Japan

Pro Record


24-17-6

Ryuta Sakurai

Ryuta Sakurai
  • Name: Ryuta Sakurai
  • Professional MMA Record: 24-17-6 (Win-Loss-Draw)
  • Nickname:
  • Current Streak: 2 Wins
  • Age: 41 | Date of Birth: 1971.09.18
  • Last Fight: June 15, 2013 in DEEP
  • Weight Class: Middleweight | Last Weigh-In: 185.0 lbs
  • Career Disclosed Earnings: $0 USD
  • Height: 5'10" (178cm) | Reach: N/A
  • Gym/Affiliation: N/A
  • Born: Japan
  • Fighter Pages: Sherdog  |  The UG
  • Fighting out of: Japan
  • Personal Pages:
Consensus Rank  

Shop the latest from:

Ryuta Sakurai Wiki Wiki Page

Ryuta Sakurai is a Japanese mixed martial artist competing in the middlweight division. Sakurai was a former DEEP Middleweight Champion, having defeated former champion Ryuki Ueyama at DEEP - 17th Impact by TKO in the first round. However, Sakurai would lose the title in his first defense against Ryo Chonan at DEEP - 23 Impact in the first round due to a cut. Years later he would fight for the title again at DEEP - 40 Impact in a rematch against rival Riki Fukuda. Sakurai would come up short again against Fukuda, this time losing via TKO in the first round.

Latest Contributors Contribute

Ryuta Sakurai MMA Fight Record

Professional Results Opponent Event Date
Win | KO/TKO
1:00 Round 1 of 3
Yuji Sakuragi
DEEP: Cage Impact 2013 in Korakuen Hall
Co-Main Event | Middleweight | 84 kg
2013.06.15
Weigh-In: 184.968 lbs
Win | Submission | Choke
0:46 Round 3 of 3, 6:46 Total
Hiromitsu Kanehara
Ref: Kenichi Serizawa
DEEP: Haleo Impact
Main Card | Middleweight | 84 kg
2012.12.22
Loss | Decision | Majority
3 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Kazuhiro Nakamura
DEEP: 60 Impact
Main Event | Middleweight | 84 kg
2012.10.19
Win | KO/TKO | Punches Katsuyori Shibata DEEP 2011.08.26
Win | Submission | Armlock Yoshiyuki Nakanishi DEEP 2011.02.24
Loss | KO/TKO | Knees Riki Fukuda DEEP 2010.08.27
Draw Mamed Khalidov Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki 2010.05.07
Win | KO/TKO | Punch Hiroki Sato DEEP 2009.12.19
Win | Submission | Armlock Hosea Ware DEEP 2009.10.10
Draw Hiromitsu Kanehara DEEP 2009.06.30
Loss | KO/TKO | Punches Riki Fukuda DEEP 2009.02.20
Win | Decision | Split Sojiro Orui DEEP 2008.10.23
Win | Submission | Armlock Kozo Urita DEEP 2008.08.17
Win | Decision | Unanimous Young Choi DEEP 2008.05.19
Loss | Decision | Unanimous Riki Fukuda DEEP 2008.02.22
Win | KO/TKO | Injury Eiji Ishikawa DEEP 2007.10.10
Loss | KO/TKO | Punch Murilo Bustamante DEEP 2007.04.13
Loss | Decision | Majority Ryo Chonan DEEP 2007.02.16
Win | Submission | Shoulder Geovani Pereira DEEP 2006.12.20
Win | Submission | Armlock Xavier Foupa-Pokam DEEP 2006.08.04
Loss | KO/TKO | Injury Ryo Chonan DEEP 2006.02.05
Loss | Submission | Armlock
3:49 Round 1 of 2
Paulo Filho
Ref: Moritaka Oshiro
Pride Bushido 9
Main Card | Tournament Alternate | 83 kg
2005.09.25
Weigh-In: 183.0 lbs
Win | Submission | Armlock Yasuhito Namekawa DEEP 2005.07.08
Loss | Decision | Unanimous
2 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Murilo Bustamante
Ref: Moritaka Oshiro
Pride Bushido 6
Main Card | Welterweight | 83 kg
2005.04.03
Weigh-In: 180.8 lbs
Win | KO/TKO | Punches Ryuki Ueyama DEEP 2004.12.18
Win | Decision | Unanimous David Bielkheden Shooto 2004.07.16
Loss | Decision | Unanimous
2 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Yushin Okami
Pride Bushido 2
Main Card | Middleweight | 93 kg
2004.02.15
Win | KO/TKO | Punches Tetsuya Onose DEEP 2004.01.22
Win | Submission | Shoulder Hirohide Fujinuma DEEP 2003.09.15
Loss | KO/TKO | Punches Eiji Ishikawa DEEP 2003.05.05
Win | Submission | Shoulder John Renken Shooto 2003.02.23
Win | Decision | Unanimous Yuichi Nakanishi Shooto 2003.01.24
Win | KO/TKO | Injury Jun Kitagawa Shooto 2002.10.27
Draw Masato Nishiguchi Shooto 2002.08.27
Draw Marcelo Machado Shooto 2002.03.13
Win | Submission | Armlock Nathan Schouteren Shooto Europe 2001.11.04
Loss | Decision | Unanimous Shiko Yamashita Shooto 2001.06.14
Draw Izuru Takeuchi Shooto 1999.11.04
Loss | Decision | Unanimous Jun Kitagawa Shooto 1999.08.04
Loss | Submission | Leglock Yuki Sasaki Shooto 1999.05.27
Loss | KO/TKO Cyrille Diabate GT 1999.03.20
Win | KO/TKO | Injury Nobuhiro Tsurumaki Shooto 1999.01.27
Draw Izuru Takeuchi Shooto 1998.11.27
Win | KO/TKO | Punches Masashi Kita Shooto 1998.09.18
Loss | Submission | Armlock Masanori Suda Lumax Cup 1997.07.27
Loss | Submission | Armlock Hiroyuki Yoshioka Lumax Cup 1996.03.30
Win | Decision Katsuhisa Fujii Lumax Cup 1996.03.30

