| Wataru Sakata | |
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| Born | March 11, 1973 Japan |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st) |
| MMA record | |
| Total | 14 |
| Wins | 6 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 3 |
| Losses | 8 |
| Draws | 0 |
Wataru Sakata (坂田 亘 Sakata Wataru, born March 11, 1973 in Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter. He has a professional MMA record of 11-13-0 as of December 31, 2003.
He started his career in Akira Maeda's Fighting Network RINGS in 1994 after being trained by Animal Hamaguchi. He made the transition to mixed martial arts in the late 1990s along with the rest of the promotion. His tenure in RINGS was not very successful. In fact, the zenith of his notoriety came when he was beaten senseless in the backstage area by Maeda during a post match interview after losing a bout too quickly for Maeda's liking[1].
When RINGS collapsed in 2002, Sakata participated in PRIDE Fighting Championships fights and joined Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE as a freelancer. He gradually began wrestling more.
Sakata was married to model Eiko Koike on August 29, 2007.
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