6/5 Pancrase Passion Tour 5 - Results

Pancrase is currently holding an event in Differ Ariake and I will update these results as soon as I have the updates.

On the card are the Neo-Blood Semi-Finals, a welterweight title fight and Pancrase favorite Satory Kitaoka.

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Main-Event: Welterweight King of Pancrase title fight:
16. Kengo Ura Def. Keiichiro Yamamiya by MUST decision 2-1 (all judges score it 30-30)

15. Light: Satoru Kitaoka Def. Jorge "Jorjao" Rodrigues by Decision 3-0
14. Light: Eriya Matsuda Def. Yoshifumi Dogaki by TKO Round 1 3:34
13. Feather: Masaya "J-Taro" Takita Def. Shigeyuki Uchiyama by TKO Round 2 2:57
The doctor stopped the fight after, it sounds like part of Uchiyama's ear fell off!

12. Fly: Ryosuke Tanuma Def. Takuya Eizumi by Decision 3-0
11. Bantam: Takumi Murata Def. Ryota Sasaki by Decision 3-0
10. Light-Heavy: Yuhei Fukuda Def. Jason "Mutant" Symak by Armbar Round 1 4:44
9. Fly: Yuichiro Yajima Def. Narongchai by Armlock Round 1 2:15

Neo-Blood Tournament Semi-Finals:
8. Light: Katsunori Takahashi Def. Junichi Ota by KO Round 1 1:39
7. Light: Jyuntaro Ami Def. Keigo Hirayama by Decision
6. Feather: Motoshi Miyaji Def. Kensaku Nakamura by Triangle choke Round 2 0:42
5. Feahter: Masakazu Takafuji Def. Hiroshi Tomita by TKO Round 2 0:13
4. Bantam: Yuki Uejima Def. Shoko Sato by Decision
3. Bantam: Motonobu Tezuka Def. Yuta Numakura by Decision
2. Fly: Yoshihiro Matsunaga Def. Go Yamanaka by Decision
1. Fly: Hiroyuki "Katsuo" Nakajima Def. Daichi Kitakata by Decision

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6/5 Pancrase Passion Tour 5 - Fight Order

Pancrase have announced the fight order for their upcoming event. Getting the event started will be the always entertaining Neo-Blood tournament semi-finals.

Making his debut is Thai fighter Narongchai (not sure of the spelling), in addition to that there are some other up and coming fighters.

Takuya Eizumi snapped his 3 fight losing streak in April, and the former King of Pancrase contender will be looking to add another win here.

Returning to Pancrase is the former Sengoku Champion, Satoru Kitaoka. And this time he has a very good opponent! He is facing Brazilian Jorge Rodriges in the co-main event.

Main-Event: Welterweight King of Pancrase title fight:
16. Kengo Ura 8-5-1 vs. 37-25-9 Keiichiro Yamamiya

15. Light: Satoru Kitaoka 25-10-9 vs. 20-4-0 Jorge "Jorjao" Rodrigues
14. Light: Eriya Matsuda 8-8-0 vs. 8-3-4 Kota Okazawa
13. Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama 9-1-0 vs. 9-12-2 Masaya "J-Taro" Takita
12. Fly: Takuya Eizumi 6-4-0 vs. 4-3-0 Ryosuke Tanuma
11. Bantam: Ryota Sasaki 5-3-1 vs. 8-11-6 Takumi Murata
10. Light-Heavy: Jason "Mutant" Symak 2-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yuhei Fukuda
9. Fly: Narongchai vs. 10-11-1 Yuichiro Yajima

Neo-Blood Tournament Semi-Finals:
8. Light: Katsunori Takahashi vs. Junichi Ota
7. Light: Jyuntaro Ami vs. Keigo Hirayama
6. Feather: Kensaku Nakamura vs. Motoshi Miyaji
5. Feahter: Hiroshi Tomitavs. Masakazu Takafuji
4. Bantam: Shoko Sato vs. Yuki Uejima
3. Bantam: Motonobu Tezuka vs. Yuta Numakura
2. Fly: Yoshihiro Matsunaga vs. Go Yamanaka
1. Fly: Daichi Kitakata vs. Hiroyuki "Katsuo" Nakajima

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10/17 Pancrase Changing Tour - Results

Pancrase held their 5th Changing tour event yesterday in front of a sold out crowd in Shinjuku Face.

