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Wataru Sakata

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Association: Independent
Pro Debut Date: 1995-01-25
Pro Record: 12-14-0
Win Finish %: 83.3%
Quality Perf. %: 38.5%
Last Ranked: 1/01/2005

#145 Heavyweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 7/01/2000

#25 Light Heavyweight
Last Loss Date: 12/31/2016
Last Loss: [NR] Hayato Sakurai

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
L Hayato Sakurai TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  Rizin 4 - Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix ...
Saturday, December 31st 2016
L Daniel Gracie SUB
Round 1
  Pride Shockwave 2003
Wednesday, December 31st 2003
L Mario Sperry
#23 Heavyweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFO: Legend
Thursday, August 8th 2002
W Toro Irison Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  Deep - 4th Impact
Saturday, March 30th 2002
W Kosei Kubota
#11 Middleweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  Deep - 3rd Impact
Sunday, December 23rd 2001
W Adrian Serrano
#30 Middleweight 		TKO (Eye Injury)
Round 1
  Deep - 2nd Impact
Saturday, August 18th 2001
L Ryushi Yanagisawa
#41 Heavyweight 		Decision (Split)
Round 2
  Rings - King of Kings 2000 Final
Saturday, February 24th 2001
L Dave Menne
#19 Light Heavyweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 2
  Rings - King of Kings 2000 Block A
Monday, October 9th 2000
L Gustavo Machado TKO (Cut)
Round 1
  Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 6
Tuesday, September 5th 2000
W Mansour Heidari Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  WEF 9 - World Class
Saturday, May 13th 2000
W Branden Lee Hinkle
#97 Heavyweight 		Submission (Leg Lock)
Round 1
  Rings - Millennium Combine 1
Thursday, April 20th 2000
L Renzo Gracie Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  Rings - King of Kings 1999 Block B
Wednesday, December 22nd 1999
W Chris Watts Submission (Achilles Lock)
Round 1
  TFKRG 5 - Total Fight KRG 5
Sunday, October 3rd 1999
L Hiromitsu Kanehara
#84 Heavyweight 		Decision (Lost Points)
Round 3
  Rings - Rise 5th
Thursday, August 19th 1999
W Borislav Jeliazkov Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
  Rings - Rise 4th
Thursday, June 24th 1999
L Borislav Jeliazkov Submission (Scarf Hold)
Round 1
  Rings - Rise 1st
Saturday, March 20th 1999
L Sean Alvarez Decision
Round 3
  Rings - Final Capture
Sunday, February 21st 1999
W Dick Vrij TKO
Round 1
  Rings - World Mega Battle Tournament
Wednesday, December 23rd 1998
W Chris Haseman TKO
Round 1
  Rings Japan: Fighting Integration 6
Monday, September 21st 1998
W Willie Peeters Submission
Round 1
  Rings - Fourth Fighting Integration
Saturday, June 27th 1998
L Willie Peeters Decision (Unanimous)
Round 2
  Rings Holland - The King of Rings
Sunday, February 8th 1998
W Valentijn Overeem Submission (Ankle Lock)
Round 1
  Rings - Extension Fighting 7
Friday, September 26th 1997
W Sean McCully N/A
Round 0
  Rings - Budokan Hall 1997
Wednesday, January 22nd 1997
L Willie Peeters
#34 Heavyweight 		Submission (Neck Lock)
Round 1
  Rings - Maelstrom 6
Saturday, August 24th 1996
L Mikhail Ilyukhin
#10 Heavyweight 		N/A
Round 0
  Rings - Budokan Hall 1996
Wednesday, January 24th 1996
L Tsuyoshi Kosaka N/A
Round 0
  Rings - Budokan Hall 1995
Wednesday, January 25th 1995
  Opponent Event Outcome
L Hayato Sakurai   Rizin 4 - Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix ...
Saturday, December 31st 2016 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
L Daniel Gracie   Pride Shockwave 2003
Wednesday, December 31st 2003 		SUB
Round 1
L Mario Sperry
#23 Heavyweight 		  UFO: Legend
Thursday, August 8th 2002 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Toro Irison   Deep - 4th Impact
Saturday, March 30th 2002 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Kosei Kubota
#11 Middleweight 		  Deep - 3rd Impact
Sunday, December 23rd 2001 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Adrian Serrano
#30 Middleweight 		  Deep - 2nd Impact
Saturday, August 18th 2001 		TKO (Eye Injury)
Round 1
L Ryushi Yanagisawa
#41 Heavyweight 		  Rings - King of Kings 2000 Final
Saturday, February 24th 2001 		Decision (Split)
Round 2
L Dave Menne
#19 Light Heavyweight 		  Rings - King of Kings 2000 Block A
Monday, October 9th 2000 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 2
L Gustavo Machado   Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 6
Tuesday, September 5th 2000 		TKO (Cut)
Round 1
W Mansour Heidari   WEF 9 - World Class
Saturday, May 13th 2000 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Branden Lee Hinkle
#97 Heavyweight 		  Rings - Millennium Combine 1
Thursday, April 20th 2000 		Submission (Leg Lock)
Round 1
L Renzo Gracie   Rings - King of Kings 1999 Block B
Wednesday, December 22nd 1999 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
W Chris Watts   TFKRG 5 - Total Fight KRG 5
Sunday, October 3rd 1999 		Submission (Achilles Lock)
Round 1
L Hiromitsu Kanehara
#84 Heavyweight 		  Rings - Rise 5th
Thursday, August 19th 1999 		Decision (Lost Points)
Round 3
W Borislav Jeliazkov   Rings - Rise 4th
Thursday, June 24th 1999 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 1
L Borislav Jeliazkov   Rings - Rise 1st
Saturday, March 20th 1999 		Submission (Scarf Hold)
Round 1
L Sean Alvarez   Rings - Final Capture
Sunday, February 21st 1999 		Decision
Round 3
W Dick Vrij   Rings - World Mega Battle Tournament
Wednesday, December 23rd 1998 		TKO
Round 1
W Chris Haseman   Rings Japan: Fighting Integration 6
Monday, September 21st 1998 		TKO
Round 1
W Willie Peeters   Rings - Fourth Fighting Integration
Saturday, June 27th 1998 		Submission
Round 1
L Willie Peeters   Rings Holland - The King of Rings
Sunday, February 8th 1998 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 2
W Valentijn Overeem   Rings - Extension Fighting 7
Friday, September 26th 1997 		Submission (Ankle Lock)
Round 1
W Sean McCully   Rings - Budokan Hall 1997
Wednesday, January 22nd 1997 		N/A
Round 0
L Willie Peeters
#34 Heavyweight 		  Rings - Maelstrom 6
Saturday, August 24th 1996 		Submission (Neck Lock)
Round 1
L Mikhail Ilyukhin
#10 Heavyweight 		  Rings - Budokan Hall 1996
Wednesday, January 24th 1996 		N/A
Round 0
L Tsuyoshi Kosaka   Rings - Budokan Hall 1995
Wednesday, January 25th 1995 		N/A
Round 0

