Ryushi Yanagisawa
| Ryūshi Yanagisawa | |
|---|---|
| Born | Atsushi Yanagisawa June 22, 1972 Aomori, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 227 lb (103 kg; 16 st 3 lb) |
| Division | Heavyweight |
| Style | Kickboxing |
| Fighting out of | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Team | Team Dragon |
| Years active | 1993 - 2001, 2004, 2009 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 9 |
| Wins | 2 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| Losses | 6 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 58 |
| Wins | 24 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By submission | 15 |
| By decision | 5 |
| Losses | 25 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| By submission | 5 |
| By decision | 14 |
| Draws | 9 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Ryūshi Yanagisawa (柳澤 龍志; born June 22, 1972) is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and kickboxer. His real name is Atsushi Yanagisawa (柳澤 敦史). As a martial artist, he competed in K-1, Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling and Fighting Network RINGS. As a professional wrestler he competed in New Japan Pro Wrestling and Inoki Genome Federation.
Yanagisawa joined Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling upon the formation of the company in 1993. He lost his first two fights to future legends Bas Rutten and Masakatsu Funaki. He then went on a four fight winning streak including a win over Vernon White but his win streak ended when he lost to another future MMA legend: Ken Shamrock. After the Shamrock fight, Yanagisawa entered Pancrase's 1995 Neo Blood Tournament where he made it to the finals before losing to Takafumi Ito. Following the loss, Yanagisawa would go winless for his next 5 fights including a draw with Guy Mezger, a loss to Frank Shamrock, and losses in rematches to Rutten and Funaki. Yanagisawa would snap his losing streak at Pancrase - Truth 3 in a victory over Larry Papadopoulos by submission but would then lose a rematch to Mezger. After that, Yanagisawa would go a three fight winning streak including victories over Vernon White by submission and a decision victory over UFC 6 tournament winner: Oleg Taktarov. After another loss to Mezger, Yanagisawa went on an 11 unbeaten streak including wins over future K-1 legend: Semmy Schilt and UFC 7 tournament runner-up: Paul Varelans before he lost once again to Mezger. On September 14, 1998, Yanaigisawa challenged Guy Mezger for the King of Pancrase Openweight Championship but lost by Decision. After one more victory, Yanagisawa would go winless for his last 9 fights in Pancrase (including a loss to future UFC Middleweight Champion: Evan Tanner) before leaving Pancrase in early 2000.
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