Tatsuya Oiwa is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the super featherweight division of K-1.
20 Facts About Tatsuya Oiwa
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Tatsuya Oiwa is a two-time Krush Super Featherweight title challenger.
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Tatsuya Oiwa was ranked as a top ten bantamweight by Combat Press between August 2020 and April 2022.
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Tatsuya Oiwa alternated wins and losses over his next six fights, defeating Yuzo Suzuki, Masafumi Kurasaki and Hikaru Fujihashi, but losing to Yuta Otaki, Hirotaka Asahisa and Kaito Ozawa.
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Tatsuya Oiwa then went on a three fight winning streak, winning a unanimous decision against Kento Ito, a split decision against Ryusei Ashizawa and a TKO win over Kazuki Koyano.
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Tatsuya Oiwa bounced back by winning his next four fights, a unanimous decision against Toshio, a majority decision against Takumi Yokoyama, a knockout win over Yutaka and a TKO win over Masahiro Yamamoto.
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Tatsuya Oiwa challenged for a major title for the first time in his career during Krush 96, when he fought the reigning Krush Super Featherweight champion Kotaro Shimano.
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Tatsuya Oiwa first defeated Kyohei Hayashi by a first-round KO, and won the rematch with Ryusei Ashizawa by unanimous decision.
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Tatsuya Oiwa then fought Koji during K-1 World GP 2019: Japan vs World 5 vs 5, and lost the fight by split decision, after an extra round was fought.
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Tatsuya Oiwa won his next fight against Stavros Exakoustidis by unanimous decision.
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Tatsuya Oiwa fought for the Krush Super Featherweight title for the second time in his career during Krush 115, when he challenged the incumbent champion Leona Pettas.
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Tatsuya Oiwa was scheduled to fight Hirotaka Asahisa during the K-1 World GP 2020 in Fukuoka.
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Tatsuya Oiwa was next scheduled to fight Naoki Yamamoto at Krush 123.
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Tatsuya Oiwa was scheduled to fight the former K-1 Featherweight champion Yuki Egawa at K-1 World GP 2021 in Fukuoka.
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Tatsuya Oiwa faced Adam Bouarourou in the quarterfinals of the 2022 K-1 Super Featherweight World Grand Prix.
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Tatsuya Oiwa came up short, as Pettas won the fight by a third-round knockout.
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Tatsuya Oiwa wax expected to face Kaito Ozawa at K-1 World GP 2023: K'Festa 6 on March 12,2023.
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Tatsuya Oiwa faced Tomoya Yokoyama at K-1 World GP 2023 in Yokohama on June 3,2023.
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Tatsuya Oiwa lost the fight, which saw both fighters get knocked down, by unanimous decision.
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Tatsuya Oiwa faced Yuto Shinohara, in his first fight at the lightweight limit, at K-1 ReBIRTH 2 on December 9,2023.