Yasubey Enomoto
Encyclopedia
Yasubey Enomoto is a Swiss
mixed martial artist
, who fights as a welterweight
. He currently competes in Japan's Sengoku Raiden Championship. He was the runner up of the Sengoku Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament losing to Keita Nakamura
in the finals.
, Switzerland to a Japanese Peruvian
father and Swiss mother. He began martial arts
training at the age of 6 when he took up Shotokan Karate, and then Shaolin Kung Fu
at 16. When he was a student, he took up Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
(in which he holds a purple belt) and Muay Thai
. In 2006, became the domestic amateur kickboxing champion, and the IKBO Thaiboxing World Champion in 2008. His grappling
titles include 1 time UGC grappling European Champion, 2 times international German BJJ and grappling champion, and 2 times Swiss BJJ and grappling champion. He holds a Muay Thai record of 7-2, a boxing
record of 1-0, and a BJJ and grappling record of 90-8.
Yasubey and his brother, Felipe Enomoto
, run the Enomoto Dojo in Zürich.
bout at the S-1: European Championship Fight Night kickboxing event in February 2006, and won via unanimous decision over Vlajko Perovic. He then returned to the ring as a mixed martial artist two years later as he defeated Ireland's Danny Doherty with an armbar in Prague
. After this, he was given the chance to fight for the Cage Fighters Championships' Welterweight title in England
. He took on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Henrique Santana and won via unanimous decision. Three months later, he recorded the first loss of his career as he was TKO'd by Tyler Stinson at Art of Fighting 3: Rumble at Robarts 3 in Florida
, US.
at Sengoku 13, where he won via submission by using a bulldog choke.
He then entered the 2010 Welterweight Grand Prix, and won his opening round fight at Sengoku 14, defeating Kenta Takagi via submission. In the semi-finals, he was drawn against Taisuke Okuno
who he faced at Sengoku 15. After three rounds in which Enomoto dominated the fight using boxing
techniques, he was unanimously judged to be the winner. He faced Keita Nakamura
in the final at Sengoku: Soul of Fight on December 30, 2010 and submitted to a rear naked choke thereby becoming the runner up of the tournament.
in a title fight against M-1 Welterweight champion Shamil Zavurov
. He took the fight on 8 days notice and lost via unanimous decision.
|Win
|align=center|8-3
|Josh Thorpe
|Submission (triangle choke)
|М-1 Challenge XXVII: Magalhaes vs. Zayats
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:07
|Phoenix, Arizona
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|7-3
|Rafał Moks
|Decision (majority)
|M-1 European Battle
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Kiev
, Ukraine
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|6-3
|Shamil Zavurov
|Decision (unanimous)
|M-1 Challenge XXV: Zavurov vs. Enomoto
|
|align=center|5
|align=center|5:00
|St. Petersburg, Russia
||For M-1 Global
Welterweight Championship
|-
|Loss
|align=center|6-2
|Keita Nakamura
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|World Victory Road Presents: Soul of Fight
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|3:48
|Tokyo
, Japan
||SRC Welterweight Grand Prix Final
|-
|Win
|align=center|6-1
|Taisuke Okuno
|Decision (unanimous)
|World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Raiden Championships 15
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Tokyo
, Japan
||SRC Welterweight Grand Prix Semifinal
|-
|Win
|align=center|5-1
|Kenta Takagi
|Submission (bulldog choke)
|World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Raiden Championships 14
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|0:53
|Tokyo
, Japan
||SRC Welterweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal
|-
|Win
|align=center|4-1
|Sanae Kikuta
|TKO (punches)
|World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Raiden Championships 13
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:57
|Tokyo
, Japan
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|3-1
|Tyler Stinson
|TKO (punches)
|AOF 3: Rumble at Robarts 3
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|1:59
|Sarasota, Florida
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|3-0
|Henrique Santana
|Decision (unanimous)
|Cage Fighters Championships 5
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|N/A
|Won Cage Fighters Championships Welterweight title
|-
|Win
|align=center|2-0
|Danny Doherty
|Submission (armbar)
|Hell Cage 1
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|N/A
|Prague
, Czech Republic
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|1-0
|Vlajko Perovic
|Decision (unanimous)
|S-1: European Championship Fight Night
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
|Basel
, Switzerland
|
|-
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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 fights as a welterweight
Welterweight (MMA)
The welterweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*The UFC's & Strikeforce's welterweight division, which groups competitors within 156 to 170 lb...
. He currently competes in Japan's Sengoku Raiden Championship. He was the runner up of the Sengoku Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament losing to Keita Nakamura
Keita Nakamura
is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He is the winner of the World Victory Road Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament when he defeated Yasubey Enomoto at World Victory Road Presents: Soul of Fight therefore becoming the first Sengoku Welterweight Champion....
in the finals.
Early life
Enomoto was born in ZürichZürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, Switzerland to a Japanese Peruvian
Japanese Peruvian
Japanese Peruvians are people of Japanese ancestry who were born in or immigrated to Peru. The immigrants from Japan are called the Issei generation. Second and third generation Peruvians are referred to as nisei and sansei in Japanese...
father and Swiss mother. He began martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
training at the age of 6 when he took up Shotokan Karate, and then Shaolin Kung Fu
Shaolin kung fu
Shaolin Kung Fu refers to a collection of Chinese martial arts that claim affiliation with the Shaolin Monastery.Of the multitude styles of kung fu and wushu, only some are actually related to Shaolin...
at 16. When he was a student, he took up 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...
(in which he holds a purple belt) and Muay Thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...
