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"The Punk"

57-35-8

Ikuhisa Minowa

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Given Name: 美濃輪育久, Minowa Ikuhisa
Professional MMA Record: 57-35-8 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Nickname: The Punk
Current Streak: 1 Loss
Age: 37 | Date of Birth: 1976.01.12
Last Fight: April 13, 2013 in RFC
Weight Class: Middleweight | Last Weigh-In: 184.1 lbs
Career Disclosed Earnings: $0 USD
Height: 5'9" (176cm) | Reach: 70.5" (179cm)
Gym/Affiliation: Freelance
Born: Hashima, Gifu, Japan
Fighter Pages: Sherdog | Wikipedia | The UG
Fighting out of: Tokyo, Japan
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Ikuhisa Minowa may not have the most impressive professional record at first glance, having lost almost half of his fights, but upon closer inspection, his record is dotted with some of the biggest names in the history of the sport. During his time with Pride, Dream, K-1, and other Japan-based promotions, Minowa has stepped into the ring with the likes of Evan Tanner, Semmy Schilt, Chris Lytle, Paulo Filho, Ricardo Almeida, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Wanderlei Silva, Kazushi Sakuraba, and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic.

While he was incredibly inconsistent during the first half of his career, Minowa has evolved—through sheer ring experience—into one of the most respected and dangerous submission specialists in Japan, as he often overcomes extreme physical disadvantages by catching larger opponents in leg locks. Minowaman will never be a world-beater, but he likely has the record for combined weight of previous opposition, and the fan favorite fighter has never shied away from a challenge.

In short, count this man among those you can never count out.

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Ikuhisa Minowa MMA Fight Record

Professional Results	Opponent	Event	Date
Loss \| KO/TKO \| Punches Round 3 of 3	Hae Suk Son	Road FC 11 Main Card \| Middleweight \| 185 lbs	2013.04.13
Cancelled Bout	Eun Soo Lee	Road FC 11 - Reason: Lee Injury	2013.04.13
Win \| Submission \| Leglock 3:18 Round 1 of 3	Bor Bratovz	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2012 Main Card \| Middleweight \| 84 kg	2012.12.31
Weigh-In: 184.086 lbs
Win \| Submission \| Shoulder 4:59 Round 1 of 3	Jin Soo Yuk	Road FC 9: Beatdown Co-Main Event \| Super Heavyweight	2012.09.15
Loss \| KO/TKO \| Knee 2:20 Round 1 of 3	Alexander Shlemenko Ref: Yuji Shimada	Super Fight League 2 Main Card \| Middleweight \| 185 lbs	2012.04.07
Weigh-In: 184.086 lbs
Win \| Submission \| Shoulder	Shigeki Tsuchiya	GLADIATOR	2012.03.11
Loss \| Decision \| Unanimous 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total	Kendall Grove Ref: Yuji Shimada	ProElite 3: Da' Sypder vs. Minowaman Main Event \| Middleweight \| 185 lbs	2012.01.21
Odds: +305 Moderate Underdog \| Weigh-In: 185.0 lbs
Win \| Submission \| Armlock	Dev Kumar Ghimire	GLADIATOR	2011.12.18
Win \| Submission \| Shoulder	Young Woo Yu	GLADIATOR	2011.10.30
Win \| Submission \| Shoulder 4:39 Round 1 of 3	Baru Harn	Dream 17 Main Card \| Heavyweight \| 120 kg	2011.09.24
Weigh-In: 191.802 lbs

Win \| Submission \| Head	Jair Gomes	GLADIATOR	2011.08.14
Win \| Decision \| Unanimous	Carlos Toyota	HEAT	2011.06.05
Loss \| KO/TKO \| Punches 2:50 Round 3 of 3, 12:50 Total	Hiroshi Izumi Ref: Kenichi Serizawa	Fields Dynamite!! 2010 Main Card \| Light Heavyweight \| 93 kg	2010.12.31
Odds: -140 Slight Favorite \| Weigh-In: 192.904 lbs
Win \| Submission	Chang Hee Kim	DEEP International	2010.10.24
Loss \| Decision \| Unanimous 2 Rounds, 15:00 Total	Satoshi Ishii Ref: Yuji Shimada	Dream 16 Main Card \| Heavyweight	2010.09.25
Odds: +175 Slight Underdog \| Weigh-In: 194.007 lbs
Cancelled Bout	James Thompson	Dream 16 - Reason: Bout Changed By Dream	2010.09.25
Win \| Submission \| Choke 4:16 Round 1 of 3	Imani Lee Ref: Moritaka Oshiro	Dream 14 Main Card \| Super Heavyweight	2010.05.29
Weigh-In: 193.6 lbs
Win \| Submission \| Leglock 2:42 Round 2 of 2, 12:42 Total	Jimmy Ambriz Ref: Moritaka Oshiro	Dream 13 Main Card \| Heavyweight	2010.03.22
Weigh-In: 196.2 lbs
Win \| KO/TKO \| Punches 3:29 Round 3 of 3, 18:29 Total	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Ref: Moritaka Oshiro	Fields Dynamite!! 2009 Main Card \| Tournament Finals	2009.12.31
Odds: +283 Moderate Underdog Upset Victory \| Weigh-In: 201.0 lbs

