Mamiya Matsuura, the pastor and businessman who runs the Top Tier corporate MMA team, moves to lightweight to face Chikara Kakemizu at FORCE 24 in Takamatsu on Oct. 25.
What we know
- Mamiya Matsuura faces Chikara Kakemizu at FORCE 24 on Oct. 25 in Takamatsu
- Matsuura runs the Top Tier corporate MMA team and the TOPTIER Fighting Championship event
Mamiya Matsuura moves to lightweight to face Chikara Kakemizu at FORCE 24, held on Sunday, October 25 at the Takamatsu Symbol Tower exhibition hall in Kagawa, according to MMAPLANET.
Matsuura, 37, began MMA at 30. Besides fighting, he is a pastor, runs a care business and has worked as a music producer. He founded the Top Tier corporate MMA team, which pairs training with jobs at his company, and the TOPTIER Fighting Championship event.
In the interview he said he will open a school next April where young fighters can train while earning a high school diploma, with 12 students in the first class. Looking back on his path, he said: "I have taken the long way around" (translated).
Matsuura, 37, began MMA at 30. Besides fighting, he is a pastor, runs a care business and has worked as a music producer. He founded the Top Tier corporate MMA team, which pairs training with jobs at his company, and the TOPTIER Fighting Championship event.
In the interview he said he will open a school next April where young fighters can train while earning a high school diploma, with 12 students in the first class. Looking back on his path, he said: "I have taken the long way around" (translated).
- Summary
- Mamiya Matsuura, the pastor and businessman who runs the Top Tier corporate MMA team, moves to lightweight to face Chikara Kakemizu at FORCE 24 in Takamatsu on Oct. 25.
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- Mamiya Matsuura faces Chikara Kakemizu at FORCE 24 on Oct. 25 in Takamatsu, Kagawa
The bout marks Matsuura's move to lightweight
Matsuura, 37, started MMA at 30 and runs the Top Tier corporate team
He is launching an MMA school, MMA CA, next April
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- MMAPLANET | https://mmaplanet.jp/242114
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