Masaaki Satake

Masaaki Satake (佐竹 雅昭, Satake Masaaki, born August 17, 1965) is a Japanese former super heavyweight karateka, kickboxer, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He was one of the pioneering heavyweight fighters in K-1, after being a member of Kazuyoshi Ishii's Seido-Kaikan school and organization.

Biography

He represented the Seido-Kaikan organization in numerous Karate tournaments, winning most of them. After Kazuyoshi Ishii formed K-1, he became an active competitor there, with numerous victories.

He also participated in numerous shootfighting bouts in the RINGS Fighting Network, as well as sanctioned MMA bouts in PRIDE and in Antonio Inoki's Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye events.

Professional wrestling career

Fighting Network RINGS (1991-1992)

Satake debuted in professional wrestling in shoot-style promotion Fighting Network RINGS. Wearing the style's signature tights and kneebots, he had a draw against Hans Nijman as his first match. He would went to face Gerard Gordeau in his second match, but the bout ended in a no contest when Gordeau, having received a kick to the back from Satake, shot on him and attacked him with punches and knees until they were broken up. Satake also had matches against Willie Peeters, Herman Renting and Maurice Smith.

He participated in the Mega Battle Tournament 1992, eliminating Mitsuya Nagai in the first round, but he had to retire due to an injury suffered while training.

WRESTLE-1 (2002-2003)

Through 2002 and 2003, Satake did appearances for the first WRESTLE-1 event, promoted by All Japan Pro Wrestling and K-1. Going under the ring name of SATA...yarn and wearing military garments, he wrestled Abdullah the Butcher twice, being defeated in both.

Mixed martial arts career

Satake made his transition to mixed martial arts for Pride Fighting Championships in 2000. At 34 years old, Satake was considered too passed his prime to perform adequately in Pride, but he sought to defy critics, and joined the Takada Dojo in order to train with Kazushi Sakuraba.^[1] He was selected as a participant to the Pride Grand Prix 2000, where he tried to set up by trash-talking a match against world judo medalist Naoya Ogawa, but he was pitted instead against Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran and eventual tournament winner Mark Coleman. Masaaki would lose the fight, being taken down and submitted via neck crank.

His second fight would be a non-tournament against former Pancrase fighter Guy Mezger. Satake successfully resisted Mezger's repetead takedown attempts during the first round, but at the second would be taken down and controlled for another unanimous decision loss.

At Pride 10, Satake had his first victory against professional wrestler and judo specialist Kazunari Murakami. During the match, Murakami took down and mounted Satake, but the karate champion resisted and eventually fell on top of Murakami and landed punches for the doctor stoppage. After the match, Murakami's teammate Naoya Ogawa came and traded heated words with Satake.

There were talks about a possible match with Ogawa, but it were hindered off due to Ogawa's ongoing match against Rickson Gracie.^[2] However, Ogawa accepted the fight, and it was scheduled to meet in Pride 11. Satake lasted until the second round, damaging his opponent's leg with low kicks, but the judo champion managed to get Masaaki on the ground and submit him by rear naked choke.^[3]

Satake was pitted in Pride 13 against retired sumo and professional wrestler Tadao Yasuda. Heavily outweighted, Satake was constantly driven against the ropes by his adversary, which impeded him from landing solid shots. At the end, the unanimous decision was given to Yasuda for controlling the fight. For the rest of 2001, Satake would fight important strikers, like Igor Vovchanchyn, Semmy Schilt and Sam Greco, losing to the two first and drawing with the last.

In 2002, Masaaki fought Quinton "Rampage" Jackson at Pride 20. The fight looked to be slow, but Jackson walked through Satake's punches and threw him with a powerslam, followed by multiples knees and punches from dominant positions. Satake absorbed the damage and eventually managed to stand, but then Jackson grabbed his waist and threw him with a German suplex, landing Satake right on top of his head. The fight was stopped with a TKO win for Rampage while Satake was carried to the hospital, where it was diagnosed a cracked skull and a gravely injured neck.^[4]

Satake's last fight was a bout against judo gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida in Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2000, where he fell to a guillotine choke.

