Yasuhito Namekawa was born on October 27,1974 and is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division.
24 Facts About Yasuhito Namekawa
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Yasuhito Namekawa fought in mainly shootfighting bouts until 1999 when RINGS introduced the King of King Rules and transitioned into a modern MMA promotion.
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Yasuhito Namekawa's last fight to date was in 2008, with a professional mixed martial arts career spanning ten years.
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Yasuhito Namekawa briefly competed in shoot style professional wrestling, exclusively for Kiyoshi Tamura's U-STYLE promotion.
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Yasuhito Namekawa made his debut for RINGS on June 20,1998, against Minoru Toyonaga, the bout ended in a draw.
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Yasuhito Namekawa then went on to submit Daniel Higgins and out point Ryuki Ueyama.
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Yasuhito Namekawa suffered his first loss on October 11,1998, against Bakouri Gogitidze, he lost by submission.
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On October 23,1998, Yasuhito Namekawa lost to Masayuki Naruse by submission at 4:50 of round 1.
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Yasuhito Namekawa ended the year with a draw against British fighter, Lee Hasdell.
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On January 23,1999, Yasuhito Namekawa had a rematch with Hasdell, this time Hasdell was docked a point for an illegal punch.
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On March 7,1999, Yasuhito Namekawa had their third and final match, this time in Milton Keynes, England, at Night of the Samurai 3.
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Yasuhito Namekawa defeated Takashi Sonoda, Wataru Imamura, Masutatsu Yano and Dexter Casey, all by submission.
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On October 20,2001, Yasuhito Namekawa lost to Egidijus Valavicius by TKO.
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Yasuhito Namekawa's final fight for RINGS was on February 15,2002, on the final ever Rings event.
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Yasuhito Namekawa was submitted by Sam Nest at 4:53 of round 2.
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On March 30,2002, Yasuhito Namekawa made his Deep debut at Deep - 4th Impact.
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Yasuhito Namekawa went on to win his next two fights in Deep with submission wins over Makoto Miyazawa and Yuki Ishikawa.
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Yasuhito Namekawa began 2003 with a draw with Osami Shibuya at Deep - 8th Impact.
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Yasuhito Namekawa defeated Yusuke Imamura by TKO at Deep - 13th Impact.
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On February 15,2004, Yasuhito Namekawa made his Pride FC debut with a submission win over Egidijus Valavicius at Pride Bushido 2.
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Yasuhito Namekawa returned to Pride on October 14,2004, he was defeated by Mauricio Rua.
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Yasuhito Namekawa drew with Jeong Ho Lee on December 2,2005.
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Yasuhito Namekawa beat Peter Iryaku at VFX - Vale Tudo Fighters Mexico before losing to Cyrille Diabate in a rematch on July 30,2006.
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Yasuhito Namekawa's last fight to date was against Katsuyori Shibata at Deep - 38 Impact on October 23,2008.