Masakazu Imanari
| Masakazu Imanari 今成正和 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 10, 1976 Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | "Ashikan Judan", "The Leglock Yokai" | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st) | ||||||||||||||
| Division | Bantamweight Featherweight Lightweight | ||||||||||||||
| Style | Shoot wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu | ||||||||||||||
| Fighting out of | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Kingdom Team Roken Nippon Top Team | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | Class-A Shootist Black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2000–present | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed martial arts record | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 64 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 40 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| By submission | 29 | ||||||||||||||
| By decision | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| By decision | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |||||||||||||||
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Masakazu Imanari (Japanese: 今成正和, Imanari Masakazu; born 10 February 1976) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and submission wrestler. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division of Rizin Fighting Federation. A professional competitor since 2000, he is a veteran of ONE Championship, DEEP, ZST, Pancrase, PRIDE Fighting Championships, and Cage Rage. He was in the final Cage Rage Featherweight Champion, DEEP Bantamweight Champion, two-time DEEP Featherweight Champion and DREAM Japan Grand Prix Finalist.
Imanari is a successful submission wrestler, placing as runner-up twice at the All-Japan Combat Wrestling Championship. He is the namesake of the "Imanari roll" maneuver.