Masakazu Imanari
Japanese martial artist
今成正和
- Born
- 10 February 1976, Kanagawa Prefecture
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Sport
- mixed martial arts
- Occupation
- mixed martial arts fighter
- Height
- 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
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.
He runs Imanari Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Shinjuku.
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