Yuta Murakoshi
Yuta Murakoshi is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. He is the former K-1 Featherweight and RISE Bantamweight champion. As of November 2021, he is the #5 ranked bantamweight in the world according to Combat Press. He was ranked in the strawweight top ten by Combat Press between May 2019 and February 2020, and in the bantamweight top ten between July 2018 and November 2018. Kickboxing career. RISE. Murakoshi made his professional debut in April 2011, against Singdam M16muaythaistyle. He lost the fight by KO in the third round. After this loss, Murakoshi went on a  five fight winning streak, scoring KO wins over Yunbo, Yuji and Hironori Okama, as well as decision wins over Hirofumi Kamata and Daihachi Furuoka. His winning streak was snapped by an extra round split decision loss to Seiya Rokugawa during RISE 91. After this loss, Murakoshi once again went on a five fight winning streak. He scored decision wins over Hikaru Fujihashi and Tomoya Aoki, and KO wins over Tomo Arimatsu, Kazuki Tanaka and Shuto Miyazaki. Murakoshi's five fight winning streak earned him a chance to challenge Hiroki Maeda for the RISE Bantamweight title. Murakoshi won the fight by  unanimous decision. After winning the RISE Bantamweight title, Murakoshi fought three non-title bouts. During RISE 101, he defeated Takashi Oono by unanimous decision. During RISE 102, he defeated Nakalek Kaew.Kanraya by a second round KO. During RISE 104, he defeated So Jeon Hu by a second round KO. Murakoshi was scheduled to defend his RISE Bantamweight title for the first time against the sixteen year old Tenshin Nasukawa. Nasukawa won the fight by TKO, midway through the second round. BLADE FC. Yuta Murakoshi took part in the 2015 BLADE FC 55 kg tournament. In the quarterfinals, Murakoshi faced  Yu Wor.Wanchai, and won the bout by unanimous decision. In the semifinals he fought Taiki Naito, but would in turn lose a unanimous decision. Return to RISE. Returning to RISE, Murakoshi went on a three fight winning streak. He won a split decision against Itto, and scored (T)KO wins over Tomo Arimatsu and Eisaku Ogasawara. Murakoshi fought a rematch with Tenshin Nasukawa for the RISE Bantamweight title in September 2016. Nasukawa won the fight by majority decision. After his failed title bid, Murakoshi won his next four fights. He first won a unanimous decision against Norihisa Isencho during J -NETWORK 20th Anniversary～2nd. He then won a majority decision against Masahide Kudo during RISE 118. Afterwards, Murakoshi fought Shunta during Big Bang's ISEHARA event, and won the fight by unanimous decision. The last win of this four fight winning streak came against Ryusei Ashizawa, whome he defeated by majority decision. K-1. Murakoshi fought Haruma Saikyo for the Krush Featherweight title, during Krush 86. Saikyo successfully defended his title by an extra round decision. Yuta Murakoshi participated in the 2018 K-1 Featherweight World Grand Prix. He defeated Elias Mahmoudi by an extra round split decision in the quarterfinals. He again  went into an extra round against Jorge Varela in the semifinals, after which Murakoshi won a unanimous decision. In the tournament finals, he fought a rematch with Haruma Saikyo, whom he defeated by TKO, after Saikyo suffered an ankle injury in the first round. After winning the K-1 Featherweight title, Murakoshi lost a decision to Alex Rivas, in November 2018. He was scheduled to defend his K-1 Featherweight title against Hirotaka Urabe at K'Festa 2. Murakoshi won the fight by unanimous decision. In his next two fights, Murakoshi won a unanimous decision against Huo Xiaolong, and lost a majority decision  to Takeru Segawa. In December 2020, he won a unanimous decision against Naoki Yamamoto. Murakoshi fought Ryusei Ashizawa at the K-1: K'Festa 4 Day 1 event, and won the fight by unanimous decision. Murakoshi faced Narufumi Nishimoto at on September 20, 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Murakoshi was scheduled to face Hirotaka Asahisa at on April 3, 2022. He lost the fight by knockout in the first round. Fight record. ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style=background:white | ! style= background:white |