Ochi faced Sho Sekihara at DEEP 106 on February 26,2022, in his third fight at flyweight since moving up in weight.

On July 18,2022, DEEP announced that Haruo Ochi is participating the promotion's 16-man Flyweight Grand Prix and was scheduled to face Ryosuke Honda in the first round taking place at DEEP 109 on August 21,2022.

Haruo Ochi faced Masato Nakamura at DEEP 111 Impact on December 11,2022, winning the bout via first round guillotine choke.

Haruo Ochi faced Woo Jae Kim at DEEP Tokyo Impact 2022 7th Round on May 27,2023.

Haruo Ochi faced Yusuke Uehara for the interim DEEP Strawweight championship at DEEP 117 Impact on December 10,2023.

Haruo Ochi challenged the DEEP Strawweight champion Namiki Kawahara at DEEP Tokyo Impact 2024 3rd Round on May 26,2024.