Education
Kinki University.
横井宏考
Kinki University.
In his mixed martial arts career, Yokoi competed for PRIDE, Shooto, RINGS, and DEEP. Yokoi originally started training in judo since highschool, but he was more interested in Universal Wrestling Federation pro wrestling and its ofshoots. He participated at a Shooto mixed martial arts tournament during his stay at the Kinki University, and later moved to Fighting Network RINGS, joining Tsuyoshi Kohsaka"s Alliance team after the demise of the company. The same year, he also worked for the professional wrestling promotion ZERO-ONE. He gained the nickname "Kaibutsu-kun" (meaning "Monster-kun") for his physical resemblance to the title character from 1980s anime series Kaibutsu-kun.
Early career PRIDE Yokoi performed unexpectedly well, taking Nogueira down with judo throws and pulling out reversals and occasional ground and pound over the Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert, but he was ultimately fell to an anaconda choke in the second round for the first loss of his career.
At PRIDE 28, Yokoi faced Heath Herring, but he was soon overwhelmed with a right hook and multiple knees, including illegal strikes to the back to the head which granted Herring a warning. He eventually lost the fight by TKO in the same way.
Yokoi"s final fight in PRIDE was at PRIDE 30, where he faced Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Yokoi again showed himself active, gaining dominant position with an early omoplata sweep, but Jackson used his superior strength to reverse him and threw heavies punches and kicks, until the referee stopped the match for a TKO victory.
Post-PRIDE Finishing moves Cross armbreaker Right-handed knockout punch All Japan Pro Wrestling.