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| 3 | [[folder:Debuted in The R.E.A.D. Year (2000)]] |
| 4 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shooto_logo_2.jpg]] |
| 5 | [[caption-width-right:350:Seeing R.E.A.D.]] |
| 6 | !!!Luiz Azeredo |
| 7 | -->''"I know I wasn’t the best fighter in the world, but I beat the best in the world, Anderson Silva, and many other great fighters like Niko Puhakka, Milton Vieira, Paul Daley and Cristiano Marcello."'' |
| 8 | |
| 9 | * ADayInTheLimeLight: He is notable for being the first person to have ever defeated Anderson Silva in an MMA bout. Anderson avenged his loss with a win over Azeredo in a UsefulNotes/MuayThai bout. |
| 10 | * TheApprentice: To Rudimar Fedrigo and Jorge Patino. |
| 11 | * CoolTeacher: A MMA and UsefulNotes/MuayThai coach at Renzo Gracie MMA Academy and at Class One MMA. |
| 12 | * GuestFighter |
| 13 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/MuayThai: Trained at Chute Boxe Academy as well as UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} and is a 3rd Degree black belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 14 | * RedBaron: "The Joker", "MAD Fantasista". |
| 15 | |
| 16 | !!!Marcio Ramos Barbosa |
| 17 | -->''"It is happening right now because people like me and my master Cromado kept holding the LL flag even when everybody else has left. Everybody else that could have done a lot for LL has left to go after their own goals. Me and Cromado were different: we've put LL before anything else in our lives and for the last years we have sacrificed a lot to keep LL alive. Now we are very proud to see it getting stronger and stronger."'' |
| 18 | -->-- Marcelo Brigadeiro, on his master and the state of Luta Livre. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | * ADayInTheLimeLight: Won his Shooto debut against Caol Uno. |
| 21 | * TheApprentice: To Luta Livre mestres Joao Bosco, Hugo Duarte, and Eugenio Tadeu. |
| 22 | * CoolTeacher: Owns and is the head instructor of Renovação Fight Team. |
| 23 | * GuestFighter |
| 24 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Luta Livre]]: A 5th degree black belt. He has also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, boxing and UsefulNotes/MuayThai. |
| 25 | * RedBaron: "Cromado". |
| 26 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 27 | |
| 28 | !!!Ryan Bow |
| 29 | -->''"Why Japan? Well, I was told by my BJJ instructor at the time that if I really wanted to succeed in fighting, Id be smart if I spent some time in Japan training. Shootfighters are some of the most technical fighters in the world. That was in 1997. At that time, in the U.S. most of the guys competing were heavy weight wrestlers and boxers. There wasn't really any light weight guys showing much technique. The game was based on power over technique and and people had just begun to cross training a little bit. So, I headed for the land of the rising sun to learn the technical game."'' |
| 30 | |
| 31 | * CoolTeacher: A former trainer at Killer/Krazy Bee Gym (Purebred Tokyo). He opened his own gym in Japan, Kaminari Dojo Mixed Martial Arts Academy in 2005 till 2009. He briefly reopened it in the US but closed it again to travel, and pursue other ventures. He moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates as the head MMA coach at Team Nogueira Dubai. He has resigned from that position and has opened another gym, Fight Gods Mixed Martial Arts Academy and is the head instructor. |
| 32 | * {{Determinator}}: Has a cyst that is in his brain since he was young that affects his health. |
| 33 | * FishOutOfWater: Came to live in Japan by himself at the age of 17 so this was expected. He even wrote a book that was loosely based on his life in Tokyo called Black Samurai: The Misadventures of a Black American MMA Fighter in Japan. |
| 34 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: Earned his black belt from the Kodokan at the age of 18 and trained alongside Judo Olympic Gold Medalists Yoshida Hidehiko and Takimoto at Yoshida Dojo, started in a unspecified style of Kung Fu and amateur wrestling, trained in UsefulNotes/MuayThai in Thailand under the former Lumpinee Stadium Champion, Santien Noi, combat wrestling under Noriaki Kiguchi, shoot wrestling under Enson Inoue, shootboxing under Caeser Takeshi, and UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu under Robert Drysdale and was awarded his black belt in BJJ by Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira and former BJJ World Champion, Rafael Haubert in 2016. He also trained under Frank Shamrock at American UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} Academy and under former Chute Boxe and Brazilian Top Team Coach, Sergio Cunha. |
| 35 | * OddFriendship: With Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto as students of Enson Inoue and head trainers of Killer/Krazy Bee Gym (originally Purebred Tokyo). |
| 36 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: 5ft 5 and 155 pounds in his prime. |
| 37 | * RedBaron: "Kaminari". |
| 38 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 39 | * UrExample: Was the first American to place in the top three at the All Japan Amateur Shooto Championships. |
| 40 | * WrestlingFamily: Stated that his whole family were amateur wrestlers (and that he was the BlackSheep being the only one who didn’t achieve anything when doing it). |
| 41 | * {{Yakuza}}: He has experience working with them as a student of Enson Inoue. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | !!!Thomas Denny |
| 44 | * BullyHunter: Participated in Creator/{{MTV}}'s Series/BullyBeatdown. |
| 45 | * CoolTeacher: A head trainer of Team Wildman Vale Tudo. |
| 46 | * GuestFighter |
| 47 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: Started when he was 10 years old, before turning to UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} when he was 19. He also trained in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 48 | * RedBaron: "Wildman". |
| 49 | * TheWorfEffect: Denny participated in Creator/{{MTV}}'s Series/BullyBeatdown where he fought Dennis, "The Russian Meathead". To date, he is the only professional MMA fighter on the show to not score a single submission in the first round. During the 3 minutes in the submission round, Thomas was unable to apply a submission. He also failed to knock out the bully in the UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} round, constituting the only time in the history of the show in which the bully got away with all the money. |
| 50 | |
| 51 | !!!Márcio Feitosa |
| 52 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Beaten in grappling matches by Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro twice. |
| 53 | * TheApprentice: To Carlos Gracie Jr. |
| 54 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: The Executive Director of Gracie Barra Brazil. |
| 55 | * CoolTeacher: The head instructor for Gracie Barra International. Feitosa also helped develop the Gracie Barra in the United States, developing the systems to manage the schools and instructional content such as the 2nd version of the Gracie Barra Fundamentals, co-founding the Gracie Barra Headquarters, and managing 8 of his own schools located in California and Texas |
| 56 | * GuestFighter |
| 57 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A 5th degree black belt, a 3-time IBJJF World BJJ Champion in 1997, 2001, and 2002, a 5-time World Silver Medallist in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, and 2006, a ADCC champion in 2001, a 4-time Brazilian National champion in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999, a Brazilian Team Tournament champion, a 4-time Pan American Champion in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999, a Canada Jiu-Jitsu champion. |
| 58 | * HeroKiller: Has defeated in BJJ and Nogi, Rodrigo Gracie, Leonardo Vieira, Carlos Machado, Caol Uno, Royler Gracie, etc. |
| 59 | * TheRival: Leonardo Vieira. |
| 60 | |
| 61 | !!!Lance Gibson Sr. |
| 62 | -->''"Lance is one of my fighters who has been doing good things. He's is just now fighting in his weight class. He has been fighting heavyweights for years and had mixed results in the heavyweight category, but was always real tough."'' |
| 63 | -->-- Matt Hume |
| 64 | |
| 65 | * TheApprentice: To Matt Hume. |
| 66 | * BadassFamily: His wife Julia Budd is a Canadian UsefulNotes/MuayThai champion, pro boxer, and MMA fighter. His son, Lance Gibson Jr. is also a MMA fighter and an All-American wrestler. |
| 67 | * CoolTeacher: Owns and is the head instructor of Gibson UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} & Pankration. |
| 68 | * DavidVersusGoliath: Against Peter Matutia in [=SuperBrawl=] 4 where he was outweighed by 80 lbs, his victory over him earned is how he earned his nickname "Fearless". |
| 69 | * GuestFighter |
| 70 | * HeAlsoDid: He has acted in Film/XMenTheLastStand, Series/Jake20, Series/{{Jeremiah}}, Series/DarkAngel, Ladies and the Champ (TV), Seven Days, Film/RomeoMustDie, Sweetwater (TV), Franchise/TheCrow: Stairway to Heaven, Series/{{Viper}}, Series/TheSentinel, Jack Reed: One of Our Own (TV), University Hospital, Hung faan aau, etc. |
