Yuki Nakai
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He competed in Shooto, an early MMA promotion where he won the Shooto World Welterweight Championship, as well as Vale Tudo Japan 1995, where he was outweighed by every opponent in the tournament. Despite this, and despite suffering a severe eye injury in the first bout, Nakai managed to make it to the finals where he lost to Rickson Gracie. Nakai is considered a legend of Shooto by many fighters and fans.
He is the founder of the Paraestra Shooto Gym and coaches fighters such as PRIDE and DREAM stand out Shinya Aoki, who also earned his A-Class Shooto rank and jiu-jitsu black belt from Nakai. Provided by Wikipedia
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4by Yuki Nakai, Hyuma Makizako, Ryoji Kiyama, Kazutoshi Tomioka, Yoshiaki Taniguchi, Takuro Kubozono, Toshihiro Takenaka, Mitsuru OhishiGet full text
Published 2019-12-01
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7by Daijo Shiratsuchi, Hyuma Makizako, Yuki Nakai, Yoshiaki Taniguchi, Tomomi Akanuma, Kaori Yokoyama, Yuriko Matsuzaki-Kihara, Hiroto YoshidaGet full text
Published 2021-02-01
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8by Tatsuya Hirase, Hyuma Makizako, Yoshiro Okubo, Stephen R. Lord, Minoru Okita, Yuki Nakai, Toshihiro Takenaka, Takuro Kubozono, Mitsuru OhishiGet full text
Published 2020-07-01
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9by Yuto Kiuchi, Hyuma Makizako, Yuki Nakai, Kazutoshi Tomioka, Yoshiaki Taniguchi, Mika Kimura, Hiroaki Kanouchi, Toshihiro Takenaka, Takuro Kubozono, Mitsuru OhishiGet full text
Published 2021-01-01
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10by Sota Araki, Masayuki Kawada, Takasuke Miyazaki, Yuki Nakai, Yasufumi Takeshita, Yuta Matsuzawa, Yuya Yamaguchi, Akihiko Ohwatashi, Ryuji Tojo, Toshihiro Nakamura, Shintaro Nakatsuji, Ryoji KiyamaGet full text
Published 2020-01-01
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11by Hyuma Makizako, Yuki Nakai, Kazutoshi Tomioka, Yoshiaki Taniguchi, Nana Sato, Ayumi Wada, Ryoji Kiyama, Kota Tsutsumimoto, Mitsuru Ohishi, Yuto Kiuchi, Takuro Kubozono, Toshihiro TakenakaGet full text
Published 2020-05-01
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