Masakatsu Ueda (born December 21, 1977) is a professional Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in the bantamweight division (known as featherweight in Shooto) for Shooto where he is the former Featherweight champion. Ueda won the vacant title after defeating Koetsu Okazai on March 28, 2008, by Unanimous Decision at Shooto's Back To Our Roots 8 show. Ueda was also a college level wrestler in Japan where holds a win over fellow mixed martial artist and Japanese Superstar Norifumi Yamamoto, better known as "Kid" Yamamoto. Ueda has also won many national titles in Combat Wrestling. He also won the All Japan Shooto Grappling championship, and both A and B class Shooto Rookie Tournaments. Ueda is currently ranked as the #8 bantamweight fighter in the world by MMAWeekly. He is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Yuki Nakai.
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