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Japan
Tochigi, Tochigi
Katsuyoshi Sasaki
AGE
41
/
Dec 12, 1983
HEIGHT
5'9"
/
175.26 cm
WEIGHT
187 lbs
/
84.82 kg
ASSOCIATION
Gloria MMA Gym
CLASS
Light Heavyweight
Wins
6
KO
/
TKO
3
50%
SUBMISSIONS
3
50%
DECISIONS
0
0%
Draws
1
Losses
10
KO
/
TKO
5
50%
SUBMISSIONS
1
10%
DECISIONS
4
40%
N/C
1
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Sotaro Furuya
Grachan - Grachan 74
May / 31 / 2025
Decision (Unanimous)
Hirokazu Takamoto
2
5:00
loss
Masashi Inada
Rizin FF - Landmark Vol. 10
Nov / 17 / 2024
Submission (Straight Armbar)
Takashi Hashimoto
1
1:38
loss
Kozo Urita
Grachan - Grachan 57
Sep / 04 / 2022
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Akira Yamazaki
2
5:00
loss
Radek Hecl
Grachan - Grachan 54
May / 15 / 2022
TKO (Punches)
Akira Yamazaki
1
3:52
win
Hiroki Kotani
Grachan - Grachan 35.5
Jul / 16 / 2018
TKO (Punches)
1
3:08
win
Tatsuya Yamada
Deep - Saitama Impact in Koedo Kawagoe 2018
Mar / 04 / 2018
TKO (Punches)
Kosuke Umeda
1
2:44
NC
Hidetora Matsuoka
Grachan - Grachan 31
Oct / 15 / 2017
No Contest (Accidental Injury)
Hidenobu Koike
1
0:30
loss
Muneyoshi Suzuki
Grachan / One More Chance - Grachan 29 / 1MC Vol. 3
May / 14 / 2017
Decision (Unanimous)
Junichi Ota
2
5:00
win
Takuya Hasegawa
Grachan / Blue Dog Gym - Grachan 25 / BFC Vol.2
Oct / 10 / 2016
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
2
1:28
loss
Daryl Lokuku
Grachan / One More Chance - Grachan 24 / 1MC Vol. 2
Aug / 07 / 2016
TKO (Punches)
1
2:48
loss
Joshua Robison
Grachan / One More Chance - Grachan 23 / 1MC Vol. 1
May / 22 / 2016
KO (Punch)
Ryogaku Wada
1
0:19
draw
Atsushi Yamada
Grachan - Grachan 20
Nov / 29 / 2015
Draw (Split)
2
5:00
win
Yosuke Notsu
Grachan - Grachan 18
Aug / 01 / 2015
Submission (Kimura)
1
3:04
loss
Takahiro Kawanaka
Brave - Brave Fight 9
Apr / 12 / 2015
TKO (Punches)
1
2:52
loss
Shuji Morikawa
IGF - Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2014
Dec / 31 / 2014
Decision (Unanimous)
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
5:00
win
Tsunayoshi Shomura
Grachan - Grachan 15
Nov / 30 / 2014
TKO (Punches)
2
2:47
loss
Hidetora Matsuoka
Grachan 14 - Mach Matsuri
Jul / 20 / 2014
Decision (Unanimous)
2
5:00
win
Ken Kasamatsu
Grachan - Grachan 13
Apr / 27 / 2014
Submission (Armbar)
1
2:48
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