Augusto Sakai is a Japanese Brazilian martial artist who is competing in the Heavyweight division of the UFC. Sakai started his professional MMA in his own native land, Brazil in 2011 where he amassed a record of six wins and no losses with all in the first two years of his career.
Net Worth Of Augusto Sakai
Augusto Sakai has an estimated net worth of $1 million. And is ranked #9 in the UFC heavyweight rankings as of 15 March 2021.
The martial arts player has total career earnings of $306,500.
Sakai started his professional MMA in his own native land, Brazil in 2011 where he amassed a record of six wins and no losses with all in the first two years of his career.
He knocked out Rob Horton due to a knee in his debut performance in Bellator MMA in 2013. Then he made his debut at UFC Fight Night 137 against Chase Sherman in 2018 which he won via TKO in the third round. He used his classic Muay Thai clinch to deliver brutal damage to Chase’s body that led to the TKO finish.
After his fight with Marcin Tybura which he won via knockout in the first round, he signed a new, six-fight contract with the UFC. Sakai fought with Tybura for only 59 seconds and won the match by a heavy right hand that knocked Tybura out cold.
Sakai showed off his intelligent striking before utilizing Muay Thai clinch in a match with Marcos Conrado Junior in 2018. He defeated his opponent, Conrado by forcing him to the mat and delivering brutal ground.
Sakai then faced Blagoy Ivanov at UFC on ESPN: Woodley vs. Burns on 30 May 2020, Alistair Overeem on 5 September 2020 at UFC Fight Night 176, Jairzhino Rozenstruik on 5 June 2021 and was expected to face Tai Tuivasa on 20 November 2021 but it was postponed to 11 December 2021 at UFC 269 due to visa issues for Tuivasa.
The UFC fighter has shared his feelings of losing his last match to Rozenstruik and his motivation saying, “I’m not used to losing, I don’t like losing. Of course, this would be a bonus of a win based on what happened in my last fight. I need to stay in the conversation at heavyweight and have a strong performance.”
He has an upcoming fight with an Australian heavyweight Tai Tuivasa at UFC 269 who says he deserves a crowd to watch and said, “It’s really the reason I fight. You can have a fight at the pub and no one will watch it. But you have a fight in front of a crowd, you got the big audience, it’s a buzz. I love it. It’s one of the biggest reasons I do it.”
Sakai had his first UFC setback on the match with Alistair Overeem and said, “I knew I had to improve a lot and I’m a really better athlete now.” He had also talked about being on his three-year run on the UFC roster and said, “I’m very happy for being here and I’m living my dreams. I have been able to build a lot inside the UFC, but I want much more and I’m hungry to get even further.”
Who Is Augusto Sakai?
Augusto Sakai is a 30-year-old UFC Heavyweight fighter and former Bellator MMA player from Curitiba, Brazil. He has Japanese ancestors who are Japanese immigrants living in Brazil since 1908. He is training with the Gile Riberio team who has the head coach of Jiu-Jitsu gym that features fighters like UFC bantamweight Rogerio Bontorin and UFC middleweight Wellington Turman. Before being a professional fighter, he worked at a local aquarium.
The fighter has a weight of 120.20 kgs and stands tall at 188 cm. During the official weigh-ins for the event of UFC Vegas 28: Rozenstruik vs Sakai, Augusto Sakai made it to the scale weighing 255.5 lbs successfully.
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