Kiuma Kunioku

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 Guy Mezger, Frank Shamrock, Nate Marquardt, Masakatsu Funaki, Yuki Kondo, John Lober and Genki Sudo.

Kiuma Kunioku 國奥麒馬
Born	(1976-11-12) November 12, 1976 (age 48) Osaka, Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Division	Middleweight Welterweight Lightweight
Style	Catch Wrestling, Boxing, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Fighting out of	Tokyo, Japan
Mixed martial arts record
Total	68
Wins	34
By knockout	3
By submission	13
By decision	18
Losses	25
By knockout	7
By submission	4
By decision	14
Draws	9
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

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]

Background

In 1992, at the same time as graduating from junior high school, he joined the professional wrestling Fujiwara group led by Yoshiaki Fujiwara and became a trainee. With the launch of Pancrase in 1993, Kunioku also belonged to Pancrase as a trainee. At that time, he worked under the name Kunioku Shoryu (國奥将竜).^[6]

Championships and accomplishments

• Pancrase
  • King of Pancrase Middleweight Championship (One time)
  • King of Pancrase Welterweight Championship (One time)
• Fight Matrix
  • Highest Quarterly Ranking: 7/01/2000, #1 Middleweight^[7][8]

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown

68 matches	34 wins	25 losses
By knockout	3	7
By submission	13	4
By decision	18	14
Draws	9

