Ryo Chonan is a retired Japanese professional mixed martial artist.
22 Facts About Ryo Chonan
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Ryo Chonan is the former DEEP Middleweight Champion and the former DEEP Welterweight Champion.
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Ryo Chonan's roots are in Kyokushin Karate, which he began in high school before later moving to Thailand to train.
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Ryo Chonan fought in PRIDE Bushido 3 as a representative of Team Japan, losing a decision to Ricardo Almeida.
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Ryo Chonan returned in DEEP defeating Roan Carneiro via TKO at 18th Impact.
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Ryo Chonan won his fight at PRIDE Bushido 7 against Nino Schembri via unanimous decision.
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Ryo Chonan's next fight was a KO loss against Phil Baroni at PRIDE Bushido 8.
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Ryo Chonan lost his next fight against future teammate Dan Henderson via KO at the opening seconds of the bout at PRIDE Bushido 9.
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Ryo Chonan returned at DEEP: 23 Impact to defeat Ryuta Sakurai by TKO to become the DEEP Middleweight Champion.
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In February 2007, Ryo Chonan returned to DEEP and defeated former DEEP Middleweight Champion Ryuta Sakurai to retain the Middleweight Championship.
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Ryo Chonan made his UFC debut against Karo Parisyan on November 17,2007, at UFC 78 which Chonan lost via unanimous decision after three rounds.
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Ryo Chonan then defeated Roan Carneiro in their rematch via split decision on September 6,2008, at UFC 88.
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Ryo Chonan was defeated in his next fight on December 27,2008, by Brad Blackburn.
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Blackburn controlled the first two rounds before Ryo Chonan was significantly more dominant in the third round.
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Ryo Chonan was released from the UFC following a controversial split decision loss to T J Grant.
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Ryo Chonan made his DREAM debut at DREAM 13 defeating Andrews Nakahara by unanimous decision.
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Ryo Chonan then made his World Victory Road debut at Soul of Fight on December 30,2010.
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Ryo Chonan was scheduled to face Dan Hornbuckle, but illness forced Hornbuckle off the card and he was replaced by Taisuke Okuno.
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Ryo Chonan returned at DEEP: 54 Impact on June 24,2011, against Iwase Shigetoshi.
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Ryo Chonan returned at Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 where he faced Hayato Sakurai.
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On October 20,2013, Ryo Chonan fought Dan Hornbuckle in his retirement fight.
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Ryo Chonan won the fight by unanimous decision and retired as DEEP Welterweight Champion.