Takaku Fuke

Takaku Fuke
Born
Fuke Yusuke (冨宅 裕介)

January 30, 1969
Occupation(s)Professional wrestler, mixed martial artist
Ring name(s)Momoiro Takaku, Yusuke Tomiya, Takaku Fuke
Trained byYoshiaki Fujiwara
DebutAugust 13th, 1990
Mixed martial arts career Martial arts career
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
DivisionLight Heavyweight
StyleJudo, Kickboxing, Shoot Wrestling
Fighting out ofOsaka, Japan
TeamPancrase Inagakigumi
Rank  Black Belt in Judo
Years activePro Wrestling: 1990-1992, 2003-present
MMA: 1993-2003
Mixed martial arts record
Total50
Wins16
Losses29
Draws5
Other information
[1] Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Takaku Fuke (冨宅飛駈; January 30, 1969), born Yusuke Fuke (冨宅裕介) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial arts fighter. He was most notably involved in the early days of Pancrase, at infancy of Mixed Martial Arts in Japan.[2] Fight Matrix ranked Takaku Fuke was #2 Heavyweight and #4 Pound-for-Pound best MMA fighter in the world in 1994.[3][4]

Background

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Fuke was an active practitioner of judo in high school.[5] After graduating from high school in 1989, he became a UWF trainee. There, he would train with likes of Tatsuo Nakano[6] and Ken Shamrock.[7] Subsequently, he would work for Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi. While employed with PWFG, he was involved in a proto-MMA match with kickboxer Lawi Napataya.[8]

Combat sport career

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At Pancrase 2 (October 1993), he lost to Bas Rutten via TKO, following a knee to Fuke's liver.[9] In November 1993, Fuke lost to Ken Shamrock via submission.[10] In December 1994, Fuke took part in the King of Pancrase tournament, where he lost against Maurice Smith in the first round.[10][11] At Pancrase 19, Fuke lost to Frank Shamrock.[12]

In June 2003, he transferred to the new section "Pancrase MISSION" in Pancrase from "Pancrase Osaka.". He became a player belonging to MISSION next to Minoru Suzuki, and in the same month, participated in "U-STYLE" for the first time.[5]

On November 7, 2014 at WRESTLE-1/ZERO-ONE KASSEN ~ Battle ZERO1 Vs. W-1 Tournament - Day 3, he worked a match with his old Pancrase alumni, Masakatsu Funaki.[13] In February 2019, at WRESTLE-1 Keiji Muto Produce Pro-Wrestling Masters event, Fuke took part in a 6-man tag team match, teamed up with Mitsuya Nagai and Yoshiaki Fujiwara, against Jushin Thunder Liger, Riki Choshu and Tatsumi Fujinami.[14]

Movie appearances

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Mixed martial arts record

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Professional record breakdown
51 matches 16 wins 30 losses
By knockout 1 4
By submission 11 15
By decision 3 11
By disqualification 1 0
Draws 5
No contests 0


Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 16–28–5 Yuji Hoshino Decision (unanimous) Pancrase 116 February 2, 2003 2 5:00 Osaka, Japan Welterweight 77kg bout.
Loss 16–27–5 Kenichi Serizawa Loss (triangle armbar) Pancrase 110 August 25, 2002 2 2:41 Osaka, Japan Light Heavyweight 90kg bout.
Draw 16–26–5 Manao Kumagai Draw Japan Regional July 6, 2002 ? ? Unknown
Loss 16–26–4 Hikaru Sato Decision (majority) Pancrase 106 May 11, 2002 2 5:00 Osaka, Japan Light Middleweight 84kg bout.
Loss 16–25–4 Kenji Arai Injury Pancrase 104 February 17, 2002 1 3:28 Osaka, Japan Welterweight 77kg bout
Loss 16–24–4 Ryo Chonan Decision (unanimous) Deep 3: Impact December 23, 2001 3 5:00 Osaka, Japan Open weight but presumably both were less than 90kg
Loss 16–23–4 Kazuo Misaki TKO (punches) Pancrase 101 December 23, 2001 1 0:08 Osaka, Japan, Japan Middleweight 84kg
Loss 16–22–4 Minoru Suzuki Submission (kneebar) Pancrase 100 September 30, 2001 1 5:09 Osaka, Japan Heavyweight 120kg
Draw 16–21–4 Daisuke Watanabe Decision (majority) Pancrase 83 April 30, 2000 2 3:00 Yokohama, Japan Middleweight 84kg, All matches prior to this are heavyweight
Win 16–21–3 Minoru Suzuki Decision (points) Pancrase 59 June 21, 1998 2 3:00 Kobe, Japan Heavyweight 120kg
Draw 15–21–3 Tony Rojo Decision (majority) Pancrase 58 June 2, 1998 2 3:00
Loss 15–21–2 Osami Shibuya Decision (unanimous) Pancrase 56 April 26, 1998 2 3:00
Draw 15–20–2 Katsuomi Inagaki Decision (majority) Pancrase 54 March 1, 1998 2 10:00 + OT
Loss 15–20–1 Takafumi Ito Decision (unanimous) Pancrase 53 February 6, 1998 1 5:52
Loss 15–19–1 Satoshi Hasegawa Decision (points) Pancrase 50 November 16, 1997 2
Loss 15–18–1 Takafumi Ito Submission (armbar) Pancrase 48 September 9, 1997 1 5:52 10:00 x 1 round
Win 15–17–1 Kosei Kubota Submission (guillotine choke) Pancrase 47 August 9, 1997 1 3:22
Loss 14–17–1 Bas Rutten Submission (armbar) Pancrase 44 June 30, 1997 1 4:28
Loss 14–16–1 Semmy Schilt Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 42 April 24, 1997 1 8:59
Win 14–15–1 Paul Lazenby Submission (ankle lock) Pancrase 41 April 27, 1997 1 7:45
Win 13–15–1 Haygar Chin Submission (3:46) Pancrase 39 February 22, 1997 1 3:46
Loss 12–15–1 Osami Shibuya Decision (points) Pancrase 38 January 17, 1997 1 15
Win 12–14–1 Jong Wang Kim Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 37 December 15, 1996 1 2:09
Loss 11–14–1 Ryushi Yanagisawa Decision (points) Pancrase 30 June 25, 1996 1 15:00
Draw 11–13–1 Vernon White Draw (unanimous) Pancrase 29 May 16, 1996 1 10:00
Loss 11–13 Guy Mezger Decision (unanimous) Pancrase - Truth 3 April 7, 1996 1 10:00
Loss 11–12 Minoru Suzuki Submission (armbar) Pancrase 26: Truth 2 March 2, 1996 1 4:15 Kobe, Japan 20:00 x 1 round
Win 11–11 Leon Van Dijk Decision (points) Pancrase 25 January 28, 1996 1 10:00
Loss 10–11 Masakatsu Funaki Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 24 December 14, 1995 1 0:31
Loss 10–10 Jason DeLucia Decision (points) Pancrase 23 November 4, 1995 1 30:00
Win 10–9 Todd Medina Submission (armbar) Pancrase 22 September 1, 1995 1 5:30
Loss 9–9 Frank Shamrock Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 19 June 13, 1995 1 8:16
Win 9–8 Gregory Smit Decision (points) Pancrase 18 May 13, 1995 1 20:00
Loss 8–8 Bas Rutten Submission (heel hook) Pancrase 17 April 8, 1995 1 1:52
Loss 8–7 Larry Papadopoulos Decision (unanimous) Pancrase 16 March 10, 1995 1 15:00
Win 8–6 Richard Saar TKO (spinning backfist) Pancrase 15 January 26, 1995 1 0:23 Perhaps the first spinning back fist TKO in MMA history
Loss 7–6 Maurice Smith TKO (knee) Pancrase 13 December 16, 1994 1 2:48 10 min + OT
Loss 7–5 Ken Shamrock Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 12 October 15, 1994 1 3:13
Win 7–4 Manabu Yamada Submission (heel hook) Pancrase 11 September 1, 1994 1 13:47 15:00 x 1 round
Win 6–4 Jason Delucia Submission (heel hook) Pancrase 10 July 26, 1994 1 4:00 Tokyo, Japan 15:00 x 1 round
Win 5–4 Gregory Smit Submission (ankle lock) Pancrase 9 July 6, 1994 1 3:46 Final scheduled "30:00 x 1" match of his career
Win 4–4 Toon Stelling Disqualification (Illegal soccer kick) Pancrase 8 May 31, 1994 1 4:37
Loss 3–4 Masakatsu Funaki Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 7 April 21, 1994 1 6:55
Loss 3–3 Minoru Suzuki Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 6: Pancrash! 2 March 12, 1994 1 6:31 Aichi, Japan
Win 3–2 Scott Bessac Submission (heel hook) Pancrase 5: Pancrash! 1 January 19, 1994 1 3:04
Win 2–2 Katsuomi Inagaki Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 4 December 8, 1993 1 6:18 Hakata, Japan
Loss 1–2 Ken Shamrock Submission (rear-naked choke) Pancrase 3 November 8, 1993 1 0:44 Kobe, Japan
Loss 1–1 Bas Rutten TKO (knee to the body) Pancrase 2 October 14, 1993 1 2:03 Nagoya, Japan
Win 1–0 Vernon White Submission (armbar) Pancrase 1 September 21, 1993 1 1:19 Tokyo, Japan Inaugural Pancrase event