The main event saw the #1 ranked welterweight in Pancrase, Tomoyoshi Iwamiya, take on the relatively inexperienced Shingo Suzuki. But on this occation youth got the better of experience. Suzuki might have fought his way into a position to be the next to challenge the champion Takuya Wada.

Main-event:
10. Welter: Shingo Suzuki Def. Tomoyoshi Iwamiya by TKO Round 1 2:26
9. Light: Keigo Hirayama Def. Eriya Matsuda by KO Round 1 0:20
8. Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama Def. Hirotoshi Saito by Decision 3-0
7. Middle: Kenji Nagai Def. Go Sato by foot choke Round 1 1:28
6. Fly: Yuichiro Yajima Def. Katsuo Katsuo by armbar Round 1 4:47
5. Bantam: Hayato Shimizu Def. Ryo Saito b TKO Round 1 4:25
4. Feather: Yusuke Kawanago Def. Tomoyuki Miyaji by Decision 2-0
3. Bantam: Daisuke Endo Def. Shoko Sato by Decision 2-0
2. Light: Junichi Ota Def. Katsunori Takahashi by TKO Round 1 2:09
1. Fly: Ryosuke Tanuma Def. Keiji Nakamura by TKO Round 2 2:24

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10/17 Pancrase Changing Tour - Fight Order

The #1 ranked welterweight, Tomoyoshi Iwamiya will take on the talented Shingo Suzuki. Suzuki's record might not look the best, but he has fought some very tough opponents. This is a great opportunity for him.

Also on the card is the very exciting Hirotoshi Saito, he had his Sengoku debut on the Sengoku 8 undercard (he won that fight) and he also won the Neo-Blood tournament (featherweight) in 2008. He is taking on Grabaka's undefeated Shigeyuki Uchiyama, who was the Neo-Blood tournament winner in 2009.

There are some very interesting talent on this card, I have already mentioned Saito and Uchiyama. But it will be interesting to see some of the other talent on this card as well.

Main-Event:
10. Welter: Tomoyoshi Iwamiya 6-9-0 vs. 2-1-1 Shingo Suzuki

9. Light: Eriya Matsuda 7-7-0 vs. 8-5-3 Keigo Hirayama
8. Feather: Hirotoshi Saito 3-1-1 vs. 7-0-0 Shigeyuki Uchiyama
7. Middle: Kenji Nagai 5-9-2 vs. Go
6. Fly: Yuichiro Yajima 7-7-1 vs. Katsuo
5. Bantam: Hayato Shimizu 4-3-2 vs. 1-4-0 Ryo Saito
4. Feather: Yusuke Kawanago 3-0-0 vs. 4-3-0 Tomoyuki Miyaji
3. Bantam: Shoko Sato 4-1-0 vs. 3-3-0 Daisuke Endo
2. Light: Junichi Ota 2-3-1 vs. Katsunori Takahashi
1. Fly: Takashi Nakamura vs. 3-2-0 Ryosuke Tanuma

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8/8 Pancrase Neo-Blood Finals - Fights Added

Pancrase continues to add fights to their event on August 8. This card is enough for 2 events, but that just means that it should be an awesome event!

Today 2 Pancrase stars have had their opponents announced. Koji Oishi is facing a very interesting Brazilian opponent in Felipe Olivieri. The talented fighter from Nova Uniao has only gone the distance once in his career, and that ended in a loss. Koji Oishi had a lot more experience and I think this looks like an interesing matchup.

Kenji Arai is facing Takumi Murata, who returned to the ring in June after almost 3 years off. He is on a 4 fight losing streak, and Kenji Arai will not be an easy opponent.

This card now has 18 fights on it, and it doesnt get much better!

Added:
Light: Koji Oishi 18-8-6 vs. 5-1-0 Felipe Olivieri
Feather: Kenji Arai 14-13-3 vs. 4-9-6 Takumi Murata
Fly: Toshihiro Shimizu 4-7-2 vs. 3-1-0 Daisuke Tsujita

Previously Announced:
Middleweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
Izuru Takeuchi (Champion) 25-10-6 vs. 9-5-4 Takenori Sato

Lightweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
Katsuya Inoue (champion) 18-6-4 vs. 2-2-1 Maximo Blanco

