Judo blackbelts in MMA

[Hotora86]

Following the warm reception of my comprehensive Karate blackbelts in MMA thread I have decided to do the same for my other favorite martial art - Judo.

Below You will find a list of Judo blackbelts (with their respective Dan rank) who have fought in MMA. I have collected 119 Judoka so far. Please let me know in you find any inaccuracies in the list or notice that any Judoka is missing - I will gladly correct and add if applicable.

It would be great if this thread also becomes a starting point for discussion about Judo's history and usefulness in MMA - like it happened in the Karate thread. Thanks and enjoy!


Fedor Emelianenko / Ronda Rousey / Satoshi Ishii

NAME DAN
Akira Kikuchi 3
Akira Shoji 1
Alexander Emelianenko 1
Alexandru Lungu 5
Alida Gray 1
Amanda Ribas 1
Anderson Silva 1
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 1
Antonio Silva 1
Baissangour Chamsoudinov 1
Becky Levi 2
Benoit Saint-Denis 1
Blagoy Ivanov 1
Bojan Mihajlovic 1
Brent Weedman 1
Brian Johnston 1
Casey Kenney 2
Chang Hyun Kim 1
Christophe Leininger 4
Daiju Takase 2
Dan Kelly 4
David Baron 1
Denis Lavrentyev 4
Dokonjonosuke Mishima 1
Don Frye 2
Dong Hyun Kim 4
Edson Carvahlo 6
Emmanuel Fernandez 1
Eric Silva 1
Erik Paulson 1
Fabricio Werdum 1
Fedor Emelianenko 1
Ferrid Kheder 1
Frank Trigg 2
Frederic Fernandez 1
Gegard Mousasi 1
Hayato Sakurai 1
Hector Lombard 4
Hidehiko Yoshida 6
Hiroshi Izumi 1
Hirotaka Yokoi 1
Igor Zinoviev 1
Islam Makhachev 1
Iwo Baraniewski 1
Jae Sun Lee 1
Jerome le Banner 1
Jim Wallhead 1
Joe Charles 1
Joel Gerson 1
John Dixson 1
Juliana Velasquez 1
Jung Bu-kyung 1
Justin Bruckmann 1
Jutaro Nakao 1
Karo Parisyan 1
Katsunori Kikuno 1
Kayla Harrison 6
Kazuhiro Nakamura 3
Kazuo Misaki 3
Keita Nakamura 1
Kevin Jousset 2
Khabib Nurmagomedov 1
Kim Min-soo 4
Koji Komuro 6
Kron Gracie 1
Kuniyoshi Hironaka 1
Leonardo Leite 1
Luana Pinheiro 1
Lucas Predmore 1
Makoto Takimoto 1
Manvel Gamburyan 2
Maxim Tarasov 1
Megumi Yabushita 1
Merab Dvalishvili 1
Michihiro Omigawa 3
Naoya Ogawa 1
Norman Parke 1
Olivier Aubin-Mercier 1
Paulo Filho 1
Pawel Nastula 7
Rameau Sokoudjou 2
Reinier de Ridder 1
Remco Pardoel 1
Rhadi Ferguson 1
Richard Crunkilton 1
Rick Hawn 1
Rickson Gracie 1
Robert LaLonde 1
Ronaldo Souza 1
Ronda Rousey 6
Ryuichi Murata 1
Sanae Kikuta 1
Satoru Kitaoka 1
Satoshi Ishii 6
Serghei Spivac 1
Shinobu Kandori 1
Shinya Aoki 1
Shonie Carter 1
Shungo Oyama 1
Stuart Austin 1
Svetlana Goundarenko 1
Tatsuya Mizuno 3
Taylan Yuasa 2
Tetsuya Yamada 1
Tsuyoshi Kosaka 4
Valentina Shevchenko 1
Valery Pliev 1
Viktor Tatarkin 1
Virgil Augen 1
Vitaly Minakov 1
Vitor Belfort 1
Yoon Dong-sik 3
Yoshihiro Akiyama 3
Yoshihisa Yamamoto 1
Yoshiyuki Yoshida 4
Yuki Nakai 1
Yuriy Kochkine 1
Yushin Okami 1
Yuya Shirai 1

 

[DaleBoca]

I believe the Moose as well.

 

[shoorik1987]

 

[TheJohnnyWalkerEra]

Khabib is a judo black belt and he would kick the ever loving shit out of you for forgetting him

 

[Hotora86]

I believe the Moose as well.

You're right, thanks! Added.
Here's Moose training some kids Judo:

 

[boss429]

I believe the Moose as well.

This, I also thought Khabib was a black belt.

 

[Hotora86]

Khabib is a judo black belt and he would kick the ever loving shit out of you for forgetting him

Oh shit! Alhamdulillah!
Added!
Thanks @shoorik1987 for the pic!

 

[DaleBoca]

You're right, thanks! Added.
Found young Moose with his Judo team:

That’s Bin Laden.

 

[spinup]

How could you forget Bojan Mihailovic (1st dan) ?