Ryuta Sakurai News View All

  • MMAmadhouse

    DEEP: Cage Impact  6/15/13 Doo Ho Choi def Shoji Maruyama via KO/TKO RD2 @2:33 Ryuta Sakurai def Yuji Sakuragi via KO/TKO RD1 @1:00 Katsunori Kikuno def Jutaro Nakao via KO/TKO RD1 @1:07 Kazunori Yokota def Eun Kyum Kim via Armbar RD1 @4:02 Jong Wang Kim def Seigo Mizuguchi via KO/TKO RD1 @0:37 Shunsuke Inoue def [...]

  • MMA Mania

    Nostalgia doesn't get more violent than this.

    After more than six years away, Wanderlei Silva will grace Japanese shores once again this Saturday (March 2, 2013), taking on Brian Stann in the UFC on Fuel TV 8 main event inside the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. Fellow Pride FC superstar Mark Hunt, looking to continue one of the most unexpected career turnarounds in the history of mixed martial ...

  • Cage Potato

    The UFC confirmed last night that a middleweight matchup between knockout king Hector Lombard and perennial contender Yushin Okami has been added to the PRIDE fanboy circle-jerk that is UFC on FUEL 8: Silva vs. Stann, March 3rd in Saitama, Japan. Both fighters scored victories last month, with Lombard destroying fellow fireplug Rousimar Palhares in the first round of their match at UFC on FX: S...

  • Bloody Elbow

    The first televised fight is indicative of the card in general - a deceptively solid matchup. On one side of the you have a heavy-handed Cypriot from Long Island. On the other side you have a steady Japanese fighters that defies stereotypes. Constantinos Philippou (10-2, 1 NC, 3-1 UFC) meets Riki Fukuda (18-5, 1-1 UFC)

    Neither man is ranked at middleweight in the USA Today/BE Consensus Rankin...

  • Videos & Highlights

      No Videos For This Fighter

    Shop the latest from:

    • Heavy.com : Chael Sonnen: “Weidman Has The Skill-set To Beat Anderson”(Video)
    • Heavy.com : Anderson Silva: Chris Weidman Needs To Work On His Striking(Video)
    • Heavy.com : Chael Sonnen Explains Distain For LeBron James
    • MMA Weekly : Mixed Martial Arts Stalls Out in New York Once Again; UFC CEO Blames Union Interference
    • Heavy.com : GLORY 9: New York Video Preview
    • MMA Junkie : UFC's Hector Lombard officially headed to welterweight, wants Nate Marquardt
    • MMA Weekly : Zak Cummings vs. Benny Alloway Added to UFC on Fox Sports 1: Condit vs. Kampmann Fight Card
    • MMA Weekly : Knockout Radio Live: Randy Couture, Ryan Bader, Josh Burkman and Kyle Noke
    • Heavy.com : Joe Rogan Details Why Anderson Silva Is The Greatest of All-Time
    • MMA Weekly : Chael Sonnen Believes Chris Weidman Can Do What He Couldn’t… Beat Anderson Silva
    • MMA Weekly : Seth Petruzelli Sees King Mo Fight as an Opportunity to Help Validate His MMA Legacy
    • MMA Weekly : Bellator MMA 96 Weigh-In Results: Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Tourney Semifinals Official
    • MMA Junkie : Josh Burkman: I wouldn't leave WSOF for UFC
    • Middle Easy : A Lesson in Street MMA: Road rage turns into a businessmen grappling match
    • MMAFighting.com : MMA Roundtable: Anthony Pettis' next move, free-agent gambles, 'Fight Master,' more
    • MMA Junkie : Bellator 96's Mo Lawal: Just need to win next three, and I'm straight
    • MMA Weekly : Chael Sonnen Believes Chris Weidman Can Do What He Couldn’t… Beat Anderson Silva
    • Middle Easy : This short film about a human training a robot to fight is brilliant
    • MMA Junkie : No MMA in New York in 2013
    • MMA Weekly : Fight Master: Bellator MMA Extended Preview (Premiers Wednesday Night on Spike)