Yoshiyuki Yoshida
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Yoshiyuki Yoshida 吉田善行 |
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| Born |
May 10, 1974 Tokyo, Japan |
| Native name | 吉田善行 |
| Other names | Zenko |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 167 lb (76 kg; 11.9 st) |
| Division | Welterweight |
| Reach | 70.0 in (178 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Team | Tokyo Yellow Mans Jackson's Submission Fighting |
| Rank | 4th Dan Black Belt in Judo |
| Years active | 2005–present (MMA) |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 27 |
| Wins | 18 |
| By knockout | 8 |
| By submission | 6 |
| By decision | 3 |
| By disqualification | 1 |
| Losses | 9 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By decision | 6 |
| University | Tokyo Gakugei University |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Yoshiyuki Yoshida (吉田善行 Yoshida Yoshiyuki?) (born May 10, 1974) is a Japanese mixed martial artist competing in the welterweight division. A student of former Shooto competitor Noboru Asahi, he has competed in Shooto, Cage Force, and the UFC. On December 1, 2007, he became the first Cage Force welterweight tournament winner.
In 2007, Yoshida was entered into a Cage Force welterweight tournament sponsored by the Worldwide Cage Network. In the opening round of the tournament, Yoshida defeated two-time interim Pancrase champion Katsuya Inoue by knockout. He went on to defeat Matt Cain in the quarterfinals and former Shooto champion Akira Kikuchi in the semi-finals of the tournament. In the finals, Yoshida defeated Dan Hardy by disqualification after being struck by a kick to the groin, becoming the first Cage Force welterweight tournament winner.
After the tournament's closing, Yoshida was offered a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It was originally speculated that the winners of the Cage Force tournaments were to be selected to compete in the UFC's active roster. Yoshida made his debut in the UFC at UFC 84, choking The Ultimate Fighter 6 contestant Jon Koppenhaver unconscious by Anaconda choke submission. He was scheduled to meet Karo Parisyan in September at UFC 88 but Parisyan pulled out of the bout only two hours before the weigh-ins citing an injury. Yoshida then faced Josh Koscheck at UFC: Fight for the Troops on December 10, 2008, a fight which he lost by 1st round knockout. Unfortunately for Yoshida, the first knockout punch from Koscheck occurred with Yoshida's back against the cage, preventing Yoshida from falling down, allowing Koscheck to land another devastating haymaker on Yoshida's jaw, sending him crashing to the canvas in a motionless heap. UFC reported, "Yoshida, who remained on the canvas while being tended to by commission doctors, was removed from the Octagon on a stretcher as a precautionary measure. He was later treated and released from a local hospital for a concussion".
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