. In 2006, became the domestic amateur kickboxing champion, and the IKBO Thaiboxing World Champion in 2008. His grappling
Grappling
Grappling refers to techniques, maneuvers, and counters applied to an opponent in order to gain a physical advantage, such as improving relative position, escaping, submitting, or injury to the opponent. Grappling is a general term that covers techniques used in many disciplines, styles and martial...
titles include 1 time UGC grappling European Champion, 2 times international German BJJ and grappling champion, and 2 times Swiss BJJ and grappling champion. He holds a Muay Thai record of 7-2, a boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
record of 1-0, and a BJJ and grappling record of 90-8.
Yasubey and his brother, Felipe Enomoto
Felipe Enomoto
Felipe Enomoto is a Japanese mixed martial artist who lives and trains in Zurich, Switzerland. His father is Japanese and his mother is Swiss; his older brother, Yasubey Enomoto, is also a mixed martial artist....
, run the Enomoto Dojo in Zürich.
Early career
Enomoto took part in his first mixed martial artsMixed 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...
bout at the S-1: European Championship Fight Night kickboxing event in February 2006, and won via unanimous decision over Vlajko Perovic. He then returned to the ring as a mixed martial artist two years later as he defeated Ireland's Danny Doherty with an armbar in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
. After this, he was given the chance to fight for the Cage Fighters Championships' Welterweight title in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. He took on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Henrique Santana and won via unanimous decision. Three months later, he recorded the first loss of his career as he was TKO'd by Tyler Stinson at Art of Fighting 3: Rumble at Robarts 3 in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, US.
Sengoku Raiden Championships
Enomoto made his promotional debut with the Sengoku Raiden Championship in June 2010 against the veteran Sanae KikutaSanae 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...
at Sengoku 13, where he won via submission by using a bulldog choke.
He then entered the 2010 Welterweight Grand Prix, and won his opening round fight at Sengoku 14, defeating Kenta Takagi via submission. In the semi-finals, he was drawn against Taisuke Okuno
Taisuke Okuno
Taisuke Okuno is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist. has foughts at events of Shooto, Deep, Sengoku. He is currently signed with Sengoku in the Welterweight division.-Deep:...
who he faced at Sengoku 15. After three rounds in which Enomoto dominated the fight using boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
techniques, he was unanimously judged to be the winner. He faced Keita Nakamura
Keita Nakamura
is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He is the winner of the World Victory Road Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament when he defeated Yasubey Enomoto at World Victory Road Presents: Soul of Fight therefore becoming the first Sengoku Welterweight Champion....
in the final at Sengoku: Soul of Fight on December 30, 2010 and submitted to a rear naked choke thereby becoming the runner up of the tournament.
М-1 Global
Enomoto stepped in as a last minute replacement for Rashid MagomedovRashid Magomedov
Rashid Magomedov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. Professional MMA began in 2008.-M-1 Global:...
in a title fight against M-1 Welterweight champion Shamil Zavurov
Shamil Zavurov
Shamil Zavurov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, Zavurov has won all but one of his professional fights...
. He took the fight on 8 days notice and lost via unanimous decision.
Mixed martial arts record
|-|Win
|align=center|8-3
|Josh Thorpe
|Submission (triangle choke)
|М-1 Challenge XXVII: Magalhaes vs. Zayats
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:07
|Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|7-3
|Rafał Moks
Rafał Moks
Rafał "Kulturysta" Moks is a Polish mixed martial artist and practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Moks has mostly fought in Central and Eastern Europe although he also won the 2010 M-1 Global Western European...
|Decision (majority)
|M-1 European Battle
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, Ukraine
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|6-3
|Shamil Zavurov
Shamil Zavurov
Shamil Zavurov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, Zavurov has won all but one of his professional fights...
|Decision (unanimous)
|M-1 Challenge XXV: Zavurov vs. Enomoto
|
|align=center|5
|align=center|5:00
|St. Petersburg, Russia
||For M-1 Global
M-1 Global
M-1 Global is the mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia - The Netherlands which organizes between 40 and 50 competitions per year...
Welterweight Championship
|-
|Loss
|align=center|6-2
|Keita Nakamura
Keita Nakamura
is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He is the winner of the World Victory Road Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament when he defeated Yasubey Enomoto at World Victory Road Presents: Soul of Fight therefore becoming the first Sengoku Welterweight Champion....
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|World Victory Road Presents: Soul of Fight
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|3:48
|Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
||SRC Welterweight Grand Prix Final
|-
|Win
|align=center|6-1
|Taisuke Okuno
Taisuke Okuno
Taisuke Okuno is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist. has foughts at events of Shooto, Deep, Sengoku. He is currently signed with Sengoku in the Welterweight division.-Deep:...
|Decision (unanimous)
|World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Raiden Championships 15
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
||SRC Welterweight Grand Prix Semifinal
|-
|Win
|align=center|5-1
|Kenta Takagi
|Submission (bulldog choke)
|World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Raiden Championships 14
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|0:53
|Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
||SRC Welterweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal
|-
|Win
|align=center|4-1
|Sanae Kikuta
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...
|TKO (punches)
|World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Raiden Championships 13
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:57
|Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|3-1
|Tyler Stinson
|TKO (punches)
|AOF 3: Rumble at Robarts 3
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|1:59
|Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. It is south of the Tampa Bay Area and north of Fort Myers...
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|3-0
|Henrique Santana
|Decision (unanimous)
|Cage Fighters Championships 5
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|N/A
|Won Cage Fighters Championships Welterweight title
|-
|Win
|align=center|2-0
|Danny Doherty
|Submission (armbar)
|Hell Cage 1
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|N/A
|Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Czech Republic
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|1-0
|Vlajko Perovic
|Decision (unanimous)
|S-1: European Championship Fight Night
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
|Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
, Switzerland
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