Goiti Yamauchi (山内ゴイチ, Yamauchi Goichi, born January 5, 1993) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight division for Bellator MMA and currently competes in the same division for the Professional Fighters League.
Yamauchi was born in Anjō, Aichi to a Japanese father and a Japanese-Brazilian mother, but his family moved to Curitiba, Paraná when he was 3 years old.
[3] He started in Brazilian jiu-jitsu at the age of 9, followed by Muay Thai, boxing and wrestling during his youth.
[5] Before moving to professional mixed martial arts, Yamauchi scored seven wins as an amateur, with seven first-round stoppages.
[8] In his second fight for the promotion, Yamauchi faced Saul Almeida on November 22, 2013 at Bellator 109.
Yamauchi dominated the fight on the ground for the first two rounds, before defeating his opponent via submission in the third, after dropping Kobayashi with a punch and securing a rear-naked choke.
However, in the next two rounds, Jenkins utilised his superior wrestling to take Yamauchi down and control the fight en route to a unanimous verdict.
After a near knockout loss, Yamauchi defeated Mircea via a triangle choke submission in the first round.
Mohegan Sun commission head, Mike Mazzulli, said that from now on Yamauchi will be required to fight at Welterweight, 170 lbs.
[30] He lost the bout via a controversial split decision, where 9/9 media members scored the fight for Yamauchi.
[44] Yamauchi next faced Andrey Koreshkov at PFL 6 (2024) on June 28, 2024, losing the fight via unanimous decision.