Middle: Yuki Kondo 49-23-6 vs. Kim Ki-Beom (?)
Welter: Masahiro Toryu 6-4-4 vs. 24-30-11 Kosei Kubota
Feather: Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi 11-5-9 vs. 13-4-3 Tomonari Kanomata
Light: Kenichi Serizawa 5-3-3 vs. 6-7-0 Eriya Matsuda
Welter: Asaki Honda 5-3-1 vs. 1-1-1 Shingo Suzuki
Feather: Hideo Matsui 0-7-2 vs. 2-0-0 Yusuke Kawanako
Light: Keigo Hirayama 7-5-3 vs. 2-2-1 Junichi Ota
Light: Flavio Tanaka 1-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Juntaro Ami
Bantam: Shoko Sato 3-1-0 vs. 1-3-0 Ryo Saito

Neo-Blood Tournament Finals:
Fly: Yuichiro Yajima 7-6-1 vs. 2-2-1 Kiyotaka Shimizu
Bantam: Ryota Sasaki 3-2-1 vs. 2-4-1 Nobuhiro Yoshitake
Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama 6-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yo Saito
Light: Hiroshi Toyama vs. 3-0-0 Isao Kobayashi

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8/8 Pancrase Neo-Blood Finals

Pancrase have announced another 6 fights for the next Changing Tour event, this event will also be the Neo-Blood finals.

Added is one of Pancrase's biggest stars, Yuki Kondo, who will be taking on debutant (as far as I know) Kim Ki-Beom. Yuki Kondo is a fighter that has seen it all and fought at all levels in his very long career, he will draw a crowd to watch this fight. Kondo is coming off a loss to Yuki Sasaki in Sengoku and he will be looking to bounce back here.

Also added is a very interesting match-up betweeen Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi and Cage Warriors veteran Tomonari Kanomata.

In addition to the Neo-Blood finals, there are 2 title fights on this card as well. Sengoku training fighter, Maximo Blanco gets a shot at the Pancrase lightweight title against the experienced champion, Katsuya Inoue. It will be war, and if he contains his excitement, I think Blanco will outpower his opponent.

Added:
Middle: Yuki Kondo 49-23-6 vs. Kim Ki-Beom (?)
Welter: Masahiro Toryu 6-4-4 vs. 24-30-11 Kosei Kubota
Feather: Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi 11-5-9 vs. 13-4-3 Tomonari Kanomata
Light: Kenichi Serizawa 5-3-3 vs. 6-7-0 Eriya Matsuda
Welter: Asaki Honda 5-3-1 vs. 1-1-1 Shingo Suzuki
Feather: Hideo Matsui 0-7-2 vs. 2-0-0 Yusuke Kawanako

Previously Announced:
Middleweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
Izuru Takeuchi (Champion) 25-10-6 vs. 9-5-4 Takenori Sato

Lightweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
Katsuya Inoue (champion) 18-6-4 vs. 2-2-1 Maximo Blanco

Light: Keigo Hirayama 7-5-3 vs. 2-2-1 Junichi Ota
Light: Flavio Tanaka 1-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Juntaro Ami
Bantam: Shoko Sato 3-1-0 vs. 1-3-0 Ryo Saito
Fly: Keiji Nakamura 0-2-0 vs. 3-1-0 Daisuke Tsujita

Neo-Blood Tournament Finals:
Fly: Yuichiro Yajima 7-6-1 vs. 2-2-1 Kiyotaka Shimizu
Bantam: Ryota Sasaki 3-2-1 vs. 2-4-1 Nobuhiro Yoshitake
Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama 6-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yo Saito
Light: Hiroshi Toyama vs. 3-0-0 Isao Kobayashi

Participating:
Kenji Arai
Koji Oishi

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4/25 Cage Force 10 - Results

Controversy at the Cage Force event in Differ Ariake today. The main event was cancelled due to Marcus Donahue (I am still not 100% sure of the name) coming in over weight. There was talk of Cage Force doing weigh-ins just before the event, I am not sure if that was the case here but Kuniyoshi Hironaka was announced the winner by disqualification.

What ended up being the main event saw DREAM veteran Motoki Miyazawa win an expected win over Hiroki Nagaoka by rear-naked choke.

