*anese judoka and MMA fighter

Kazunori Yokota (横田 一則, Yokota Kazunori, born April 3, 1978) is a *anese mixed martial artist and judoka. Yokota became famous fighting in the *anese MMA promotion DEEP, and eventually debuted WVR Sengoku, his only fight in a cage was his MMA debut, which was on 19 September 2004 against Keita Nakamura, the fight resulted in a draw.

Contents

• 1 Career and background
• 2 Championships and accomplishments
• 3 Mixed martial arts record
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Career and background

Yokota has a background in Judo and fights for Team Grabaka with notable training partners such as Akihiro Gono and Kazuo Misaki. Yokota debuted MMA in GCM demolition in September 2004 where he faced off against Keita Nakamura, the 2 round fight resulted in a draw. After his first fight Yokota debuted the *anese promotion DEEP and went undefeated in his next eight fights till he suffered his first loss by knockout at the hands of Tae Hyun Bang. His most famous fight was against former Sengoku 155 pound champion, Satoru Kitaoka, which he lost by unanimous decision. His next fight will be against Eiji Mitsuoka in Sengoku 11. On December 22, 2009, it was announced that Yokota would be taking on DREAM Lightweight Tatsuya Kawajiri in a Sengoku vs. DREAM fight at the annual Dynamite!! event on New Year's Eve in Saitama, *an.

Championships and accomplishments

• Deep
  • Deep Featherweight Championship (one time)
  • One Successful *le Defense
  • Deep Lightweight Championship (one time)

• Sengoku Raiden Championship
  • 2008 Sengoku Lightweight Grand Prix Runner Up

Mixed martial arts record

See also

• List of current mixed martial arts champions
• List of male mixed martial artists

References

External links

• Professional MMA record for Kazunori Yokota from Sherdog