| 71 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: And he also trained at AMC Pankration. |
| 72 | * RedBaron: "Fearless", "The Darkness". |
| 73 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 74 | |
| 75 | !!!Joey Gilbert |
| 76 | * BashBrothers: With his brother Dan. |
| 77 | * CoolTeacher: A wrestling coach for Gilbert Grappling G2 Training Center with his brother Dan. |
| 78 | * GuestFighter |
| 79 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: Was a Big Ten Freshman Wrestler of the year, a 2-Time All American for University of Michigan, and a 4-time IHSA State Champion. |
| 80 | * {{Jobber}}: A MMA career of 2 wins and 3 losses. |
| 81 | * WrestlingFamily: His brother Dan is also a wrestler and MMA fighter. |
| 82 | |
| 83 | !!!Anthony Hamlett |
| 84 | * TheApprentice: To Matt Hume. |
| 85 | * CombatReferee: A professional referee in the Northwest and has referred for UFC. He has refereed over 3000 fights between amateur and pro. Is considered top ref in MMA in the Northwest. |
| 86 | * CoolTeacher: He is the head coach and manager of Northwest Elite Fight Team. |
| 87 | * GuestFighter |
| 88 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: He is a three time All American for the USAF team ranked as high as 5th in nation after world team trials. He also trained at AMC Pankration. |
| 89 | * RedBaron: "Icee". |
| 90 | |
| 91 | !!!Takuhito Hida |
| 92 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Combat Wrestling]]: As well as shoot wrestling and trained at Team IMPRESS. |
| 93 | * {{Jobber}}: A career of 1 win and 10 losses. |
| 94 | |
| 95 | !!!Kentaro Imaizumi |
| 96 | * TheApprentice: To Tenshin Matsumoto. |
| 97 | * HeroicBuild |
| 98 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: Trained at SK Absolute and is a multiple time All Japan Sambo Champion in the 57kg class. He competed in combat and UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling and is a multiple time 58kg class All Japan Champion and medalist in both. |
| 99 | |
| 100 | !!!Shigetoshi Iwase |
| 101 | * TheApprentice: To Kenji Seki. |
| 102 | * CoolTeacher: An instructor at T-Blood Mixed Martial Arts Academy. |
| 103 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Shoot Wrestling]]: Trained at T-Blood Mixed Martial Arts Academy (originally Team TOPS). |
| 104 | |
| 105 | !!!Ronald Jhun |
| 106 | -->''"I like to stand up first then ground-and-pound second."'' |
| 107 | |
| 108 | * TheApprentice: To Bob Ostovich. |
| 109 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: The head fighter of 808 Top Team. |
| 110 | * BadassFamily: His brother-in-law Ray Cooper is also a MMA fighter. |
| 111 | * CoolTeacher: Owns and is the head trainer of 808 Fight Factory. |
| 112 | * GuestFighter |
| 113 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: In high school. He also trained in boxing and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 114 | * PowerTrio: Was introduced to mixed martial arts by his brother-in-law, Ray Cooper, and David Pa'aluhi. |
| 115 | * RealMenLoveJesus: A former member of Jesus is Lord MMA. |
| 116 | * RedBaron: "The Machine Gun". |
| 117 | |
| 118 | !!!Hideki Kadowaki |
| 119 | -->''"Just enjoy life!"'' |
| 120 | |
| 121 | * TheApprentice: To Yoshinori Nishi. |
| 122 | * CoolTeacher: A grappling trainer at Marupuro Gym and TTM URUSHI DOJO. |
| 123 | * IKnowKarate: Trained at the Daidōjuku-based Wajyutsu Keisyukai and was a 2000 All Japan Amateur Shooto Welter-weight runner up. |
| 124 | * SignatureMove: The Kadowaki special, which is a modified rear naked choke which is applied from the back crucifix position instead of the standard back mount. |
| 125 | |
| 126 | !!!Tatsuya Kawajiri |
| 127 | -->''“I want to break his heart, and I want him to go away thinking, ‘I don’t want to face this guy anymore’. That’s how I fight.”'' |
| 128 | |
| 129 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Was beaten twice by Gilbert Melendez. |
| 130 | * TheApprentice: To Kenji Seki. |
| 131 | * HeroicBuild |
| 132 | * IdenticalStranger: Stylistically speaking. Like other T-Blood fighters, he is unique among Japanese mixed martial artists in that he is one of the few Asian fighters to have truly embraced a more modern style of combat, electing to mix up his striking with western-style grappling and inflicting serious damage from top position on the ground. |
| 133 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Shoot Wrestling]]: Trained at T-Blood Mixed Martial Arts Academy (originally Team TOPS) and was a 1999 Amateur Shooto Eastern Japan Open Tournament Winner and the 2002 Shooto Welterweight Rookie Tournament Winner. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and has a K-1 record of 2 wins and 1 loss. |
| 134 | * RedBaron: "Crusher". |
| 135 | |
| 136 | !!!Homare Kuboyama |
| 137 | * TheApprentice: To Kazuhiro Kusayanagi. |
| 138 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Shoot Wrestling]]: Trained at Shooto Gym K'Z Factory as well as combat wrestling and UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 139 | |
| 140 | !!!Yuji Kusu |
| 141 | * TheApprentice: To Masanori Suda. |
| 142 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Shoot Wrestling]]: Trained at Club J. |
| 143 | * {{Jobber}}: A career of 3 losses and 2 draws. |
| 144 | |
| 145 | !!!Ryota Matsune |
| 146 | * TheApprentice: To Hiroshi Tsuruya. |
| 147 | * CoolTeacher: The head instructor of Paraestra Okinawa. |
| 148 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A black belt and a 2002 All-Japan Team Jiu-Jitsu champion, and also knows shoot wrestling and is a All-Japan Amateur Shooto Featherweight Champion. |
| 149 | * RedBaron: "The Shooto Junkie". |
| 150 | |
| 151 | !!!Takumi Nakayama |
| 152 | * TheApprentice: To Yuki Nakai. |
| 153 | * CoolTeacher: Is the head instructor of Paraestra Osaka. |
| 154 | * HeroicBuild |
| 155 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: A third dan black belt, he also trained in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu and is a black belt as well as combat and shoot wrestling. |
| 156 | * RedBaron: "Da Japanese Ironman", "Ushi Shooter". |
| 157 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His real name is written as 中山巧, his ring name is written as タクミ. |
| 158 | |
| 159 | !!!Stephen Palling |
| 160 | -->''" I've said it, I'll always say it...and it isn't just 'cause I won...when B.J. (Penn) beat me, he just out-skilled me, but, the fight that I had that hurt me the most was with Stephen Palling in Hawaii. He hit me so hard, sometimes I was thinking, "Oh my god, I wish I was knocked out" because it hurt so bad!"'' |
| 161 | -->-- Jen Pulver |
| 162 | |
| 163 | * TheApprentice: To Bob Ostovich. |
| 164 | * {{Determinator}}: Had severe eye damage, a fractured orbital bone on one side, and a fractured cheek bone on the other side, after he fought Gilbert Melendez almost a year before his fight against Jens Pulver. Against the wishes of his doctor, Palling went on to fight two more times after the Melendez fight. |
| 165 | * GuestFighter |
| 166 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: He also trained in boxing and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 167 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He and Jens Pulver gave one to each other. |
| 168 | * RealMenLoveJesus: A member of Jesus is Lord MMA. |
| 169 | * RedBaron: "Bozo". |
| 170 | * WorthyOpponent: Jen Pulver views him as one. |
| 171 | |
| 172 | !!!Huanderson Pavao |
| 173 | * TheApprentice: To Luta Livre mestre Eugenio Tadeu and UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu mestre Julio César Pereira. |
| 174 | * BadassFamily: A cousin of Alexandre Franca “Pequeno” Nogueira and Leonardo "Leozada" Nogueira. |
| 175 | * CoolTeacher: A coach for [=GFTeam=]. |
| 176 | * GuestFighter |
| 177 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Luta Livre]]: Started training with his cousin Alexandre Franca "Pequeno" Nogueira and was a Brazilian Champion in 2000, but the gym was too far away for him to continue so he joined Grappling Fight Team (formerly Gama Filho Team) to train in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu which he is now a 3rd degree black belt, a Brazilian National Inter Team Champion in 1997 as a blue belt and 1999 as a purple belt, a silver medalist at the International World Master Championship in 2006, and a 3 time Rio de Janeiro State Champion in 1999 as a blue and in 2003 and 2006 as a black belt. |
| 178 | * {{Jobber}}: Had only one fight in Shooto against Takanori Gomi, he lost. |
| 179 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: MMA sites have mistakenly listed him as Anderson Pavao. |
| 180 | |
| 181 | !!!Greg Piper |
| 182 | * TheApprentice: To Matt Thornton. |
| 183 | * BadassFamily: His sister, Janna Piper is also a boxer and MMA fighter. |
| 184 | * CoolTeacher: A boxing coach for Straight Blast Gym and Team Quest. |
| 185 | * GuestFighter |
