Kiyoshi Tamura

Kiyoshi Tamura
Tamura at the Masa Saito Memorial event in 2019.
Born	(1969-12-17) December 17, 1969 (age 54) Okayama, Okayama, Japan[1]
Nationality	Japanese
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	88.5 kg (195 lb)
Division	Heavyweight Light Heavyweight Middleweight
Stance	Southpaw
Team	RINGS Japan U-File Camp
Teacher(s)	Nobuhiko Takada Akira Maeda Billy Robinson Lou Thesz
Years active	1995–2003, 2005–2008
Mixed martial arts record
Total	48
Wins	32
By knockout	6
By submission	16
By decision	8
Unknown	2
Losses	13
By knockout	4
By submission	3
By decision	4
Unknown	2
Draws	3
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Kiyoshi Tamura (田村潔司, Tamura Kiyoshi, born December 17, 1969 in Okayama, Okayama) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Once a student of legendary professional wrestlers Billy Robinson, Lou Thesz and Akira Maeda, Tamura was known for his skills in catch wrestling and is considered to be one of the greatest shoot wrestlers of all time.^[2] Competing exclusively in shoot style wrestling, Tamura began his career with UWF Newborn and later joined its successor group UWF International before transitioning to mixed martial arts.

A professional MMA fighter from 1995 until 2008, he competed for the PRIDE Fighting Championships, RINGS, DEEP, DREAM, and fought at K-1's 2007 and 2008 Dynamite!! events. He is a two-time RINGS Openweight Champion and holds notable wins over Renzo Gracie, former UFC Welterweight Champion Pat Miletich, former UFC Middleweight Champion Dave Menne, former Pancrase Super Heavyweight Champion Tsuyoshi Kosaka, former Pancrase Openweight Champion Masakatsu Funaki, Olympic judo gold medallist Makoto Takimoto, three-time sambo champion Volk Han, and Kazushi Sakuraba. Tamura currently serves as an executive director for LIDET Entertainment's professional wrestling promotion GLEAT.