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Hidehiko Yoshida

Hidehiko Yoshida

Hidehiko Yoshida is a legend in the word of Judo. This Japanese star has successfully competed in the Judo World Championships and the Olympics, which includes a gold medal in the 1992 Barcelona Games (he won all six of his matches by ippon). Upon his retirement from Judo he started his own gym, the Yoshida Dojo. Intent on proving the effectiveness of Judo, Yoshida began training for a career in mixed martial arts. Thus far he has been successful, as he has garnered wins against Don Frye, Masaaki Satake, and Kiyoshi Tamura. But perhaps his most memorable match was a controversial submission victory against Royce Gracie at Shockwave 2002, a match that re-ignited an old rivalry between Judo and Gracie Jiu Jitsu. A word of advice when competing against Yoshida---avoid the clinch!
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NAME Hidehiko Yoshida
NICK NAME
ASSOCIATION Yoshida Dojo
HEIGHT 5'11 / 178cm
WEIGHT 220 lbs / 100 kg
STYLE Judo
BIRTH DATE 1969-09-03
CITY
STATE  
COUNTRY Japan
PRIDE RECORD 6 / 5 / 1 (win/lose/draw)
MMA RECORD 3 / 1 / 1 (win/lose/draw)

INTERVIEW
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POST PRIDE OPEN WEIGHT GRAND PRIX 2006 INTERVIEWS - (05/08/2006)
POST SHOCKWAVE 2005 INTERVIEWS - (01/02/2006)
Pre-GP 2005 Opening Round Inte - (04/22/2005)
SHOCKWAVE 2004 INTERVIEW - (12/31/2004)
INTERVIEW - (07/19/2004)
TOTAL ELIMINATION 2004 PRE-FIGHT INTERVIEWS - (06/20/2004)
INOKI BOM-BA-YE 2002 INTERVIEWS - (01/03/2003)

NEWS
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Pre-PRIDE SHOCKWAVE 2006 Interview with Hidehiko Yoshida and James - (12/30/2006)
Thompson to take on Yoshida at SHOCKWAVE 2006 - (12/26/2006)
VIVA JUDO HELD AT NIPPON SPORTS UNIVERSITY - (11/14/2006)
OPEN WEIGHT GRAND PRIX PRESS CONFERENCE - (06/14/2006)
PRE-OWGP 2006 OPENING ROUND INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEHIKO YOSHIDA AND YOUSUKE NISHIJIMA - (05/04/2006)
HIDEHIKO YOSHIDA AND TSUYOSHI KOSAKA INTERVIEWS - (03/31/2006)
HIDEHIKO YOSHIDA INTERVIEW - (03/31/2006)
HIDEHIKO YOSHIDA AND NAOYA OGAWA FIGHT OF THE CENTURY - (11/16/2005)
YOSHIDA AND NAKAMURA TO APPEAR ON FSN'S BEST DAMN SPORTS SHOW PERIOD - (09/01/2005)
PRIDE SUPERSTARS TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS IN HOLLYWOOD - (08/31/2005)

RESULT
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SHOCKWAVE 2006

Hidehiko
Yoshida		 vs James
Thompson
  1R 7"50' TKO - Forfeited Match
CRITICAL COUNTDOWN ABSOLUTE 2006

Hidehiko
Yoshida		 vs Mirko
Filipovic
  1R 7"32' TKO - Forfeited Match

TOTAL ELIMINATION ABSOLUTE

Hidehiko
Yoshida		 vs Yosuke
Nishijima
1R 2"33' IPPON (SUBMISSION) - Triangle Hold  

SHOCKWAVE 2005

Hidehiko
Yoshida		 vs Naoya
Ogawa
1R 6"4' IPPON (SUBMISSION) - Armbar  
FINAL CONFLICT 2005

Hidehiko
Yoshida		 vs David
Abbott
1R 7"40' IPPON (SUBMISSION) - Choke  
TOTAL ELIMINATION 2005

Wanderlei
Silva		 vs Hidehiko
Yoshida
3R 5"0' Decision  

SHOCKWAVE 2004  

Rulon
Gardner		 vs Hidehiko
Yoshida
3R 5"0' Decision  
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CRITICAL COUNTDOWN 2004  

Hidehiko
Yoshida		 vs Mark
Hunt
1R 5"25' IPPON (SUBMISSION) - Armbar  

SHOCKWAVE 2003  

Royce
Gracie		 vs Hidehiko
Yoshida
  2R 10"0' Decision  

FINAL CONFLICT 2003  

Wanderlei
Silva		 vs Hidehiko
Yoshida
2R 5"0' Decision  

TOTAL ELIMINATION 2003  

Hidehiko
Yoshida		 vs Kiyoshi
Tamura
1R 5"6' IPPON (SUBMISSION) - Choke  

PRIDE 23 CHAMPIONSHIP CHAOS 2  

Hidehiko
Yoshida		 vs Don
Frye
1R 5"32' IPPON (SUBMISSION) - Armbar  
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