| 186 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: Trained under Fred Ryan at Grand Avenue Gym and had a pro record of 8-4-1. He also trained at Straight Blast Gym in Jeet Kune Do, UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 187 | * {{Jobber}}: A MMA career of 1 win and 3 losses. |
| 188 | |
| 189 | !!!Matthias Riccio |
| 190 | -->''"I started UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} at six years old and was with that until I saw UFC on TV when I was eighteen. Then, I understood what a real fight was and that I had many things to learn! I then started wrestling, Pancrase, kickboxing, and boxing. Fighting has always been in my family’s blood. Sportively or not."'' |
| 191 | |
| 192 | * TheApprentice: To his father Laurent Riccio and Jerome Le Banner. |
| 193 | * BadassFamily: His brother Damien Riccio is also an MMA fighter and his father Laurent Riccio is a 6th dan shotokan master. |
| 194 | * BashBrothers: With his brothers Damien and Pepe. |
| 195 | * BigBrotherInstinct: His brother Pepe was 12 when Royce attacked him, so it is not surprising if he was the one who pulled a pistol or shotgun to chased the Gracies out. |
| 196 | * {{Bouncer}}: A former bar bouncer in Perpignan. |
| 197 | * CoolTeacher: An MMA trainer at SUPREME ARENA, Arts Martiaux Saint-Orens and has his own school, The Fire Team. |
| 198 | * FrenchJerk |
| 199 | * GuestFighter |
| 200 | * IKnowKarate: A shotokan black belt under his father Laurent Riccio, and a French national champion in 1995. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} at Le Banner Xtreme Team and is a European kickboxing champion in 2000, freestyle wrestling under former Olympian wrestler Georges Carbasse and trained in shoot wrestling at the Pancration Club Perpignan and was a France champion in 1997. He later trained in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 201 | * {{Jobber}}: A career of 6 wins and 10 losses. |
| 202 | * RedBaron: "The Fire". |
| 203 | |
| 204 | !!!Paul Rodriguez |
| 205 | * ADayInTheLimeLight: Has a win over Dennis Hallman. |
| 206 | * BadassFamily: His wife Caroline Rodriguez is also a BJJ pratitioner. |
| 207 | * CoolTeacher: The head instructor at American Top Team Orlando & Longwood. |
| 208 | * GuestFighter |
| 209 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A black belt under Ricardo Liborio at American Top Team and also trained under Marcio Simas. He also trained in UsefulNotes/MuayThai under Mejiro Gym instructor Bobby Robare. |
| 210 | |
| 211 | !!!Chad W. Saunders |
| 212 | * TheApprentice: To Javier Mendez. |
| 213 | * GuestFighter |
| 214 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at American Kickboxing Academy, also in boxing, UsefulNotes/MuayThai and UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 215 | |
| 216 | !!!Toniko Junior |
| 217 | * TheApprentice: To Kru Phon Narupai. |
| 218 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: President of F.E.R.J.M - Federation of the State of Rio de Janeiro of UsefulNotes/MuayThai (Federação do Estado do Rio de Janeiro de UsefulNotes/MuayThai in Brazilian Portuguese). He was also the first president of Shooto Brazil. |
| 219 | * CoolTeacher: Owns and is the head instructor of World Fight Center. He is also a UsefulNotes/MuayThai trainer at XGym. |
| 220 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/MuayThai: Trained at Santai Gym in San Kamphaeng, just outside the city of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. He is also a black belt in UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}} and trained in luta livre. |
| 221 | * {{Jobber}}: A short career of 1 loss and a draw. |
| 222 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Japanese list his name as Toniko Juniol. |
| 223 | * UrExample: Introduced Shooto to Brazil. |
| 224 | |
| 225 | !!!Andy Wang |
| 226 | -->''"ANDY TAKE HIM DOWN!"'' |
| 227 | -->-- BJ Penn, Andy's TUF coach. |
| 228 | |
| 229 | -->''"One of my all time favorite pain in the ass fighters on #TUF…Mr Andy Wang. #DWCOTD #Warrior'"'' |
| 230 | -->-- Dana White, on his twitter with a clip of Andy losing his TUF fight and his interview. |
| 231 | |
| 232 | * TheApprentice: To Egan Inoue. |
| 233 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Wang is known for his flamboyant personality and bizarre fighting tactics. |
| 234 | * CoolTeacher: He moved back to Taipei in 2004 with the sole purpose of hoping to help the spread of MMA in Taiwan. He later moved to China in 2011 and teaches BJJ in Beijing. He also coached a fight camp for India’s Super Fight League MMA promotion. |
| 235 | ** He is also a licensed high school teacher. |
| 236 | * EmbarrassingNickname: He is mockingly called "The Warrior" because of his loss on Series/TheUltimateFighter and stated afterwards after bawling like a baby that he was a warrior. |
| 237 | * GuestFighter |
| 238 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: Trained at Grappling Unlimited and is a 3rd degree black belt. |
| 239 | * MenDontCry: Averted, he bawled like a baby after losing his match on Series/TheUltimateFighter, prompting his own coach, B.J. Penn, to make fun of him on national TV... and in fact, the episode title was "Waaaah!" This was, of course, after Penn yelled at the BJJ blackbelt the entire fight to go to the ground; Wang instead choosing to stand, bang, and lose. Penn later kicked Wang off his team, the first time this has ever happened. |
| 240 | * OddFriendship: With Mac Danzig, TUF 6 champion. Danzig even credits Wang with convincing him to do the show when he had doubts about it. |
| 241 | * RedBaron: "The YellowPeril". |
| 242 | * UrExample: The first Taiwanese Chinese fighter on Series/TheUltimateFighter. |
| 243 | |
| 244 | !!!Justin Wisniewski |
| 245 | * BadassFamily: His brother Keith is also a BJJ practitioner and MMA fighter. |
| 246 | * BashBrothers: With his brother Keith. |
| 247 | * CoolTeacher: A co-founder of Duneland Vale Tudo with his brother Keith. |
| 248 | * GuestFighter |
| 249 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: and UsefulNotes/MuayThai. |
| 250 | * RedBaron: "The Polish Connection". He shares this name with his brother. |
| 251 | * StartMyOwn: Started with his brother the Duneland Classic fight events. |
| 252 | |
| 253 | !!!Hirotaka Yokoi |
| 254 | -->''"I don’t have anybody I really want to fight. But I just want to fight against strong guys. It’s important to earn a "W" in my record. But if I can enjoy fighting, I’ll fight anybody. But my opponent must be very strong guy."'' |
| 255 | |
| 256 | * TheApprentice: To Yasuki Mori, Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka as part of the Alliance, as well as Wrestling/AkiraMaeda and Wrestling/HiromitsuKanehara as part of RINGS Japan. |
| 257 | * AscendedFanBoy: Was a fan UWF and its offshoots, especially RINGS which he later joined. |
| 258 | * BashBrothers: With Kohei Sato as the ROWDY team. |
| 259 | * BrattyHalfPint: Wanted to join RINGS after finishing junior high school but his parents wanted him to finish high school first. Subverted in that he ended going through university before he debuted in Shooto. |
| 260 | * DemotedToExtra: Might be hard to believe given that his main occupation in ZERO-ONE was being Kohei Sato's sidekick, but when Yokoi debuted in the promotion, he came riding a 10–0 MMA record and being one of most hyped Japanese fighters in PRIDE. |
| 261 | * {{Determinator}}: He suffered some very nasty beatdowns in PRIDE, but it never stopped him from returning to the ring and facing an even worse opponent every time. |
| 262 | * EarlyBirdCameo: His fight in Shooto was this as he then moved on to RINGS under the tutelage of Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka. |
| 263 | * IdiotFromOsaka: He lives there now, but he was actually born in Iwamizawa, Hokkaido. |
| 264 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: As well as SumoWrestling in high school and university. He began his shoot wrestling training at [=RiRoots=] Conan. |
| 265 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: His second fight in PRIDE was against the league's second best fighter. His next fight was against the third one. His fourth fight was against the first one's master. And his last fight was against a future UFC champion. It can be safely said that Yokoi did not have an easy ride. |
| 266 | * PyrrhicVictory: Although he did not win, Yokoi gave a shockingly good debut match against the famed Minotauro Nogueira in PRIDE. However, this had a negative effect: if PRIDE executives weren't already eager to throw Yokoi to fighters he had no chance against on the belief it would be awesome, then the match with Nogueira convinced them to do so. |
| 267 | * RedBaron: "Kaibutsu-kun" ("Monster-kun") for his physical resemblance to the title character from 1980s anime series Kaibutsu-kun. |
| 268 | * SatelliteCharacter: During his entire time in Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1, he was pretty much known only as "you know, that mixed martial artist who teams up with Sato". |
| 269 | * StoutStrength: Was noticeably pudgy compared to other fighters in his weight class. This is thanks to his time in amateur SumoWrestling. |
