Daiju Takase
| Daiju Takase | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 20, 1978 Tokyo, Japan |
| Other names | "The Newaza Artist", "The Grappler King from the Shadows" |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg; 13.1 st) |
| Division |
Welterweight Middleweight |
| Fighting out of | Tokyo, Japan |
| Team | Wajyutsu Keishukai Tiger's Den ING |
| Teacher(s) | Yoshinori Nishi |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 29 |
| Wins | 12 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 5 |
| By decision | 6 |
| Losses | 15 |
| By knockout | 7 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 6 |
| By disqualification | 1 |
| Draws | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Daiju Takase (高瀬 大樹 Takase Daiju?, born April 20, 1978 in Tokyo) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He has fought as a middleweight and welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and PRIDE Fighting Championship. He is noted for being the second of six fighters to defeat and first of three fighters to finish former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva.
A representative of Yoshinori Nishi's Wajyutsu Keishukai MMA dojo, Takase made his debut in PRIDE Fighting Championship at its third event, facing amateur sumo champion Emmanuel Yarborough. Outweighted by a total of 430-ib, more than twice his own weight, Takase resolved to get his opponent tired by running around the ring and make him chase Takase, which gained him a yellow card. At the second round, Daiju tried a single leg takedown only for Yarborough to land on top of him, but the Japanese managed to get his arms free and landed punches to the head for the TKO.
Takase didn't return to PRIDE until 2002, when he got a win and a loss against Brazilians Johil de Oliveira and Nino Schembri. However, his popularity came in PRIDE 26, when he fought Chute Boxe rising star Anderson Silva. At the time, Silva was on a 9-match winning streak, and given Takase's unimpressive record, he was a heavy underdog. However, Takase surprised spectators with a first round triangle choke submission victory. With this win, he becomes notable for being one of the six men to ever defeat Silva.
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