Yuta Murakoshi is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan.
21 Facts About Yuta Murakoshi
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Yuta Murakoshi is the former K-1 Featherweight and RISE Bantamweight champion.
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Yuta Murakoshi was ranked in the strawweight top ten by Combat Press between May 2019 and February 2020, and in the bantamweight top ten between July 2018 and November 2018.
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Yuta Murakoshi lost the fight by KO in the third round.
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Yuta Murakoshi's winning streak was snapped by an extra round split decision loss to Seiya Rokugawa during RISE 91.
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Yuta Murakoshi scored decision wins over Hikaru Fujihashi and Tomoya Aoki, and KO wins over Tomo Arimatsu, Kazuki Tanaka and Shuto Miyazaki.
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Yuta Murakoshi's five fight winning streak earned him a chance to challenge Hiroki Maeda for the RISE Bantamweight title.
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Yuta Murakoshi was scheduled to defend his RISE Bantamweight title for the first time against the sixteen year old Tenshin Nasukawa.
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Yuta Murakoshi won a split decision against Itto, and scored KO wins over Tomo Arimatsu and Eisaku Ogasawara.
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Yuta Murakoshi fought a rematch with Tenshin Nasukawa for the RISE Bantamweight title in September 2016.
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Yuta Murakoshi then won a majority decision against Masahide Kudo during RISE 118.
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Yuta Murakoshi fought Haruma Saikyo for the Krush Featherweight title, during Krush 86.
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Yuta Murakoshi participated in the 2018 K-1 Featherweight World Grand Prix.
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Yuta Murakoshi defeated Elias Mahmoudi by an extra round split decision in the quarterfinals.
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Yuta Murakoshi again went into an extra round against Jorge Varela in the semifinals, after which Murakoshi won a unanimous decision.
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Yuta Murakoshi was scheduled to defend his K-1 Featherweight title against Hirotaka Urabe at K'Festa 2.
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Yuta Murakoshi fought Ryusei Ashizawa at the K-1: K'Festa 4 Day 1 event, and won the fight by unanimous decision.
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Yuta Murakoshi faced Narufumi Nishimoto at K-1 World GP 2021: Yokohamatsuri on September 20,2021.
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Yuta Murakoshi was scheduled to face Hirotaka Asahisa at K-1: K'Festa 5 on April 3,2022.
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Yuta Murakoshi lost the fight by knockout in the first round.
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Yuta Murakoshi returned to professional competition following a two-year absence from the sport to face the former Krush Super Featherweight champion Chihiro Nakajima at K-1 World MAX 2024 on September 29,2024.