Kengo Shimizu

Kengo Shimizu
Born	Kengo Shimizu November 17, 1983 Japan
Other names	Ken-Shimu
Nationality	Japanese
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
Division	Middleweight Light heavyweight Heavyweight
Style	Kyokushinkaikan
Fighting out of	Japan
Team	Silver Ax
Trainer	Jayson Vemoa
Rank	Black belt Kyokushin kaikan
Kickboxing record
Total	26
Wins	21
By knockout	17
Losses	5
By knockout	2
last updated on: January 14, 2014

Kengo Shimizu (Japanese: 清水賢吾; born in November 17, 1983), is a Japanese middleweight kickboxer competing in RISE and GLORY promotion.

Kyokushin Karate career

Started doing Kyokushin Karate at the age of 16, joining Kyokushin Kaikan Tokyo Itabashi Dojo. Achieved last 8 at 20th All Japan Weight Category Tournament at the age of 19. His biggest achievement was 2nd place at 24th All Japan Weight Category Tournament, where he fought as heavyweight and lost to Osamu Shiojima. That qualified him for 9th World Open Tournament, but he didn't make remarkable achievement.^[1]

Kickboxing career

He made pro debout in 2006, fighting mostly in RISE promotion. In 2012, with a promotion record of 8-1, he rematched Raoumaru for vacant RISE Heavyweight title. Shimizu dominated the fight, just like the first fight, this time scoring 3rd round knockout with a high kick.^[2]

Next year he dropped weight and fought for vacant RISE Light Heavyweight title against, making a revanche against Makoto Uehara at RISE 92 in Tokyo, Japan. Uehara got the split decision victory, with a point deduction from Shimizu in the second.^[3]

He dropped weight again and won Road to Glory Japan -85 kg tournament on March 3, 2013, defeating Yuki Niimura and Magnum Sakai by decisions on the same night and joined Glory's middleweight division.^[4]

He made Glory debout on September 28, 2013, replacing Steve Wakeling^[5] and joining Glory 10: Los Angeles - Middleweight World Championship Tournament. He lost in semi finals to eventual winner Joe Schilling by unanimous decision.^[6][7][8]

Titles and achievements

• Kickboxing
  • 2013 Road to Glory Japan 85kg Tournament Winner
  • 2012 RISE Heavyweight Champion +100 kg (1 Title Def.)
• Kyokushin Karate - IKO 1
  • 2011 10th World Open Tournament, Participated
  • 2011 28th All Japan Weight Category Tournament, heavyweight, Last 8
  • 2007 9th World Open Tournament, Participated
  • 2007 24th All Japan Weight Category Tournament, heawyweight
  • 2005 22nd All Japan Weight Category Tournament, heavyweight, Last 8
  • 2004 21st All Japan Weight Category Tournament, heavyweight, Last 8
  • 2003 20th All Japan Weight Category Tournament, Last 8

