Nobuaki Kakuda
Mauricio fought Sylvester Terkay (aka The Predator) at the K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!! in Nagoya, Japan under K-1 MMA rules and lost the fight by TKO. He fought Nobuaki Kakuda in the K-1 Andy Memorial 2001 Japan GP Final. He took part in the Ichigeki Professional Kickboxing Events winning his fight in January, 2002 at "1.11 Ichigeki" by 1R KO. at "8.10 Ichigeki" in August 2002, he and also won by 1R KO against Tiger. In February, 2003 he lost by a 2R KO against Nishda at "2.22 Ichigeki".