Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Akira Shoji (小路晃) (born January 31, 1974) is a retired Japanese professional mixed martial artist.Shoji is most known as being a regular in almost all the beginning Pride FC Mixed Martial Art events. Shoji was in every Pride event from Pride 1 to Pride 7, and was part of the first Pride open weight Grand Prix in 2000. Shoji was consistently a regular in Pride, and moved from Heavyweight to Light Heavyweight (Middleweight in Pride) due to his smaller stature.Though Shoji has a losing record, he gained much popularity for his mic performance (yells out to the audience), die hard spirit, stellar submission escapes (as seen in his first bout with Renzo Gracie), razor sharp armbar and a fighting spirit demonstrated by his willingness to take on all comers.Shoji also worked as a professional wrestler. In 2008, he began participating HUSTLE and became a regular roster of the promotion. Later HUSTLE was closed, Shoji joined SMASH, a new promotion where Yoshihiro Tajiri works as wrestler and producer, and had the feuds with Kim Nam-Hoon, Yoshiaki Yago and Minoru Suzuki. On January 2011, Shoji announced that he had quit professional wrestling to participate with the mixed martial arts fields in Japan.According to fight commentator Stephen Quadros and John Hyams, director of the documentary "The Smashing Machine", Shoji cleaned his house and prepared his will before every competition in case he is killed during the fight.As a judge for the Dream mixed martial arts organization in Japan, Shoji considered a final retirement match.He got his will at DEEP 53 in a match against Kazou Misaki, which he lost by TKO in the second round. Both Misaki and Shoji broke out in tears after the fight, overwhelmed by emotions, knowing it was Shoji`s final match.. }
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- Akira_Shoji abstract "Akira Shoji (小路晃) (born January 31, 1974) is a retired Japanese professional mixed martial artist.Shoji is most known as being a regular in almost all the beginning Pride FC Mixed Martial Art events. Shoji was in every Pride event from Pride 1 to Pride 7, and was part of the first Pride open weight Grand Prix in 2000. Shoji was consistently a regular in Pride, and moved from Heavyweight to Light Heavyweight (Middleweight in Pride) due to his smaller stature.Though Shoji has a losing record, he gained much popularity for his mic performance (yells out to the audience), die hard spirit, stellar submission escapes (as seen in his first bout with Renzo Gracie), razor sharp armbar and a fighting spirit demonstrated by his willingness to take on all comers.Shoji also worked as a professional wrestler. In 2008, he began participating HUSTLE and became a regular roster of the promotion. Later HUSTLE was closed, Shoji joined SMASH, a new promotion where Yoshihiro Tajiri works as wrestler and producer, and had the feuds with Kim Nam-Hoon, Yoshiaki Yago and Minoru Suzuki. On January 2011, Shoji announced that he had quit professional wrestling to participate with the mixed martial arts fields in Japan.According to fight commentator Stephen Quadros and John Hyams, director of the documentary "The Smashing Machine", Shoji cleaned his house and prepared his will before every competition in case he is killed during the fight.As a judge for the Dream mixed martial arts organization in Japan, Shoji considered a final retirement match.He got his will at DEEP 53 in a match against Kazou Misaki, which he lost by TKO in the second round. Both Misaki and Shoji broke out in tears after the fight, overwhelmed by emotions, knowing it was Shoji`s final match.".