Nationality Japanese Name Kiuma Kunioku Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Role Mixed martial artist | Total 68 | |
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Born November 12, 1976Osaka, Japan ( 1976-11-12 ) Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st) Division WelterweightLightweight | ||
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Kiuma Kunioku (國奥 麒樹真, Kunioku Kiuma, born November 12, 1976) is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently fighting at Welterweight. A longtime veteran of the Pancrase organization, Kunioku captured the King of Pancrase Middleweight Championship and King of Pancrase Welterweight Championship before leaving the organization in 2004 to compete in the K-1 HERO'S mixed martial arts organization.
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Kunioku has fought in Pancrase on 55 different occasions. He has also competed in the Abu Dhabi Professional Submission Grappling Tournament in 2003, but did not place.
Kunioku was scheduled to face Vincent Latoel at Fury 2 on October 9, 2010 in Macau. However, Kunioku was later removed from the card and the event was cancelled entirely on October 7.
He replaced Leonardo Santos in a bout with Maximo Blanco at Sengoku Raiden Championship 15 on October 30, 2010. Kunioku lost the fight by KO late in the first round.