Mizuto Hirota 廣田 瑞人 |
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Born |
Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan |
May 5, 1981
Native name | 廣田 瑞人 |
Other names | Pugnus Pug Prince (破拳王子) Kobushi no pitbull(拳のピットブル) |
Nationality | Japanese |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st) |
Division |
Featherweight Lightweight |
Reach | 67.0 in (170 cm) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Fighting out of | Sumida, Tokyo, Japan |
Team | Gutsman Shooto Dojo Cave (2010-present) |
Years active | 2005–present |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 27 |
Wins | 18 |
By knockout | 10 |
By decision | 8 |
Losses | 7 |
By submission | 1 |
By decision | 6 |
Draws | 2 |
Other information | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Mizuto Hirota (廣田瑞人 Hirota Mizuto?, born May 5, 1981) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He is a former Sengoku Lightweight Champion, a former DEEP Lightweight Champion, and a former Cage Force Lightweight Champion. He appeared in the Dynamite!! 2009 event and has also competed for the UFC, Shooto, and Strikeforce.
Hirota made his professional debut for Shooto, winning his first two fights by TKO and then won his next four fights all by unanimous decision to reach an undefeated professional record of 6-0. Hirota then faced Takashi Nakakura for the newly vacated Shooto Pacific Rim Welterweight Championship. Hirota was handed his first professional loss via unanimous decision and then lost his next fight, also by unanimous decision.
Hirota then signed with Cage Force, and in his debut, knocked out his opponent 16 seconds into the fight before getting another win via TKO.
In his next fight on April 2008, at Cage Force 6, Hirota defeated Tomonari Kanomata to win the Cage Force Lightweight Championship.
Hirota then entered the Sengoku 2008 Lightweight Grand Prix where he won his first-round fight by knocking out the last IFL Lightweight Champion, Ryan Schultz, at Sengoku 4 in August 2008. He was then eliminated from the tournament in the semi-finals after losing by unanimous decision against Kazunori Yokota at World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 6 in November the same year.