Win \| Submission \| Leglock 1:27 Round 2 of 2, 11:27 Total	Hong Man Choi	Dream 11: Featherweight & Superhulk GP Finale Main Card \| Tournament Semifinal	2009.10.06
Odds: +154 Slight Underdog \| Weigh-In: 192.9 lbs

Win \| Submission \| Leglock 1:15 Round 1 of 2	Bob Sapp Ref: Moritaka Oshiro	Dream 9: Featherweight GP 2009 Second Round Main Card \| Tournament Quarterfinal	2009.05.26
Odds: +167 Slight Underdog \| Weigh-In: 196.1 lbs

Loss \| Decision \| Unanimous 2 Rounds, 15:00 Total	Katsuyori Shibata Ref: Yuji Shimada	Dream 8: Welterweight GP 2009 First Round Main Card \| Catchweight \| 88 kg	2009.04.05
Odds: -478 Heavy Favorite Upset Defeat \| Weigh-In: 191.4 lbs

Win \| Submission \| Leglock 1:01 Round 1 of 2	Errol Zimmerman	Fields Dynamite!! 2008 Main Card \| Heavyweight	2008.12.31
Weigh-In: 201.0 lbs
Loss \| Submission \| Leglock 0:52 Round 1 of 2	Masakatsu Funaki Ref: Yuji Shimada	Dream 6: Middleweight GP 2008 Finals Main Card \| Light Heavyweight \| 93 kg	2008.09.23
Odds: -315 Moderate Favorite Upset Defeat \| Weigh-In: 193.4 lbs
Win \| Submission \| Leglock	Don Frye	DEEP International	2008.08.16
Loss \| Decision \| Unanimous 2 Rounds, 15:00 Total	Taiei Kin Ref: Daisuke Noguchi	Dream 2: Middleweight GP 2008 First Round Main Card \| Tournament Round of 16 \| 84 kg	2008.04.29
Odds: -388 Moderate Favorite Upset Defeat
Win \| Submission \| Leglock 1:25 Round 1 of 2	Kwan Bum Lee	Dream 1: Lightweight GP 2008 First Round Main Card \| Heavyweight	2008.03.15
Loss \| KO/TKO \| Retired	Zuluzinho	Dynamite!!	2007.12.31
Loss \| KO/TKO \| Punches	Min Soo Kim	Dynamite!!	2007.10.28
Win \| KO/TKO \| Punches	Kevin Casey	Dynamite!!	2007.09.17
Win \| Submission	Seung Hyun Choi	HEAT	2007.08.11
Win \| KO/TKO \| Retired	Min Suk Heo	DEEP International	2007.07.23
Loss \| KO/TKO \| Kicks 1:18 Round 1 of 3	Kiyoshi Tamura	Pride Shockwave 2006 Main Card \| Welterweight \| 83 kg	2006.12.31
Odds: -115 Near Even

Win \| Decision \| Unanimous 2 Rounds, 15:00 Total	Mike Polchlopek Ref: Yuji Shimada	Pride Bushido 13: Bushido Survival Finals Main Card \| Heavyweight	2006.11.05
Win \| Submission \| Armlock 4:25 Round 1 of 2	Eric Esch Ref: Yuji Shimada	Pride Bushido 12: Bushido Survival 2nd Round Main Card \| Super Heavyweight	2006.08.26

Win \| Submission \| Leglock	Hyun Gab Park	DEEP International	2006.05.24
Loss \| KO/TKO \| Punches 1:10 Round 1 of 2	Mirko Filipovic Ref: Minoru Toyonaga	Pride Total Elimination Absolute Main Card \| Tournament Round of 16	2006.05.05
Odds: +400 Heavy Underdog \| Weigh-In: 181.0 lbs

Win \| KO/TKO \| Knees 2:23 Round 1 of 2	Paulo Cesar Silva Ref: Daisuke Noguchi	Pride Bushido 10 Main Card \| Super Heavyweight	2006.04.02
Weigh-In: 181.0 lbs

