Yōsuke Nishijima

Yōsuke Nishijima
Born	May 15, 1973 (1973-05-15) Saitama, Japan
Other names	Yosukezan
Nationality	Japanese
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)
Style	Kickboxing, Boxing
Team	Takada Dojo
Professional boxing record
Total	27
Wins	24
By knockout	15
Losses	2
By knockout	1
Draws	1
Kickboxing record
Total	2
Wins	0
Losses	2
By knockout	1
Mixed martial arts record
Total	5
Wins	0
Losses	5
By knockout	2
By submission	3
Other information
Boxing record from Boxrec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Yōsuke "Yōsukezan" Nishijima (born May 15, 1973) is a Japanese professional boxer who has also competed in kickboxing and mixed martial arts.

Career

Debuting as a professional boxer on March 26, 1992 Nishijima complied a 24-2 record, and over the course of his career won the WBO NABO cruiserweight title, the OPBF cruiserweight title and the World Boxing Federation cruiserweight title. His last boxing bout, a two round TKO loss to Cecil McKenzie in a California State cruiserweight title fight, took place on July 10, 2003.

On February 26, 2006 Nishijima debuted in mixed martial arts, at PRIDE 31, taking on Mark Hunt and losing by KO.

Currently Nishijima's record in mixed martial arts is 0-5 with most recent loss to Melvin Manhoef by tko, took place on December 31, 2007 at K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!!. His K1 record of 0-2. Overeall Nishijima is 0-7 in his last seven fights

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
0 Wins (0 (T)KO's, 0 decisions), 2 Losses Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2009-12-31 Loss Ray Sefo Dynamite!! 2009 Saitama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2009-08-11 Loss Peter Aerts K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Tokyo Final 16 Qualifying GP Tokyo, Japan KO (Right low kick) 3 1:24 Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
5 matches	0 wins	5 losses
By knockout	0	2
By submission	0	3

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	0-5	Melvin Manhoef	TKO (punches)	K-1 - Premium 2007 Dynamite!!	02007-12-31 December 31, 2007	1	1:49	Osaka, Japan
Loss	0-4	Phil Baroni	Technical Submission (kimura)	PRIDE 32	02006-10-21 October 21, 2006	1	3:20	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Loss	0-3	Evangelista Cyborg	Submission (rear naked choke)	PRIDE - Final Conflict Absolute	02006-09-10 September 10, 2006	1	3:24	Saitama, Japan
Loss	0-2	Hidehiko Yoshida	Submission (triangle choke)	PRIDE - Total Elimination Absolute	02006-05-05 May 5, 2006	1	2:33	Osaka, Japan
Loss	0-1	Mark Hunt	KO (punch)	PRIDE 31	02006-02-26 February 26, 2006	3	1:18	Saitama, Japan

External links

• Professional MMA record for Yōsuke Nishijima from Sherdog
• Professional boxing record for Yōsuke Nishijima from BoxRec