Kuniyoshi Hironaka Def. Marcus Donahue by DQ (not making weight)
Motoki Miyazawa Def. Hiroki Nagaoka by rear-naked choke Round 1 3:20
Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura Def. Wataru Miki by Decision 2-0
Yasunori Kanehara Def. Eriya Matsuda by TKO Round 2 3:00
Wataru Takahashi Def. Satoshi Nishino by TKO Round 2 1:05
Akihiro Murayama vs. Ikkei Nagamura Draw
Shuji Morikawa Def. Ken Ogawa by Decision 3-0
Ken Taisho Def. Tetsuya Nagaoka by TKO Round 1 5:00

Preliminary Fight:
Ryo Taguchi Def. Masaki Yokoyama by arm-bar Round 1 1:04

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4/25 Cage Force 10 - Fight Order

GCM have announced the last few fights for their Cage Force 10 event in Differ Ariake April 25.

The main event will see the return of Kuniyoshi Hironaka to Cage Force, he is returning after fighting in the UFC and DREAM. It will be his first fight for GCM in over 3 years. He is taking on Team Alpha Male's Marcus Donahue (and I am not sure if I got the name right), I have not been able to find much information about him so help is appreciated.

Also on the card is one of Hironaka's DREAM opponents, Motoki Miyazawa. Miyazawa is a very talented fighter, and his only loss was to Hironaka in DREAM 5.

The fight between Shooto veteran Hiroshi Nakamura and Cage Force veteran Wataru Miki should be a very good fight.

Dont forget about the Valkyrie event earlier that same day, in the same venue.

Main-Event:
9. Light: Kuniyoshi Hironaka 12-6-0 vs. Marcus Donahue

8. Welter: Motoki Miyazawa 5-1-0 vs. 13-13-8 Hiroki Nagaoka
7. Feather: Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura 6-3-4 vs. 14-8-3 Wataru Miki
6. Light: Eriya Matsuda 6-6-0 vs. 1-5-2 Yasunori Kanehara
5. Feather: Wataru Takahashi 7-10-4 vs. 5-3-2 Satoshi Nishino
4. Middle: Akihiro Murayama 9-3-4 vs. 2-1-0 Ikkei Nagamura
3. Middle: Shuji Morikawa 1-2-1 vs. 0-3-0 Ken Ogawa
2. Welter: Tetsuya Nagaoka vs. Ken Taisho

Preliminary Fight:
1. Bantam: Masaki Yokoyama 2-1-3 vs. 0-1-0 Ryo Taguchi

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4/25 Cage Force 10 - Fights Announced - Kuniyoshi Hironaka Participating

On the card for this event is Motoki Miyazawa, with his only 1 loss that coming in DREAM 5 I am sure he would like to get into contention for another DREAM fight. He had 3 fights in 6 months in 2008, it was a very active year for him. Miyazawa will be taking on DEEP and Pancrase veteran Hiroki Nagaoka in his 1st fight of 2009.

Making his Cage Force debut is Shooto fighter Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura, Nakamura had a very good 2008 and drew with Hatsu Hioki in August. Now he is taking on Cage Force veteran Wataru Miki and this should be a good fight.

Also returning to the cage is Laughter7's Wataru Takahashi. Takahashi had a very good 2008. In his 4 fights he didn't loose a single one, even picking up a win against Yukio Sakagushi and drawing with Daisuke Hanazawa. He is taking on Satoshi Nishino, who is returning to the cage after 19 months away.

Participating will be DREAM and UFC veteran Kuniyoshi Hironaka. Hironaka holds wins against fighters like Nick Diaz and Ryan Schultz. In his last fight in DREAM 6 he lost to Hayato "Mach" Sakurai. It will be very interesting to see who he will be matched up against.

Welter: Motoki Miyazawa 5-1-0 vs. 13-13-8 Hiroki Nagaoka
Feather: Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura 6-3-4 vs. 14-8-3 Wataru Miki
Feather: Wataru Takahashi 7-10-4 vs. 5-3-2 Satoshi Nishino
Middle: Akihiro Murayama 9-3-4 vs. 2-1-0 Ikkei Nagamura

Participating:
Kuniyoshi Hironaka 12-6-0
Eriya Matsuda 6-6-0
Shuji Morikawa 1-2-1

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12/6 Cage Force 09 - RESULTS

Cage Force had their tournament finals today. I didnt make it there and had to rely on Sherdog's coverage, which this time was better than the Japanese!