References

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  1. ^ "Takaku Fuke MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography - Sherdog.com". Sherdog.
  2. ^ tapology.com. "Takaku".
  3. ^ "Generated Historical Rankings, October 1994, Pound-for-Pound". 15 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Takaku Fuke FightMatrix Fighter Profile".
  5. ^ a b "Takaku Fuke". www.pancrase.co.jp. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  6. ^ Nakano Tatsuo, "Watashi-setsu UWF Nakano Tatsumi Yō jiden", page 15, 2020, ISBN 4777824268
  7. ^ "Beyond the Lion's Den: The Life, The Fights, The Techniques" by Ken Shamrock, Erich Krauss, page 18-26, Tuttle Publishing, 2012 ISBN 1462907946
  8. ^ "Kakutogi Road: The Complete History of MMA Vol 1". 19 January 2020.
  9. ^ tpnotgrant77 (2014). "MMA History: Pancrase - Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 2 - October 14th 1993". Bloody Elbow. Retrieved 2023-02-13. Bas held a standing guillotine, and while falling, landed a devastating knee to the liver. This fight would have been stopped immediately in today's MMA. Conversely, Fuke was given 10 seconds to recover, and was able to get back to his feet, but ref still called the fight off. Prompting Fuke to crumble to the canvas once again in agony.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ a b Wall, Jeremy (2005). UFC's Ultimate Warriors: The Top 10. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-691-1.
  11. ^ "Beyond the Lion's Den: The Life, The Fights, The Techniques" by Ken Shamrock, Erich Krauss, page 30, Tuttle Publishing, 2012 ISBN 1462907946
  12. ^ ShinSplints (Nov 29, 2012). "Looking back at a legend: Frank Shamrock (Part 1)". Bloody Elbow. Retrieved 2023-02-13. Following his loss to Funaki, Shamrock went 3-1-1 in his next 5 fights. In all three of his wins, he used the catch wrestling he'd learned from Ken at the Lion's Den and from Japan to finish with rear naked chokes. He displayed his aggressive submission-hunting style perfectly against Takaku Fuke. Throughout the fight, Frank pressured Fuke from mount and back mount, always attacking and looking for chokes or joint submissions.
  13. ^ "WRESTLE-1/ZERO-ONE KASSEN ~ Battle ZERO1 Vs. W-1 Tournament - Day 3 at Shinjuku FACE wrestling results - Internet Wrestling Database". www.profightdb.com.
  14. ^ "WRESTLE-1 Keiji Muto Produce Pro-Wrestling Masters at Korakuen Hall wrestling results - Internet Wrestling Database". www.profightdb.com.
  15. ^ "おっさんのケーフェイ". 映画-Movie Walker (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-02-24.
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