| 270 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: Has wrestled for Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1. |
| 271 | |
| 272 | !!!Baret Yoshida |
| 273 | * TheApprentice: To Egan Inoue. |
| 274 | * CoolTeacher: The head jiu-jitsu coach for The Arena MMA gym. |
| 275 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: His participation in the 1999 ADCC that put Yoshida’s name on the map. Baret Yoshida had fought on the trials and made it to the final, though he lost. He was called to the finals as an alternate because one of the competitors had injured himself and could no longer compete. In that tournament, the younger and less experienced Baret gave a very tough challenge to one of the most dominant fighters to have ever competed, Royler Gracie. Yoshida lost a chance to medal, but he gained a legion of fans, and was invited into the tournament in the following years. |
| 276 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: Trained at Grappling Unlimited and is a 3rd degree black belt. |
| 277 | * RedBaron: "The Finisher", "The Baretcuda". |
| 278 | * UnrelatedBrothers: No relation to Hiroshi. |
| 279 | [[/folder]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[folder:Debuted in The To The Top Year (2001)]] |
| 282 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3052_b1.jpg]] |
| 283 | [[caption-width-right:350:It's A Long Way To The Top If Ya Wanna Shooto]] |
| 284 | !!!Akihiko Adachi |
| 285 | * AlliterativeName |
| 286 | * TheApprentice: To Yuki Nakai. |
| 287 | * CoolTeacher: An instructor at Paraesta Matsudo. |
| 288 | * HiddenDepths: He is a real estate agent, a profession he held throughout his mixed martial arts career. |
| 289 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: Is an accomplished judoka, having reached the rank of 4th dan black belt. He also attained the rank of black belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu in 2011 and trained in shoot wrestling. |
| 290 | |
| 291 | !!!Kassim Annan |
| 292 | * TheApprentice: To Cyrille Diabaté. |
| 293 | * FrenchJerk |
| 294 | * GuestFighter |
| 295 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained with the French Konnection team. |
| 296 | * RedBaron: "Hulk". |
| 297 | |
| 298 | !!!Jeremy Bennett |
| 299 | * TheApprentice: To Erik Paulson. |
| 300 | * CoolTeacher: He was an urban assault instructor at the Urban Warfare Training Center. |
| 301 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: As well as UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, UsefulNotes/MuayThai, shoot wrestling, and the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP). |
| 302 | * SemperFi: Served in the Marine Corps from 2003 until 2010, both active and reserve duties. He deployed to Iraq in 2004 with the 2nd and 4th Marines as a infantryman, was stationed in Ramadi, Iraq, for eight months, later deployed to Okinawa, Japan, and the Philippines and ended his career with the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. |
| 303 | |
| 304 | !!!Steve Berger |
| 305 | -->''"There are few names in the St. Louis MMA circle that carry as much weight, and deservingly so, as Steve Berger. When most of today's Tapout-wearing fans didn't know the difference between an armbar from a triangle, Berger was in the cage getting it done. He had his first pro fight in January of 1998 and by 2001 he had made his way to the sport's pinnacle; the UFC."'' |
| 306 | -->-- Brett Auten, a writer for http://www.knucklejunkies.com/. |
| 307 | |
| 308 | -->''"I had always thought boxing was the epitome. I thought Mike Tyson could beat anybody in the world. I saw the UFC and little, skinny Royce whip everybody up and I was like, ‘Wow, maybe boxing is not it.'"'' |
| 309 | -->-- Steve Berger |
| 310 | |
| 311 | * CoolTeacher: Owns and is the head instructor of Fit or Fight Gym (Berger MMA). |
| 312 | * GuestFighter |
| 313 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: Trained at St. Louis Top Team and also trained in boxing, UsefulNotes/MuayThai and UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}. |
| 314 | * RedBaron: "The Red Nose Pitbull". |
| 315 | |
| 316 | !!!Kotetsu Boku |
| 317 | -->''"My motivation is that I want to know my limit. I have already come a long way, so I would like to fight until I am 100 per cent satisfied."'' |
| 318 | |
| 319 | * TheApprentice: To Kazuhiro Kusayanagi, Enson Inoue and Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto. |
| 320 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Is called Kanchoru by his seniors for some reason. |
| 321 | * [[GranolaGirl Granola Guy]]: Is a vegan. |
| 322 | * HiddenDepths: He is an aspiring artist. |
| 323 | * IKnowKarate: Seidokaikan Karate and placed 2nd in the 2000 K-1 Monster Challenge, he also trained in boxing, UsefulNotes/MuayThai, UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, shoot wrestling and was a 2001 All Japan Amateur Shooto Welterweight Champion, and trained at K’z Factory and Krazy Bee Gym. He also trained at Wajutsu Keishukai GODS. |
| 324 | * UsefulNotes/KoreansInJapan: He is a Japanese-born South Korean. His real name is Park Kwang-cheol. |
| 325 | * PantheraAwesome: His nickname "Korean Tiger" comes from the tiger tattoo on his torso. |
| 326 | * RedBaron: "No Face", "Korean Tiger", "Mr. Elbow", "KRAZY BEE no Tokkō Sen'nin" ("KRAZY BEE Special Attack Hermit"), "Team KID Tokkōtai-chō" ("Team KID Commander"). |
| 327 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Beat Ryan Bow for Shooto Pacific Rim Welterweight Champion, then he vacated the title and left Shooto for Hero's. |
| 328 | * TattooedCrook: Subverted, he is covered in tattoos but is a good guy. |
| 329 | |
| 330 | !!!Jason Buck |
| 331 | * TheApprentice: To Dan and Joe Gilbert. |
| 332 | * GuestFighter |
| 333 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: And trained at Gilbert Grappling/Hellhouse for MMA. |
| 334 | |
| 335 | !!!Mike Cardoso |
| 336 | * TheApprentice: To David Avellan. |
| 337 | * CombatReferee: For BJJ matches. |
| 338 | * CoolTeacher: Owns his own school, Cardoso Jiu Jitsu and is also a trainer for Extreme MMA. |
| 339 | * GuestFighter |
| 340 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A black belt under Ricardo Teixeira and trained at the Freestyle Fighting Academy. He also has black belts in UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, and also trained in Japanese Jiu-Jitsu. |
| 341 | |
| 342 | !!!Tony [=DeDolph=] |
| 343 | * GuestFighter |
| 344 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: As well as boxing, UsefulNotes/MuayThai, Krav Maga, Combat Jujitsu, and the Special Combat Aggressive Reactionary System (SCARS). |
| 345 | * {{Jobber}}: A career of 1 win, 5 losses, and a draw. |
| 346 | * UsefulNotes/NavySEALs: A petty officer and a member of SEAL Team 6. |
| 347 | |
| 348 | !!!Yoshifumi Dogaki |
| 349 | * TheApprentice: To Yuki Nakai. |
| 350 | * CoolTeacher: Head instructor of Paraestra Kakogawa. |
| 351 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Kenpo]]: Nippon Kenpo, he also trained in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, boxing, and shoot wrestling. |
| 352 | * {{Jobber}}: A career of 4 wins, 13 losses, and 6 draws. |
| 353 | |
| 354 | !!!Marc Duncan |
| 355 | -->''"You can have results or apologies, not both."'' |
| 356 | |
| 357 | * TheApprentice: To Martijn de Jong. |
| 358 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: The head fighter of Team Duncan. |
| 359 | * CoolTeacher: Owns and is the head instructor of Duncan's Training Center. |
| 360 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: As well as shoot wrestling at the Tatsujin Dojo. |
| 361 | |
| 362 | !!!Rodney Ellis |
| 363 | * AwesomeAussie |
| 364 | * CoolTeacher: The head instructor of Southern Cross Jiu-Jitsu Academy. |
| 365 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: Started under Larry Papadopoulos at Spartan Gym, then Assed Haddad at the Osvaldo Alves academy, then Nova União Academy under André Pederneiras who presented him his black belt, now he continues to train under Marcelino Freitas and Fabiano "Babu" Freitas and is a 3rd degree black belt. He is a NSW BJJ Federation State Champion at purple belt in 2003 and brown belt in 2004, a 2001, 2005 & 2007 Australasian Submission Wrestling Runner Up (ADDC Qualifiers), a 2005 Rio de Janeiro State Runner-Up at brown belt, a 2007 and 2009 Pan Pacific Jiu-Jitsu Champion at black belt, a 2009 Australasian Submission Wrestling Champion (ADDC Qualifiers), and a Professional Gi Champion at 2010 Abu Dhabi Pro Gi. He is also a black belt in Goshin Ryu Ju-Jutsu under Gordon Griffiths. |
| 366 | * {{Jobber}}: Had only one fight in Shooto against Isao Tanimura, he lost. |
| 367 | * StartMyOwn: Founded the Australian Jiu-Jitsu Grand Prix in 2014. |
| 368 | |
| 369 | !!!Osmar Diaz Fernandez |
| 370 | -->''"All I can say is that all Chute Boxe people are shocked. He left two kids, hundreds of students and thousands of friends. Osmar was a great person, one of the most important instructors of the team and also the promoter of Torneio Estimulo, which was launching a new generation of Muay Thai and MMA."'' |