Kickboxing record

Professional kickboxing record

21 Wins (17 (T)KO's, 4 Decisions), 5 Losses (2 (T)KO's, 2 Decisions) Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record 2015-05-31 Win Alex Roberts RISE 105 (-100 kg) [9] Tokyo, Japan Decision (Split) 3 3:00 21-5 2015-01-24 Win Yuji Sakuragi RISE 103 (-92 kg) [10] Tokyo, Japan TKO (3 knockdowns) 1 2:25 20-5 2014-11-16 Win Kim Hyung Min RISE 102 [11] Tokyo, Japan KO (Left Hook) 2 19-5 2014-07-12 Loss Magnum Sakai RISE 100 -Blade 0- [12] (-95 kg) Ota, Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 18-5 2014-04-29 Win Hiromi Amada RISE 99[13] Tokyo, Japan KO (high kick) 3 1:47 18-4 Retains RISE Heavyweight 100+ kg title. 2014-01-25 Win Takikawa Ryou RISE 97[14] Tokyo, Japan KO (knee) 2 1:36 17-4 2013-09-28 Loss Joe Schilling Glory 10: Los Angeles - Middleweight World Championship Tournament, Semi Finals Ontario, California, US Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 16-4 2013-03-03 Win Magnum Sakai Road to Glory Japan 85 kg Tournament, Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (majority) 3 3:00 16-3 Wins the Road to Glory Japan 85kg Tournament. 2013-03-03 Win Yuki Niimura Road to Glory Japan 85 kg Tournament, Semi finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 15-3 2013-03-17 Loss Makoto Uehara RISE 92 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Split) 3 3:00 14-3 For RISE Light Heavyweight -90 kg title. 2012-10-25 Win Raoumaru RISE 90 Japan KO (Head Kick) 3 1:30 14-2 Wins vacant RISE Heavyweight 100+ kg title. 2012-05-02 Win Raoumaru RISE 88 Japan KO (Knee to body) 1 1:30 13-2 2012-03-24 Win Hidekazu Kimura RISE 87 Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 12-2 2012-01-28 Win Nori RISE 86 Japan KO (Head Kick) 1 1:54 11-2 2011-02-27 Win Tsutomu Takahagi RISE 74 Japan KO (Head Kick) 3 2:40 10-2 2010-12-19 Win Ismael Aoki RISE 73R Japan KO 1 1:50 9-2 2010-11-23 Win Shunsuke Inoue S-Cup World Tournament Final 2010, Super fight Japan KO (Head Kick) 3 2:40 8-2 2010-07-31 Loss Makoto Uehara RISE 68 Tokyo, Japan KO (Left High Kick) 3 1:24 7-2 2010-05-16 Win Tanya Mainochi RISE 65 Japan KO （Right straight） 1 2:50 7-1 2010-01-24 Win Hukuda Yuuhei RISE 61 Japan KO (Knee) 1 2:07 6-1 2009-10-04 Win Ikeno Age RISE 59 Japan TKO (3 knockdowns) 2 2:01 5-1 2009-08-11 Win Shinkyu Kawano K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Tokyo Final 16 Qualifying GP Tokyo, Japan KO (Knee) 1 0:34 4-1 2009-06-01 Win Iga Koji 武志道-bushido-其の参 Japan KO (Right hook) 1 3-1 2008-12-07 Loss Peterson Shakaru Trial League Japan KO (Doctor stoppage) 2 2-1 2008-10-12 Win Nasser Amadian Trial League Japan KO (Right straight) 2 1:30 2-0 2006-03-12 Win Nobuhiro Tsurumaki Trial League Japan TKO (3 knockdowns) 1 2:42 1-0 Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

References

1. All Japan Weight Category Tournament - IKO 1
2. RISE 90 Results: Yuki Stops Javier Hernandez in 2nd Round
3. RISE 92 results: Yamamoto edges Bennoui, Umeno avenges loss
4. GLORY 8 Tokyo Results and Review: Yuta Kubo Proves Why He is the Number One Japanese Fighter in the World
5. Steve Wakeling out of Glory 10 middleweight tournament, Kengo Shimizu now set to face Joe Schilling
6. GLORY 10 Live Results and Updates
7. GLORY 10 results, LIVE online fight coverage stream for 'Los Angeles'
8. Joe Schilling is the New GLORY Middleweight Champion of the World
9. RESULT / RISE 105(Japanese)
10. 清水賢吾、桜木裕司に1R KO勝ち。菅原勇介、復帰戦は判定負け：1.24 後楽園(Japanese)
11. 清水賢吾＆村越優汰が海外勢をKO。那須川天心、3戦目は判定勝ち：11.16 後楽園(Japanese)
12. Rise 100: Kaew Fairtex i Andy Souwer zwyciężają! Wyniki (Polish)
13. 【ライズ】極真・清水が大逆転のハイキックで王座防衛(Japanese)
14. 【ライズ】小宮山が無敗の挑戦者を激戦の末に破る(Japanese)

External links

• Profile at gloryworldseries.com
• Profile at k-1sport.de