Ren Sugiyama, better known by his ring name YA-MAN, is a Japanese kickboxer, mixed martial artist and YouTuber.
28 Facts About YA-MAN
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YA-MAN made his professional debut against Taiki Sawatani on the prelims of RISE 122 on February 4,2018.
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YA-MAN was booked to face the winless Kazuyoshi at RISE 124 in the tournament quarterfinals.
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YA-MAN won the fight by a first-round technical knockout, stopping Kazuyoshi with eight seconds left in the opening round.
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YA-MAN faced Kosuke Kai in the penultimate bout of the tournament, which was held at RISE 126 on July 16,2018.
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YA-MAN faced the undefeated Keisuke Monguchi at RISE 132 on February 3,2019.
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YA-MAN faced YUU in his sixth and final fight at featherweight at RISE 132 on May 19,2019.
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YA-MAN was booked to face the 2019 Shinkarate K2 Grand Prix winner Ryota Saito at Stand up Kickboxing Vol.
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YA-MAN was next booked to face Senichi at Rise 142 on September 4,2020.
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YA-MAN won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges awarding him every single round of the fight.
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YA-MAN faced the seventh ranked RISE super featherweight contender Taishi Hiratsuka at Rise El Dorado 2021 on February 28,2021.
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YA-MAN's fight with Yamaguchi was one of two such matches held at the event, with RISE representative Takashi Ito stating he would introduce an OFG belt and rankings, should it prove to be popular enough.
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YA-MAN had a poor start to the fight, as he was knocked down with a left hook in an exchange after managing to corner Yamaguchi.
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YA-MAN continued pressuring when the fight action resumed and was able to rally back in the second round, as he knocked Yamaguchi with a left uppercut to a right hook combination.
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YA-MAN stated his desire to fight the winner of the other OFG bout on the card, between Yuma's brother Hiroto and Yoshimichi Matsumoto.
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On fight night, YA-MAN won the fight by a first-round knockout.
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YA-MAN knocked his opponent down with a left hook right hook combination, which floored Kitai and left him unable to beat the ten-count.
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On September 24,2021, a day after the RISE WORLD SERIES 2021 Yokohama event was held, YA-MAN called out Kan Nakamura over social media.
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YA-MAN felt the same way and instead offered to face Nakamura himself, in an open finger glove match.
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YA-MAN kept his undefeated record in OFG bouts, as he won the fight by unanimous decision.
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In front of an audience of 22,449 people, YA-MAN won the fight by majority decision.
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YA-MAN claimed that he had tried to arrange a fight with different, more well known opponents, but was refused by all of them.
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YA-MAN had a great start to the fight and managed to knock Ito down with a flurry of punches a minute into the round.
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In front of a sold-out audience of 56,399 people, YA-MAN won the fight by a first-round knockout.
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YA-MAN knocked his opponent down as soon as the fight started, dropping him with a counter right cross.
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YA-MAN faced the two-time Rizin Featherweight title challenger Mikuru Asakura at the inaugural "Fight Club" event.
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YA-MAN made his professional mixed martial arts debut against Kota Miura at Rizin 42 on May 6,2023, in a special rules bout, which shortened the bout down to two five-minute rounds.
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YA-MAN faced Ren Hiramoto at Rizin 45 on December 31,2023, losing the fight by unanimous decision.