| 371 | -->-- Xicão Joly, a close friend of Osmar. |
| 372 | |
| 373 | * TheApprentice: To Rudimar Fedrigo. |
| 374 | * CoolTeacher: A trainer at Chute Boxe Academy who trained the Rua brothers, Wanderlei Silva, Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos and Fabricio Werdum. |
| 375 | * DownerEnding: Was shot three times while leaving for home from the Chute Boxe Academy in 2008. |
| 376 | * GuestFighter |
| 377 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/MuayThai: Trained at Chute Boxe Academy. |
| 378 | * {{Jobber}}: Had only one fight in Shooto against Katsuya Toida, he lost. |
| 379 | * StartMyOwn: Was the promoter of Torneio Estimulo, a UsefulNotes/MuayThai and MMA event. |
| 380 | |
| 381 | !!!Hirofumi Hara |
| 382 | * AlliterativeName |
| 383 | * TheApprentice: To Hiroshi Fukuma. |
| 384 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Shoot Wrestling]]: Trained at Team Junfan Shooto Dojo. |
| 385 | |
| 386 | !!!Tomohiro Hashi |
| 387 | * TheApprentice: To Enson Inoue. |
| 388 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: As well as shoot wrestling. |
| 389 | * {{Jobber}}: A career of 3 wins, 7 losses, and a draw. |
| 390 | * RedBaron: "Tomohirock '84". |
| 391 | |
| 392 | !!!Kuniyoshi Hironaka |
| 393 | -->''"I started my martial arts training in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}. The thing about Judo is once you get the “ippon” and pin your opponent, the fight was over. I felt that MMA was the only true way to measure my skills and to test myself."'' |
| 394 | |
| 395 | * TheApprentice: To Toshiyuki Wado. |
| 396 | * CoolTeacher: Owns and is the head instructor of Master Japan. |
| 397 | * HeroKiller: Holds a notable victory over UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu legend Jean Jacque Machado under submission grappling superfight rules at the event; 'PSL "LA Sub X" at the Santa Monic Civic Auditorium, on 26 / 5 / 2006. He also has beaten Nick Diaz. |
| 398 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: A black belt in both this and UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, he has also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} at Academia Az and competed in shootboxing. |
| 399 | |
| 400 | !!!Eugene Hynson |
| 401 | * TheApprentice: To Steve Oliver. |
| 402 | * AwesomeAussie: From New Zealand actually. |
| 403 | * CoolTeacher: The head instructor of Oliver MMA Kapiti, an affiliate of Oliver MMA & American Top Team New Zealand. |
| 404 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: Started at the Spartan Gym under Larry Papadopolous and then later moved to Oliver MMA. |
| 405 | |
| 406 | !!!Junji Ikoma |
| 407 | * TheApprentice: To Chikara Miyake. |
| 408 | * CoolTeacher: Head instructor of Chokushinkai MMA Dojo. |
| 409 | * IKnowKarate: A chokushinkai black belt. |
| 410 | |
| 411 | !!!Shinobu Ito |
| 412 | * TheApprentice: To Yuki Nakai. |
| 413 | * IKnowKarate: As well as UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu and shoot wrestling. |
| 414 | * {{Jobber}}: A career of 1 win, 3 losses, and a draw. |
| 415 | |
| 416 | !!!Mitsuhiro Ishida |
| 417 | * TheApprentice: To Kenji Seki. |
| 418 | * {{Determinator}}: Japanese fans have given Ishida the nickname “The Endless Warrior” because of his relentless pace and ability to fight through adversity. |
| 419 | * IdenticalStranger: Stylistically speaking. Like other T-Blood fighters, he is unique among Japanese fighters in that he fights with a more Americanized, freestyle wrestling-based fighting style that few other native Asian fighters employ. |
| 420 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Greco-Roman Wrestling]]: Ranked in the top five nationally during his high school years. He also trained in shoot wrestling at T-Blood Mixed Martial Arts Academy. |
| 421 | * MasterOfNone: While Ishida has shown that he has serious power in his hands, the vast majority of his professional wins have come by way of decision. Some have criticized his fighting style. |
| 422 | * RedBaron: "The Endless Warrior". |
| 423 | |
| 424 | !!!Jun Ishii |
| 425 | * TheApprentice: To Noriaki Kiguchi. |
| 426 | * CoolTeacher: Owns and is the head instructor of Chozin Club. |
| 427 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: As well as combat wrestling and placed 2nd place at the 2002 Combat wrestling open tournament, and shoot wrestling and placed 2nd at the 7th All Japan Amateur Shooto Heavyweight Chapionships in 2000. |
| 428 | * StoutStrength: A heavyweight at about 250 ibs. |
| 429 | |
| 430 | !!!Toshiteru Ishii |
| 431 | * TheApprentice: To Yoshinori Nishi. |
| 432 | * CanonImmigrant: A recurrent Shooto fighter from Yoshinori Nishi's Wajutsu Keishukai dojo. |
| 433 | * CoolTeacher: A former trainer at Wajutsu Keishukai Tiger Place (Yokohama). |
| 434 | * IKnowKarate: Trained at the Daidōjuku-based Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 435 | * {{Jobber}}: A career 3 wins, 8 losses, and 3 draws. |
| 436 | |
| 437 | !!!Nobuyuki Kato |
| 438 | * TheApprentice: To Yoshinori Nishi. |
| 439 | * CanonImmigrant: A recurrent Shooto fighter from Yoshinori Nishi's Wajutsu Keishukai dojo. |
| 440 | * CoolTeacher: The head instructor of Wajutsu Keishukai Real Japanese Wrestling G'2. |
| 441 | * DoNotCallMePaul: His real given name is Shinyuki. |
| 442 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: And also trained at Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 443 | |
| 444 | !!!Akira Kibe |
| 445 | * TheApprentice: To Youchi Suzuki. |
| 446 | * BadassFamily: His wife, Yasuko Kibe is a UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu purple belt. |
| 447 | * CoolTeacher: The head instructor of NEX-SPORTS SPLASH. A former instructor at Alive Kariya (Nex Kariya) and Alive Komaki (now · NEX-SPORTS). |
| 448 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A black belt, and also trained in shootboxing and shoot wrestling at Alive MMA Dojo and Nex-Sports. |
| 449 | |
| 450 | !!!Hiroyasu Kodera |
| 451 | * TheApprentice: To Naoyuki Abe. |
| 452 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and shoot wrestling and trained at MMA Dojo STF. |
| 453 | |
| 454 | !!!Akira Komatsu |
| 455 | * TheApprentice: To Dokonjonosuke Mishima. |
| 456 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and shoot wrestling at Cobra Kai MMA Dojo. |
| 457 | * UnrelatedBrothers: No relation to Hiroshi. |
| 458 | |
| 459 | !!!Hiroshi Komatsu |
| 460 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: As well as shoot wrestling and trained at Shooto Blows Gym. |
| 461 | * UnrelatedBrothers: No relation to Akira. |
| 462 | |
| 463 | !!!Gildo Lima |
| 464 | * TheApprentice: To Rudimar Fedrigo. |
| 465 | * CoolTeacher: A UsefulNotes/MuayThai coach for Chute Boxe Academy. |
| 466 | * GuestFighter |
| 467 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/MuayThai: Trained at Chute Boxe Academy and also knows UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 468 | |
| 469 | !!!Masa Marcome |
| 470 | * AlliterativeName |
| 471 | * TheApprentice: To Yorinaga Nakamura. |
| 472 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Shoot Wrestling]]: Trained at the Inosanto Academy. |
| 473 | * {{Jobber}}: Had only one fight in Shooto against Kazumichi Takada, he lost. |
| 474 | |
| 475 | !!!Kim Mason |
| 476 | * TheApprentice: To Matt Hume. |
| 477 | * ChurchgoingVillain: Apparently he murdered Hartanto Santoso because he was a christian and in a sexual relationship with Santoso and that Santoso would expose him as a homosexual. |
| 478 | * DepravedBisexual: Was in a sexual relationship with his murder victim Hartanto Santoso and had a girlfriend at the same time. |
| 479 | * GuestFighter |
| 480 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: And trained at AMC Pankration. |
| 481 | * JerkAss: He was described as a young man who "felt he had absolute power over other human beings" and wanted "the good life" and didn't want to work for it, once talking Hartanto Santoso, a nursing assistant into a $400 loan and, after choking him then bound and gagging him with duct tape in January 2001, trying to rob him of $700 by threatening to inject him with drain cleaner and also pointed a 9-mm handgun at his head. Mason was charged with kidnapping and robbery. On Jan. 29, 2001, a Superior Court judge released him without bail at the urging of his father, John Mason, a retired Seattle assistant police chief. He was then charged with murdering Santoso, who so feared for his life that he asked police to put him in jail or let him sleep on the police-station floor after Mason was released, then went missing with his apartment filled with blood. After a 10-week trial, a jury found Mason guilty. The trial court imposed a sentence of life without possibility of parole. |
| 482 | * RedBaron: "The Sensation". |
| 483 | |
| 484 | !!!Naoki Matsushita |
| 485 | * TheApprentice: To Yoichi Suzuki. |
| 486 | * CoolTeacher: Owns and is the head instructor of MB3Z. |
| 487 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu]]: And also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} at Alive MMA Dojo. |
