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Makoto Uehara (Japanese: 上原 誠; born November 14, 1984) is a Japanese Shidokan Karateka and heavyweight kickboxer competing in K-1. He is the former RISE Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight champion.

Biography and career

He faced Hiromi Amada at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo final 16 on October 14, 2012 and won via unanimous decision.

Despite qualifying for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final, Uehara was left out in the cold when the event rolled around and was replaced by the higher-ranked Pavel Zhuravlev.

Uehara defeated Kengo Shimizu by way of split decision at RISE 92 in Tokyo on March 17, 2013 to win the RISE 90 kg title.

He was set to fight Dustin Jacoby at Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament in New York City on November 23, 2013 but the match was switched to Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013. He defeated Jacoby by split decision.

Titles

• 2013 RISE 90 kg champion
• 2011 RISE Heavyweight Tournament runner up
• 2011 RISE Heavyweight champion
• 31st Shidokan Karate Strong Open Tournament champion

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record

23 Wins (13 KO's, 8 decisions), 9 Losses, 1 Draw
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
2018-09-24	Loss	Boubaker El Bakouri	K-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship Tournament, Quarter Finals	Japan	KO (Left Jab)	1	1:05	23-9-1
2018-06-17	Loss	Hisaki Kato	K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament	Saitama, Japan	Extra Round Decision (Split)	4	3:00	23-8-1
2017-11-23	Loss	Antonio Plazibat	K-1 World GP 2017 Heavyweight Championship Tournament, Semi Finals	Saitama, Japan	KO (Flying Knee)	1		21-7-1
2017-11-23	Win	Pacome Assi	K-1 World GP 2017 Heavyweight Championship Tournament, Quarter Finals	Saitama, Japan	KO (Left Uppercut)	1	2:30	21-6-1
2017-02-26	Loss	Ibrahim El Bouni	K-1 World GP 2017 Lightweight Championship Tournament	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left hook)	2		20-6-1
2016-09-19	Win	Koichi	K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	20-5-1
2016-06-24	Win	Tsutomu Takahagi	K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg World Tournament	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Strikes)	1	0:32	19-5-1
2016-03-04	Win	Nori	K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Strikes)	1	2:06	18-5-1
2014-12-29	Loss	Zabit Samedov	Blade 1	Tokyo, Japan	Extra Round Decision	4	3:00	17-5-1
2014-07-12	Win	Zelg Galešić	RISE 100	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right Hook)	1	1:25	17-4-1
2013-12-21	Win	Dustin Jacoby	Glory 13: Tokyo	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Split)	3	3:00	16-4-1
2013-09-13	Draw	Kim Nae Chul	RISE 95	Tokyo, Japan	Draw (Majority)	4	3:00	15-4-1
2013-03-17	Win	Kengo Shimizu	RISE 92	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Split)	3	3:00	15-4
Wins RISE 90 kg title.
2012-10-14	Win	Hiromi Amada	K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo final 16, First Round	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	14-4
2012-06-02	Win	Crafton Wallace	RISE 88	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Strikes)	2	2:27	13-4
2012-03-23	Win	Won Jingan	RISE 87	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right Low Kick	1	0:22	12-4
2011-11-23	Loss	Singh Jaideep	RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Final	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Strikes)	1	0:38	11-4
Fight was for the RISE Heavyweight Tournament 2011 title.
2011-11-23	Win	Jan Soukup	RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Semi Finals	Tokyo, Japan	Ext. R Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00	11-3
2011-11-23	Win	Stefan Leko	RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Quarter Finals	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	10-3
2011-07-23	Win	Raoumaru	RISE 80	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right Hook)	2	2:42	9-3
Wins vacant RISE Heavyweight title.
2011-02-27	Win	Igifan	RISE 74	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right Low Kick)	1	2:14	8-3
2010-12-19	Win	Raoumaru	RISE 73	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00	7-3
2010-07-31	Win	Kengo Shimizu	RISE 68	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left High Kick)	3	1:24	6-3
2010-04-03	Loss	Tsutomu Takahagi	K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama	Yokohama, Japan	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00	5-3
2009-12-05	Loss	Singh Jaideep	K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final	Yokohama, Japan	KO (Right Hook)	2	1:36	5-2
2009-07-18	Loss	Hiromi Amada	Heat 10	Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	5-1
2009-03-28	Win	Takeshi Onda	Heat 9	Japan	KO (Left Hook)	Ex. R	N/A	5-0
2008-12-14	Win	Sunwu	Heat 8	Japan	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	1:10	4-0
2008-07-13	Win	Yong Soo Park	K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei	Taipei, Taiwan	KO (Left Hook)	Ex. R	1:26	3-0
2008-04-20	Win	Hideo Sawada	K-1 League Trial Project	Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	2-0
2008-01-14	Win	Ryuhei Takahashi		Japan	KO (Strikes)	2	1:26	1-0
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of male kickboxers
• List of K-1 Events

References

1. "Makoto Uehara K-1 profile". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
2. K-1 Final 16 Matches Unveiled
3. K-1 WGP Final 16, Finalized Fight Card For This Sunday, October 14
4. K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16 Live Results
5. K-1 WGP Final 8 Match-Ups
6. RISE 92 Results: Yamamoto Edges Bennoui, Umeno Avenges Loss
7. 4 more fights confirmed for Glory 12 in New York Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
8. The GLORY 13 Card is Super Stacked So Far
9. 4 more bouts confirmed for Glory 13 including main event between Daniel Ghita and Errol Zimmerman Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
10. GLORY SuperFight Series Tokyo and GLORY 13 Spoilers
11. Glory 13 Results and Recap Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
12. Glory 13 Tokyo results and gifs: Rico Verhoeven, Daniel Ghita, and Nieky Holzken win big in Japan
13. GLORY 13 Results: Verhoeven, Ghita and Holzken pick up victories Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
14. 【RISE】小宮山の前蹴り光るもゲーオがダウンを奪い勝利(in Japanese)
15. 9/13 RISE95『羅王丸vs天田ヒロミ戦』に関しまして Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
16. "一刀、小宮山工介との王者対決制す。神村エリカが王者に：9.13 後楽園". Archived from the original on 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2014-11-23.

External links

• Official K-1 website
• Makoto Uehara K-1 profile
• Makoto Uehara Official Blog

• 1982 births
• Living people
• Japanese male kickboxers
• Heavyweight kickboxers
• Martial artists from Tokyo
• Shidōkan practitioners
• Japanese male karateka