Titles

• 1998 K-1 Japan Grand Prix champion
• 1997 K-1 Japan Grand Prix champion
• 1994 W.K.A. Muay Thai World Super Heavyweight champion
• 1994 K-1 World GP runner up
• 1993 I.S.K.A. Oriental World Heavyweight champion
• 1993 K.I.C.K. World Super Heavyweight champion
• 1993 Karate World Cup champion
• 1993 U.K.F. World Heavyweight champion
• 1989 Karate Real Tournament champion
• 1988 Karate Real Tournament runner up
• 1988 Shidokan open weight class tournament champion
• 1984 No. 4 in 3rd All Japan Karate Championships

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
43 Fights, 27 wins (18 (T)KOs), 11 Losses, 5 Draws
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
1999-10-03	Loss	Musashi	K-1 World Grand Prix '99 Opening Round	Osaka, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	27-11-5
Fails to qualify for K-1 World Grand Prix 1999 Final.
1999-08-22	Win	Gary Goodridge	K-1 Spirits '99	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Kick)	3	2:47	27-10-5
1999-06-20	Win	Jokki Oberholtzer	K-1 Braves '99	Fukuoka, Japan	TKO (3 Knockdowns)	3	2:19	26-10-5
1998-12-13	Loss	Peter Aerts	K-1 Grand Prix '98 Final Round	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Referee stoppage, Left Knee Strike)	1	2:40	25-10-5
1998-09-27	Win	Glaube Feitosa	K-1 World Grand Prix '98 Opening Round	Osaka, Japan	Decision (Majority)	5	3:00	25-9-5
Qualifies for K-1 Grand Prix '98 Final.
1998-08-28	Win	Tsuyoshi Nakasako	K-1 Japan Grand Prix '98 Final	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00	24-9-5
Wins K-1 Japan Grand Prix '98.
1998-08-28	Win	Toru Oishi	K-1 Japan Grand Prix '98 Semi Finals	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left Punch)	2	2:03	23-9-5
1998-08-28	Win	Yoji Anjo	K-1 Japan Grand Prix '98 Quarter Finals	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right High Kick)	2	1:02	22-9-5
1998-07-18	Loss	Matt Skelton	K-1 Dream '98	Nagoya, Japan	TKO (3 Knockdowns)	1	2:06	21-9-5
1998-05-24	Draw	Musashi	K-1 Braves '98	Fukuoka, Japan	Decision Draw	5	3:00	21-8-5
1998-04-09	Draw	Maurice Smith	K-1 Kings '98	Yokohama, Japan	Decision Draw	5	3:00	21-8-4
1997-11-09	Loss	Andy Hug	K-1 Grand Prix '97 Final	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left High Kick)	1	0:15	21-8-3
1997-09-07	Win	Jean Riviere	K-1 Grand Prix '97 1st Round	Osaka, Japan	2nd Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)	7	3:00	21-7-3
Qualifies for the K-1 Grand Prix '97 Final.
1997-07-20	Win	Masashi Suzuki	K-1 Dream '97 Japan GP Final	Nagoya, Japan	TKO (Corner stoppage/towel)	4	1:17	20-7-3
Wins the K-1 Japan GP '97 Championship title.
1997-07-20	Win	Shuji Abe	K-1 Dream '97 Japan GP Semi-final	Nagoya, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	19-7-3
1997-07-20	Win	Sadakazu Kiyohara	K-1 Dream '97 Japan GP Quarter-final	Nagoya, Japan	TKO (Right straight)	1	1:33	18-7-3
1997-06-07	Win	Kirkwood Walker	K-1 Fight Night '97	Zürich, Switzerland	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	17-7-3
1997-03-16	Loss	Mike Bernardo	K-1 Kings '97	Yokohama, Japan	TKO (Right hook)	2	1:24	16-7-3
1996-10-18	Loss	Andy Hug	K-1 Star Wars '96	Yokohama, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	16-6-3
The bout was for the vacant W.K.A. Muay Thai World Super heavyweight Championship title.
1995-05-04	Loss	Jerome Le Banner	K-1 Grand Prix '95 Semi-final	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left hook)	3	2:32	16-5-3
1995-03-03	Win	Kimo Leopoldo	K-1 Grand Prix '95 Opening Battle	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (3 Knockdowns, Left Middle Kick)	2	2:27	16-4-3
Qualifies for K-1 World Grand Prix 1995.
1994-12-10	Loss	Sam Greco	K-1 Legend	Nagoya, Japan	KO (Right hook)	2	1:27	15-4-3
Lost WKA Thai boxing World Super heavyweight title.
1994-10-02	Win	Gary Sandland	Karate World Cup '94	Osaka, Japan	TKO (Left middle kick)	2	2:28	15-3-3
1994-09-18	Win	Dennis Lane	K-1 Revenge	Yokohama, Japan	TKO (Right low kick)	2	1:38	14-3-3
Won WKA Thai boxing World Super heavyweight title.
