Yasubey Enomoto | |
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Born |
Zurich, Switzerland |
December 15, 1983
Nationality | Swiss |
Ethnicity | Japanese, Peruvian, Swiss |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
Division | Welterweight |
Reach | 69.0 in (175 cm) |
Fighting out of | Zurich, Switzerland |
Team | Enomoto Dojo |
Rank | brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
Years active | 2006–present |
Professional boxing record | |
Total | 1 |
Wins | 1 |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 9 |
Wins | 7 |
Losses | 2 |
Draws | 0 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 25 |
Wins | 16 |
By knockout | 1 |
By submission | 5 |
By decision | 10 |
Losses | 9 |
By knockout | 3 |
By submission | 1 |
By decision | 5 |
Other information | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Yasubey Enomoto (born December 15, 1983 in Zurich) is a Swiss mixed martial artist, who fights as a welterweight. He is a veteran in Japan's Sengoku Raiden Championship. He was the runner up of the Sengoku Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament losing to Keita Nakamura in the finals. He is a former M-1 Global World Welterweight Champion.
Enomoto was born in Zurich, Switzerland, to a Japanese Peruvian father and Swiss mother. He began martial arts training at the age of 3 when he took up Judo and then Shotokan Karate at 7, and eventually Shaolin Kung Fu at 16. When he was a college student, he took up Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (in which he holds a brown belt) and Muay Thai. In 2006, became the domestic amateur kickboxing champion, and the IKBO Thaiboxing World Champion in 2008. His grappling titles include 1 time UGC grappling European Champion, 2 times international German BJJ and grappling champion, and 2 times Swiss BJJ and grappling champion. He holds a Muay Thai record of 7-2, a boxing record of 1-0, and a BJJ and grappling record of 90-8.
Yasubey and his brother, Felipe Enomoto, run the Enomoto Dojo in Zurich.
Enomoto took part in his first mixed martial arts bout at the S-1: European Championship Fight Night kickboxing event in February 2006, and won via unanimous decision over Vlajko Perovic. He then returned to the ring as a mixed martial artist two years later as he defeated Ireland's Danny Doherty with an armbar in Prague. After this, he was given the chance to fight for the Cage Fighters Championships' Welterweight title in England. He took on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Henrique Santana and won via unanimous decision. Three months later, he recorded the first loss of his career as he was TKO'd by Tyler Stinson at Art of Fighting 3: Rumble at Robarts 3 in Florida, US.