Win 32-13-3 Kazushi Sakuraba Decision (Unanimous) Dynamite!! 2008 December 31, 2008 2 5:00 Saitama, Japan
Win 31-13-3 Masakatsu Funaki TKO (Punches) DREAM.2 – Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Opening Round April 29, 2008 1 0:57 Saitama, Japan
Win 30-13-3 Hideo Tokoro Submission (Armlock) K-1 Premium 2007 Dynamite!! December 31, 2007 3 3:08 Osaka, Japan
Loss 29-13-3 Taiei Kin Decision (Unanimous) K-1 HERO's - Middleweight Tournament Opening Round July 16, 2007 2 5:00 Yokohama, Japan
Win 29-12-3 Ikuhisa Minowa KO (Soccer Kicks) PRIDE Shockwave 2006 December 31, 2006 1 1:18 Saitama, Japan
Loss 28-12-3 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Submission (Armbar) PRIDE 31: Unbreakable February 26, 2006 1 2:24 Saitama, Japan
Win 28-11-3 Makoto Takimoto Decision (Unanimous) PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005 June 26, 2005 3 5:00 Saitama, Japan
Win 27-11-3 Aliev Makhmud TKO PRIDE 29 February 20, 2005 1 7:09 Saitama, Japan
Win 26-11-3 Rony Sefo Submission (Armbar) PRIDE Shockwave 2003 December 31, 2003 1 2:20 Saitama, Japan
Loss 25-11-3 Hidehiko Yoshida Submission (Ezekiel Choke) PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 August 10, 2003 1 5:06 Saitama, Japan
Win 25-10-3 Nobuhiko Takada KO (Punch) PRIDE 23: Championship Chaos 2 November 24, 2002 1 1:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 24-10-3 Ikuhisa Minowa Decision (Unanimous) DEEP - 6th Impact September 7, 2002 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 23-10-3 Bob Sapp TKO (Punches) PRIDE 21: Demolition June 23, 2002 1 0:11 Saitama, Japan
Loss 23-9-3 Wanderlei Silva KO (Punch) PRIDE 19: Bad Blood February 24, 2002 2 2:28 Saitama, Japan For Pride Middleweight Championship
Loss 23-8-3 Gustavo Machado Decision (Unanimous) Rings - World Title Series 1 April 20, 2001 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 23-7-3 Renato Sobral Decision (Majority) Rings - King of Kings 2000 Final February 24, 2001 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 23-6-3 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Submission (Armbar) Rings - King of Kings 2000 Block A October 9, 2000 2 2:29 Tokyo, Japan
Win 23-5-3 Zaza Tkeshelashvili Decision (Unanimous) Rings - King of Kings 2000 Block A October 9, 2000 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 22-5-3 Pat Miletich Decision (Majority) Rings - Millennium Combine 3 August 23, 2000 2 5:00 Osaka, Japan
Win 21-5-3 Jeremy Horn Decision (Unanimous) C2K - Colosseum 2000 May 26, 2000 2 5:00 Japan
Loss 20-5-3 Gilbert Yvel TKO (Strikes) Rings - Millennium Combine 1 April 20, 2000 1 13:13 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 20-4-3 Renato Sobral Decision (Majority) Rings - King of Kings 1999 Final February 26, 2000 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 20-3-3 Renzo Gracie Decision (Unanimous) Rings - King of Kings 1999 Final February 26, 2000 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
Win 19-3-3 Borislav Jeliazkov Submission (Rear Naked Choke) King of Kings 1999 Block B December 22, 1999 2 1:17 Osaka, Japan
Win 18-3-3 Dave Menne Decision (Unanimous) Rings - King of Kings 1999 Block B December 22, 1999 2 5:00 Osaka, Japan
Win 17-3-3 Joop Kasteel Submission (Arm Bar) Rings - Rise 5th August 19, 1999 2 2:17 Japan
Draw 16-3-3 Yoshihisa Yamamoto Draw Rings - Rise 4th June 24, 1999 3 5:00 Japan
Win 16-3-2 Tariel Bitsadze Submission Rings - Rise 3rd May 22, 1999 1 9:19 Japan
Draw 15-3-2 Frank Shamrock Draw Rings - Rise 2nd April 23, 1999 1 20:00 Japan
Win 15-3-1 Hiromitsu Kanehara Submission (Arm Bar) Rings - Rise 1st March 20, 1999 3 0:14 Japan
Win 14-3-1 Valentijn Overeem Submission (Arm Bar) Rings - Final Capture February 21, 1999 1 6:08 Japan
Win 13-3-1 Kenichi Yamamoto TKO Rings - World Mega Battle Tournament December 23, 1998 2 1:26 Japan
Draw 12-3-1 Tsuyoshi Kohsaka Draw Rings - Fourth Fighting Integration June 27, 1998 1 30:00 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 12-3 Tariel Bitsadze TKO Rings - Third Fighting Integration May 29, 1998 1 3:39 Tokyo, Japan
Win 12-2 Mikhail Illoukhine KO Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1997 Final January 21, 1998
Win 11-2 Akira Maeda KO Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1997 Final January 21, 1998
Win 10-2 Joop Kasteel KO Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1997 Final January 21, 1998
Win 9-2 Hans Nijman Submission (Arm Lock) Rings - Mega Battle Tournament 1997 Semifinal 1 October 25, 1997 1 10:34 Japan
Win 8-2 Volk Han Submission (Arm Bar) Rings - Extension Fighting 7 September 26, 1997 1 12:48 Japan
Win 7-2 Tsuyoshi Kohsaka Submission (Toe Hold) Rings - Extension Fighting 2 April 22, 1997 1 13:57 Japan
Win 6-2 Andre Mannaart Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Rings Holland - The Final Challenge February 2, 1997 1 2:11 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Loss 5-2 Volk Han TKO Rings - Budokan Hall 1997 January 22, 1997 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 5-1 Volk Han KO Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Final January 1, 1997
Win 5-0 Yoshihisa Yamamoto KO Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Final January 1, 1997
Win 4-0 Mitsuya Nagai KO Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Final January 1, 1997
Win 3-0 Mikhail Illoukhine KO Rings - Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Opening Round October 25, 1996
Win 2-0 Maurice Smith Submission (Armbar) Rings - Maelstrom 6 August 24, 1996 1 10:58
Win 1-0 Patrick Smith Submission (Heel Hook) K-1 Hercules December 9, 1995 1 0:55 Japan
final record 38-13-2
I liken him to the Japanese Dan henderson. Fought anybody anywhere regardless of weight, most of his losses come to Super HWs, HWs and LHWs. I believe under current UFC weight cutting methods, he would be a 170er.
Winning the first Rings HW title as a worked fight?
Had some good fights against some great opponents though.
Yoshida Tamura was one of the most exciting fights ever IMO.
YOshida's chin had never been tested, YOshida never really took shots to the face prior and it was some awesome jap on jap crime.
It was intense. People laughed as Yoshida won and predicted the first MMA homicide with his next fight against a prime Wand.
some of the rings fights were works true.
But he sent shockwaves throughout the NHB world when he whupped on patrick smith.
legend, u-style!!!
i believe he deserves HOF status. He was an early pioneer, and his accomplishments in MMA eclipse those of any other early gracie like royler, renzo, royce etc.
He was a very underrated fighter. He was basically a welterweight who fought LHWs and HWs most of his career, and even managed to win against a fair share of them. He got thrown to the wolves quite a bit in his Pride career,(Wanderlei, Big Nog, Sapp), but was more than a match for anybody in the world who was close to his weight.
Gave a prime Frank Shamrock all he could handle, beat Jeremy Horn, Pat Militech, Maurice Smith, Renzo Gracie and a host of others.
Definitely an all time great, but I'd doubt that many on this forum even know who he is. In fact I'm sure he'd be referred to as a "Japanese Can" but some of our less respectful members.
ttt
Im always suspect of the popular Japanese pro wrestlers that made the transition to mma at that time.
Sure they fought a lot of named fighters, and many of them were legit fights, but there was a lot of works mixed in there too.
Pride included in that.
How many of their wins were because their opponents were offered more money to lose, like Guy Mezger and Rampage have attested to being offered.
That is why i have a hard time considering that the best era of mma. Lots of Shady stuff in Japan where there are no commissions and the Yakuza has a hand in your organization.
I'll actually see him as a guy who could've been better than he was.
Had he started training MMA earlier, he could've been as good as Sakuraba.
Tamura was a top flight wrestler back when Saku was jobbing to Americans.
He'll be remembered as one of Wanderlei's many Japanese victims.
i think he fought with too much pride and too many principles. Like he would rarely want to hit people on the ground, and he had this kind of silent rage, but also this vulnerability. strange.
takada/tamura was a carry gone wrong I believe. takada was not supposed to have been KOed like that in his retirement fight
EVILYOSHIDA - i think he fought with too much pride and too many principles. Like he would rarely want to hit people on the ground, and he had this kind of silent rage, but also this vulnerability. strange.
takada/tamura was a carry gone wrong I believe. takada was not supposed to have been KOed like that in his retirement fight
You mean the script didnt go according to plan? lol.
everything after Pride 25 was legit.
before 25, i believe there may have been a few works, most of them involving takada.
some were admitted like otsuka/takada.
Legend. Would fight anyone. Shouldn't have fought Sapp though. That was tough for me to watch. 
i belive he would beat SAPP now.
sapp still had the aura back then when tamura stepped up. back then fedor was even scared of sapp. balls of steel.
Unfortunately his absence in American soil prevents him to be known to many MMA fans. Sadly, Pride is pretty unknown to many MMA fans. The only thing that matters to new MMA fans is whether the fighter was in the UFC or not.
most posters with pre 07 join dates should remember him.
EVILYOSHIDA - most posters with pre 07 join dates should remember him.
Yes, because people could not possibly have been MMA fans before registering here. Take that bs back to sherdog.