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Egan Inoue is an American

United States

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multi-sport athlete. He is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...

practitioner and mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

who has competed internationally in Jiu-Jitsu and also MMA. He is also a racquetball

Racquetball

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player who has won two world championships.

Racquetball career

At the 1986 World Racquetball Championship

Racquetball World Championships

The World Racquetball Championships, organized by the International Racquetball Federation , were first held in 1981. The second World Championships were in 1984, and have been held every two years since.The World Championships have two parts...

in Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

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, he defeated Roger Harripersad of Canada

Canada

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15-2, 7-15, and 15-7. Then four years later in 1990 he won the championship again over Tim Doyle (USA) by the scores of 13-15, 15-13, and 15-5.

In 1989, Inoue had a 50 percent ownership in E-Force, a racquetball equipment company. In 1993, he sold his stake in E-Force and returned to jiu jitsu.

Mixed martial arts career

In 1996, Inoue won the World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...

in the blue belt

Black belt (martial arts)

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division. He was the first American to win the title. He then returned to Brazil in 1997 and won the World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...

in the absolute purple belt

Black belt (martial arts)

division. He now holds a 2nd degree black belt in Jiu Jitsu.

Inoue went on to fight professionally in MMA. He retired in 2003 but came out of retirement on May 5, 2008 beating Hans Marrero by TKO at a X-1 - Legends, an mma show held at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...

.

Inoue's MMA record is 13 wins with 8 losses. He has opened up three MMA training schools in the state of Hawaii

Hawaii

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. Egan’s MMA career led him to fights in Pride, Shooto, Superbrawl and Luminex Cup. He enjoyed a successful career with five world championship titles.

Egan also has a famous younger brother Enson Inoue

Enson Inoue

Enson Inoue is a Japanese American mixed martial artist. He has a professional MMA record of 12-8-0. He is a former Shooto Heavyweight Champion. He had also previously fought in Pride Fighting Championships, the biggest mixed martial arts organization at the time...

who went on to become the first ever Heavyweight Champion of Shooto.

Mixed martial arts record

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|align=center| 13-8
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Hawaii

, USA
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| Loss
|align=center| 12-8
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Hawaii

, USA
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| Loss
|align=center| 12-7
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Hawaii

, USA
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| Win
|align=center| 12-6
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Hawaii

, USA
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| Win
|align=center| 11-6
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Hawaii

, USA
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| Win
|align=center| 10-6
| Marcos da Silva
| Submission (punches)
| SB 23 - SuperBrawl 23
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 0:56
|Honolulu, Hawaii

Hawaii

, USA
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| Win
|align=center| 9-6
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Joe Doerksen

Joseph Daniel Doerksen is a Canadian mixed martial artist from New Bothwell, Manitoba. He is a former middleweight contender of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a veteran of the International Fight League...

Hawaii

, USA
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| Win
|align=center| 8-6
| Brett Al-azzawi
| Submission (forearm choke)
| SB 21 - SuperBrawl 21
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1:29
|Honolulu, Hawaii

Hawaii

, USA
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| Loss
|align=center| 7-6
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Guy Mezger

Guy Mezger is a retired American martial artist who competed in professional combat sports ranging from full contact karate, kickboxing, and boxing, but is most recognized as a mixed martial arts fighter . He is associated with Lion's Den Dallas...

| KO (punch)
| Pride 13

PRIDE 13

Pride 13: Collision Course was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. This was the first Pride event allowing knee strikes to the head of someone in the "four-points" position . It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on March 25, 2001...

Saitama, Saitama

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, Japan

Japan

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| Win
|align=center| 7-5
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John Alessio

John Paul Alessio is a Canadian mixed martial artist who currently competes as a Welterweight. Alessio has fought for many of the major MMA promotions, including WEC, UFC, PRIDE, KOTC, MFC and DREAM.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:...

Hawaii

, USA
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| Loss
|align=center| 6-5
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Carl Ognibene
| Decision (unanimous)
| Pride 6

PRIDE 6

Pride 6 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan, on July 4, 1999. The first four matches were all won by judges decision. The event also featured a karate match between Hiroki Kurosawa and Nobuaki Kakuda...

Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...

, Kanagawa, Japan

Japan

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| Win
|align=center| 6-4
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Hawaii

, USA
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| Win
|align=center| 5-4
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Minoru Toyonaga
| TKO (punches)
| Pride 5

PRIDE 5

Pride 5 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. This was the first Pride event to be promoted by Dream Stage Entertainment, which took over from Kakutougi Revolution Spirits. The event took place at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan, on April 29, 1999. This...

Japan

Waikiki

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, Hawaii

Hawaii

, USA
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| Loss
|align=center| 4-3
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Masayuki Naruse

is a Japanese professional wrestler and Professional mixed martial artist.-Career:Naruse debuted in Fighting Network RINGS in 1992 where he was displayed as a scrappy junior heavyweight willing to take on opponents twice his size. He and other RINGS wrestlers made the transition to mixed martial...

| DQ
| RINGS: Maelstrom 6
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 11:51
|Japan

Japan

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| Loss
|align=center| 4-2
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Sanae Kikuta

Sanae Kikuta is a Japanese mixed martial artist who rose to popularity fighting in the Pancrase organization, and currently fights for World Victory Road...

Japan

| Tournament quarter-finals
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| Win
|align=center| 4-1
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Japan

| Tournament qualifier
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| Win
|align=center| 3-1
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Gordon Dehdman
| Submission (triangle choke)
| Shooto

Shooto

Shooto is a mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, as an organization and as a particular fighting system derived from shoot wrestling. Practitioners are referred to as shooters,...

Tokyo

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, Japan

Japan

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| Loss
|align=center| 2-1
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Japan

| Tournament finals
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| Win
|align=center| 2-0
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Akihiro Gono

is a Japanese mixed martial artist who currently fights as a welterweight. He is best known for his clever and deceptive fighting style, and for his flashy ring entrances. His fighting style is characterized by skillfully avoiding strikes, using fast counter punches and generally getting the...

Japan

| Tournament semi-finals
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| Win
|align=center| 1–0
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Alexander Otsuka

, better known by his ring name Alexander Otsuka, is a Japanese mixed martial arts fighter and professional wrestler. He competes in the Light Heavyweight division. He won his last fight at VFX - Vale Tudo Fighters Mexico against Masada Masada on May 27, 2006...

Japan

| Tournament quarter-finals

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