Kiuma Kunioku (Japanese: 國奥 麒樹真, Kunioku Kiuma, born November 12, 1976) is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist. A longtime veteran of the Pancrase organization, Kunioku captured the King of Pancrase Middleweight Championship and King of Pancrase Welterweight Championship before leaving the organization in 2004 to compete in the K-1 HERO'S mixed martial arts organization. He holds notable victories over Frank Shamrock, Nate Marquardt, Masakatsu Funaki, Yuki Kondo, John Lober and Genki Sudo.
Kunioku has fought in Pancrase on 55 different occasions.[1] He has also competed in the Abu Dhabi Professional Submission Grappling Tournament in 2003, but did not place.
Kunioku was scheduled to face Vincent Latoel at Fury 2 on October 9, 2010, in Macau.[2] However, Kunioku was later removed from the card and the event was cancelled entirely on October 7.[3]
He replaced Leonardo Santos in a bout with Maximo Blanco at Sengoku Raiden Championship 15 on October 30, 2010.[4] Kunioku lost the fight by KO late in the first round.[5]
^Kiuma Kunioku, Pancrase profile
^"Kunioku, Damm & Ishikawa To Compete At Fury 2". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
KiumaKunioku (Japanese: 國奥 麒樹真, KuniokuKiuma, born November 12, 1976) is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist. A longtime veteran of the Pancrase...
middleweight elimination tournament, Marquardt defeated Daiju Takase, KiumaKunioku, and Shonie Carter to become the first middleweight King of Pancrase...
Lawler, former King of Pancrase Middleweight and Welterweight Champion KiumaKunioku, Heath Herring, Paul Buentello, Phil Baroni (x2) and Ikuhisa Minowa...
Breakthrough 10 November 28, 1999 1 2:28 Kadoma, Osaka, Japan Win 25–7–3 KiumaKunioku KO (flying knee and palm strikes) Pancrase: 1999 Anniversary Show September...
Pancrase: Breakthrough 7 July 6, 1999 1 2:05 Tokyo, Japan Loss 16–12–5 KiumaKunioku Decision (lost points) Pancrase: Breakthrough 5 May 23, 1999 1 15:00...
January 17, 1997 1 30:00 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Loss 11–6–1 KiumaKunioku Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: Truth 10 December 15, 1996 1 20:00 Tokyo...
knockdown to take a decision over former Pancrase Welterweight Champion KiumaKunioku before returning to Shooto the next year. Kikuchi was defeated in his...
2010. He defeated Damm by TKO early in the second round. Blanco faced KiumaKunioku at Sengoku Raiden Championship 15 on October 30, 2010. He won the fight...
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Jutaro Nakao vs. KiumaKunioku Draw 3 5:00 Seichi Ikemoto def. Tae Hyun Bang Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00...
professional Pancrase competitors who are known as Pancraseism (captain/ KiumaKunioku); Pancrase Inagakigumi(captain / Katsuomi Inagaki); Pancrase GRABAKA...
Draw C2K – Colosseum 2000 26 May 2000 1 15:00 Tokyo, Japan Loss 4–2 KiumaKunioku Decision (unanimous) Pancrase – Trans 2 27 February 2000 2 3:00 Osaka...
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Kazuo Misaki def. KiumaKunioku TKO (Doctor Stoppage) 2 1:31 Osami Shibuya def. Art Santore Decision (Majority)...
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