Hiroyuki Abe (fighter)
Abe Ani | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Mixed martial artist, martial arts instructor |
| Years active | Active until at least 2012 (returned after five-year hiatus) |
| Known for | Competing in featherweight category under Shooto; mentoring Megumi Fujii |
, also referred to as Abe Ani, is a Japanese mixed martial artist active in the featherweight category, competing under the Shooto promotion while serving as an instructor at his facility, Abe Ani Combat Club. Abe is particularly recognized for mentoring female MMA veteran and Bellator Fighting Championships finalist, Megumi Fujii.
Throughout his career, Abe has fought in several prominent MMA promotions such as Shooto, Pride FC, Deep, King of the Cage, and Cage Rage, in addition to participating at the ADCC. Among his distinguished adversaries are UFC competitors Urijah Faber and Brad Pickett, as well as Pride veteran Luiz Firmino.
After a five-year hiatus, Abe made his return to Shooto on September 30, 2012, where he faced off against Shigeki Osawa, ultimately losing by TKO.
Mixed martial arts record
|- | Loss | align=center| | Shigeki Osawa | TKO (punches) | Shooto: 10th Round | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:12 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 8–14–3 (1) | Atsuhiro Tsuboi | Decision (unanimous) | Deep: Cage Impact 2011 in Nagoya | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Nagoya, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 7–14–3 (1) | Artiom Damkovsky | Decision (unanimous) | Bushido FC: Legends | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | St. Petersburg, Russia | |- | Loss | align=center| 7–13–3 (1) | Masakazu Imanari | Submission (toe hold) | Deep: 32 Impact | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 4:32 | Tokyo, Japan | |- ... [content truncated for brevity] ... |- Win | align=center | 1–0
| Andrew Kerr | Submission (armbar) | Greatest Common Multiple Vale Tudo | | align=center | 2 | align=center | 2:22 | Japan
|
External links
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Japanese male mixed martial artists
- Featherweight mixed martial artists
- Japanese male kickboxers
- Lightweight kickboxers
- Japanese practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
- People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
- Japanese male judoka
- Japanese male karateka
- Japanese sambo practitioners
- Mixed martial artists utilizing judo
- Mixed martial artists utilizing karate
- Mixed martial artists utilizing sambo
- Mixed martial artists utilizing catch wrestling
- Mixed martial artists utilizing shootfighting
- Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu
- Mixed martial arts trainers
- Brazilian jiu-jitsu trainers
- Martial artists from Aichi Prefecture