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Late Night Fights: Mamoru Yamaguchi Double Header

YamaguchiThe "holiday rush" got in the way of a post going up last night so to make it up to you I come bearing a Mamoru Yamaguchi doubleheader.  Yamaguchi is one of those Shooto fighters who it's a shame more American fans are not aware of.  In his career he fought at Flyweight and Bantamweight, winning the Shooto title in both weight classes.

Rather than try to explain why Mamoru is so awesome, let's take a look at a couple of his fights.

Photo via Sherdog.

Mamoru Yamaguchi v. Stonnie Dennis 05/04/05:

Mamoru Yamaguchi v. Setsu Iguchi 05/12/06:

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Damn, Iguchi had no answer in the clinch

by IRodC on Dec 24, 2009 12:20 AM EST reply actions  

He reminds me of the Japanese guy with the fro from Ong Bak.

by ontite on Dec 24, 2009 12:45 AM EST reply actions  

i've seen him before

is he in the Bantamweight division? I believe he’s a current champ of DEEP.

I would love to see him fighting in WEC.

You have to beat the legend, in order to become the LEGEND
-Melvin Manhoef (after his destruction of Sakuraba)

by chopstickthugz on Dec 24, 2009 3:24 AM EST reply actions  

He’s a flyweight and is not the DEEP champ – he has never competed there and DEEP doesn’t have a flyweight belt.

by ilostmydog on Dec 24, 2009 4:16 AM EST up reply actions  

thank you

i looked it up and he fights in SHOOTO org.

You have to beat the legend, in order to become the LEGEND
-Melvin Manhoef (after his destruction of Sakuraba)

by chopstickthugz on Dec 25, 2009 1:24 AM EST up reply actions  

Nice picks! Thanks, Brent.

by Chris Nelson on Dec 24, 2009 8:30 AM EST reply actions  

Yeah, Mamoru definitely needs more love from MMA fans outside of Japan. Very exciting fighter and a quality fighter, at that.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Dec 25, 2009 7:03 AM EST reply actions  

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