Ryota Matsune is a Japanese retired mixed martial artist.
27 Facts About Ryota Matsune
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Ryota Matsune competed professionally from 2000 to 2015 and held the Shooto Featherweight title from August 2003 to February 2006.
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Ryota Matsune began his mixed martial arts career in 2000, when he entered the 7th All Japan Tournament, organized by Shooto.
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Ryota Matsune won all four fights of the featherweight tournament.
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Ryota Matsune achieved decision wins over Yasushi Ando, Naoki Tanimoto, Shinobu Kato, as well as a heel hook win over Tomoji Umezawa.
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Ryota Matsune made his professional debut with the organization a month later, when he faced the Shooto journeyman Katsuhisa Akasaki.
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Ryota Matsune looked to limit striking exchanges and take Kato down aiming to control him on the ground.
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Ryota Matsune's winning streak extended to four with a unanimous decision victory.
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Ryota Matsune was unable to maintain any sustained offense and lost a unanimous decision.
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Ryota Matsune managed to scramble back to his feet by utilizing a kimura trap.
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Ryota Matsune spent the rest of the round successfully defending takedowns and landing strikes.
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Ryota Matsune next fought Daiji Takahashi, with both fighters' most recent win being Hiroshi Umemura.
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Ryota Matsune convincingly won the first round of the fight, mixing striking and grappling, with Takahashi remaining on the defensive for most of the round.
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Ryota Matsune won a majority decision, with two of the three judges awarding him the victory.
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Ryota Matsune decisively won their rematch, implementing the same gameplan as in the first round of their previous encounter.
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Ryota Matsune earned his only career TKO win during SuperBrawl 23, against Lincoln Tyler.
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Ryota Matsune returned to Shooto to face Itchaku Murata during Shooto: Gig East 11.
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Ryota Matsune successfully controlled his opponent on the ground, managing to score a knockdown in the third round as well.
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Ryota Matsune was scheduled to face Kimihito Nonaka in the semi-final bout of the tournament.
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Ryota Matsune opened the first round with a takedown, landing ground-and-pound from half guard, while Nonaka attempted to sweep.
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Ryota Matsune won the fight by a majority decision to clinch his first professional title.
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Ryota Matsune returned to Shooto after a ten month absence to face Daniel Lima, considered a rising prospect at the time, in a non title fight match.
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At the beginning of the first round Ryota Matsune took Lima down and landed ground and pound from the top position, while Lima attempted several unsuccessful triangles and armbars.
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The first portion of the second round was spent in striking exchanges, but Ryota Matsune landed in the top position on the ground, after reversing Lima's throw attempt.
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Ryota Matsune was stripped of the title, but would return after 23 months to face the 2005 Shooto Newcomer of the Year Takeya Mizugaki.
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Mizugaki had the upper hand in the striking exchanges, while Ryota Matsune was successful with several takedown attempts.
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Sato landed an intercepting knee in the second round, as Ryota Matsune shot for a takedown, and followed with several strikes before the referee stopped the fight.