Anyway, Cage Force now have a featherweight and a bantamweight champion! Before the tournaments started, I think few people were tipping Yuji Hoshino as the featherweight champion. But as the tournament progressed, he went in the the final as a slight favorite. He did deliver and I have been impressed with his performance. In the bantamweight division, I have to say that the favorite did deliver, I think Mizugaki was the favorite coming in and he has lived up to that. Now we have to see how long these champions stick around... There have been lots of changes this year, but these events always deliver entertaining fights.

I have updated the Preliminary fights as well. I am disappointed that Tsurumaki didn't get the win today either...

Tournament Finals:
Feather: Yuji Hoshino Def. "Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura by Decision 3-0
Bantam: Takeya Mizugaki Def. Masahiro Oishi by Decision 3-0

Light: Tomonari Kanomata Def. Eriya Matsuda by arm-bar Round 1 0:30
Welter: Motoki Miyazawa Def. Shigetoshi Iwase by TKO Round 3 1:47
Feather: Wataru Miki Def. Masaaki Hasegawa by arm-bar Round 3 1:40
Fly: Takeyasu Hirono Def. Yoshihiro Matsunaga by decision 3-0
Welter: Kenta Takagi Def. Keitaro Maeda by TKO Round 1 1:30
Feather: Wataru Takahashi Def. Nobutaka Hiyoshi by decision 3-0
Light: Yoshiaki "Bancho" Takahashi Def. Shinpei Sotoyama by decision 2-0

Preliminary Fights:
Middle: Shuji Morikawa Def. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki by TKO Round 2 0:37
Light: Koji Ando Def. Masayoshi Ichikawa by rear-naked choke round 2 1:17
Bantam: Shoko Sato Def. Hirokazu Nishimura by TKO Round 2 1:42
Bantam: Ryota Sasaki Def. Ryo Saito by rear-naked choke Round 3 1:21

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12/6 Cage Force 09 - Fight Order

Cage Force have announced the fight order for their event tomorrow in Differ Ariake. The main-event is the featherweight tournament final, which should be a good fight. That will follow the bantamweight tournament final.

A total of 13 fights on the card, and there has been a late addition! Kicking off the night will be Nobuhiro Tsurumaki, in his 11 (almost 12) years of fighting he has not yet recorded a win. I hope he gets this one! It should be said that he has fought some really big Japanese names early in his career. This time he is facing another winless fighter in Shuji Morikawa. (I am going by Sherdog when I refer these records, Tsurumaki does have a win in Conterders in 2001 and his first fight was in Rings in 1994).

Main-Events: Cage Force Tournament Finals:
13. Feather: "Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 9-2-1 vs. 15-7-7 Yuji Hoshino
12. Bantam: Masahiro Oishi 19-10-7 vs. 10-2-2 Takeya Mizugaki

11. Light: Tomonari Kanomata 12-3-3 vs. 6-5-0 Eriya Matsuda
10. Welter: Motoki Miyazawa 4-1-0 vs. 7-10-3 Shigetoshi Iwase
9. Feather: Wataru Miki 13-8-3 vs. 2-0-0 Masaaki Hasegawa
8. Fly: Takeyasu Hirono 8-15-4 vs. 0-2-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga
7. Welter: Keitaro Maeda 3-3-1 vs. 1-0-0 Kenta Takagi
6. Feather: Wataru Takahashi 6-10-4 vs. 2-0-0 Nobutaka Hiyoshi
5. Light: Shinpei Sotoyama 7-3-2 vs. 3-1-0 Yoshiaki "Bancho" Takahashi

Preliminary Fights:
4. Light: Koji Ando 1-0-1 vs. 0-1-0 Masayoshi Ichikawa
3. Bantam: Hirokazu Nishimura 2-2-1 vs. 3-0-0 Shoko Sato
2. Bantam: Ryo Saito 0-1-0 vs. 0-2-1 Ryota Sasaki
1. Middle: Shuji Morikawa 0-2-1 vs. 0-10-0 Nobuhiro Tsurumaki

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12/6 Cage Force 09 - Fights Added

THere have been 5 additions to the Cage Force card this weekend. I thought the card looked a bit thin for a Cage Force event, but it is defiantely a full card now. In the fights added we will see some experienced fighters going against some very good talent, and there have been more than a few upsets in Cage Force this year.

This event is of course mainly about the tournament finals, both the bantam- and the featherweight finals should be very good fights. Yuji Hoshino has surprised me in getting this far, and the 33 year old would be a slight underdog again this time (IMO). In the bantamweight final, there is a similar scenario... 40 year old Masahiro Oishi has impressed me, but I would have to favor the younger Takeya Mizugaki in this one. I am really bad at predicting the outcome so I will leave the rest...

