Yoshihiro Sato is a Japanese kickboxer competing in K-1 at middleweight.
20 Facts About Yoshihiro Sato
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Yoshihiro Sato is the former world champion of Muay Thai in WKA and WPKC, and he won the Japanese national tournament of K-1 twice in 2006 and 2007.
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Originally, Yoshihiro Sato had been going to visit a boxing gym with his friend, but he argued and fought just before visiting.
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Yoshihiro Sato won the Glove Karate Open Championship Tournament when he was just 16 years old, still in his second year of high school.
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Yoshihiro Sato won the championship the next year in 1997.
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Yoshihiro Sato passed the examination for professional kickboxing of New Japan Kickboxing Federation in 1998.
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Yoshihiro Sato won his first match against Isao Miyamoto by decision on December 25,1998.
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Yoshihiro Sato changed his weight class from lightweight to welterweight in April 2000.
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Yoshihiro Sato moved to All Japan Kickboxing Federation from NJKF in June 2001.
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Yoshihiro Sato won the title of WKA World Muay Thai Welterweight by KO Milan Stevic in Germany on 23 November 2001.
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Yoshihiro Sato lost to Virgil Kalakoda in a K-1 Superfight in the K-1 MAX Finals.
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Yoshihiro Sato's latest fight was on July 7,2008 in which he defeated Buakaw Por.
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On February 17,2012, Yoshihiro Sato defeated Fadi Merza via unanimous decision after 5th round to take the Merza's ISKA World Light Middleweight Championship under Oriental rules in Tokyo, Japan.
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Yoshihiro Sato was scheduled to face Dzhabar Askerov in a tournament reserve bout at Glory 3: Rome - 2012 Middleweight Slam Final 8 to be held on November 3,2012 in Rome, Italy.
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However, when quarter finalist Albert Kraus came down with the flu, Yoshihiro Sato was given his place in the tournament proper.
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Yoshihiro Sato broke a three-fight losing streak when he took a majority decision win over Henri van Opstal at Shootboxing 2013 - Act 1 in Tokyo on February 22,2013.
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Yoshihiro Sato defeated Lee Sun-Hyun via unanimous decision at Glory 8: Tokyo - 2013 65kg Slam in Tokyo on May 3,2013.
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Yoshihiro Sato beat Yuichiro Nagashima by unanimous decision at Hoost Cup: Kings in Nagoya, Japan on June 16,2013.
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Yoshihiro Sato lost to Dzhabar Askerov by unanimous decision at Tech-Krep FC: Southern Front 2 in Kyiv, Ukraine on December 8,2013.
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Yoshihiro Sato lost via unanimous decision to Petchmankong Gaiyanghaadao at Hoost Cup: Legend in Nagoya, Japan on March 23,2014.