Giant Ochiai
| Takayuki Okada | |
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| Ring name(s) | Giant Ochiai |
| Billed height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Billed weight | 130 kg (290 lb; 20 st) |
| Born | May 8, 1973 |
| Died | August 8, 2003 (aged 30) |
| Trained by | New Japan Dojo Kenzo Suzuki |
Takayuki Okada (May 8, 1973 - August 8, 2003), more widely known as Giant Ochiai, was a Japanese judo practitioner, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.
As a student, Okada won the All Japan Industrial High School Judo League Champion four times.[1] Working a stiff style, Okada wrestled as Giant Ochiai for Riki Chōshū's World Japan promotion and Yoshiaki Fujiwara's Battlarts organizations. Okada also fought in legitimate MMA competitions for Pride Fighting Championships[2] and King of the Cage.[3]
After an August 2003 "training accident" while training with Kenzo Suzuki[4] at World Japan's dojo, Okada suffered an acute subdural hematoma and entered a coma from which he never recovered.[5][6] Okada died on August 8, 2003.[1] Okada's August 13 wake was attended by Masaaki Satake, Nobuhiko Takada, Kazushi Sakuraba and World Japan Management Director Katsuji Nagashima.
Okada's MMA record was 3-3-2 (Win-Loss-Draw).[7]
[edit] Mixed martial arts record
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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| Draw | 3-3-2 | Memo Diaz | Draw | DEEP - 9th Impact | May 5, 2003 | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Win | 3-3-1 | Kim Jong Wang | Submission (broken hand) | Pride The Best Vol.3 | October 20, 2002 | 1 | 0:24 | ||
| Win | 2-3-1 | Tomohiko Hashimoto | KO (strikes) | Pride The Best Vol.2 | July 20, 2002 | 1 | 2:10 | ||
| Win | 1-3-1 | Soichi Nishida | TKO (punches) | Pride The Best Vol.1 | February 22, 2002 | 1 | 2:00 | ||
| Loss | 0-3-1 | Zane Frazier | Decision (unanimous) | King of the Cage [1] | August 4, 2001 | 1 | 7:00 | ||
| Draw | 0-2-1 | Yoshinori Nishi | Draw | S - Samurai 2000 [2] | October 22, 2000 | N/A | |||
| Loss | 0-2 | Ricco Rodriguez | Submission (smother choke) | Pride 10 | August 27, 2000 | 1 | 6:04 | ||
| Loss | 0-1 | Igor Borisov | TKO (punches) | Ultimate Boxing - Pride vs Seikendo [3] | June 11, 2000 | 1 | 7:07 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Deceased Superstars - Giant Ochiai
- ^ http://www.pridefc.com/pride2005/index.php?mainpage=fighters&fID=118 PrideFC Official Website
- ^ http://www.sherdog.com/events/KOTC-10-Critical-Mass-456 Sherdog: KOTC 10 - Critical Mass
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1659228/bio IMDB biography for Kenzo Suzuki
- ^ http://www.1wrestling.com/news/newsline.asp?news=15000 1wrestling.com story on Okada's death
- ^ http://www.fightsport.com/fightsport/news/2003_08_03_fightsport_archive.html#106041257823851563 Fightsport.com story on Okada's death
- ^ http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Takayuki-Okada-322 Sherdog Fightfinder Record