It should be a good event, so if you're not going to the K-1 this should be a good alternative. It is being held in Differ Ariake and doors open at 16:00.

Added:
Feather: Wataru Miki 13-8-3 vs. 2-0-0 Masaaki Hasegawa
Welter: Keitaro Maeda 3-3-1 vs. 1-0-0 Kenta Takagi
Feather: Wataru Takahashi 6-10-4 vs. 2-0-0 Nobutaka Hiyoshi

Preliminary Fights:
Bantam: Hirokazu Nishimura 2-2-1 vs. 3-0-0 Shoko Sato
Bantam: Ryo Saito 0-1-0 vs. 0-2-1 Ryota Sasaki

Previously Announced:
Cage Force Tournament Finals:
Feather: "Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 9-2-1 vs. 15-7-7 Yuji Hoshino
Bantam: Masahiro Oishi 19-10-7 vs. 10-2-2 Takeya Mizugaki

Non-Tournament Fights:
Motoki Miyazawa 4-1-0 vs. 7-10-3 Shigetoshi Iwase
Takeyasu Hirono 8-15-4 vs. 0-2-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga
Tomonari Kanomata 12-3-3 vs. 6-5-0 Eriya Matsuda
Shinpei Sotoyama 7-3-2 vs. 3-1-0 Yoshiaki "Bancho" Takahashi

Preliminary Fight:
Koji Ando 1-0-1 vs. 0-1-0 Masayoshi Ichikawa

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12/6 Cage Force 09 - Fights Announced

Cage Force always put up good events, and there are usually some upsets. This time, again, they are putting talented fighters against more experienced ones and it makes for exciting fights.

Motoki Miyazawa is returning after his loss in DREAM 5, to meet the experienced Shigetoshi Iwase. Eriya Matsuda is fighting Tomonari Kanomata in a fight that should be very exciting.

The tournament finals this year should also be 2 very good fights. Masahiro Oishi, who just turned 40, is on a 5 fight winning streak and will face a big challenge in Takeya Mizugaki. The featherweight final will see the eccentric "Wicky" Akiyo against the veteran Yuji Hoshino. Hoshino is undefeated since 2004 and this should also be a very close fight.

Added:
Motoki Miyazawa 4-1-0 vs. 7-10-3 Shigetoshi Iwase
Takeyasu Hirono 8-15-4 vs. 0-2-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga
Tomonari Kanomata 12-3-3 vs. 6-5-0 Eriya Matsuda
Shinpei Sotoyama 7-3-2 vs. 3-1-0 Yoshiaki "Bancho" Takahashi

Preliminary Fight:
Koji Ando 1-0-1 vs. 0-1-0 Masayoshi Ichikawa

Previously announced (Cage Force 2008 Tournament Finals):
Feather: "Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 9-2-1 vs. 15-7-7 Yuji Hoshino
Bantam: Masahiro Oishi 19-10-7 vs. 10-2-2 Takeya Mizugaki

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8/27 Pancrase Shining Tour - RESULTS

Pancrase Neo-Blood finals NEVER disappoint! An awesome event again. There were lots on new exciting fighters on the card (Kawahara in addition to the Neo-Blood finals) and add to that established Pancrase names like Yuki Kondo and Kenji Arai and its a good night of fights.

Tonight was all about the Neo-Blood finals though (the main-event got cancelled). Fight of the night IMO went to Isao vs. Eizumi. An awesome fight were Isao dominated round 1 and Eizumi was the better in round 2.

Neo-Blood Tournament MVP went to Lightweight champion Steve Magdaleno! I have already said that I have been impressed by him, and this is someone most organizations should look at now! I hope to have an interview with him in the next couple of weeks (my second!!!!), send me questions if you have something you want to know about him (my e-mail is top right).

Yuki Kondo was undamaged after his fight and will most likely be in the Sengoku Middleweight GP next.

The Sengoku "sponsered" (not sure what it means) Maximo Blanco spoiled his chances to get an easy win by head-butting (accidental), then not breaking, THEN stomping his opponent. IMO he was lucky not to get a DQ in this fight. A very talented guy though.