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	34–25–9	Ramazan Esenbaev	Decision (majority)	IGF: Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2014	December 31, 2014	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	34–24–9	Maximo Blanco	KO (punches)	World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Raiden Championships 15	October 30, 2010	1	4:26	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	34–23–9	Leonardo Santos	Submission (rear-naked choke)	World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Raiden Championships 12	March 7, 2010	1	3:06	Tokyo, Japan
Win	34–22–9	A Sol Kwon	Decision (unanimous)	World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 5	September 28, 2008	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan	Return to Lightweight.
Win	33–22–9	Jay Ellis	Submission (toe hold)	FCC 35: Freestyle Combat Challenge 35	May 3, 2008	1	1:47	Racine, Wisconsin, United States
Win	32–22–9	David Love	TKO (punches)	FCC 34: Freestyle Combat Challenge 34	March 29, 2008	2	N/A	Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States	Lightweight bout.
Draw	31–22–9	Seichi Ikemoto	Draw	Deep: 32 Impact	October 10, 2007	2	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Draw	31–22–8	Jutaro Nakao	Draw	Deep: 30 Impact	July 8, 2007	3	5:00	Osaka, Japan
Loss	31–22–7	Fabricio Monteiro	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Deep: 27 Impact	December 20, 2006	1	4:41	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	31–21–7	Antonio McKee	Decision (unanimous)	Hero's 4	March 15, 2006	2	5:00	Tokyo, Japan	Return to Welterweight.
Win	31–20–7	Jung Hwan Cha	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Hero's 2005 in Seoul	November 5, 2005	1	2:01	Seoul, South Korea
Loss	30–20–7	Akira Kikuchi	Decision (unanimous)	Hero's 3	September 7, 2005	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	30–19–7	Rodrigo Gracie	Decision (unanimous)	Hero's 2	July 6, 2005	2	5:00	Tokyo, Japan	Lightweight debut.
Loss	30–18–7	Izuru Takeuchi	Decision (majority)	Pancrase: Brave 4	April 23, 2004	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	30–17–7	Kazuo Misaki	TKO (doctor stoppage)	Pancrase: Brave 1	February 6, 2004	2	1:31	Tokyo, Japan
Win	30–16–7	Kenichi Serizawa	Decision (unanimous)	Pancrase - Hybrid 10	November 30, 2003	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan	Defended the Pancrase Welterweight Championship.
Loss	29–16–7	Crosley Gracie	Decision (unanimous)	Pancrase - 10th Anniversary Show	August 31, 2003	2	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	29–15–7	Katsuomi Inagaki	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Pancrase - Hybrid 7	June 22, 2003	1	4:10	Osaka, Japan
Win	28–15–7	Hidetaka Monma	Decision (unanimous)	Pancrase - Hybrid 4	April 12, 2003	2	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	27–15–7	Nate Marquardt	KO (flying knee)	Pancrase: Spirit 9	December 21, 2002	3	4:36	Tokyo, Japan	Return to Middleweight. Lost the Pancrase Middleweight Championship.
Win	27–14–7	Hiroki Nagaoka	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Pancrase: 2002 Anniversary Show	September 29, 2002	3	4:36	Yokohama, Japan	Defended the Pancrase Welterweight Championship.
Win	26–14–7	Takafumi Ito	Submission (armbar)	Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round	July 28, 2002	1	4:59	Tokyo, Japan	Won the inaugural Pancrase Welterweight Championship.
Win	25–14–7	Koji Oishi	Decision (unanimous)	Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round	July 28, 2002	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	24–14–7	Hideaki Iwasaki	Decision (Unanimous)	Pancrase: Spirit 5	May 28, 2002	2	5:00	Tokyo, Japan	Welterweight debut.
Win	23–14–7	Nate Marquardt	Decision (majority)	Pancrase: Proof 7	December 1, 2001	3	5:00	Yokohama, Japan	Won the Pancrase Middleweight Championship.
Win	22–14–7	Ryuki Ueyama	Decision (majority)	Pancrase: 2001 Anniversary Show	September 30, 2001	2	5:00	Yokohama, Japan
Draw	21–14–7	Sean Sherk	Draw	Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round	July 29, 2001	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	21–14–6	Mathieu Nicourt	Submission (kimura)	Pancrase: Proof 4	June 26, 2001	2	3:35	Tokyo, Japan
Win	20–14–6	Daiju Takase	Decision (majority)	Pancrase: Proof 2	March 31, 2001	3	5:00	Kadoma, Osaka, Japan
Draw	19–14–6	Nate Marquardt	Draw	Pancrase: Trans 7	December 4, 2000	1	20:00	Tokyo, Japan	For the Pancrase Middleweight Championship.
Loss	19–14–5	Nate Marquardt	Decision (unanimous)	Pancrase: 2000 Anniversary Show	September 24, 2000	1	10:00	Yokohama, Japan
Win	19–13–5	Matt Lee	Submission (armbar)	Pancrase: Trans 4	June 26, 2000	1	4:15	Tokyo, Japan
Draw	18–13–5	Shonie Carter	Draw	Pancrase: Trans 3	April 30, 2000	2	3:00	Yokohama, Japan
