Ryo Chonan

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ryo Chonan is a Japanese mixed martial artist, currently fighting in DEEP. He was the 3rd DEEP middleweight champion. He has previously competed in PRIDE Fighting Championships & the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is noted for being one of four fighters to defeat Anderson Silva in an MMA fight. Chonan began his professional mixed martial arts career in 2001, losing his first fight in Pancrase Neo Blood Tournament. He then went on to fight in DEEP, going 6-2 in the organization including a TKO win against former longtime Shooto middleweight champion Hayato Sakurai. Then he fought in Pride Bushido 3 as team Japan fighter losing a decision against Ricardo Almeida. Then at Pride Bushido 5 he went on to defeat Carlos Newton via unanimous decision. Chonan's next win was against future UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva at PRIDE: Shockwave 2004, where he executed a spectacular flying scissor-lock takedown, followed quickly by a heel-hook submission. Chonan returned in DEEP defeating Roan Carneiro via TKO at 18th Impact.