| 488 | |
| 489 | !!!Martijn Meenhuis |
| 490 | * AlliterativeName |
| 491 | * TheApprentice: To Martijin de Jong. |
| 492 | * CoolTeacher: Owner and headcoach of TCT - Training Center Twente. |
| 493 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: Trained at Tatsujin Dojo along with shoot wrestling. He also knows UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}} and was a Dutch UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}} Junior Champion in 1997. |
| 494 | * RedBaron: "The Tsunami". |
| 495 | |
| 496 | !!!Itchaku Murata |
| 497 | * TheApprentice: To Yorinaga Nakamura. |
| 498 | * BadassFamily: His wife Danielle Murata is also a UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu practitioner. |
| 499 | * CoolTeacher: Owns and is the head instructor of New Ground. |
| 500 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: Trained under Relson Gracie and is a brown belt and also trained in shoot wrestling. |
| 501 | |
| 502 | !!!Eiji Murayama |
| 503 | * TheApprentice: To Kazuhiro Kusayanagi. |
| 504 | * CoolTeacher: The head instructor of Sonic Squad Jiu-Jitsu and MMA. |
| 505 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A 1998 All-Japan UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu champion and also trained in shoot wrestling at Shooto Gym K'z Factory. |
| 506 | |
| 507 | !!!Toru Nakayama |
| 508 | * TheApprentice: To Mitsuyoshi Hayakawa. |
| 509 | * CoolTeacher: The head trainer of Tri-Force Gotanda. |
| 510 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: Trained at Tri-Force Academy, is a black belt, a 2007 BJJF All Japan middleweight open champion at brown belt, a 2010 All-Japan Middleweight Champion at black belt, placed 3rd in the lightweight European open championships, and a 2011 Tokyo International Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu middleweight and openweight champion. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} as well as combat and shoot wrestling under Team IMPRESS. |
| 511 | |
| 512 | !!!Katsuhiko Ochiai |
| 513 | * TheApprentice: To Yuki Nakai. |
| 514 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: As well as shoot wrestling. |
| 515 | * {{Jobber}}: A career of 1 win, 1 loss, and a draw. |
| 516 | * RedBaron: "G". |
| 517 | |
| 518 | !!!Ken Omatsu |
| 519 | * TheApprentice: To Yuki Nakai. |
| 520 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: As well as UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu and shoot wrestling. |
| 521 | * {{Jobber}}: A career of 3 wins, 7 losses, and a draw. |
| 522 | |
| 523 | !!!Seiji Ozuka |
| 524 | * CoolTeacher: Owns and is the head instructor of FREEDOM@OZ. |
| 525 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, UsefulNotes/MuayThai and shoot wrestling. |
| 526 | * RedBaron: "Oz". |
| 527 | |
| 528 | !!!Charles Pearson |
| 529 | * TheApprentice: To Matt Hume. |
| 530 | * CoolTeacher: Owns and is the head instructor of Charlie's Combat Club. |
| 531 | * GuestFighter |
| 532 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}: A 4th dan black belt. He also trained in Filipino Kali, UsefulNotes/MuayThai, and trained at AMC Pankration. |
| 533 | * RedBaron: "The Punisher". |
| 534 | |
| 535 | !!!Bruno Queroy |
| 536 | * TheApprentice: To Toniko Jr. |
| 537 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/MuayThai: Trained at the World Fight Center, as well as luta livre. |
| 538 | * {{Jobber}}: Had only one fight in Shooto against Takumi Nakayama, he lost. |
| 539 | |
| 540 | !!!Murilo Rua |
| 541 | -->''"Shogun Rua was the heir apparent to the Chute Boxe legacy, a seamlessly talented wrecking machine who thrashed his way through virtually everybody he met in Pride. He was a star. But he would not have become that star were it not for his older brother Murilo, better known as Ninja. He was the prototype that Shogun built upon, a unique alchemy made from the dominant styles of Chute Boxe: The smoothly-flowing muay thai techniques of Jose Landi-Jons, the violent, punchy aggression of Wanderlei Silva, the fast-moving, leglock-heavy grappling of Cristiano Marcello. Ninja represented the future of Chute Boxe. Unfortunately: He was. Ninja debuted in 2000 as an immediate force in the sport: He swept the first five Meca World Vale Tudo events and got invited to Pride just a year afterward. He racked up an impressive 5-3 Pride run in just his first three years, including violent stoppages over the notoriously tough Daijiro Matsui and Akira Shoji, but there was a pattern emerging: All three of his losses came against an ascending order of people used to fighting at higher weight classes--from the negligibly-different Dan Henderson to the noticeably more muscular Ricardo Arona to the former UFC heavyweight champion Kevin Randleman. Ninja was already slightly pudgy at 5'11" and a weight that fluctated between 185 and 200. A good coach would have taken him to the UFC and had him cutting down to 170 pounds, fighting people his size. But this was Pride, and moreover Pride in 2004, which wouldn't have a welterweight division for another year. So Ninja went the other way. In one of the worst ideas in mixed martial arts history, Ninja put on an extra 20 pounds--nearly all of it in his gut--to enter the 2004 Heavyweight GP. He drew the undefeated, 6'3" phenomenon Sergei Kharitonov. It's a profoundly uncomfortable fight to watch: A visibly out of shape Ninja getting repeatedly drubbed upside the head by a man who not only schools him in boxing but outsizes him by two weight classes. Rua is concussed within forty seconds, gets wobbled every time Kharitonov touches him, and is ultimately pounded limp against the ropes in just over four minutes. It's less a fight than a beating, and it left Ninja needing brain surgery. There's an old MMA cliche about fights that take someone's soul, losses so bad they break a fighter. Sergei was Ninja's. His career was only half over, and the latter half was by no means unsuccessful--he would go 11-10 in his remaining fights, retiring at 20-13-1, challenged for the BAMMA Middleweight Championship and briefly held the short-lived EliteXC Middleweight Championship--but he was never the same, and never won against top-flight competition again. His style was slower and less certain, his once-great chin evaporated, and in interviews he became gradually harder to understand, particularly as he accrued more and more damage--in the 19 fights he had after Sergei, his already-damaged brain ate five more knockouts, until America's athletic commissions wouldn't grant him a license to fight anymore. He paved the way for his brother. But he paid a price."'' |
| 542 | -->-- A profile of Shogun Rua from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 543 | |
| 544 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Was beaten twice by Paulo Filho. |
| 545 | * TheApprentice: To Rudimar Fedrigo, Jose Landi-Jons, Wanderlei Silva, and Cristiano Marcello. |
| 546 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Co-founded with his brother, Universidade da luta. |
| 547 | * BadassFamily: His younger brother is Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, who is also a MMA fighter. |
| 548 | * BashBrothers: With his younger brother Mauricio. |
| 549 | * GuestFighter |
| 550 | * HiddenDepths: He now runs a gas station, which is HilariousInHindsight as he is known for the meme "Murilo Rua will never run out of gas" which is supposed to refer to his stamina in fights. |
| 551 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/MuayThai: Is known for his aggressive UsefulNotes/MuayThai style and trained at Chute Boxe Academy. He is also a black belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 552 | * RedBaron: "Ninja", "Burajiru no Shinobi" ("Brazilian Shinobi"), "Shiuba Ippa no Gokuaku Ninja" ("Villainous Ninja of Silva's Faction"), "Naki Ninja" ("Crying Ninja"). |
| 553 | * TheWorfEffect: His losses by KO to Sergei Kharitonov, Denis Kang, Robbie Lawler, Benji Radach, and Tom Watson. |
| 554 | |
| 555 | !!!Flavio Santiago |
| 556 | * TheApprentice: To Toniko Jr., Jorge Luiz De Souza "Tinho", Hugo Duarte, and Carlos Alberto Brunocilla. |
| 557 | * CoolTeacher: Has Luta Livre schools in France and Germany. He has been a grappling coach to fighters like Cheick Kongo, Brayan Rafiq, Johnny Frachey, Nayeb Hezam, Mourad Benseghir, etc. |
| 558 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Luta Livre]]: As well as UsefulNotes/MuayThai at the World Fight Center. |
| 559 | * RedBaron: "Peroba". |
| 560 | * UrExample: Brought Luta Livre to France. |
| 561 | |
| 562 | !!!Leopoldo Serao |
| 563 | * TheApprentice: To Eugenio Tadeu and Toniko Jr. |
| 564 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 565 | * CoolTeacher: A grappling trainer for Fairtex Mountain View. |
| 566 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Luta Livre]]: A five-time Brazilian Luta Livre state champion. He also trained in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu and UsefulNotes/MuayThai. |
| 567 | |
| 568 | !!!Tsutomu Shiiki |
| 569 | * TheApprentice: To Chikara Miyake. |
