Makoto Uehara (; born November 14, 1984) is a Japanese Shidokan Karateka and heavyweight kickboxer competing in K-1. He is the former RISE Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight champion.
Biography and career He faced Hiromi Amada at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo final 16 on October 14, 2012K-1 Final 16 Matches UnveiledK-1 WGP Final 16, Finalized Fight Card For This Sunday, October 14 and won via unanimous decision.K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16 Live Results
Despite qualifying for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final, Uehara was left out in the cold when the event rolled around and was replaced by the higher-ranked Pavel Zhuravlev.K-1 WGP Final 8 Match-Ups
Uehara defeated Kengo Shimizu by way of split decision at RISE 92 in Tokyo on March 17, 2013 to win the RISE 90 kg title.RISE 92 Results: Yamamoto Edges Bennoui, Umeno Avenges Loss
He was set to fight Dustin Jacoby at Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament in New York City on November 23, 20134 more fights confirmed for Glory 12 in New York but the match was switched to Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013.The GLORY 13 Card is Super Stacked So Far4 more bouts confirmed for Glory 13 including main event between Daniel Ghita and Errol Zimmerman He defeated Jacoby by split decision.GLORY SuperFight Series Tokyo and GLORY 13 SpoilersGlory 13 Results and Recap Glory 13 Tokyo results and gifs: Rico Verhoeven, Daniel Ghita, and Nieky Holzken win big in JapanGLORY 13 Results: Verhoeven, Ghita and Holzken pick up victories
Titles 2013 RISE 90 kg champion 2011 RISE Heavyweight Tournament runner up 2011 RISE Heavyweight champion 31st Shidokan Karate Strong Open Tournament champion
Kickboxing record
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2018-09-24 || Loss|| align=left| Boubaker El Bakouri || K-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship Tournament, Quarter Finals || Japan || KO (Left Jab) || 1 || 1:05|| 23-9-1 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2018-06-17 || Loss|| align=left| Hisaki Kato|| K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament || Saitama, Japan || Extra Round Decision (Split) || 4 || 3:00|| 23-8-1 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2017-11-23 || Loss ||align=left| Antonio Plazibat || K-1 World GP 2017 Heavyweight Championship Tournament, Semi Finals || Saitama, Japan || KO (Flying Knee) || 1 || ||21-7-1 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2017-11-23 || Win ||align=left| Pacome Assi || K-1 World GP 2017 Heavyweight Championship Tournament, Quarter Finals || Saitama, Japan || KO (Left Uppercut) || 1 || 2:30 ||21-6-1 |- |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2017-02-26 || Loss ||align=left| Ibrahim El Bouni || K-1 World GP 2017 Lightweight Championship Tournament || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Left hook) || 2 || || 20-6-1 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2016-09-19 || Win ||align=left| Koichi || K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00|| 20-5-1 |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2016-06-24 || Win ||align=left| Tsutomu Takahagi || K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg World Tournament || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Strikes) || 1 || 0:32 || 19-5-1
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2016-03-04 || Win ||align=left| Nori || K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Strikes) || 1 || 2:06 || 18-5-1 |- |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2014-12-29 || Loss ||align=left| Zabit Samedov || Blade 1 || Tokyo, Japan || Extra Round Decision || 4 || 3:00 || 17-5-1
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2014-07-12 || Win ||align=left| Zelg Galešić || RISE 100 【RISE】小宮山の前蹴り光るもゲーオがダウンを奪い勝利 || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Right Hook) || 1 || 1:25 || 17-4-1
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2013-12-21 || Win ||align=left| Dustin Jacoby || Glory 13: Tokyo || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Split) || 3 || 3:00 || 16-4-1
|- bgcolor="#c5d2ea" | 2013-09-13 || Draw ||align=left| Kim Nae Chul || RISE 95 9/13 RISE95『羅王丸vs天田ヒロミ戦』に関しまして || Tokyo, Japan || Draw (Majority) || 4 || 3:00 || 15-4-1
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2013-03-17 || Win ||align=left| Kengo Shimizu || RISE 92 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Split) || 3 || 3:00 || 15-4
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2012-10-14 || Win ||align=left| Hiromi Amada || K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo final 16, First Round || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 || 14-4 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2012-06-02 || Win ||align=left| Crafton Wallace || RISE 88 || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Strikes) || 2 || 2:27 || 13-4 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2012-03-23 || Win ||align=left| Won Jingan || RISE 87 || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Right Low Kick || 1 || 0:22 || 12-4 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2011-11-23 || Loss ||align=left| Singh Jaideep || RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Final || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Strikes) || 1 || 0:38 || 11-4
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2011-11-23 || Win ||align=left| Jan Soukup || RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Semi Finals || Tokyo, Japan || Ext. R Decision (Unanimous) || 4 || 3:00 || 11-3 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2011-11-23 || Win ||align=left| Stefan Leko || RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Quarter Finals || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 || 10-3 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2011-07-23 || Win ||align=left| Raoumaru || RISE 80 || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Right Hook) || 2 || 2:42 || 9-3 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2011-02-27 || Win ||align=left| Igifan || RISE 74 || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Right Low Kick) || 1 || 2:14 || 8-3 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2010-12-19 || Win ||align=left| Raoumaru || RISE 73 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Majority) || 3 || 3:00 || 7-3 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2010-07-31 || Win ||align=left| Kengo Shimizu || RISE 68 || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Left High Kick) || 3 || 1:24 || 6-3 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2010-04-03 || Loss ||align=left| Tsutomu Takahagi || K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama || Yokohama, Japan || Decision (Majority) || 3 || 3:00 || 5-3 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2009-12-05 || Loss ||align=left| Singh Jaideep || K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final || Yokohama, Japan || KO (Right Hook) || 2 || 1:36 || 5-2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2009-07-18 || Loss ||align=left| Hiromi Amada || Heat 10 || Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 || 5-1 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2009-03-28 || Win ||align=left| Takeshi Onda || Heat 9 || Japan || KO (Left Hook) || Ex. R || N/A || 5-0 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2008-12-14 || Win ||align=left| Sunwu || Heat 8 || Japan || TKO (Corner Stoppage) || 2 || 1:10 || 4-0 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2008-07-13 || Win ||align=left| Yong Soo Park || K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei || Taipei, Taiwan || KO (Left Hook) || Ex. R || 1:26 || 3-0 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2008-04-20 || Win ||align=left| Hideo Sawada || K-1 League Trial Project || Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 || 2-0 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2008-01-14 || Win ||align=left| Ryuhei Takahashi || || Japan || KO (Strikes) || 2 || 1:26 || 1-0 |- | colspan=9 | Legend:
See also List of male kickboxers List of K-1 Events
References
External links Official K-1 website Makoto Uehara K-1 profile Makoto Uehara Official Blog