Hiroshi Nakamura (fighter)

is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. He has fought in many well-known mixed martial arts organizations as Shooto, DEEP and Bellator.

Mixed martial arts career

Shooto

Nakamura started his career in 2005. Until 2009, he fought only for Shooto and faced opponents like Shooto and Sengoku featherweight champion Hatsu Hioki, and Shooto veteran Hayate Usui.

DEEP

Between 2010 and 2011, Nakamura won five times and lost two times. He obtained a victory over the DEEP bantamweight champion Masakazu Imanari in a non-title bout, and also defeated WEC veteran and former featherweight King of Pancrase Yoshiro Maeda.

In 2011, Nakamura signed with Bellator to compete in the bantamweight tournament.

Bellator MMA

Nakamura made his debut on April 6, 2012 at Bellator 64 in the quarterfinal match of against Rodrigo Lima. Nakamura defeated Lima via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27) and advanced to the semifinals.

In the semifinals on May 25, 2012 at Bellator 70, Nakamura faced Luis Nogueira. Nakamura lost via knockout in the third round.

Mixed martial arts record

|- | Win | align=center| | Tomomi Iwama | Decision (majority) | DEEP: 65 Impact | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 15–7–4 | Yusaku Nakamura | KO (flying knee) | Deep: Cage Impact 2013 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 0:53 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 15–6–4 | Luis Nogueira | KO (punches) | Bellator 70 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 1:58 | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 15–5–4 | Rodrigo Lima | Decision (unanimous) | Bellator 64 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Windsor, Ontario, Canada | |- | Win | align=center| 14–5–4 | Seiji Akao | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 13–5–4 | Yoshiro Maeda | Decision (majority) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 12–5–4 | Takafumi Otsuka | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 12–4–4 | Masakazu Imanari | Decision (unanimous) | Deep: 52nd Impact | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | <small>Non-title bout</small> |- | Win | align=center| 11–4–4 | Tatsumitsu Wada | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 10–4–4 | Tomohiko Hori | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 9–4–4 | Isao Terada | TKO (punches) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:11 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 9–3–4 | Wataru Inatsu | Submission (armbar) | Zst 22 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:35 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 8–3–4 | Kim Jong-Man | Decision (unanimous) | FMC 1: Korea vs. Japan | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Seoul, South Korea | |- | Win | align=center| 7–3–4 | Wataru Miki | Decision (majority) | GCM: Cage Force 10 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 6–3–4 | Hayate Usui | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Draw | align=center| 5–3–4 | Hatsu Hioki | Draw | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 5–3–3 | Tenkei Oda | Decision (majority) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 4–3–3 | Kyotaro Nakao | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 3–3–3 | Yuji Inoue | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Draw | align=center| 2–3–3 | Shintaro Ishiwatari | Draw | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Draw | align=center| 2–3–2 | Keisuke Yamada | Draw | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 2–3–1 | Daisuke Ishizawa | KO (punches) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 4:26 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 2–2–1 | Hirotaka Tomiyama | Submission (armbar) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 3:24 | Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan | |- | Draw | align=center| 1–2–1 | Sakae Kasuya | Draw | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 1–2 | Seigi Fujioka | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 0–2 | Akiyo Nishiura | KO (punch) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 3:57 | Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 0–1 | Yutaka Nishioka | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |

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