Win \| Submission \| Leglock	Dave Legeno	Cage Rage	2006.02.04
Loss \| Submission \| Shoulder 9:59 Round 1 of 3	Kazushi Sakuraba Ref: Yuji Shimada	Pride Shockwave 2005 Main Card \| Welterweight \| 83 kg	2005.12.31
Weigh-In: 181.0 lbs

Loss \| KO/TKO \| Strikes 9:51 Round 1 of 2	Murilo Bustamante Ref: Yuji Shimada	Pride Bushido 9 Main Card \| Tournament Semifinal \| 83 kg	2005.09.25
Weigh-In: 183.0 lbs
Win \| Decision \| Unanimous 2 Rounds, 15:00 Total	Phil Baroni Ref: Yuji Shimada	Pride Bushido 9 Main Card \| Tournament Quarterfinal \| 83 kg	2005.09.25
Weigh-In: 183.0 lbs

Win \| Submission \| Leglock 3:11 Round 1 of 2	Kimo Leopoldo Ref: Yuji Shimada	Pride Bushido 8 Main Card \| Heavyweight	2005.07.17

Loss \| KO/TKO \| Kicks 2:04 Round 2 of 2, 12:04 Total	Phil Baroni Ref: Yuji Shimada	Pride Bushido 7 Main Card \| Welterweight \| 83 kg	2005.05.22
Weigh-In: 181.0 lbs

Win \| Submission \| Leglock 1:10 Round 1 of 2	Gilbert Yvel Ref: Yuji Shimada	Pride Bushido 6 Main Card \| Heavyweight	2005.04.03
Weigh-In: 183.0 lbs

Win \| Submission \| Leglock 0:27 Round 1 of 3	Stefan Leko Ref: Daisuke Noguchi	Pride Shockwave 2004 Main Card \| Middleweight \| 93 kg	2004.12.31
Weigh-In: 190.0 lbs

Win \| Decision 2 Rounds	Tomoaki Ueyama	Pride Bushido 5 Main Card \| Welterweight \| 83 kg	2004.10.14
Win \| Decision \| Split	Ryuki Ueyama	Pride Bushido 5	2004.10.14
Win \| KO/TKO \| Punches 3:23 Round 1 of 2	Kenichi Yamamoto	Pride Bushido 4 Main Card \| Welterweight \| 83 kg	2004.07.19

Win \| Submission \| Choke	Eduard Churakov	GLADIATOR	2004.06.26
Loss \| Decision \| Split 2 Rounds, 15:00 Total	Ryan Gracie	Pride Bushido 3 Main Event \| Welterweight \| 83 kg	2004.05.23

Loss \| KO/TKO \| Punches 1:09 Round 1 of 2	Wanderlei Silva Ref: Yuji Shimada	Pride Bushido 2 Main Event \| Middleweight \| 93 kg	2004.02.15

Loss \| KO/TKO \| Punches 1:05 Round 2 of 3, 11:05 Total	Quinton Jackson Ref: Yuji Shimada	Pride Shockwave 2003 Main Card \| Light Heavyweight	2003.12.31
Weigh-In: 185.0 lbs

