Tatsuya Mizuno


Tatsuya Mizuno is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, he has fought for DREAM, Pancrase, DEEP, M-1 Global, ProElite, ONE FC, K-1, and also participated in the Dynamite!! 2010 event.

Background

Mizuno started competing in judo in high school, and currently holds a 3rd dan black belt in the discipline. On April 29, 2005, he became the champion of fifth Shooto East amateur mixed martial arts tournament, and on December 23, 2005, he took part in the U-FILE CAMP amateur tournament as member of Pankurasu geto.
On September 16, 2006, he defeated Yuji Sakuragi in his MMA debut at Pancrase: Blow 7. He fought against the likes Thiago Silva, Assuerio Silva and Mirko Cro Cop early on in his career.

DREAM

In 2010 Mizuno took part in the DREAM Light Heavyweight Grand Prix. He defeated Melvin Manhoef at DREAM 15, in the Light Heavyweight Grand Prix semifinal. In the final he fought with Gegard Mousasi, and lost to him by rear-naked choke submission.
Mizuno fought Sergei Kharitonov at DREAM's Dynamite!! 2010 New Year's Eve event and lost the fight via first-round KO.
On July 16, 2011, Mizuno defeated Trevor Prangley by KO in the first round at. Former UFC Middleweight Yushin Okami was present as his cornerman.

Post-DREAM

On January 21, 2012, Mizuno defeated Ilima Maiava via submission in the second round.
In June 2012, Mizuno faced MMA veteran Renato Sobral at. Mizuno lost via armbar submission in 31 seconds of the first round.
He then faced fellow judoka Jason Jones at on October 6, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.
Mizuno returned to the One FC promotion on October 18, 2013 against Rafael Silva. Mizuno won a three-round unanimous decision.
In Mizuno's next bout, he faced undefeated Brazilian Leandro Ataides at on May 2, 2014. Mizuno was stopped by strikes at 0:47 of round one.
Mizuno faced Brayan Rafiq at on November 7, 2014. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Championships and Accomplishments