Masayuki Naruse
| Masayuki Naruse | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 15, 1973 Tokyo, Japan |
| Other names | Kyo Senshi ("Mad Soldier"), Ultra Soul, Berserker (MMA) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 87.5 kg (193 lb) |
| Division | Light heavyweight |
| Style | Puroresu, Karate |
| Fighting out of | Japan |
| Team | Rings Japan |
| Teacher(s) | Akira Maeda |
| Years active | 1995–2004, 2013–present (MMA) |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 23 |
| Wins | 9 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 7 |
| By decision | 0 |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Losses | 14 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 6 |
| By decision | 3 |
| Unknown | 3 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Masayuki Naruse (成瀬 昌由 Naruse Masayuki?) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, competing in the light heavyweight division.
Naruse started practising shotokan karate in high school before turning his attention to puroresu. He was eventually accepted in Fighting Network RINGS and trained under his chairman Akira Maeda.
A longtime competitor in RINGS before the organization began hosting MMA bouts. Naruse experienced little success early in his shootfighting career, dropping six of his first seven mixed martial arts bouts, including fights against Valentijn Overeem and Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov (commonly referred to by his nickname Volk Han).
He turned things around as a participant in the eight-man Light Heavyweight title tournament in 1997,defeating Lee Hasdell, Wataru Sakata and Chris Haseman en route to becoming the first RINGS Light Heavyweight Champion. He then went 3-6 over his next nine fights before RINGS dissolved in 2002.
After wrestling for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Naruse decided to go back to competing in MMA. On December 31, 2003, he defeated Jan Nortje by rear-naked choke at K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!!. He then defeated Tony Williams via armbar at Jungle Fight 3 in Brazil.
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