Wataru Sakata
Record: 11 - 13
Height: 5'9" (176cm)
Weight: 194 lbs
Age: 38

Wataru Sakata (born March 11, 1973 in Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter. He started his career in Akira Maeda's Fighting Network RINGS in 1994 after being trained by Animal Hamaguchi. He made the transition to mixed martial arts in the late 1990's along with the rest of the promotion.

When RINGS collapsed in 2002, Sakata participated in PRIDE Fighting Championships fights and joined Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE as a freelancer. He gradually began wrestling more.

Sakata was married to model Eiko Koike on August 29, 2007.

Career Statistics:
Knockout Wins:  0   (0%) Knockout Losses:  0   (0%)
TKO Wins:  3   (13%) TKO Losses:  1   (04%)
Submission Wins:  6   (25%) Submission Losses:  4   (17%)
Decision Wins:  1   (04%) Decision Losses:  6   (25%)
Draws: 0 No Contests: 0
Career Fights:
Opponent Method Event Date Rnd
Loss Daniel Gracie Submission PRIDE: Shockwave 2003 Dec. 31, 2003 1
Loss Mario Sperry Unanimous Decision UFO: Legend Aug. 08, 2002 3
Win Toro Irison Submission Deep: 4th Impact Mar. 30, 2002 1
Win Kosei Kubota Technical Knockout Deep: 3rd Impact Dec. 23, 2001 1
Win Adrian Serrano Technical Knockout Deep: 2nd Impact Aug. 18, 2001 1
Loss Ryushi Yanagisawa Split Decision Rings: King of Kings 2000 Final Feb. 24, 2001 2
Loss Dave Menne Unanimous Decision Rings: King of Kings 2000 Block A Oct. 09, 2000 2
Loss Gustavo Machado Technical Knockout Rings: Battle Genesis Vol. 6 Sep. 05, 2000 1
Win Mansour Heidari Unanimous Decision WEF 9: World Class May. 13, 2000 3
Win Branden Lee Hinkle Submission Rings: Millennium Combine 1 Apr. 20, 2000 1
Loss Renzo Gracie Submission Rings: King of Kings 1999 Block B Dec. 22, 1999 1
Win Chris Watts Submission TFKRG 5: Total Fight KRG 5 Oct. 03, 1999 1
Loss Hiromitsu Kanehara Decision Rings: Rise 5th Aug. 19, 1999 3
Win Borislav Jeliazkov Submission Rings: Rise 4th Jun. 24, 1999 1
Loss Borislav Jeliazkov Submission Rings: Rise 1st Mar. 20, 1999 1
Loss Sean Alvarez Decision Rings: Final Capture Feb. 21, 1999 3
Win Dick Vrij Technical Knockout Rings: World Mega Battle Tournament Dec. 23, 1998 1
Win Willie Peeters Submission Rings: Fourth Fighting Integration Jun. 27, 1998 1
Loss Willie Peeters Unanimous Decision Rings Holland: The King of Rings Feb. 08, 1998 2
Win Valentijn Overeem Submission Rings: Extension Fighting 7 Sep. 26, 1997 1
Win Sean McCully Rings: Budokan Hall 1997 Jan. 22, 1997
Loss Willie Peeters Submission Rings: Maelstrom 6 Aug. 24, 1996 1
Loss Mikhail Illoukhine Rings: Budokan Hall 1996 Jan. 24, 1996
Loss Tsuyoshi Kosaka Rings: Budokan Hall 1995 Jan. 25, 1995
Total Fights: 24   |   Record: 11 - 13
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