Genki Sudo

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Genki Sudo
Data
Fight name Neo Samurai (USA)

Transforming Trickster (Japan)

size 1.75 m
Weight 70 kg
nationality JapanJapan Japan
Date of birth March 8, 1978
Fight out Tokyo , Japan
place of birth Kōtō , Japan
Fighting style Kickboxing ,
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ,
Sambo
MMA statistics
Victories 15th
Knockout 1
task 12
Points 2
Defeats 5
draw 1

Genki Sudō ( Japanese 須藤 元 気 Sudō Genki ; born March 8, 1978 in Kōtō , Tokyo ) is a former Japanese K-1 and MMA fighter, author and musician. As a politician, he has been the senator for the nationwide proportional constituency since 2019 on the list of the Constitutional Democratic Party (KDP), on which he won the eighth and last place sufficient for an election in the 2019 election with 73,787 votes.

He fought his last fight on December 31, 2006. In the interview after this fight he announced that he will no longer fight professionally. He fought mostly in the mixed martial arts organizations K-1, HERO's and Pancrase in Japan and Ultimate Fighting Championship in the USA. He became a crowd puller in Japan mainly because of his elaborate shows before the fight, his dance performances during the fight and his unpredictable but highly technical Jiu-Jitsu fighting style. His trademarks were the jumped in triangle choke and the spinning back fist.

He has been an essayist since 2005. He has also worked as a composer, lyricist, singer and choreographer for the World Order group since 2009 .

Titles and awards

  • Japanese junior wrestling champion
  • World Champion of the Japanese "UFC-J"
  • Winner of the "West Submission Tournament"
  • Award as best fighter at "UFC38 Brawl at the Hall"
  • Award as the best fighter at "UFC47 It's On!" (To this day he is the only Japanese who has received this award twice)
  • Winner of the "Brazilian Jujutsu Copa Pacifica Tournament"
  • Winner of the "wadai" award at the "Short short Film Festival"
  • Winner of the award for the best newcomer at the "15th Taisho exhibition"

Fighting style

Considering the different fighting styles that Genki Sudo learned and used in the ring, it becomes difficult to describe his style exactly. He used his skills as a kickboxer in the ring as well as his skills from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and wrestling. However, if you take into account his MMA statistics (below), the main thing you notice is that he was able to end his fights mainly through leveraging and choking techniques. He got his nickname Trickster in Japan because he was able to win the fight in seemingly hopeless situations and often did so with spectacular movements. An example to be mentioned here is the triangle choke already mentioned above. He jumped out of the clinch at the opponent with both legs, crossed them around the opponent's neck and made him give up.

Ring performance

His dance performances during the fight are criticized by several MMA fans to this day, as they see it as an insult and disrespect for the opponent. Genki Sudo himself says that he needs these movements to get into the rhythm of the fight, although he vehemently denies that he has no respect for his opponents. The fact is that Sudo was one of the few MMA fighters who helped his opponents up after his fight and informed himself about their condition and only enjoyed his victory after positive feedback.