| 570 | * IKnowKarate: A chokushinkai black belt. |
| 571 | * {{Jobber}}: A career of 3 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws. |
| 572 | |
| 573 | !!!Masato Shiozawa |
| 574 | * TheApprentice: To Yoshinori Nishi. |
| 575 | * CanonImmigrant: A recurrent Shooto fighter from Yoshinori Nishi's Wajutsu Keishuaki dojo. |
| 576 | * IKnowKarate: Trained at the Daidōjuku-based Wajutsu Keishukai. |
| 577 | |
| 578 | !!!Anderson Silva |
| 579 | -->''"To be honest with you, I really don’t like to hurt my opponents; this just happens to be our job. But if somebody disrespects me they will pay for it. I promise."'' |
| 580 | |
| 581 | * TheAce: Silva holds the longest title streak in UFC history, a record of 2457 days, with 16 consecutive wins and 10 title defenses. |
| 582 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: His UFC title reign was stopped by Chris Weidman and he also lost the rematch. |
| 583 | * TheApprentice: To Fabio Noguchi, Cristiano Marcello, Rafael Cordeiro, Pedro Rizzo, Israel Gomes |
| 584 | * CherryTapping: His fight with Forrest Griffin. Silva pummeled Griffin for several minutes, landing power punches and knocking Griffin all around the arena. The blow that finished it, however, was a short jab with his weak hand while backing away. |
| 585 | * CounterAttack: Has a deadly striking game that that combines this with NonchalantDodge. |
| 586 | * CurbStompBattle: Silva exploded into the UFC after a fairly unexceptional career in other promotions. He dispatched the rugged Chris Leben so ruthlessly in his debut that he was immediately given a title shot. Though many fans didn't think he even deserved the shot, Silva demolished the two-time defending champ Rich Franklin in the first round. Since then, Silva has dispatched a number of other worthy opponents with ease, including a thrashing of Forrest Griffin, in which Silva spent a large portion of the fight taunting Griffin with his hands down before knocking him out with a backpedaling jab. |
| 587 | * DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Was the first man to beat Hayato Sakurai ending his 18 win streak. |
| 588 | ** This also happened to him against Chris Weidman. |
| 589 | * {{Expy}}: Was one to Chute Boxe fighter and Vale Tudo legend José "Pelé" Landi-Jons, his body shape and style are both almost identical and in fact he trained Silva at one point and had a real life enmity with him. Pelé also had an almost identical leg break to Anderson's in 2008. |
| 590 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: After watching Ong Bak, Silva suddenly wanted to win a fight by leading reverse elbow. His coaches completely shot this down, so he practiced the technique privately with his wife. Come his fight with Tony Fryklund, that's exactly how Silva won. |
| 591 | * GuestFighter |
| 592 | * HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: Silva became demotivated and thought about quitting MMA after his loss to Daiju Takase, but was convinced to keep on fighting by Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira. |
| 593 | * HeroKiller: Beat Hayato Sakurai for the Shooto middleweight championship. He has also beaten guys like Wrestling/AlexanderOtsuka, Dan Henderson, Vitor Belfort, Carlos Newton, Rich Franklin, Nate Marquardt, Forrest Griffin, Chael Sonnen, Demian Meia, Stephan Bonnar, etc. |
| 594 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira. |
| 595 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/MuayThai: What he is primarily known for having trained at Chute Boxe along with being a 3rd degree UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu black belt under Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (and actually started his BJJ training at Nova Uniao Academy). He is also a black belt in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, a 5th dan black belt in UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}} and even tried appealing to the Brazilian Taekwondo Confederation to consider him for the 2016 Olympics, trained a bit in UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}, competed in two pro boxing matches and even learned Panantukan under Dan Inosanto. |
| 596 | * NonchalantDodge: Is the patron saint of this trope in MMA. Particularly types one and three, but sometimes two as well. |
| 597 | * RealSongThemeTune: "No Sunshine" by DMX. |
| 598 | * RedBaron: "The Spider". |
| 599 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 600 | * TemptingFate: Silva repeatedly clowned title contender Chris Weidman by dropping his hands and presenting his chin. When Weidman connected with a glancing blow, Silva theatrically mimed being hurt. Weidman responded with more punches, landing flush on Silva's chin and ending the middleweight champ's record-breaking win streak. |
| 601 | * TheWorfEffect: Was the favorite in his bouts with Daiju Takase and Ryo Chonan, till he got caught by Daiju in a triangle and by Ryo in a flying scissor heel hook respectively. |
| 602 | |
| 603 | !!!Daisuke Sugie |
| 604 | * TheApprentice: To Yoichi Suzuki. |
| 605 | * CoolTeacher: The head instructor of CARPE DIEM HOPE UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 606 | * DoNotCallMePaul: His real name is Daisuke Shiraki. |
| 607 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: And also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} at ALIVE MMA Dojo and is a black belt. |
| 608 | * RedBaron: "Amazon". |
| 609 | |
| 610 | !!!Akitoshi Tamura |
| 611 | * TheApprentice: To Kenichi Tanaka. |
| 612 | * CoolTeacher: An instructor at Tsudanuma MMA Dojo. |
| 613 | * IKnowKarate: A kyokushin practitioner and also trained in shoot wrestling trained Super Tiger Gym Tanaka Juku. |
| 614 | * MinoredInAssKicking: He competed in a lethwei tournament on July 10 & 11, 2004 and knocked out local fighter Aya Bo Sein in the second round to become the first foreigner to beat a lethwei practitioner in an official match. |
| 615 | * RedBaron: "Tetsujin" ("Ironman"). |
| 616 | |
| 617 | !!!Kenichiro Togashi |
| 618 | * TheApprentice: To Yuki Nakai. |
| 619 | * CoolTeacher: Head instructor of Paraestra Hiroshima. |
| 620 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A black belt and the 6th All-Japan UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu Lightweight champion in August 2005, he also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, boxing, and shoot wrestling and also placed 3rd at the Amateur Shooto Open Welterweight Championships in February 2001. |
| 621 | |
| 622 | !!!Yasuyuki Tokuoka |
| 623 | * TheApprentice: To Yuki Nakai. |
| 624 | * CoolTeacher: A trainer at Paraestra Kakogawa. |
| 625 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: As well as shoot wrestling. He also trained at Shooto Jam Water under Mitsuhiro Saji. |
| 626 | * RedBaron: "Otoko". |
| 627 | |
| 628 | !!!Roemer Trumpert |
| 629 | * TheApprentice: To Martijin de Jong. |
| 630 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: Trained at Tatsujin Dojo along with shoot wrestling. |
| 631 | |
| 632 | !!!Tomoharu Umezawa |
| 633 | * TheApprentice: To Hiroyuki Abe. |
| 634 | * CoolTeacher: The head instructor of Abe Ani Combat Club SPIDER Real Wrestling Team. |
| 635 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: As well as amateur, combat, and shoot wrestling and trained at Abe Ani Combat Club. |
| 636 | |
| 637 | !!!Yasuhiro Urushitani |
| 638 | * TheApprentice: To Yoshinori Nishi. |
| 639 | * CanonImmigrant: A recurrent Shooto fighter from Yoshinori Nishi's Wajutsu Keishuaki dojo. |
| 640 | * CoolTeacher: A former trainer at Wajutsu Keishukai HEARTS, and now a trainer at TRIBE TOKYO MMA. |
| 641 | * IKnowKarate: Trained at the Daidōjuku-based Wajutsu Keishukai. He is also a purple belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 642 | |
| 643 | !!!Norifumi Yamamoto |
| 644 | * TheApprentice: To Enson Inoue and Noriaki Kiguchi (who also trained his sisters). |
| 645 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Head of Killer/Krazy Bee MMA team. |
| 646 | * BrattyHalfPint: Is quite short at 5 ft 4 and about 143 ib and is described as having a controversial persona and once got in trouble with {{Yakuza}} before being bailed out by his brother-in-law Enson Inoue. He got his nickname "Kid" from the seniors of his high school wrestling department who saw his petite body, and said he looked like a kid. |
| 647 | * CoolTeacher: Has his own gym, Yamamoto Sports Academy. |
| 648 | * DavidVsGoliath: As one of the shortest and lightest guys in MMA who usually competes in the Lightweight division with a 10 ib disadvantage this is expected. |
| 649 | * DownerEnding: Wrote on his Instagram on August 26, 2018 that he was diagnosed with cancer. He died on September 18, 2018, he was 41 years old. |
| 650 | * HeroKiller: Defeated guys like Royler Gracie, Caol Uno and Genki Sudo to win K-1 HERO's 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix. |
