Yōsuke Nishijima
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| Yōsuke Nishijima | |
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| Born | May 15, 1973 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.
[edit] 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
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[edit] Kickboxing record
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0 Wins (0 (T)KO's, 0 decisions), 2 Losses
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes |
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[edit] 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 |
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| Loss | 0-5 | TKO (punches) | K-1 - Premium 2007 Dynamite!! | December 31, 2007 | 1 | 1:49 | Osaka, Japan | ||
| Loss | 0-4 | Technical Submission (kimura) | PRIDE 32 | October 21, 2006 | 1 | 3:20 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | ||
| Loss | 0-3 | Submission (rear naked choke) | PRIDE - Final Conflict Absolute | September 10, 2006 | 1 | 3:24 | Saitama, Japan | ||
| Loss | 0-2 | Submission (triangle choke) | PRIDE - Total Elimination Absolute | May 5, 2006 | 1 | 2:33 | Osaka, Japan | ||
| Loss | 0-1 | KO (punch) | PRIDE 31 | February 26, 2006 | 3 | 1:18 | Saitama, Japan |