12/22 Pancrase Rising Tour - RESULTS

Pancrase held their last Rising Tour event today. The fight everyone was looking forward to was of course the return of Josh Barnett, even though this was a catch wresling fight, it was without a doubt one of the main fights in this event.

Hayato Shimizu was handed his first loss after being submitted by Tatsuya So in the second round. Kenji Arai, has returned to his winning form. He won the last fight by decision, today he showed the qualities he had before his loss to Jens Pulver by an easy victory over So Jin Kwo.

Keiichiro Yamamiya Def. Ryo Kawamura by Decision 3-0
Shoji Def. Takafumi Ito by Decision 3-0
Josh Barnett Def. Hikaru Sato by Choke, Round 1, 4:27
Kenji Arai Def. Sa Jin Kwok by arm-bar, Round 1, 1:17
Gadzhiev Alavutdin Def. Toryu Masahiro by TKO Round 1, 0:57
Miki Shida Def. Jameel“The Sergeant”Massouh by Decision 3-0
Yuichi Ikari Def.Takumi Yano TKO Round 1, 1:51
Tatsuya So Def. Shimizu Hayato by submission (choke) Round 2, 3:30