| 651 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Freestyle Wrestling]]: Comes from a WrestlingFamily, wrestled in the United States at Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe, Arizona, capturing three state championships (with a third-place finish as a freshman), during that time he lived and received training from Townsend and Tricia Saunders and even tried to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in freestyle wrestling until an injury forced him back into MMA. He also trained briefly under Choi Mu Bae in Greco-Roman wrestling. He also learned UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}, combat wrestling and of course shoot wrestling. |
| 652 | * OneHitKill: Has the fastest ever knockout in a major MMA promotion by 4 seconds against Kazuyuki Miyata. As of December 24, 2011, only Duane Ludwig tied this record with his win over Jonathan Goulet. |
| 653 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Is 5 ft 4 in height and about 143 Ib who competes in the Lightweight class (which the weight limit is 155 ib in K-1 HERO's and DREAM) and usually won during his time in those promotions. |
| 654 | * RedBaron: "Kid", "Kami no Ko" ("Child of God"). |
| 655 | * WrestlingFamily: A freestyle wrestling family, his father Ikuei Yamamoto representing Japan at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich and his sisters Miyuu and Seiko both won world championships in freestyle wrestling, both wrestled for Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling though at different times and Miyuu also recently tried MMA. His nephew, Arsen Yamamoto, Miyuu's eldest son is also an accomplished wrestler and has also recently tried MMA. |
| 656 | |
| 657 | !!!Takeshi Yamazaki |
| 658 | * TheApprentice: To Naoyuki Taira. |
| 659 | * AscendedFanBoy: Was a fan of RINGS and UWF International. |
| 660 | * CoolTeacher: Head Instructor of Reversal Gym Shinjuku Me, We. |
| 661 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: In high school, also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kendo}} in junior high school. He also trained in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, shootboxing, and shoot wrestling at Strapple MMA Gym and Shinjuku-Sports Center. |
| 662 | %%* PowerTrio: With Grabaka mates Sanae Kikuta and Yuki Sasaki. |
| 663 | * RedBaron: "Grabaka no Jūjutsu Masutā" ("Grabaka's Jiu-Jitsu Master"), "Heisei no Okumaku-maru". |
| 664 | |
| 665 | !!!Noriyuki Yokoyama |
| 666 | * TheApprentice: To Naoyuki Abe. |
| 667 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and shoot wrestling and trained at MMA Dojo STF. |
| 668 | * {{Jobber}}: A career of 1 win, 2 losses, and a draw. |
| 669 | [[/folder]] |
| 670 | |
| 671 | [[folder:Debuted in The Treasure Hunt Year (2002)]] |
| 672 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4254.PNG]] |
| 673 | [[caption-width-right:250:Not All Treasure Is Silver And Gold]] |
| 674 | !!!Masatoshi Abe |
| 675 | * TheApprentice: To his brother Hiroyuki Abe. |
| 676 | * BadassFamily: His brother Hiroyuki Abe is also a MMA fighter and the owner of Abe Ani Combat Club. |
| 677 | * BashBrothers: With his brother Hiroyuki Abe. |
| 678 | * IKnowKarate: As well as amateur wrestling, UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, and shoot wrestling. |
| 679 | * UnrelatedBrothers: No relation to Kazuya, Shinji or Yoshihiko. |
| 680 | |
| 681 | !!!Akira Kikuchi |
| 682 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Beaten twice by Shinya Aoki. |
| 683 | * CoolTeacher: A former trainer at Krazy Bee Gym. |
| 684 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: And also UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, amateur and shoot wrestling and was a 2001 All-Japan Shooto Welterweight Champion. |
| 685 | * TheRival: Jake Shields. |
| 686 | |
| 687 | !!!Yoichi Fukumoto |
| 688 | * TheApprentice: To Hajime Isono. |
| 689 | * GuestFighter |
| 690 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}: Fought in the Student World Championships but lost in the first round. He also trained in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu at Wajutsu Keishukai Itadaki Jiu-Jitsu. |
| 691 | * RedBaron: "Yo". |
| 692 | |
| 693 | !!!Jin Kazeta |
| 694 | * CoolTeacher: Owns and is the head instructor of Philoctetes Niigata. |
| 695 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Shoot Wrestling]] |
| 696 | |
| 697 | !!!Henry Matamoros |
| 698 | * TheApprentice: To Pedro Sauer. |
| 699 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: The head fighter of Matamoros BJJ. |
| 700 | * CoolTeacher: Owns and is the head instructor of Pure Life Martial Arts. |
| 701 | * GuestFighter |
| 702 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A 3rd degree black belt. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and amateur wrestling. |
| 703 | * RedBaron: "The Don of Jiu Jitsu". |
| 704 | [[/folder]] |
| 705 | |
| 706 | [[folder:Debuted In The Young Leader Year (2003)]] |
| 707 | [[/folder]] |
| 708 | |
| 709 | [[folder:Debuted In The Shooto Junkies Year (2004)]] |
| 710 | [[/folder]] |
| 711 | |
| 712 | [[folder:Debuted In The Soulful Fight Year (2005)]] |
| 713 | !!!Shinya Aoki |
| 714 | -->''"Baka Survivor!"'' |
| 715 | |
| 716 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Lost to Hayato Sakurai in which he claimed to be a sketchy decision, and later lost to him again in their rematch via CurbStompBattle. |
| 717 | * TheApprentice: To Yuki Nakai. |
| 718 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: It's sure to say that he spends as much energy taunting his opponent (after the matches, that is) as he spends fighting. |
| 719 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: For his ostentatious taunts and goofy personality. Unlike most examples, however, it has only turned him into a very hated fighter in his own country instead of a fan favourite. |
| 720 | * CripplingOverspecialization: Is one of the best no-gi grapplers around and can do wonders once the fight hits the mat, but the rest of his skills is very, very limited, and he reacts to strikes as if he had forgotten he is fighting a MMA bout and can be punched after all (this is probably because he is short-sighted). |
| 721 | * {{Expy}}: He and his friend Masazaku Imanari are arguably the successors to Rumina Sato. They are lightweight fighters with crazy submission skills and a penchant for flying techniques and openings from unpredictable angles (in that sense, they are even more overspecialized in grappling than Sato ever was) but with laughably weak chins. |
| 722 | * GlassCannon: Great in offensive submissions, but not so much in taking hits. |
| 723 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Masakazu Imanari as the Anime ThoseTwoGuys of MMA: they are best friends and former classmates, often train together, and corner each's other in fights. In fact, Aoki stated in an interview that he does not see Imanari as a friend, but as a brother. Aww. |
| 724 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: Champion and fan of the kosen judo. He later specialized in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu and shoot wrestling as well. |
| 725 | * NerdGlasses: He wears them, as he is actually short-sighted. |
| 726 | %%* PowerTrio: Founded Nippon Top Team with Masazaku Imanari and Satoru Kitaoka. |
| 727 | * RedBaron: "Tobikan Judan" ("10th Dan in Flying Submissions"), "Baka Survivor". |
| 728 | * {{Sadist}}: He will gleefully break a limb if he can get his hands on it. |
| 729 | |
| 730 | !!!Keith Wisniewski |
| 731 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: The head fighter of Duneland Vale Tudo. |
| 732 | * BadassFamily: His brother Justin is also a BJJ practitioner and MMA fighter. |
| 733 | * BashBrothers: With his brother Justin. |
| 734 | * CoolTeacher: A co-founder of Duneland Vale Tudo with his brother Justin. |
| 735 | * GuestFighter |
| 736 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: and UsefulNotes/MuayThai. |
| 737 | * RedBaron: "The Polish Connection". He shares this name with his brother. |
| 738 | * StartMyOwn: Started with his brother the Duneland Classic fight events. |
| 739 | [[/folder]] |
| 740 | |
| 741 | [[folder:Debuted in The Champion Carnival Year (2006)]] |
| 742 | [[/folder]] |
| 743 | |
| 744 | [[folder:Debuted in The Everybody Fight Now Year (2007)]] |
| 745 | [[/folder]] |
| 746 | |
| 747 | [[folder:Debuted in The Earth, Wind and Fighter Year (2008)]] |
| 748 | [[/folder]] |
| 749 | |
| 750 | [[folder:Debuted in The Revolutionary Exchanges Year (2009)]] |
| 751 | [[/folder]] |
| 752 | |
| 753 | [[folder:Debuted in The Way of Shooto Year (2010)]] |
| 754 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/download_397.jpg]] |
| 755 | [[caption-width-right:225:Now For The Real Question: Like a Tiger Or Like a Dragon?]] |
| 756 | [[/folder]] |
| 757 | |
| 758 | [[folder:Debuted in The Spirit Aomori Year (2011)]] |
| 759 | [[/folder]] |
| 760 | |
| 761 | [[folder:Debuted in The Survivor Year (2012)]] |
| 762 | [[/folder]] |
| 763 | |
| 764 | [[folder:Debuted in The Isami Shooto Caravan Year (2013)]] |
| 765 | [[/folder]] |
| 766 | |
| 767 | [[folder:Debuted in The Latest Years (2014-Present)]] |
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