Genki Sudo
Transforming Trickster (Japan)
Genki Sudo (须藤 元 気Sudo Genki Japanese, born March 8, 1978 in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan) is a former Japanese K-1 and MMA fighter, writer and musician.
He played his last fight on December 31, 2006. In an interview after this fight, he announced that he will no longer fight professionally. He fought mainly in the mixed- martial-arts organizations K -1 HERO 's and Pancrase in Japan and Ultimate Fighting Championship in the USA. For crowd-puller he was in Japan mainly because of its elaborate shows prior to the battle, his dancing during the fight and his unpredictable, but highly technical Jiu -Jitsu fighting style. His trademark was the eingesprungene triangle choke and the Spinning Back Fist.
Since 2005 he is an essayist. In addition, he has worked since 2009 as a composer, lyricist, singer and choreographer for the group World Order.
Title and Awards
- Japanese junior champion in wrestling
- World champion of the Japanese " UFC -J "
- Winner of the " West Submission Tournament"
- Award as the best fighter in " UFC38 Brawl at the Hall"
- Award as the best fighter in " UFC47 It's On! " ( He is still the only Japanese to receive this award two times)
- Winner of the "Brazilian Jujutsu Copa Pacifica Tournament"
- Winner of the " Wadai " prize at the "short short film festival"
- Winner of the award for the best newcomer at the " 15th Taisho Exhibition "
Fighting style
Considering you have learned the different fighting styles, the Genki Sudo and started in the ring, it is difficult to describe his style exactly. He sat in the ring his skills as a kickboxer, exactly as his skills from the Brazilian Jiu -Jitsu and wrestling. However, considering his MMA statistics ( below), then one notices first of all that he could finish by levers and strangulation of his fights mainly. His nickname trickster he was in Japan, he could decide to fight for themselves out of seemingly hopeless situations and this often did with spectacular movements. As an example, especially the here mentioned earlier, to name eingesprungene triangle choke. He jumped out of the clinch the opponent with both feet on, folded it around the opponent 's neck and brought him with them to give up.
Ring performance
His dance routines during the fight to be criticized today by several MMA fans, as they see it as an insult and disrespect to the opponent. Genki Sudo itself puts it, that he needed these movements to find the rhythm of the fight, which he denies vehemently that he had no respect for his opponents. The fact is that sudo was one of the few MMA fighters who aufhalf his opponent after his fight and be informed by their condition, and enjoyed only after a positive feedback to his victory.