Makoto Uehara

Makoto Uehara
Born (1984-11-14) November 14, 1984
Tokyo, Japan
Native name 上原 誠
Nationality Japan Japanese
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 90.3 kg (199 lb; 14.22 st)
Division Heavyweight
Reach 76.0 in (193 cm)
Style Shidōkan Karate
Team Shidokan Murakamijuku
Years active 2008–present
Kickboxing record
Total 33
Wins 23
By knockout 13
Losses 9
By knockout 5
Draws 1
last updated on: December 21, 2013

Makoto Uehara (Japanese: 上原 誠; born November 14, 1984) is a Japanese Shidokan Karateka and heavyweight kickboxer competing in K-1.[1]

Biography and career

He faced Hiromi Amada at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo Final 16 on October 14, 2012[2][3] and won via unanimous decision.[4]

Despite qualifying for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final, Uehara was left out in the cold when the event rolled around and was replaced by the higher-ranked Pavel Zhuravlev.[5]

Uehara defeated Kengo Shimizu by way of split decision at RISE 92 in Tokyo on March 17, 2013 to win the RISE 90 kg title.[6]

He was set to fight Dustin Jacoby at Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament in New York City on November 23, 2013[7] but the match was switched to Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013.[8][9] He defeated Jacoby by split decision.[10][11][12][13]

Titles

  • 2013 RISE 90 kg champion
  • 2011 RISE Heavyweight Tournament runner up
  • 2011 RISE Heavyweight champion
  • 31st Shidokan Karate Strong Open Tournament champion

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Makoto Uehara K-1 profile". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  2. ↑ K-1 Final 16 Matches Unveiled
  3. ↑ K-1 WGP Final 16, Finalized Fight Card For This Sunday, October 14
  4. ↑ K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16 Live Results
  5. ↑ K-1 WGP Final 8 Match-Ups
  6. ↑ RISE 92 Results: Yamamoto Edges Bennoui, Umeno Avenges Loss
  7. ↑ 4 more fights confirmed for Glory 12 in New York Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ The GLORY 13 Card is Super Stacked So Far
  9. ↑ 4 more bouts confirmed for Glory 13 including main event between Daniel Ghita and Errol Zimmerman Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ GLORY SuperFight Series Tokyo and GLORY 13 Spoilers
  11. ↑ Glory 13 Results and Recap Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ Glory 13 Tokyo results and gifs: Rico Verhoeven, Daniel Ghita, and Nieky Holzken win big in Japan
  13. ↑ GLORY 13 Results: Verhoeven, Ghita and Holzken pick up victories Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ 【RISE】小宮山の前蹴り光るもゲーオがダウンを奪い勝利(in Japanese)
  15. ↑ 9/13 RISE95『羅王丸vs天田ヒロミ戦』に関しまして(in Japanese)
  16. ↑ 一刀、小宮山工介との王者対決制す。神村エリカが王者に：9.13 後楽園
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