Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
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Daijiro Matsui 松井大二郎
Born
(1972-12-05) December 5, 1972 (age 51) Mabi, Okayama, Japan
Other names
Honoo no Grappler ("The Flame Grappler")
Nationality
Japanese
Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight
84 kg (185 lb; 13.2 st)
Division
Light Heavyweight Middleweight
Style
Shoot wrestling, judo, hybrid martial arts
Fighting out of
Tokyo, Japan
Team
Takada Dojo (formerly)
Teacher(s)
Nobuhiko Takada
Rank
Black belt in Judo
Years active
1998-2002, 2004-2013, 2016-2017
Mixed martial arts record
Total
54
Wins
16
By knockout
2
By submission
1
By decision
9
By disqualification
2
Unknown
2
Losses
31
By knockout
8
By submission
3
By decision
19
Unknown
1
Draws
7
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Daijiro Matsui (Japanese: 松井 大二郎, Matsui Daijirō, born December 5, 1972 in Okayama) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. A professional MMA competitor since 1998, he has competed for the PRIDE Fighting Championships, Cage Rage, DEEP, Pancrase, and King of the Cage. As a professional wrestler, Matsui has wrestled for UWF International, Battlarts, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Inoki Genome Federation and most recently GLEAT.
A former longtime training partner of Kazushi Sakuraba, Matsui is known for his toughness, conditioning, wrestling prowess and unorthodox offense. Despite his mixed success, he holds notable victories over former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton Jackson, former BAMMA World Middleweight Champion Tom Watson, former world kickboxing champion Jose Landi-Jons, BJJ black belt Rory Singer, and a draw against former Pancrase Light Heavyweight Champion and ADCC gold medallist Sanae Kikuta.
DaijiroMatsui (Japanese: 松井 大二郎, MatsuiDaijirō, born December 5, 1972 in Okayama) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. A professional...
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In his next fight, Jackson was disqualified for a low blow against DaijiroMatsui. Jackson went on to defeat Masaaki Satake, Igor Vovchanchyn, Kevin Randleman...
consecutive victories over Hayato Sakurai, Daiju Takase, Yuki Sasaki, and DaijiroMatsui. A member of the Gracie family of Brazil. He is the son of Jiu-Jitsu...
toughest opponent he faced up to that point. Facing Japanese gatekeeper DaijiroMatsui at PRIDE 9, Vovchanchyn controlled the bout by sprawling and performing...
with Pride Fighting Championships. Ninja made his PRIDE debut against DaijiroMatsui in September 2001, which he won via referee stoppage after repeated...
superstardom. Newton went on in the PRIDE Japan to rack up wins over DaijiroMatsui, Naoki Sano, Johil de Oliveira, all on his way to a spectacular armbar...
Yokohama, Japan. Matsui defeated Schrijber via DQ (illegal kick) at 10:00 of round 1. Schrijber delivered an axe kick to the back of Matsui's head after the...
Top Team. He fought in PRIDE against Alistair Overeem, Gilbert Yvel, DaijiroMatsui, Bobby Southworth, and Heath Herring. For these matches Belfort used...
Wrestling Zero1. In February 2021, shoot style veterans Minoru Tanaka and DaijiroMatsui were signed by the company, shortly after Tanaka was given the UWF Rule...
(Submission to Knee) 1 2:39 Chuck Liddell def. Guy Mezger KO (Punch) 2 0:21 DaijiroMatsui def. Jose Landi-Jons Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00 Antonio Schembri def...
Pride Grand Prix 1st Round 30 January 2000 1 2:42 Tokyo, Japan Win 10–2 DaijiroMatsui Decision (unanimous) Pride 8 21 November 1999 2 10:00 Tokyo, Japan Win...
Alexander Otsuka Allan Goes Amir Rahnavardi Carlos Newton DaijiroMatsui Daiju Takase Emmanuel Yarborough George Randolph Hugo Duarte Igor Vovchanchyn...
Championship which is the first title of his career. Nakamura faced DaijiroMatsui on June 30, 2013, at DEEP: King Kaz Fight in Fukuyama. Nakamura won...
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Todd Medina def. DaijiroMatsui Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00 Tedd Williams def. Bill Parker Submission (Keylock)...
naked choke and drawing with Takada Dojo understudy and fellow underdog DaijiroMatsui. However, his biggest victory came at Pride 4, where Shoji faced another...
Shoji by decision at PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round, then defeated DaijiroMatsui at PRIDE 15. He lost his last fight at JF 2 - Jungle Fight 2 against...
debut in October 2001 for the Battlarts promotion against UWFi veteran DaijiroMatsui at the event Battlarts Yuki-Bom-Be-Ye ‘01 losing via pinfall. In 2003...
Bom-Ba-Ye event. He teamed up with Akira Shoji against The Great Sasuke and DaijiroMatsui, but his team lost when Sasuke pinned him. Uno then signed up with All...
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