[1] He made his debut in mixed martial arts on March 26, 2005 against veteran fighter Gary Goodridge at Hero's 1.

He returned to face Bob Sapp at Hero's 2 on July 6, 2005 and again lost in the first round, this time via knock out.

On September 17, 2005, he recorded the first win of his career when he knocked out Tomohiko Hashimoto in seven seconds at GCM: D.O.G.

This earned his a return to the K-1 Hero's promotion and he took on legendary kickboxer Jérôme Le Banner at K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite!!

His final fight came on February 4, 2006 when he submitted Koji Kanechika with an americana keylock at a MARS event.