***UPDATE***
Just on my comment on Maximo Blanco there, the head-butt happened during a takedown, TOTALLY accidental. It was this that lead to a cut, that in turn lead to the no-contest. It does not excuse the rest though, but it needs to be put straight. My original comment on this could be misleading.

There will be pictures shortly.

9. MW: Yuki Kondo Def. Ryuji Ohori by KO Round 2 2:41
8. FW: Kenji Arai Def. Manabu Inoue by Decision 3-0
7. BW: Seiya Kawahara Def. Kentaro Imaizumi by TKO (Cut) Round 1 2:09
6. LW: Yuichi Ikari Def. Eriya Matsuda by TKO (Cut) Round 2 4:09
5. WW: Masahiro Toryu Def. Tomoyoshi Iwamiya by Decision 2-0
4. LW: Maximo Blanco vs. Yuki Yashima No-Contest

Neo-Blood Finals:
3. Lightweight: Steve Magdaleno Def. Hiroki Aoki “AB” by TKO Round 1 4:47
2. Featherweight: Hirotoshi Saito Def. Yasutomo Tanaka by Decision 3-0
1. Bantamweight: Isao Hirose Def. Takuya Eizumi by Decision 3-0

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8/27 Pancrase Shining Tour - Main Event Cancelled!

A shocking developement in front of the Neo-Blood Tournement Finals. The main event is cancelled! Even more surprising is the reason, Shinsuke Shoji is retiring from professional MMA just a week before his title fight! There is no other expaination given in his e-mail than, he is retiring for personal reasons...

Pancrase have tried to find a replacement, but been unable to in the short time.
They are offering ticket refunds: TEL 03-5792-0815（11：00～20：00）
http://www.kamipro.com/news/?id=1219236244

A related rumor, Yuki Kondo might compete in the Sengoku Middleweight Tournament. His participation would depend on him not getting injured in this event.

Cancelled:
10. King of Pancarase LW: Koji Oishi 16-7-5 vs. 6-3-2 Shinsuke Shoji

The remaining card:
9. MW: Yuki Kondo 48-22-6 vs. 3-2-0 Ryuji Ohori
8. FW: Kenji Arai 12-12-2 vs. 6-4-1 Manabu Inoue
7. BW: Seiya Kawahara 5-0-0 vs. 9-6-5 Kentaro Imaizumi
6. LW: Yuichi Ikari 9-4-3 vs. 6-4-0 Eriya Matsuda
5. WW: Masahiro Toryu 5-3-3 vs. 4-6-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya
4. LW: Maximo Blanco vs. 2-4-1 Yuki Yashima

Neo-Blood Finals:
3. Lightweight: Steve Magdaleno 4-0-1 vs. Hiroki Aoki “AB”
2. Featherweight: Yasutomo Tanaka 5-1-3 vs. 1-0-0 Hirotoshi Saito
1. Bantamweight: Takuya Eizumi 1-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Isao Hirose

Pancrase Gate 2x5min.:
Middleweight: Shingo Suzuki vs　Kenji Narita
Lightweight: Shigetomo Takahashi vs.　Yuichi Inafuku
Featherweight: Takeshi Egami vs.　Junro Kubota

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8/27 Pancrase Shining Tour - 14th Neo-Blood Finals

Pancrase have added some Pancrase Gate fights to the card since I lost posted the card. I am really looking forward to this event, it was great last year and I am sure this year will be no different.

This is the 14th time Pancrase is holding the Neo-Blood tournament, and you can see the complete list of champions here.

This year's card looks like this:
10. King of Pancarase LW: Koji Oishi 16-7-5 vs. 6-3-2 Shinsuke Shoji
9. MW: Yuki Kondo 48-22-6 vs. 3-2-0 Ryuji Ohori
8. FW: Kenji Arai 12-12-2 vs. 6-4-1 Manabu Inoue
7. BW: Seiya Kawahara 5-0-0 vs. 9-6-5 Kentaro Imaizumi
6. LW: Yuichi Ikari 9-4-3 vs. 6-4-0 Eriya Matsuda
5. WW: Masahiro Toryu 5-3-3 vs. 4-6-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya
4. LW: Maximo Blanco vs. 2-4-1 Yuki Yashima

Neo-Blood Finals:
3. Lightweight: Steve Magdaleno 4-0-1 vs. Hiroki Aoki “AB”
2. Featherweight: Yasutomo Tanaka 5-1-3 vs. 1-0-0 Hirotoshi Saito
1. Bantamweight: Takuya Eizumi 1-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Isao Hirose

Pancrase Gate 2x5min.:
Middleweight: Shingo Suzuki vs　Kenji Narita
Lightweight: Shigetomo Takahashi vs.　Yuichi Inafuku
Featherweight: Takeshi Egami vs.　Junro Kubota

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8/27 Pancrase Shining Tour - Fight Order

Pancrase has added a fight to their already very good card. This is also the fight order.

