Koetsu Okazaki

Career

Shooto

On May 18, 2012 Okazaki made the first defence of his Shooto 132-Pound World Championship in a rematch with Ogikubo but was submitted in the third round. ONE Football Club

On April 10, 2013 it was announced that Okazaki had signed with ONE Fighting Championship. He faced Bibiano Fernandes for the Interim ONE Football Club Bantamweight Championship at ONE Football Club: "Rise to Power" at the Master of Science Mall of Asia Arena in Manila on May 31st.

He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Shooto

Shooto Featherweight Championship (One time)

Shooto Rookie Featherweight Championship (One time)

Shooto Public Relations Officer Featherweight Championship (One time).

Achievements

• A professional competitor since 2004, Okazaki has also formerly competed for Shooto and is the former Shooto Featherweight Champion as well as the former Shooto Pacific Rim Featherweight Champion. Okazaki won the 2004 Shooto rookie tournament in 2004 and then disappeared for 18 months before returning with back-to-back wins over Hiroyuki Tanaka and So Tazawa in front of his hometown Osaka crowd, earning his Class A Shooto license, and firmly planting himself in the minds of Shooto fans while intensifying the 132-pound class. On October 18, 2009 Okazaki won Shooto"s vacant 132-pound Pacific Rim Championship in the main event of Shooto GIG Tokyo 3 at Shinjuku FACE by beating Hiromasa Ogikubo via second-round TKO. Okazaki won the Shooto 132-Pound World Championship at Shooto Tradition 2011 on April 29, 2011 at Tokyo Dome City Hall when he defeated Shuichiro Katsumura by TKO (punches).