Masakatsu Ueda
| Masakatsu Ueda | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 21, 1977 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st) |
| Division | Bantamweight |
| Style | Wrestling, BJJ |
| Team | Paraestra Tokyo, Team Haleo |
| Trainer | Yuki Nakai |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 31 |
| Wins | 24 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 5 |
| By decision | 17 |
| Losses | 5 |
| By submission | 2 |
| By decision | 3 |
| Draws | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Masakatsu Ueda (born December 21, 1977) is a professional Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in the bantamweight division (known as featherweight in Shooto) for Shooto where he is the former Featherweight champion. Ueda won the vacant title after defeating Koetsu Okazai on March 28, 2008, by Unanimous Decision at Shooto's Back To Our Roots 8 show. Ueda was also a college level wrestler in Japan where holds a win over fellow mixed martial artist and Japanese Superstar Norifumi Yamamoto, better known as "Kid" Yamamoto. Ueda has also won many national titles in Combat Wrestling. He also won the All Japan Shooto Grappling championship, and both A and B class Shooto Rookie Tournaments. He is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Yuki Nakai.
Ueda faced Travis Marx in the first round of the Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament and suffered a unanimous decision loss in a competitive fight. He was later released from the promotion.
Following his release from Bellator, Ueda signed with ONE Championship and entered the ONE FC Bantamweight Grand Prix. He made his debut against Min Jung Song at ONE Fighting Championship: Rise of Kings on October 6.
Ueda faced Jens Pulver in the Bantamweight grand prix semifinals on April 5, 2013, at ONE Fighting Championship: Kings and Champions. He won the fight by submission.
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