Yuki Nakai
| Yuki Nakai | |
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| Born |
August 18, 1970 Hamamasu village, Hokkaidō, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg; 11.0 st) |
| Style | Amateur wrestling, Shoot wrestling, Catch wrestling, Judo, BJJ |
| Fighting out of | Tokyo, Japan |
| Team | Paraestra |
| Teacher(s) | Kanae Hirata Satoru Sayama |
| Rank |
black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt in Judo |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 12 |
| Wins | 9 |
| By submission | 7 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Losses | 2 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Yuki Nakai (中井祐樹 Nakai Yūki?) is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist and Shooter. He currently teaches shoot wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and is the president of the Japanese Confederation of Jiu-Jitsu. He competed in Shooto, a proto-MMA promotion; as well as Vale Tudo Japan 1995, where he was outweighed by every opponent in the tournament. Despite this, and despite suffering a severe eye injury in the first bout, Nakai managed to make it to the finals where he lost to Rickson Gracie. Nakai is a legend of Shooto by many fighters and fans. He is the founder of the Paraestra Shooto Gym and coaches fighters such as PRIDE and DREAM stand out Shinya Aoki, who also earned his A-Class Shoot wrestler's rank and his BJJ black belt from Nakai.
Nakai started training judo and amateur wrestling at Hokkaido Sapporo North high school, originally with the dream of being a professional wrestler. After entering Hokkaido University, he joined the judo club and started training under renowned Kodokan master Kanae Hirata. At fourth grade, now as a black belt, Nakai competed at the Nanatei kosen judo championship, leading his university to the victory in 1992. At the same time, he joined the amateur division of mixed martial arts promotion Shooto, learning shoot wrestling under Satoru Sayama at the Super Tiger Gym. When Nakai graduated from college, he joined Shooto as a professional.
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