Ikuhisa Minowa is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler currently competing in IGF as Minowaman.
30 Facts About Ikuhisa Minowa
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Ikuhisa Minowa is the former DREAM Openweight Grand Prix Champion.
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Ikuhisa Minowa made his professional debut in the Lumax Cup in 1996, but would spend most of his early career in the Pancrase promotion.
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The bout was against Joe Slick and Ikuhisa Minowa won via TKO from a cut that Slick received.
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Ikuhisa Minowa continued to fight in Pancrase as well as another Japanese organization, DEEP, before leaving the Pancraseism team in April 2003.
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Ikuhisa Minowa made his PRIDE Fighting Championships debut against future UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.
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Ikuhisa Minowa was known in PRIDE for his entertaining entrances and sporting of the Japanese flag as a cape as well as his aggressive, high-risk style of fighting which has seen him employ flying dropkicks amongst other pro-wrestling derived maneuvers.
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On December 31,2005, Ikuhisa Minowa fought the legendary Kazushi Sakuraba, in which he almost landed a kneebar and then a heel hook, but was caught with a Kimura lock and defeated at nine minutes into the first round.
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Ikuhisa Minowa next fought at PRIDE Bushido 10, where he faced the 7-foot-2 Giant Silva.
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Ikuhisa Minowa dominated the fight, using a forward roll to get past Silva's enormous reach and then landing a single leg takedown that put Silva on his back.
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Ikuhisa Minowa promptly landed multiple knees to the head of Silva, causing the referee to stop the fight at 2:23 of the first round.
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Ikuhisa Minowa was knocked out in his last fight for PRIDE by Kiyoshi Tamura at PRIDE Shockwave 2006, but celebrated 10 years as a fighter at the CMA Festival 2 event by defeating Min-Seok Heo in the main event after his opponent's corner threw in the towel after the first round.
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Ikuhisa Minowa fought MMA legend and former mentor Masakatsu Funaki at the DREAM 6 event on September 22,2008.
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Ikuhisa Minowa was submitted in the first round via heel hook.
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Ikuhisa Minowa went on to fight American Super Heavyweights Jimmy Ambriz and Imani Lee at DREAM 13 and DREAM 14 respectively, winning both fights by submission.
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Ikuhisa Minowa next faced Chang Hee Kim of South Korea at DEEP: 50th Impact on October 24,2010.
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Ikuhisa Minowa gave up a significant weight advantage to Kim, who weighs over 300 pounds.
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Ikuhisa Minowa won the fight via submission in the first round.
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Ikuhisa Minowa faced Kendall Grove at ProElite 3 on January 21,2012.
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Ikuhisa Minowa faced debuting MMA fighter Goran Jettingstad at IGF 1 on April 5,2014.
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Ikuhisa Minowa then faced Jung-Gyo Park at ROAD FC 15 on May 31,2014.
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Ikuhisa Minowa lost the bout via KO late in the first round.
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Ikuhisa Minowa faced Shinichi Suzukawa at IGF: Inoki Genome Fight 2 on August 23,2014.
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Ikuhisa Minowa lost the fight via corner stoppage TKO in the second round.
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Ikuhisa Minowa faced former sumo wrestler Sudario Tsuyoshi at Rizin 26 on December 31,2020.
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Ikuhisa Minowa faced Kiyoshi Kuwabara at Rizin Landmark 4 on November 6,2022.
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Ikuhisa Minowa lost the fight via ground and pound TKO stoppage in the first round.
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Ikuhisa Minowa has undertook some additional professional wrestling training under the tutelage of Satoru Sayama, the original Tiger Mask.
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On July 18,2010, Ikuhisa Minowa debuted as the fifth generation Tiger Mask.
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Ikuhisa Minowa lost the match in 9 minutes and 34 seconds.