Hirotaka Urabe is a retired Japanese kickboxer, who competed professionally with AJKF, Krush and K-1.
43 Facts About Hirotaka Urabe
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Hirotaka Urabe is the former K-1 Super Featherweight champion, as well as the inaugural and two-time Krush Super Featherweight champion.
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Hirotaka Urabe faced Yuta Takahashi on April 30,2011, in the tournament semifinals.
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Hirotaka Urabe faced Yuji Takeuchi in the finals, which were held on the same day as the semifinals.
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Hirotaka Urabe captured the inaugural championship with a first-round stoppage of Takeuchi.
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Hirotaka Urabe won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.
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Hirotaka Urabe made his first Krush title defense against Naoki Ishikawa at Krush.
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Hirotaka Urabe knocked Kobayashi out with a head kick after just 83 seconds.
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Hirotaka Urabe faced Takaaki Murasaki at BigBang 10 on September 2,2012.
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Hirotaka Urabe floored Murasaki with a head kick at the 2:17 minute mark of the opening round.
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Hirotaka Urabe won the fight by technical knockout, due to doctor stoppage, in the extra fourth round.
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Hirotaka Urabe made his second Krush title defense against Naoki Ishikawa at Krush.
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Hirotaka Urabe was knocked down in the first round, but was able to knock Ishikawa down in the second round.
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Hirotaka Urabe won the fight by doctor's stoppage in the fourth round, due to a cut above Shigeru's left eye.
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Hirotaka Urabe won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.
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Hirotaka Urabe made his third title defense against the former RISE Super Featherweight champion Kan Itabashi at Krush.
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Hirotaka Urabe faced the one-time Krush Lightweight champion Ryuji Kajiwara at Krush.
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Hirotaka Urabe won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring every round of the contest for him.
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Hirotaka Urabe faced Xavier Bastard for the ISKA Oriental Rules Super Lightweight title at Best of Fight on May 1,2014.
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Hirotaka Urabe faced Kotaro Shimano for the vacant Krush Super Featherweight title at Krush.
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Hirotaka Urabe knocked his opponent down in the first round, was himself knocked down early in the third round and was able to knock Shimano down later on in the final round.
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Hirotaka Urabe took part in the 2016 K-1 Super Featherweight Grand Prix, held to crown the inaugural champion.
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Hirotaka Urabe was booked to face Karim Bennoui in the quarterfinals of the one-day tournament.
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Hirotaka Urabe won the fight by technical knockout, as the fight was stopped in the first round on the advice of the ringside physician.
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Hirotaka Urabe faced Javier Hernandez in the semifinals and won the fight by unanimous decision, after an extra fourth round was contested.
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Hirotaka Urabe faced his brother Koya in the Grand Prix final.
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Hirotaka Urabe made his the first defense of his second Krush title defense against German Tabuencav at Krush.
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Hirotaka Urabe made his second title defense against Zhuang Shuson at Krush.
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Hirotaka Urabe won the fight by a third-round knockout.
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Hirotaka Urabe challenged the K-1 Super Featherweight champion Koya Hirotaka Urabe at K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship on November 21,2015.
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Hirotaka Urabe faced Paulo Tebar in the quarterfinals of the 2016 K-1 Japan Super Featherweight Grand Prix on April 24,2016.
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Hirotaka Urabe lost the fight by an upset majority decision.
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Hirotaka Urabe vacated his Krush title on June 1,2016, to focus on his K-1 title.
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Hirotaka Urabe faced Johannes Wolf in the quarterfinals of the 2016 K-1 World Super Featherweight Grand Prix, which took place on September 19,2016.
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Hirotaka Urabe challenged Taiga Kawabe for the K-1 Super Featherweight Championship in an immediate rematch at K-1 World GP 2017 Lightweight Championship Tournament on February 25,2017.
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Hirotaka Urabe rebounded from this loss with a second-round knockout of Masahiro Yamamoto at K-1 World GP 2017 Welterweight Championship Tournament on September 18,2017.
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Hirotaka Urabe next faced Ryusei Ashizawa at K-1 World GP 2018: 3rd Super Lightweight Championship Tournament on November 3,2018.
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Hirotaka Urabe knocked Ashizawa out with a right hook at the 2:28 minute mark of the third round.
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Hirotaka Urabe faced Brandon Spain in the quarterfinals of the 2019 K-1 Featherweight World Grand Prix, which was held at K-1 World GP 2019 Yokohamatsuri on November 24,2019.
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Hirotaka Urabe faced Kizaemon Saiga at K-1 World GP 2020 Winter's Crucial Bout on December 13,2020.
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Hirotaka Urabe lost the fight by disqualification, as Saiga was unable to continue due to a low blow.
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Hirotaka Urabe faced Ryusei Ashizawa at K-1 World GP 2021: Yokohamatsuri on September 20,2021.
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Hirotaka Urabe announced his retirement on July 27,2022, at the age of 33.