Win	18–13–4	Genki Sudo	Decision (unanimous)	Pancrase: Trans 2	February 27, 2000	2	3:00	Osaka, Japan	Middleweight debut.
Win	17–13–4	Lane Andrews	Submission (armbar)	Pancrase: Breakthrough 11	December 18, 1999	1	14:44	Yokohama, Japan
Loss	16–13–4	Yuki Kondo	KO (flying knee and palm strikes)	Pancrase: 1999 Anniversary Show	September 18, 1999	1	0:34	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan	For the Pancrase Openweight Championship.
Win	16–12–4	Keiichiro Yamamiya	Decision (lost points)	Pancrase: Breakthrough 5	May 23, 1999	1	15:00	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Win	15–12–4	Yuki Kondo	Decision (unanimous)	Pancrase: Breakthrough 3	March 9, 1999	1	15:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	14–12–4	Daisuke Watanabe	Technical Submission (kimura)	Pancrase: Breakthrough 2	February 11, 1999	1	3:58	Osaka, Japan
Loss	13–12–4	Jason DeLucia	Decision (lost points)	Pancrase: Breakthrough 1	January 19, 1999	1	15:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	13–11–4	Daisuke Ishii	Decision (unanimous)	Pancrase: Advance 11	November 29, 1998	1	10:00	Osaka, Japan
Win	12–11–4	Masakatsu Funaki	Decision (lost points)	Pancrase: Advance 10	October 26, 1998	1	15:00	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	11–11–4	Evan Tanner	Decision (lost points)	Pancrase: 1998 Anniversary Show	September 14, 1998	1	20:00	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	11–10–4	Leon van Dijk	KO (head kick)	Pancrase: Advance 7	June 2, 1998	1	3:57	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	11–9–4	Adrian Serrano	Decision (majority)	Pancrase: Advance 5	April 26, 1998	2	3:00	Yokohama, Japan
Win	11–8–4	Osami Shibuya	Decision (majority)	Pancrase: Advance 3	March 1, 1998	1	20:00	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Draw	10–8–4	Yuki Kondo	Draw (majority)	Pancrase: Advance 2	February 6, 1998	2	3:00	Yokohama, Japan
Win	10–8–3	Kosei Kubota	Submission (armbar)	Pancrase: Advance 1	January 16, 1998	1	7:52	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	9–8–3	Jong Wang Kim	Technical Submission (guillotine choke)	Pancrase: Alive 11	December 20, 1997	1	0:21	Yokohama, Japan
Loss	9–7–3	Guy Mezger	KO (head kick)	Pancrase: Alive 9	October 29, 1997	1	11:12	Tokyo, Japan
Win	9–6–3	John Lober	Decision (lost points)	Pancrase: 1997 Anniversary Show	September 6, 1997	1	10:00	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Win	8–6–3	Satoshi Hasegawa	Submission (toe hold)	Pancrase: Alive 8	August 9, 1997	1	9:07	Osaka, Japan
Loss	7–6–3	Jason DeLucia	TKO (doctor stoppage)	Pancrase: Alive 6	June 18, 1997	1	18:51	Tokyo, Japan
Draw	7–5–3	Keiichiro Yamamiya	Draw (majority)	Pancrase: Alive 5	May 24, 1997	1	10:00	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Loss	7–5–2	Bas Rutten	Decision (lost points)	Pancrase: Alive 4	April 27, 1997	1	15:00	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Win	7–4–2	Haygar Chin	Submission (armbar)	Pancrase: Alive 3	March 22, 1997	1	7:44	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Loss	6–4–2	Yuki Kondo	Decision (split)	Pancrase: Alive 1	January 17, 1997	1	20:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	6–3–2	Frank Shamrock	Decision (unanimous)	Pancrase: Truth 10	December 15, 1996	1	20:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	5–3–2	Satoshi Hasegawa	TKO (palm strikes)	Pancrase: Truth 9	November 9, 1996	1	6:32	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Win	4–3–2	Keiichiro Yamamiya	Submission (armbar)	Pancrase: Truth 8	October 22, 1996	1	1:38	Tokyo, Japan
Win	3–3–2	Guy Mezger	Decision (split)	Pancrase: Truth 7	October 8, 1996	1	10:00	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Loss	2–3–2	Manabu Yamada	Submission (guillotine choke)	Pancrase: 1996 Anniversary Show	September 7, 1996	1	8:29	Chiba, Japan
Loss	2–2–2	Pete Williams	Decision (unanimous)	Pancrase: 1996 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 1	July 22, 1996	1	10:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	2–1–2	Takafumi Ito	Decision (lost points)	Pancrase: Truth 6	June 25, 1996	1	10:00	Fukuoka, Japan
Draw	1–1–2	Yuki Kondo	Draw (majority)	Pancrase: Truth 5	May 16, 1996	1	10:00	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	1–1–1	Jason DeLucia	Decision (lost points)	Pancrase: Truth 4	April 8, 1996	1	15:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	1–0–1	Takafumi Ito	TKO (palm strikes)	Pancrase: Truth 2	March 2, 1996	1	0:54	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Draw	0–0–1	Osami Shibuya	Draw (split)	Pancrase: Truth 1	January 28, 1996	1	10:00	Yokohama, Japan

Submission grappling record

KO PUNCHES

Result	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Notes
Loss	Marcelo García		ADCC 2003 –77 kg	2003	1

See also

• List of male mixed martial artists