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
01/01/2005 19 #145 Heavyweight 12-13-0
23
10/01/2004 3 #126 Heavyweight 12-13-0
23
07/01/2004 10 #129 Heavyweight 12-13-0
24
04/01/2004 8 #119 Heavyweight 12-13-0
24
01/01/2004 NR #111 Heavyweight 12-13-0
24
10/01/2003 11 #58 Light Heavyweight 12-12-0
36
07/01/2003 1 #47 Light Heavyweight 12-12-0
39
04/01/2003 10 #46 Light Heavyweight 12-12-0
40
01/01/2003 6 #36 Light Heavyweight 12-12-0
40
10/01/2002 NR #30 Light Heavyweight 12-12-0
45
07/01/2002 2 #39 Heavyweight 12-11-0
42
04/01/2002 NR #41 Heavyweight 12-11-0
42
01/01/2002 NR #29 Light Heavyweight 11-11-0
51
10/01/2001 35 #61 Heavyweight 10-11-0
31
07/01/2001 11 #96 Heavyweight 9-11-0
21
04/01/2001 NR #107 Heavyweight 9-11-0
21
01/01/2001 NR #38 Middleweight 9-10-0
24
10/01/2000 32 #57 Light Heavyweight 9-9-0
22
07/01/2000 NR #25 Light Heavyweight 9-8-0
33
04/01/2000 7 #109 Heavyweight 7-8-0
20
01/01/2000 NR #102 Heavyweight 7-8-0
20
01/01/1999 16 #57 Heavyweight 5-4-0
26
10/01/1998 NR #73 Heavyweight 4-4-0
20


A fighter's rank (US) state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most frequently fought in professionally, within the past three years. If there is a tie, the most recent state is used. The Win-Loss-Draw record for the fighter in the "Big Leagues". The Big Leagues refer to the top organizations based on a statistical analysis we performed. Some organizations were counted as one, due to mergers, etc. A quality performance is a fight in which the fighter fought an acceptable opponent, and substantiated their current rating (at the time) based on the outcome. At it's most basic level, one can equate "combat age" to "dog years" in that it will mirror the basic human lifecycle. With this computation, we expect fighters to hit their respective "peak" in the years that your typical adult "peaks" in life, somewhere between 25 and 40. We will expect most fighters to start their descent at some point in their 40s and be far removed from their peak by 60. This is an experimental metric that attempts to reflect a fighter's recent opposition quality. The metric goes back 1,080 days, and looks at all the fighter's opponents' W-L-D records within a window of 540 days before, and 540 days after their respective bout(s) with the fighter. All of the records are added up and the cumulative win percentage is presented by this metric in a "strength of schedule" format. These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.
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