Masato Uchishiba is a Japanese judoka who won the gold medal in the men’s under 66 kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. But when we say problematic we certainly don’t mean his Olympic background – Uchishiba was sentenced to 5 years in prison in February 2013 following sexual harassment allegations and suspicion of rape.

His medal of honor was subsequently deprived. source: japan daily press

He completed his prison term and opted to test his bjj skills over the past week at ASJJF Dumau Japan Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2017. This championship is under the Sports Jiu Jitsu International Federation.

According to the SJJIF – The SJJIF reserves the right to refuse registration or admission to anyone. Any persons who exhibit unsportsmanlike conduct, are disrespectful, engage in unlawful practices, or do not abide by requests from SJJIF staff will be ejected from the event and are not entitled to a refund. However it seems as though they were unaware of Uchishiba’s troublesome record.

Uchishiba was fired from his coaching post in the wake of the allegations and in January last year, was barred from all judo competitions by the All Japan Judo Federation.

source: bbc

Which brings us to the next point – how an Olympic level judoka managed to utilize a simple plan and quickly work his way through the division.

Utishiba competed in the 82 kg. class, and open class, blue belt. He was representing Alavanca Jiu-Jitsu in Zama-shi.

His plan was simple – get a takedown or at least get to half guard and smash.

The event was first brought to our attention after global training report released a report saying: