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Tsuru, Yamanashi
Daisuke Watanabe
AGE
48
/
Jan 5, 1977
HEIGHT
5'11"
/
180.34 cm
WEIGHT
170 lbs
/
77.11 kg
ASSOCIATION
PANCRASEism
CLASS
Welterweight
Wins
19
KO
/
TKO
5
26%
SUBMISSIONS
6
32%
DECISIONS
8
42%
Draws
5
Losses
30
KO
/
TKO
8
27%
SUBMISSIONS
9
30%
DECISIONS
13
43%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Shigeaki Kusayanagi
Pancrase - 245
Feb / 03 / 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
5:00
loss
Seiki Ryo
Pancrase - Passion Tour 11
Dec / 05 / 2010
TKO (Punches)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
0:23
win
Christopher Costa
Gladiator - Gladiator 8
Jul / 24 / 2010
Submission (Armbar)
Samio Kimura
2
4:18
draw
Keitaro Maeda
Pancrase - Passion Tour 4
Apr / 29 / 2010
Draw (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
5:00
win
Kosei Kubota
Pancrase - Passion Tour 1
Feb / 07 / 2010
Decision (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
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2
5:00
loss
Ryuji Ohori
Pancrase - Shining 3
Apr / 27 / 2008
Submission (Kimura)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
4:46
loss
Alavutdin Gadjiev
Pancrase - Rising 6
Sep / 05 / 2007
Technical Decision (Majority)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
0:32
loss
Izuru Takeuchi
Pancrase - Rising 4
Apr / 27 / 2007
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
win
Tomoyoshi Iwamiya
Pancrase - Rising 2
Feb / 28 / 2007
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
0:58
loss
Yuji Hisamatsu
Pancrase - Blow 3
Apr / 09 / 2006
Decision (Unanimous)
Hiromi Okamoto
3
5:00
loss
Daijiro Matsui
Pancrase - 2005 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals
Aug / 27 / 2005
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Ryogaku Wada
2
5:00
win
Yuya Shirai
Pancrase - Spiral 4
May / 01 / 2005
Decision (Majority)
Hiromi Okamoto
2
5:00
loss
Kestutis Arbocius
Pancrase - Brave 12
Dec / 21 / 2004
Decision (Unanimous)
Soichi Hiroto
3
5:00
loss
Branden Lee Hinkle
NF 5 - Neo Fight 5
Oct / 02 / 2004
Decision
3
5:00
win
Wong Sub Lee
NF 5 - Neo Fight 5
Oct / 02 / 2004
Decision
3
5:00
loss
Nilson de Castro
Pancrase - Brave 7
Aug / 22 / 2004
KO (Knee)
Soichi Hiroto
2
1:14
win
Yoshinori Momose
Pancrase - Brave 4
Apr / 23 / 2004
TKO (Head Kick and Punches)
Soichi Hiroto
1
4:53
win
Yoon Seob Kwak
NF 2 - Neo Fight 2
Dec / 20 / 2003
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
1
0:47
win
Seong Hee Kim
NF 2 - Neo Fight 2
Dec / 20 / 2003
TKO (Punches)
2
1:55
loss
Akihiro Gono
Pancrase - Hybrid 9
Oct / 31 / 2003
KO (Punch)
Hiromi Okamoto
2
3:49
win
Yuki Sasaki
Pancrase - Hybrid 7
Jun / 22 / 2003
KO (Punch)
Soichi Hiroto
1
4:18
draw
Mitsuyoshi Sato
Pancrase - Hybrid 4
Apr / 12 / 2003
Draw (Majority)
Soichi Hiroto
2
5:00
win
Hidetada Irie
Pancrase - Hybrid 1
Jan / 26 / 2003
KO (Punches)
Soichi Hiroto
1
4:18
win
Takao Yamamoto
Pancrase - 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round
Jul / 28 / 2002
Decision (Majority)
Hiromi Okamoto
3
5:00
loss
Yasuhito Namekawa
Deep - 4th Impact
Mar / 30 / 2002
Decision (Majority)
3
5:00
draw
Kosei Kubota
Pancrase - Spirit 2
Feb / 17 / 2002
Draw (Unanimous)
Kenji Kosuge
3
5:00
loss
Sanae Kikuta
Pancrase - Proof 7
Dec / 01 / 2001
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
2:14
draw
Mitsuyoshi Sato
Pancrase - Proof 6
Oct / 30 / 2001
Draw (Split)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
5:00
win
Nobuhiro Tsurumaki
Pancrase - Proof 5
Aug / 25 / 2001
TKO (Punches)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
0:17
loss
Akihiro Gono
Pancrase - Proof 4
Jun / 26 / 2001
TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
0:52
win
Eiji Ishikawa
Pancrase - Proof 3
May / 13 / 2001
Decision (Unanimous)
Hiromi Okamoto
3
5:00
loss
Antony Rea
BVT - Bercy Vale Tudo
Mar / 24 / 2001
TKO (Cut)
2
0:58
loss
Yuki Sasaki
Pancrase - Proof 1
Feb / 04 / 2001
Submission (Armbar)
Hiromi Okamoto
1
4:12
win
David Davitashvili
Pancrase - Trans 8
Dec / 09 / 2000
Technical Submission (Armbar)
Soichi Hiroto
1
3:24
loss
Yuji Hoshino
Pancrase - 2000 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round
Aug / 27 / 2000
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
13:22
win
Eiji Ishikawa
Pancrase - 2000 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round
Jul / 23 / 2000
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
3
3:00
win
Yohei Ota
Pancrase - 2000 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round
Jul / 23 / 2000
Submission (Kimura)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
4:52
draw
Takaku Fuke
Pancrase - Trans 3
Apr / 30 / 2000
Draw (Majority)
Kenji Kosuge
2
3:00
win
Hikaru Sato
Pancrase - Trans 2
Feb / 27 / 2000
Decision (Unanimous)
Kenji Kosuge
1
10:00
loss
Daiju Takase
Pancrase - Trans 1
Jan / 23 / 2000
Decision (Unanimous)
Soichi Hiroto
1
10:00
win
Leslie Allen
Pancrase - Breakthrough 10
Nov / 28 / 1999
Submission (Armbar)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
4:44
loss
Osami Shibuya
Pancrase - Breakthrough 9
Oct / 25 / 1999
Decision (Unanimous)
Kenji Kosuge
1
10:00
loss
Takafumi Ito
Pancrase - Breakthrough 8
Sep / 04 / 1999
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
10:00
loss
Ikuhisa Minowa
Pancrase - 1999 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round
Aug / 01 / 1999
Submission (Triangle Choke)
Soichi Hiroto
1
4:28
win
Masatomo Iba
Pancrase - 1999 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round
Aug / 01 / 1999
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
10:00
loss
Yuki Kondo
Pancrase - Breakthrough 7
Jul / 06 / 1999
KO (Punch)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
0:21
loss
Chris Lytle
Pancrase - Breakthrough 6
Jun / 11 / 1999
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Kenji Kosuge
1
5:30
loss
Kosei Kubota
Pancrase - Breakthrough 5
May / 23 / 1999
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
10:00
loss
Katsuomi Inagaki
Pancrase - Breakthrough 4
Apr / 18 / 1999
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Kenji Kosuge
1
7:44
loss
Daisuke Ishii
Pancrase - Breakthrough 3
Mar / 09 / 1999
Decision (Unanimous)
Kenji Kosuge
2
3:00
loss
Kiuma Kunioku
Pancrase - Breakthrough 2
Feb / 11 / 1999
Technical Submission (Kimura)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
3:58
loss
Ikuhisa Minowa
Pancrase - Breakthrough 1
Jan / 19 / 1999
Submission (Armbar)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
3:18
loss
Takafumi Ito
Pancrase - Advance 11
Nov / 29 / 1998
Decision (Unanimous)
Yoshinori Umeki
2
3:00
loss
Manabu Yamada
Pancrase - Advance 10
Oct / 26 / 1998
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
7:33
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