Win \| Submission	Silmar Rodrigo	BSF	2003.09.19
Loss \| Decision \| Unanimous	Ricardo Almeida	Pancrase	2003.02.16
Win \| Decision \| Majority	Yuki Sasaki	Pancrase	2002.11.30
Loss \| Decision \| Unanimous	Kiyoshi Tamura	DEEP International	2002.09.07
Loss \| Decision \| Majority	Mitsuyoshi Sato	Pancrase	2002.05.28
Draw \| Majority	Yoshinori Momose	Pancrase	2002.03.25
Win \| Submission \| Armlock	Kazuki Okubo	DEEP International	2001.12.23
Win \| KO/TKO \| Injury	Hiroshi Shibata	Pancrase	2001.12.01
Loss \| KO/TKO \| Injury	Sanae Kikuta	Pancrase	2001.09.30
Win \| Submission \| Choke	Kenji Akiyama	Pancrase	2001.07.29
Win \| Submission \| Leglock	Yuki Sasaki	Pancrase	2001.05.13
Loss \| Decision \| Unanimous	Paulo Filho	Pancrase	2001.03.31
Draw	Ricardo Liborio	DEEP International	2001.01.08
Win \| Submission \| Armlock	Magomed Ismailov	Pancrase	2000.12.04
Loss \| Decision \| Unanimous	Keiichiro Yamamiya	Pancrase	2000.09.24
Win \| Submission \| Leglock	Brian Gassaway	Pancrase	2000.09.24
Win \| Submission \| Leglock	Masaya Kojima	Pancrase	2000.07.23
Win \| Submission \| Armlock	Tony Ross	Pancrase	2000.07.23
Win \| KO/TKO \| Injury 2:02 Round 3 of 3, 12:02 Total	Joe Slick Ref: John McCarthy	UFC 25: Ultimate Japan 3 Main Card \| Middleweight \| 90 kg	2000.04.14
Weigh-In: 179.0 lbs
Win \| Submission \| Choke	Ichio Matsubara	Pancrase	2000.02.27
Draw	Chris Lytle	Pancrase	1999.12.18
Win \| Submission \| Leglock	Adrian Serrano	Pancrase	1999.10.25
Loss \| Decision \| Unanimous	Semmy Schilt	Pancrase	1999.09.18
Win \| Submission \| Choke	Daiju Takase	Pancrase	1999.08.01
Win \| Submission \| Choke	Daisuke Watanabe	Pancrase	1999.08.01
Win \| Submission \| Choke	Minoru Toyonaga	Pancrase	1999.08.01
Loss \| Decision \| Unanimous	Jason DeLucia	Pancrase	1999.06.11
Draw	Osami Shibuya	Pancrase	1999.05.23
Draw	Susumu Yamasaki	Daidojuku	1999.04.08
Win \| Decision \| Unanimous	Kosei Kubota	Pancrase	1999.03.09
Win \| Decision \| Majority	Daisuke Ishii	Pancrase	1999.02.11
Win \| Submission \| Armlock	Daisuke Watanabe	Pancrase	1999.01.19
Win \| Submission \| Armlock	Satoshi Hasegawa	Pancrase	1998.11.29
Win \| Decision \| Unanimous	Daisuke Ishii	Pancrase	1998.10.26
Draw \| Unanimous	Travis Fulton	Pancrase	1998.10.04
Loss \| Submission \| Choke	Evan Tanner	Pancrase	1998.07.07
Draw \| Split	Kosei Kubota	Pancrase	1998.06.21
Win \| Decision	Adrian Serrano	Pancrase	1998.06.02
Loss \| Decision \| Majority	Satoshi Hasegawa	Pancrase	1998.04.26
Loss \| Submission	Satoshi Hasegawa	Pancrase	1998.01.16
Loss \| Submission \| Choke	Jason DeLucia	Pancrase	1997.12.20
Loss \| Decision	Osami Shibuya	Pancrase	1997.11.16
Loss \| Submission \| Leglock	Takafumi Ito	Pancrase	1997.10.29
Draw \| Majority	Kosei Kubota	Pancrase	1997.09.06
Loss \| Submission \| Leglock	Yuki Kondo	Pancrase	1997.08.09
Loss \| Decision \| Unanimous	Satoshi Hasegawa	Pancrase	1997.07.21
Win \| Submission \| Leglock	Haygar Chin	Pancrase	1997.07.20
Loss \| Decision	Yuzo Tateishi	Lumax Cup	1996.03.30

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Asian MMA Update: Filipino MMA rivalry continues as PXC manages to sign a URCC champion

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Videos & Highlights

Highlight | Minowaman HL Vid by Damien report dead link

MMA video maker Damien looks at Ikuhisa "The Punk" Minowa, aka Minowaman, in this highlight video.

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MMA vid maker GravityEyelids focuses on "Minowaman" Ikuhisa Minowa in this highlight video.

Event	#	Deadline
CECR 11	0 of 10	05.20.2013, 11:00 AM ET
CFA 11	0 of 13	05.24.2013, 6:30 PM ET
UFC 160	0 of 12	05.25.2013, 6:00 PM ET
Legacy FC 20	0 of 10	05.31.2013, 7:30 PM ET
UFC on FUEL TV 10	0 of 12	06.08.2013, 5:00 PM ET
XFC 24	0 of 12	06.14.2013, 6:30 PM ET

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"The Punk"

57-35-8

Ikuhisa Minowa

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Asian MMA Update: Filipino MMA rivalry continues as PXC manages to sign a URCC champion

ROAD FC 11 results: Yui Chul Nam wins lightweight grand prix, Joachim Hansen makes victorious MMA comeback

UFC Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 17 Finale 'Prelims' preview and predictions for 'Faber vs Jorgensen' fights on FUEL TV (Pt. 2)

Road FC 11 To Feature Joachim Hansen, Sokodjou, Two Title Fights and New Bantamweight Grand Prix

Videos & Highlights

Highlight | Minowaman HL Vid by Damien report dead link

Highlight | "The Lords of the Ring: The Return of the Minowaman" by GravityEyelids report dead link

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