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Japan
Niigata, Niigata
Taiga Iwasaki
AGE
27
/
Jul 7, 1997
HEIGHT
6'1"
/
185.42 cm
WEIGHT
185 lbs
/
83.91 kg
ASSOCIATION
Daido Juku
/
Paraestra Tokyo
CLASS
Middleweight
Wins
9
KO
/
TKO
4
44%
SUBMISSIONS
2
22%
DECISIONS
3
33%
Losses
2
KO
/
TKO
1
50%
SUBMISSIONS
1
50%
DECISIONS
0
0%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
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Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Yousri Belgaroui
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Sep / 10 / 2024
TKO (Punches)
Kerry Hatley
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3
2:34
win
Eun Soo Kim
Shooto - Professional Shooto 2023 Vol. 6
Sep / 24 / 2023
Decision (Unanimous)
Masato Kataoka
3
5:00
loss
Rafael Lovato Jr.
IGF - Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye x Ganryujima
Dec / 28 / 2022
Submission (Kimura)
Yoshinori Umeki
1
2:10
win
Dong Joo Lim
Shooto - Professional Shooto 2022 Vol. 5
Jul / 17 / 2022
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Masato Fukuda
1
5:00
win
Daichi Henry Mikami
LDH Martial Arts - Pound Storm
Apr / 24 / 2022
Technical Decision (Unanimous)
Ryogaku Wada
2
3:49
win
Mitsuyoshi Nakai
LDH Martial Arts - ExFight 4
Feb / 27 / 2022
TKO (Head Kick and Punches)
Ryogaku Wada
1
1:11
win
Hiroyuki Shimizu
Shooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Vol. 7
Nov / 06 / 2021
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Tatsuro Nagase
1
3:13
win
Ryota Imaichi
Shooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Vol. 6
Sep / 20 / 2021
TKO (Punches)
Masato Kataoka
1
4:13
win
Masanori Kato
Tribe Tokyo Fight - TTF Challenge 09
Dec / 19 / 2020
TKO (Punches)
2
4:04
win
Makoto Kawawa
Pancrase - 319
Oct / 25 / 2020
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Shinji Shimamura
1
1:47
win
Ricard Surpris
Tribe Tokyo Fight - TTF Challenge 08
Jun / 27 / 2020
Decision (Unanimous)
2
5:00
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