Masakatsu Ueda
Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
上田将勝 · 우에다 마사카쓰
- Born
- 21 December 1977, Kyoto
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Sport
- mixed martial arts
- Occupation
- mixed martial arts fighter
- Height
- 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
- Weight
- 61 kg (134 lb)
- Team / club
- Paraestra
Masakatsu Ueda (born December 21, 1977) is a professional Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in the bantamweight division of Pancrase.
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. He is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Yuki Nakai.
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.