Mixed martial arts statistics

16 wins (1 TKO, 12 abandonment, 3 points win) , 5 losses, 1 draw.
Result Record opponent method Event date round time place
zvictory 15-5-1 United StatesUnited States Damacio Page Submission (Triangle Choke) K-1 - Premium 2006 Dynamite !! Dec 31, 2006 1 3:05 JapanJapan Osaka , Japan
zvictory 14-5-1 DenmarkDenmark Ole Laursen Decision (unanimous) K-1 - Hero's 4 15th Mar 2006 3 5:00 JapanJapan Tokyo , Japan
zdefeat 13-5-1 JapanJapan Norifumi Yamamoto TKO (punches) K-1 - Premium 2005 Dynamite !! Dec 31, 2005 1 4:39 JapanJapan Osaka , Japan
zvictory 13-4-1 JapanJapan Hiroyuki Takaya Submission (Triangle Choke) K-1 - Hero's 3 0Sep 7 2005 2 3:47 JapanJapan Tokyo , Japan
zvictory 12-4-1 JapanJapan Kazuyuki Miyata Submission (armbar) K-1 - Hero's 3 0Sep 7 2005 2 4:45 JapanJapan Tokyo , Japan
zvictory 11-4-1 NetherlandsNetherlands Ramon Dekker Submission (Heel Hook) K-1 - Hero's 1 26th Mar 2005 1 2:54 JapanJapan Saitama , Japan
zvictory 10-4-1 BrazilBrazil Royler Gracie KO (punches) K-1 MMA - ROMANEX May 22, 2004 1 3:40 JapanJapan Saitama , Japan
zvictory 9-4-1 United StatesUnited States Mike Thomas Brown Submission (Triangle / Armbar) UFC 47 - It's On 0Apr 2, 2004 1 3:31 United StatesUnited States Nevada , USA
zvictory 8-4-1 United StatesUnited States Eric Esch Submission (Heel Hook) K-1 - Premium 2003 Dynamite !! Dec 31, 2003 2 0:41 JapanJapan Nagoya , Japan
zdefeat 7-4-1 United StatesUnited States Duane Ludwig Decision (unanimous) UFC 42 - Sudden Impact Apr 25, 2003 3 5:00 United StatesUnited States Florida , USA
zvictory 7-3-1 EnglandEngland Leigh Remedios Submission (Rear Naked Choke) UFC 38 - Brawl at the Hall July 13, 2002 2 1:38 EnglandEngland England
zvictory 6-3-1 JapanJapan Ken'ichi Yamamoto Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Rings - World Title Series 5 Dec 21, 2001 2 1:46 JapanJapan Yokohama , Japan
zvictory 5-3-1 NetherlandsNetherlands Brian Lo-A-Njoe Submission (Triangle Choke) Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 8 21 Sep 2001 1 2:17 JapanJapan Tokyo , Japan
zvictory 4-3-1 Craig Oxley Submission (Achilles Lock) Pancrase - Trans 6 Oct 31, 2000 1 3:14 JapanJapan Tokyo , Japan
zDraw 3-3-1 BrazilBrazil Andre Pederneiras Draw C2K - Colosseum 2000 May 26, 2000 1 15:00 JapanJapan Japan
zdefeat 3-3 JapanJapan Kiuma Kunioku Decision (unanimous) Pancrase - Trans 2 Feb. 27, 2000 2 3:00 JapanJapan Osaka , Japan
zvictory 3-2 United StatesUnited States Nathan Marquardt Submission (armbar) Pancrase - Breakthrough 11 Dec 18, 1999 1 13:31 JapanJapan Yokohama , Japan
zvictory 2-2 Victor Hunsaker Submission (Elbows) Pancrase - Breakthrough 9 Oct 25, 1999 1 1:43 JapanJapan Tokyo , Japan
zdefeat 1-2 JapanJapan Minoru Toyonaga Decision (unanimous) Pancrase - 1999 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 2 0Aug 1, 1999 2 3:00 JapanJapan Tokyo , Japan
zvictory 1-1 JapanJapan Kousei Kubota Decision (unanimous) Pancrase - 1999 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 1 0Aug 1, 1999 2 3:00 JapanJapan Tokyo , Japan
zvictory United StatesUnited States Tiki Ghosn Decision (unanimous) ES 2 - Extreme Shoot 2 0June 6, 1998 N / A United StatesUnited States California , USA

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=6446
  2. ↑ 須藤 元 気 氏 の パ フ ォ ー マ ン ス ユ ニ ッ ト 「WORLD ORDER」 の PV が 完成 !! Press release on the release of the group's first music video (accessed October 12, 2010)
  3. ↑ Genki Sudo official Site ( Memento from September 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) ( English )
  4. ↑ http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Genki-Sudo-1227
  5. ↑ http://k-1sport.de/de/database/show_fighter.php?id=16
personal data
SURNAME Sudo, Genki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 須藤 元 気 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese mixed martial arts fighter, writer, and actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Kōtō , Tokyo , Japan