Makoto Uehara (Japanese: 上原 誠; born November 14, 1984) is a Japanese Shidokan Karateka and heavyweight kickboxer competing in K-1.^[1] He is the former RISE Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight champion.

He faced Hiromi Amada at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo final 16 on October 14, 2012^[2][3] and won via unanimous decision.^[4]

Despite qualifying for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 Final, Uehara was left out in the cold when the event rolled around and was replaced by the higher-ranked Pavel Zhuravlev.^[5]

Uehara defeated Kengo Shimizu by way of split decision at RISE 92 in Tokyo on March 17, 2013 to win the RISE 90 kg title.^[6]

He was set to fight Dustin Jacoby at Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament in New York City on November 23, 2013^[7] but the match was switched to Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013.^[8][9] He defeated Jacoby by split decision.^{[10][11][12][13]}

• 2013 RISE 90 kg champion
• 2011 RISE Heavyweight Tournament runner up
• 2011 RISE Heavyweight champion
• 31st Shidokan Karate Strong Open Tournament champion

Kickboxing Record

23 Wins (13 KO's, 8 decisions), 9 Losses, 1 Draw
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
2018-09-24	Loss	Boubaker El Bakouri	K-1 World GP 2018: inaugural Cruiserweight Championship Tournament, Quarter Finals	Japan	KO (Left Jab)	1	1:05	23-9-1
2018-06-17	Loss	Hisaki Kato	K-1 World GP 2018: 2nd Featherweight Championship Tournament	Saitama, Japan	Extra Round Decision (Split)	4	3:00	23-8-1
2017-11-23	Loss	Antonio Plazibat	K-1 World GP 2017 Heavyweight Championship Tournament, Semi Finals	Saitama, Japan	KO (Flying Knee)	1		21-7-1
2017-11-23	Win	Pacome Assi	K-1 World GP 2017 Heavyweight Championship Tournament, Quarter Finals	Saitama, Japan	KO (Left Uppercut)	1	2:30	21-6-1
2017-02-26	Loss	Ibrahim El Bouni	K-1 World GP 2017 Lightweight Championship Tournament	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left hook)	2		20-6-1
2016-09-19	Win	Koichi	K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	20-5-1
2016-06-24	Win	Tsutomu Takahagi	K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg World Tournament	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Strikes)	1	0:32	19-5-1
2016-03-04	Win	Nori	K-1 World GP 2016 -65kg Japan Tournament	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Strikes)	1	2:06	18-5-1
2014-12-29	Loss	Zabit Samedov	Blade 1	Tokyo, Japan	Extra Round Decision	4	3:00	17-5-1
2014-07-12	Win	Zelg Galešić	RISE 100 [14]	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right Hook)	1	1:25	17-4-1
2013-12-21	Win	Dustin Jacoby	Glory 13: Tokyo	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Split)	3	3:00	16-4-1
2013-09-13	Draw	Kim Nae Chul	RISE 95 [15][16]	Tokyo, Japan	Draw (Majority)	4	3:00	15-4-1
2013-03-17	Win	Kengo Shimizu	RISE 92	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Split)	3	3:00	15-4
Wins RISE 90 kg title.
2012-10-14	Win	Hiromi Amada	K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo final 16, First Round	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	14-4
2012-06-02	Win	Crafton Wallace	RISE 88	Tokyo, Japan	TKO (Strikes)	2	2:27	13-4
2012-03-23	Win	Won Jingan	RISE 87	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right Low Kick	1	0:22	12-4
2011-11-23	Loss	Singh Jaideep	RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Final	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Strikes)	1	0:38	11-4
Fight was for the RISE Heavyweight Tournament 2011 title.
2011-11-23	Win	Jan Soukup	RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Semi Finals	Tokyo, Japan	Ext. R Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00	11-3
2011-11-23	Win	Stefan Leko	RISE 85: Heavyweight Tournament 2011, Quarter Finals	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	10-3
2011-07-23	Win	Raoumaru	RISE 80	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right Hook)	2	2:42	9-3
Wins vacant RISE Heavyweight title.
2011-02-27	Win	Igifan	RISE 74	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right Low Kick)	1	2:14	8-3
2010-12-19	Win	Raoumaru	RISE 73	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00	7-3
2010-07-31	Win	Kengo Shimizu	RISE 68	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Left High Kick)	3	1:24	6-3
2010-04-03	Loss	Tsutomu Takahagi	K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama	Yokohama, Japan	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00	5-3
2009-12-05	Loss	Singh Jaideep	K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final	Yokohama, Japan	KO (Right Hook)	2	1:36	5-2
2009-07-18	Loss	Hiromi Amada	Heat 10	Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	5-1
2009-03-28	Win	Takeshi Onda	Heat 9	Japan	KO (Left Hook)	Ex. R	N/A	5-0
2008-12-14	Win	Sunwu	Heat 8	Japan	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	1:10	4-0
2008-07-13	Win	Yong Soo Park	K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei	Taipei, Taiwan	KO (Left Hook)	Ex. R	1:26	3-0
2008-04-20	Win	Hideo Sawada	K-1 League Trial Project	Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	2-0
2008-01-14	Win	Ryuhei Takahashi		Japan	KO (Strikes)	2	1:26	1-0
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

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