 

[Hotora86]

That’s Bin Laden.

Well fuck me.
I got trolled online.
Mods please don't ban me!
Seriously, I typed "gegard mousasi judo" in Google and that was one of the first images!

 

[DaleBoca]

Well fuck me.
I got trolled online.
Mods please don't ban me, it was a mistake!

Oh you...

 

[gono btw]

Spoiler

 

[Hotora86]

How could you forget Bojan Mihailovic (1st dan) ?

How could I indeed!
(maybe because I had no idea who that is)
Added, thank you!

 

[gono btw]

Spoiler

 

[JustOnce]

Following the warm reception of my comprehensive "Karate blackbelts in MMA" list (see sig) I have decided to do the same for my other favorite martial art - Judo.

Below You will find a list of Judo blackbelts (with their respective Dan rank) who have fought in MMA. I have collected 77 Judoka so far. Please let me know in you find any inaccuracies in the list or notice that any Judoka is missing - I will gladly correct and add if applicable.

It would be great if this thread also becomes a starting point for discussion about Judo's history and usefulness in MMA - like it happened in the Karate thread. Thanks and enjoy!

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Fedor Emelianenko / Ronda Rousey / Satoshi Ishii


NAME / DAN
Akira Kikuchi 3
Akira Shoji 1
Alexander Emelianenko 1
Alexandru Lungu 5
Alida Gray 1
Anderson Silva 1?
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 1
Antonio Silva 1
Becky Levi 2
Brent Weedman 1
Brian Johnston 1
Daiju Takase 2
Dan Kelly 4
David Baron 1
Dokonjonosuke Mishima 1
Don Frye 2
Dong Hyun Kim 4
Emmanuel Fernandez 1
Erik Paulson 1
Fabricio Werdum 1
Fedor Emelianenko 1
Ferrid Kheder 1
Frank Trigg 2
Frederic Fernandez 1
Gegard Mousasi 1
Hayato Sakurai 1
Hector Lombard 4
Hidehiko Yoshida 6
Hirotaka Yokoi 1
Jim Wallhead 1
Joel Gerson 1
Justin Bruckmann 1
Jutaro Nakao 1
Karo Parisyan 1
Katsunori Kikuno 1
Kayla Harrison 6
Kazuhiro Nakamura 3
Kazuo Misaki 3
Khabib Nurmagomedov 1
Kim Min-soo 4
Koji Komuro 6
Kron Gracie 1
Kuniyoshi Hironaka 1
Lucas Predmore 1
Makoto Takimoto 1
Manvel Gamburyan 2
Megumi Yabushita 1
Michihiro Omigawa 3
Naoya Ogawa 1
Pawel Nastula 1
Rameau Sokoudjou 2
Remco Pardoel 1
Rhadi Ferguson 1
Rick Hawn 1
Robert LaLonde 1
Ronaldo Souza 1
Ronda Rousey 6
Ryuichi Murata 1
Sanae Kikuta 1
Satoru Kitaoka 1
Satoshi Ishii 6
Shinobu Kandori 1
Shinya Aoki 1
Shonie Carter 1
Shungo Oyama 1
Svetlana Goundarenko 1
Taylan Yuasa 2
Tsuyoshi Kosaka 4
Valentina Shevchenko 1
Vitor Belfort 1
Yoon Dong-sik 3
Yoshihiro Akiyama 3
Yoshihisa Yamamoto 1
Yoshiyuki Yoshida 4
Yuki Nakai 1
Yuriy Kochkine 1
Yushin Okami 1

Fedor is Fourth degree judo black belt.

 

[Mortal Wombat]

Out of curiosity I looked up LeBell, 10th degree Red Belt.

 

[Hotora86]

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Ah, the Sherdog Archivist has arrived!

Thanks man, but the problem with your contributions to both my threads is always the same - most of these guys are so fucking obscure it's almost impossible to find any legit sources for their style, rank and experience.

I found this for Edson Carvahlo - is that the same guy tho?
http://www.teamcarvalho.com/instructors.html

Maxim Tarasov - this guy?
https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/68743/Maxim_Tarasov/judo-results

Igor Zinoviev - no sources on rank, probably 1 Dan?

Rudyard Moncayo - no source on him doing Judo at all and a horrible can too.

Viktor Tatarkin - 1 Dan?

John Dixson - 1 Dan?

D Bobish - Is that Dan Bobish? If so, he never did much Judo to my knowledge.

Kareem Barkalaev - certainly an awesome grappler (ADCC gold!) but Judo? No sources. And is he aka Karimula Barkalaev? And he, like, disappeared all of a sudden after beating Pele? Mysterious shit.

Brian Gassaway - no source on him having any Judo belt and I'm looking for blackbelts only.

 

[Hotora86]

Fedor is Fourth degree judo black belt.

Totally believable but do you have a source?

 

[Spotless Mind]

Judo is honestly fun as fuck. I recommend everyone giving pure Judo a try out.

 

[gono btw]

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