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Hiroshi Izumi 泉浩 vs Katsuyori Shibata

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Hiroshi Izumi 泉浩 and Katsuyori Shibata met once (2009). Hiroshi Izumi 泉浩 won in 2009 by decision.

SOURCE·Hiroshi Izumi and Katsuyori Shibata — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Hiroshi Izumi 泉浩Katsuyori Shibata
—Reach—
68″ (172.7 cm)Height72″ (183 cm)
—Reach advantage—
4–2Record4–10
50%Finish rate75%
3Longest unbeaten run2
6Recorded bouts16
—Stance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 1. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentHiroshi Izumi 泉浩Katsuyori Shibata
Ikuhisa Minowa W W

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Hiroshi Izumi 泉浩

20002010win v Katsuyori Shibata, 2009, decisionloss v Antz Nansen, 2009, kowin v Ikuhisa Minowa, 2010, kowin v James Zikic, 2010, decisionwin v Chang Seob Lee, 2010, koloss v Gegard Mousasi, 2011, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2009–2011
2010 win vs Katsuyori Shibata (2009)loss vs Antz Nansen (2009)win vs Ikuhisa Minowa (2010)win vs James Zikic (2010)win vs Chang Seob Lee (2010)loss vs Gegard Mousasi (2011)
winlossdraw / NC2009–2011

Katsuyori Shibata

20002010win v Webster Dauphiney, 2004, submissionloss v Heo Min Seok, 2007, koloss v Kazushi Sakuraba, 2007, submissionloss v Ralek Gracie, 2007, submissionwin v Yoshihisa Yamamoto, 2007, koloss v Hayato Sakurai, 2008, kodraw v Yasuhito Namekawa, 2008, drawloss v Yoshihiro Akiyama, 2008, submissionloss v Jason Miller, 2008, koloss v Hiroshi Izumi, 2009, decisionwin v Tokimitsu Ishizawa, 2009, kowin v Ikuhisa Minowa, 2009, decisionloss v Satoshi Ishii, 2010, submissionloss v Yoshiyuki Nakanishi, 2010, koloss v Young Choi, 2010, decisionloss v Ryuta Sakurai, 2011, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2004–2011
2010 win vs Webster Dauphiney (2004)loss vs Heo Min Seok (2007)loss vs Kazushi Sakuraba (2007)loss vs Ralek Gracie (2007)win vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto (2007)loss vs Hayato Sakurai (2008)draw vs Yasuhito Namekawa (2008)loss vs Yoshihiro Akiyama (2008)loss vs Jason Miller (2008)loss vs Hiroshi Izumi (2009)win vs Tokimitsu Ishizawa (2009)win vs Ikuhisa Minowa (2009)loss vs Satoshi Ishii (2010)loss vs Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (2010)loss vs Young Choi (2010)loss vs Ryuta Sakurai (2011)
winlossdraw / NC2004–2011

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