1994-04-30	Loss	Peter Aerts	K-1 Grand Prix '94 Final	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	13-3-3
The bout was for the K-1 Grand Prix '94 tournament title.
1994-04-30	Win	Branko Cikatić	K-1 Grand Prix '94 Semi-final	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00	13-2-3
1994-04-30	Win	Michael Thompson	K-1 Grand Prix '94 Quarter-final	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Left knee attack)	3	0:34	12-2-3
1994-03-04	Loss	Ernesto Hoost	K-1 Challenge	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left high kick)	2	2:45	11-2-3
1993-12-19	Win	Jeff Hollins	K-2 Grand Prix '93	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Punches)	2	1:28	11-1-3
The bout was for the KICK World Super heavyweight title and ISKA Oriental rule World Heavyweight title.
1993-10-03	Win	Andy Hug	K-1 Illusion 1993 Karate World Cup Final	Osaka, Japan	Tameshiwari	5	3:00	10-1-3
Wins K-1 Illusion 1993 Karate World Cup. After four overtime rounds the bout went to sudden death where Satake won in a Tameshiwari contest
1993-10-03	Win	Taiei Kin	K-1 Illusion 1993 Karate World Cup Semi Finals	Osaka, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	9-1-3
1993-10-02	Win	Adam Watt	K-1 Illusion 1993 Karate World Cup Quarter Finals	Osaka, Japan	Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00	8-1-3
1993-10-02	Win	Patrick Smith	K-1 Illusion 1993 Karate World Cup 1st Round	Osaka, Japan	TKO	1	1:16	7-1-3
1993-09-04	Win	Stan Longinidis	K-1 Illusion	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	6-1-3
The bout was for the UKF World Heavyweight title held by Satake and WKA Kickboxing World Super heavyweight title held by Longinidis. Longinidis lost this bout, but he didn't lose his WKA title because he asserted that the bout was not under WKA rules after the bout.
1993-06-25	Win	Don Nakaya Nielsen	K-1 Sanctuary III	Osaka, Japan	TKO (Right hook)	1	2:30	5-1-3
The bout was for the vacant UKF World Heavyweight title. After the bout, Nielsen's side asserted strongly that he lost by Satake's headbutt.
1993-04-30	Loss	Branko Cikatić	K-1 Grand Prix '93 Semi-final	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left hook)	3	0:45	4-1-3
1993-04-30	Win	Todd Hays	K-1 Grand Prix '93 Quarter-final	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right low kick)	2	0:45	4-0-3
1993-03-30	Win	Chris Blanner	K-1 Sanctuary I	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right hook)	2	1:39	3-0-3
1992-10-04	Draw	Peter Aerts	Kakutogi Olympic III Karate World Cup '92	Osaka, Osaka, Japan	Decision Draw			2-0-3
1992-08-21	Draw	Rob Kaman	RINGS Mega Battle Special: Ishizue	Tokyo, Japan	Decision Draw	5	3:00	2-0-2
1992-07-30	Win	Ahmad Muhammad	Seidokaikan Kakutogi Olympic II	Tokyo, Japan	KO	1	1:57	2-0-1
1992-03-26	Draw	Maurice Smith	RINGS Kakutogi Olympics I	Tokyo, Japan	Time Over	4		1-0-1
1R and 2R are under Kickboxing rule, 3R and 4R are under Karate rule.
1990-06-30	Win	Don Nakaya Nielsen	AJKF event "INSPIRING WARS HEAT"	Tokyo, Japan	KO	1		1-0
Satake's debut bout as a professional kickboxer.
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Mixed rules

Karate record

Karate record
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
1991-10-10	Loss	Gerard Gordeau	Karate World Cup '91 - All Japan Karate Championship		Decision (Divided)	3
1991-06-04	Win	Willie Williams	USA Oyama Karate vs. Karate Masamichi		Decision (Unanimous)	3
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Bibliography

Satake Masaaki (December 4, 2003). まっすぐに蹴る [Kicking Straightly] (Tankōbon) (in Japanese). Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan: Kadokawa Shoten. ISBN 978-4-04-883858-0. 

TV serise

Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger (Trinoid 2: Hirurindou (33))

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of K-1 champions
• List of male kickboxers

References

External links

• Profile at K-1
• Professional MMA record for Masaaki Satake from Sherdog