Kazushi Sakuraba

: January 4, 2024
: Mma Fighter

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Kazushi Sakuraba Biography
Kazushi Sakuraba Net Worth
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Who is Kazushi Sakuraba Dating?
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Quick Facts

Full Name	Kazushi Sakuraba
Occupation	Mma Fighter
Date Of Birth	Jul 14, 1969(1969-07-14)
Age	55
Birthplace	Shōwa
Country	Japan
Birth City	Akita Prefecture
Horoscope	Cancer

Kazushi Sakuraba Biography

Name	Kazushi Sakuraba
Birthday	Jul 14
Birth Year	1969
Place Of Birth	Shōwa
Home Town	Akita Prefecture
Birth Country	Japan
Birth Sign	Cancer

Kazushi Sakuraba is one of the most popular and richest MMA Fighter who was born on July 14, 1969 in Shōwa, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Diverse fighter across several classes, who became the initial Japanese UFC Champion. history of the UFC.

He is popularly known for his role as Gracie Hunter for victories over family members, Renzo, Royler,Ryan, and He is known as Gracie Hunter for victories over family members, Renzo, Royler,Ryan, and Royce Gracie..

In spite of his amateur pedigree, Sakuraba was forced to work his way up from the bottom of the UWFi’s rung, as it is traditional in puroresu. Sakuraba lost his debut on August 13, 1993 to Steve Nelson and went winless through his rookie year with the league. It is also popularly alleged that under the eye of Kiyoshi Tamura, he was made to perfectly perform menial chores about the dojo. Still undeterred, Sakuraba steadily built a working knowledge of submission holds upon his freestyle wrestling base until his efforts were at last rewarded with a win over Mark Silver in October 1994.

Though his record remained below .500, Sakuraba continued to edge his way closer to mid-card status through the rest of the year. Then, in 1995, the UWFi began an interpromotional feud with New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The vast majority of UWF-i workers came out on the losing end of the booking to the larger and more mainstream promotion and Sakuraba was no exception. He was defeated in high-profile bouts to Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Koji Kanemoto and Shinjiro Otani, bringing Sakuraba a new level of exposure to the public. The ring psychology and technical prowess he displayed in the bouts also impressed the management of the UWF-i enough that he was finally pushed towards main event status.

The couple is currently married, and they have a child however, details of the family members were secret from the general public.

Kazushi Sakuraba Net Worth

Net Worth	$5 Million
Source Of Income	MMA Fighter
House	Living in own house.

Kazushi Sakuraba is one of the richest Mma Fighter from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kazushi Sakuraba 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a well-known wrestler prior to his MMA days, mostly in UWFi.

On the 3rd November in 2011, he took on On November 3, 2011, he fought Wanderlei Silva for the Pride Middleweight Championship, but lost by TKO. in his Pride Middleweight Championship, but fell by TKO.

Kazushi Sakuraba (桜庭和志 , Sakuraba Kazushi, born July 14, 1969) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, currently signed to Rizin Fighting Federation. He has competed in traditional puroresu for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and shoot-style competition for UWFi and Kingdom Pro Wrestling (KPW). He has fought in MMA competition in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships, Hero’s and Dream. He is known as the “Gracie Hunter” or the “Gracie Killer” due to his wins over four members of the famed Gracie family: Royler Gracie, Renzo Gracie, Ryan Gracie, and Royce Gracie. In particular, Sakuraba is famous for his initial fight with Royce, which lasted ninety minutes and ended after Royce was unable to continue due to damage received from Sakuraba.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Height	6 ft 0 in
Weight	75 kg

Kazushi Sakuraba height 6 ft 0 in Kazushi weight 75 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Kazushi Sakuraba Dating?

According to our records, Kazushi Sakuraba is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Kazushi Sakuraba’s is not dating anyone.

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While the Japanese fight media rejoiced and elevated Sakuraba to superstar status, the Gracie family took great umbrage over the incident, feeling that they had been cheated by Pride. Despite Sakuraba challenging Royler’s older brother Rickson Gracie after the match, it was his younger brother and former UFC Champion Royce Gracie who, compelled to set the record straight and re- assert the dominance of his family, returned to the sport of mixed martial arts in 2000 and entered the 16-Man Pride Grand Prix alongside Sakuraba and several other top fighters of the era. Placed on the same side of the bracket, a special set of rules were requested by the Gracies in the event of a Sakuraba-Royce match, including no referee stoppages and no time-limits, the fight ending only in the event of a submission or knock-out (something prohibited in modern MMA because of the widely adopted Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts limiting matches to 25 minutes overall, 5 x 5 minute rounds).

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Kazushi Ranked on the list of most popular MMA Fighter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Kazushi Sakuraba celebrates birthday on July 14 of every year.

Prior to Pride’s Shockwave 2005 New Year’s Eve event, Sakuraba strongly petitioned for a match against fellow shoot wrestler and professional wrestling proponent, Kiyoshi Tamura, even going so far as to publicly request a bout with Tamura. However, with Tamura refusing to face him, Sakuraba recommended another shoot wrestler, Ikuhisa Minowa, who referred to himself as a “real pro wrestler.” Sakuraba did not request the match due to any grudge against Minowa, but rather because he believed that he and Minowa would put on a fight worthy of the Shockwave event. The bout was a competitive one, with Sakuraba choosing to fight from the bottom and using both men’s submission attempts to force scrambles. After long minutes pinned under Sakuraba, Minowa escaped and took his back, but Kazushi applied a Kimura lock which, although Minowa would not tap to it, nonetheless prompted the referee to halt the contest. The victory marked his final bout under the Pride banner; it also marked one of the few times he was matched against an opponent of his own size from the 183-pound division and his first bout against a Japanese fighter.

How many Gracies did Sakuraba?

He is known as the “Gracie Hunter” or the “Gracie Killer” due to his wins over four members of the famed Gracie family: Royler Gracie, Renzo Gracie, Ryan Gracie, and Royce Gracie. Sakuraba is famous for beating 13 champions of different top MMA organizations; opponents who were often many weight-classes above him.

Who defeated Sakuraba?

The mixed martial arts fight between Kazushi Sakuraba and Royce Gracie was held in 2000 at PRIDE Fighting Championships. Due to its special rules, it lasted 90 minutes before ending with the victory of Sakuraba by TKO.