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Masaaki Satake (Template:Lang-ja; born August 17, 1965) is a retired professional JapaneseHeavyweightkarateka, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He was one of the pioneering heavyweight fighters in K-1, after being a member of Kazuyoshi Ishii's Seido-Kaikan school and organization.
He represented the Seido-Kaikan organization in numerous Karate tournaments, winning most of them. After Kazuyoshi Ishii formed K-1, he became an active competitor there, with numerous victories.
He also participated in eight Mixed Martial Arts matches in PRIDE and also two MMA matches in Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye but he didn't have such a notable career in MMA.
Titles[]
1998 K-1 Japan Grand Prix champion
1997 K-1 Japan Grand Prix champion
1994 W.K.A. Muay Thai World Super Heavyweight champion
1994 K-1 World GP runner up
1993 I.S.K.A. Oriental World Heavyweight champion
1993 K.I.C.K. World Super Heavyweight champion
1993 Karate World Cup champion
1993 U.K.F. World Heavyweight champion
Karate Japan Open champion
Karate Real Champion Tournament runner up
Record[]
Kickboxing record
44 Fights, 28 wins (18 (T)KOs), 11 Losses, 5 Draws
Date
Result
Opponent
Event
Location
Method
Round
Time
Record
1999-10-03
Loss
Musashi
K-1 World Grand Prix '99 Opening Round
Osaka, Japan
Decision (Unanimous)
5
3:00
28-11-5
Fails to qualify for K-1 World Grand Prix 1999 Final.
The bout was for the UKF World Heavyweight title held by Satake and WKA Kickboxing World Super heavyweight title held by Longinidis. Longinidis lost this bout, but he didn't lose his WKA title because he asserted that the bout was not under WKA rules after the bout.
1993-06-25
Win
Don Nakaya Nielsen
K-1 Sanctuary III
Osaka, Japan
TKO (Right hook)
1
2:30
6-1-3
The bout was for the vacant UKF World Heavyweight title. After the bout, Nielsen's side asserted strongly that he lost by Satake's headbutt.