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KOICHI KIMURA PASSES AWAY

By David Tees on 10/29/2014 3:11 PM

Former pro wrestler and three fight MMA veteran Koichi Kimura has passed away due to complications from pneumonia, he was 44 years old. Kimura only competed three times in MMA, but he had a notable bout against Rickson Gracie at Vale Tudo Japan ’15 in April 1995, a fight he lost by submission. That fight would mark the last time Kimura competed in MMA, his final career record came out to 1-2-0.