*anese mixed martial artist

Ta*i Nakayama (*anese: 中山巧, Nakayama Ta*i, born 11 November 1973) is a *anese mixed martial artist and former King of Pancrase Featherweight Champion. He is also the former King of the Cage Lightweight Champion.

"Ta*i"(タクミ, all katakana) ring name of Nakayama in *an.

Contents

• 1 Biography
  • 1.1 King of the Cage
  • 1.2 Pancrase
• 2 Championships and accomplishments
  • 2.1 Mixed martial arts
• 3 Mixed martial arts record
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Biography

Nakayama was in second place of the *anese Amateur Shooto Championship Welterweight in 1999 and in second place of the *anese Combat Wrestling 69:kg weight cl* in 1999.

King of the Cage

Nakayama beat Charlie Kohler (USA) in KOTC 43 on November 14, 2004, and became the King of the Cage Lightweight Champion. He then lost his *le to Mac Danzig on Oct 29th, 2005 in Reno, Nevada when his corner threw in the towel after he received over 20 unanswered strikes.

Pancrase

In April 2011, Nakayama cut down to the Featherweight division, and won by rear-naked choke submission against Yusuke Kawanago in Pancrase. He became the Pancrase Interim Featherweight Champion by unanimous decision, defeating Tomonari Kanomata on September 4, 2011.

On June 2, 2012, Nakayama fight the Pancrase Interim Featherweight Championship, challenger Jon S*s, who was on a 10-fight winning streak. He was knocked down many times in the punch of the s*s. However, he won via rear-naked choke submission in the third round.

On August 9, 2012, Marlon Sandro vacated the Pancrase Featherweight Championship. Nakayama has been moved to its *le from Pancrase Interim Featherweight Championship.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

• King of the Cage
  • KOTC Lightweight Championship (1 Time)
• Pancrase
  • Featherweight King of Pancrase (1 Time)
  • Interim Featherweight King of Pancrase (1 Time)
  • One successful *le defense

Mixed martial arts record

See also

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

References

External links

• Paraestra Osaka(in *anese)
• Professional MMA record for Ta*i Nakayama from Sherdog