Makoto Uehara

Makoto Uehara 上原 誠
Born	November 14, 1984 Tokyo, Japan
Native name	上原 誠
Nationality	Japanese
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	90.3 kg (199 lb; 14.22 st)
Division	Heavyweight
Reach	76.0 in (193 cm)
Style	Shidōkan Karate
Team	Shidokan Murakamijuku
Years active	2008–present
Kickboxing record
Total	26
Wins	20
By knockout	12
Losses	5
By knockout	2
Draws	1
last updated on: December 21, 2013

Makoto Uehara (Japanese: 上原 誠; born November 14, 1984) is a Japanese Shidokan Karateka and heavyweight kickboxer competing in K-1.^[1]

Biography and career

He faced Hiromi Amada at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo Final 16 on October 14, 2012^[2][3] and won via unanimous decision.^[4]

Despite qualifying for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final, Uehara was left out in the cold when the event rolled around and was replaced by the higher-ranked Pavel Zhuravlev.^[5]

Uehara defeated Kengo Shimizu by way of split decision at RISE 92 in Tokyo on March 17, 2013 to win the RISE 90 kg title.^[6]

He was set to fight Dustin Jacoby at Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament in New York City on November 23, 2013^[7] but the match was switched to Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013.^[8][9] He defeated Jacoby by split decision.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Titles

• 2013 RISE 90 kg champion
• 2011 RISE Heavyweight Tournament runner up
• 2011 RISE Heavyweight champion
• 31st Shidokan Karate Strong Open Tournament champion

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record

20 Wins (12 KO's, 8 decisions), 5 Losses, 1 Draw Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record 2016-09-19 Win Koichi K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 20-5-1 2016-06-24 Win Tsutomu Takahagi K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg World Tournament Tokyo, Japan TKO (Strikes) 1 0:32 19-5-1 2016-03-04 Win Nori K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament Tokyo, Japan KO (Strikes) 1 2:06 18-5-1 2014-12-29 Loss Zabit Samedov Blade 1 Tokyo, Japan Extra Round Decision 3 3:00 17-5-1 2014-07-12 Win Zelg Galešić RISE 100 [14] Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Hook) 1 1:25 17-4-1 2013-12-21 Win Dustin Jacoby Glory 13: Tokyo Tokyo, Japan Decision (Split) 3 3:00 16-4-1 2013-09-13 Draw Kim Nae Chul RISE 95 [15][16] Tokyo, Japan Draw (Majority) 4 3:00 15-4-1 2013-03-17 Win Kengo Shimizu RISE 92 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Split) 3 3:00 15-4 Wins RISE 90 kg title. 2012-10-14 Win Hiromi Amada K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo Final 16, First Round Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 14-4 2012-06-02 Win Crafton Wallace RISE 88 Tokyo, Japan TKO (Strikes) 2 2:27 13-4 2012-03-23 Win Won Jingan RISE 87 Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Low Kick 1 0:22 12-4 2011-11-23 Loss Singh Jaideep RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Final Tokyo, Japan KO (Strikes) 1 0:38 11-4 Fight was for the RISE Heavyweight Tournament 2011 title. 2011-11-23 Win Jan Soukup RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Ext. R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 11-3 2011-11-23 Win Stefan Leko RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 10-3 2011-07-23 Win Raoumaru RISE 80 Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Hook) 2 2:42 9-3 Wins vacant RISE Heavyweight title. 2011-02-27 Win Igifan RISE 74 Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Low Kick) 1 2:14 8-3 2010-12-19 Win Raoumaru RISE 73 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 7-3 2010-07-31 Win Kengo Shimizu RISE 68 Tokyo, Japan KO (Left High Kick) 3 1:24 6-3 2010-04-03 Loss Tsutomu Takahagi K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 5-3 2009-12-05 Loss Singh Jaideep K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Yokohama, Japan KO (Right Hook) 2 1:36 5-2 2009-07-18 Loss Hiromi Amada Heat 10 Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 5-1 2009-03-28 Win Takeshi Onda Heat 9 Japan KO (Left Hook) Ex. R N/A 5-0 2008-12-14 Win Sunwu Heat 8 Japan TKO (Corner Stoppage) 2 1:10 4-0 2008-07-13 Win Yong Soo Park K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei Taipei, Taiwan KO (Left Hook) Ex. R 1:26 3-0 2008-04-20 Win Hideo Sawada K-1 League Trial Project Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2-0 2008-01-14 Win Ryuhei Takahashi Japan KO (Strikes) 2 1:26 1-0 Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of male kickboxers
• List of K-1 Events

References

1. "Makoto Uehara K-1 profile". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
2. K-1 Final 16 Matches Unveiled
3. K-1 WGP Final 16, Finalized Fight Card For This Sunday, October 14
4. K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16 Live Results
5. K-1 WGP Final 8 Match-Ups
6. RISE 92 Results: Yamamoto Edges Bennoui, Umeno Avenges Loss
7. 4 more fights confirmed for Glory 12 in New York
8. The GLORY 13 Card is Super Stacked So Far
9. 4 more bouts confirmed for Glory 13 including main event between Daniel Ghita and Errol Zimmerman
10. GLORY SuperFight Series Tokyo and GLORY 13 Spoilers
11. Glory 13 Results and Recap
12. Glory 13 Tokyo results and gifs: Rico Verhoeven, Daniel Ghita, and Nieky Holzken win big in Japan
13. GLORY 13 Results: Verhoeven, Ghita and Holzken pick up victories
14. 【RISE】小宮山の前蹴り光るもゲーオがダウンを奪い勝利(Japanese)
15. 9/13 RISE95『羅王丸vs天田ヒロミ戦』に関しまして(Japanese)
16. 一刀、小宮山工介との王者対決制す。神村エリカが王者に：9.13 後楽園

External links

• Official K-1 website
• Makoto Uehara K-1 profile
• Makoto Uehara Official Blog