Ren Hiramoto won the fight by a first-round left hook knockout.
33 Facts About Ren Hiramoto
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Ren Hiramoto faced Yuki Izuka at K-1 World GP 2015 -55kg Championship Tournament on April 19,2015.
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Ren Hiramoto faced Yohei Noguchi at K-1 World GP 2015 -70kg Championship Tournament on July 4,2015.
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Ren Hiramoto scored two knockdowns in the first round: the first with a right straight, while the second was a standing knockdown due to a series of undefended strikes.
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Ren Hiramoto faced the one-time Krush lightweight title challenger Minoru Kimura at K-1 World GP 2015 Survival Wars on September 22,2015.
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Ren Hiramoto was knocked down with a left hook at the very end of the second round.
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Ren Hiramoto participated in the 2016 Krush Lightweight tournament, held to fill the vacant title, following Hideaki Yamazaki's move up to super lightweight.
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Ren Hiramoto was scheduled to face Yoshiki Harada at Krush 62 on January 17,2016 in the tournament quarterfinals.
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Ren Hiramoto knocked Harada down with a right straight early in the second round, and quickly followed it up with a left hook.
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Ren Hiramoto faced Taito in the tournament semifinals, held at Krush 64 on March 20,2016.
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Ren Hiramoto scored the single knockdown of the fight in the second round, dropping Taito with a left hook.
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Ren Hiramoto faced Daizo Sasaki in the tournament finals, held at Krush 66 on June 12,2016.
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Ren Hiramoto took part in the 2017 K-1 Lightweight World Grand Prix, held on February 25,2017.
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Ren Hiramoto was scheduled to face the experienced Nak Muay Brice Delval in the tournament quarterfinals.
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Ren Hiramoto faced the WMPF World Super Lightweight champion Gonnapar Weerasakreck in the tournament semifinals.
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Ren Hiramoto knocked Gonnapar with a right straight at the 2:15 minute mark.
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Ren Hiramoto knocked Gonnapar down with a left hook at the 1:44 minute mark, after which the referee stopped the fight.
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Ren Hiramoto faced the Wu Lin Feng lightweight champion Wei Rui in the tournament finals.
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Ren Hiramoto was scheduled to face Umar Paskhaev at -1 World GP 2017 Super Welterweight Championship Tournament on June 18,2017.
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Ren Hiramoto was scheduled to fight a rematch with Daizo Sasaki at K-1 World GP 2017 Heavyweight Championship Tournament on November 23,2017.
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Ren Hiramoto knocked Sasaki down twice at the very end of the round, although he was unable to finish him.
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Ren Hiramoto was scheduled to face the three-time K-1 lightweight Grand Prix winner Kaew Weerasakreck at K-1 World GP 2018: K'FESTA.
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Ren Hiramoto won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.
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Ren Hiramoto was ranked as a top ten featherweight according to Combat Press from April 2018 until July 2020, when he transitioned to mixed martial arts, and signed with Rizin.
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Ren Hiramoto signed a contract with Rizin in June 2020, intending to compete in mixed martial arts.
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Ren Hiramoto made his professional mixed martial arts debut against Kyohei Hagiwara at Rizin 26 on December 31,2020.
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Ren Hiramoto lost the fight via ground and pound TKO in round 2.
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Ren Hiramoto headlined Rizin Landmark 2 against Chihiro Suzuki on March 6,2022.
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Ren Hiramoto faced Hiroaki Suzuki in the co-main event of Rizin 36 on July 2,2022.
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Ren Hiramoto faced Satoshi Yamasu in the main event of Rizin Landmark Vol.
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Ren Hiramoto faced the former Rizin FF Featherweight champion Yutaka Saito at Rizin Landmark 5 on April 29,2023.
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Ren Hiramoto faced YA-MAN at Rizin 45 on December 31,2023, winning the fight by unanimous decision.
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Ren Hiramoto faced Mikuru Asakura at Super Rizin 3 on July 28,2024, under "Last Man Standing" rules, with a symbolic belt on the line.