Kazunari Murakami
| Kazunari Murakami | |
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| Born |
November 29, 1973 Nei District, Toyama, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
| Division | Heavyweight |
| Style | Judo, kickboxing |
| Team | Universal Fighting-Arts Organization (UFO) |
| Teacher(s) | Yoshinori Nishi |
| Years active | 9 (1995-2003) |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 10 |
| Wins | 5 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Losses | 5 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By submission | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
| Kazunari Murakami | |
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| Born |
November 29, 1973 Toyama, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Kazunari Murakami Big Murakami |
| Billed height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Billed weight | 105 kg (231 lb) |
| Trained by |
Antonio Inoki Satoru Sayama NJPW Dojo |
| Debut | 1998 |
Kazunari Murakami (村上 和成 Murakami Kazunari?) is a Japanese freelance professional wrestler and a retired mixed martial artist, best known for his appearances in Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX and Big Mouth LOUD, of which he was a founding member. He was also part of the first fight in PRIDE history, defeating John Dixson by submission.
A trained judoka and wrestler since high school, Kazunari became a member of the judo team in Takushoku University. He met Wajyutsu Keishukai founder Yoshinori Nishi, who convinced him to join his team, and Murakami started his career in mixed martial arts.
Murakami began his career fighting for the Lumax Cup: Tournament of J '95 on October 13, 1995 where he lost his first fight to Akihiro Gono by knockout. A few months later, on March 30, 1996, Murakami fought at the Lumax Cup: Tournament of J '96. He fared better, defeating Isamu Osugi by submission and avenging his loss to Gono by decision, but lost to Masanori Suda by submission. In late 1996, Murakami then began fighting for Extreme Fighting where he defeated Bart Vale At EF3: Extreme Fighting 3 on October 18, 1996 by TKO. A few months later, at EF4: Extreme Fighting 4 on March 28, 1997, Murakami lost to future UFC Heavyweight Champion Maurice Smith by KO.
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