The fight added is #4. I dont know who Maximo Blanco (have a feeling that spelling might be off too) is listed as a Venzuelian wrestler and should be more than a handful for Yashima.

***Update***
NoB has the scoop on who Blanco (I will go with their spelling) is.

Otherwise, if you're going to this event, make sure you get in early so you dont miss the Neo-Blood finals. I will be there for sure!

Fight Order:
10. King of Pancarase LW: Koji Oishi 16-7-5 vs. 6-3-2 Shinsuke Shoji
9. MW: Yuki Kondo 48-22-6 vs. 3-2-0 Ryuji Ohori
8. FW: Kenji Arai 12-12-2 vs. 6-4-1 Manabu Inoue
7. BW: Seiya Kawahara 5-0-0 vs. 9-6-5 Kentaro Imaizumi
6. LW: Yuichi Ikari 9-4-3 vs. 6-4-0 Eriya Matsuda
5. WW: Masahiro Toryu 5-3-3 vs. 4-6-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya
4. LW: Maximo Blanco vs. 2-4-1 Yuki Yashima

Neo-Blood Finals:
3. Lightweight: Steve Magdaleno 4-0-1 vs. Hiroki Aoki “AB”
2. Featherweight: Yasutomo Tanaka 5-1-3 vs. 1-0-0 Hirotoshi Saito
1. Bantamweight: Takuya Eizumi 1-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Isao Hirose

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8/27 Pancrase Shining Tour - Kawahara's Opponent Announced

Pancrase have now announced Seiya Kawahara's opponent, it is Kentaro Imaizumi. Imaizumi has not won since his win over Jin Akimoto in 2004, however he has fought quality opponents. Ryota Matsune and Takeya Mizugaki to name a couple. Kawahara is unbeaten at 5-0.

Added:
BW: Seiya Kawahara 5-0-0 vs. 9-6-5 Kentaro Imaizumi

Previously Announced:
King of Pancarase LW: Koji Oishi 16-7-5 vs. 6-3-2 Shinsuke Shoji
FW: Kenji Arai 12-12-2 vs. 6-4-1 Manabu Inoue
MW: Yuki Kondo 48-22-6 vs. 3-2-0 Ryuji Ohori
LW: Yuichi Ikari 9-4-3 vs. 6-4-0 Eriya Matsuda
WW: Masahiro Toryu 5-3-3 vs. 4-6-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya

Neo-Blood Finals:
Bantamweight: Takuya Eizumi 1-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Isao Hirose
Featherweight: Yasutomo Tanaka 5-1-3 vs. 1-0-0 Hirotoshi Saito
Lightweight: Steve Magdaleno 4-0-1 vs. Hiroki Aoki “AB”

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8/27 Pancrase Shining Tour - Fights added

Pancrase have added another 2 fights to the Neo-Blood Finals card. Shinsuke Shoji is fighting Koji Oishi in what will be a King of Pancrase title fight (this confuses me, but its what it says).

LW: Koji Oishi 16-7-5 vs. 6-3-2 Shinsuke Shoji
FW: Kenji Arai 12-12-2 vs. 6-4-1 Manabu Inoue
MW: Yuki Kondo 48-22-6 vs. 3-2-0 Ryuji Ohori
LW: Yuichi Ikari 9-4-3 vs. 6-4-0 Eriya Matsuda
WW: Masahiro Toryu 5-3-3 vs. 4-6-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya

Neo-Blood Finals:
Bantamweight: Takuya Eizumi 1-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Isao Hirose
Featherweight: Yasutomo Tanaka 5-1-3 vs. 1-0-0 Hirotoshi Saito
Lightweight: Steve Magdaleno 4-0-1 vs. Hiroki Aoki

Participating:
Seiya Kawahara 5-0-0

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8/27 Pancrase Shining Tour - Yuki Kondo Added

Pancrase has added a fight to this card. Yuki Kondo is fighting! Also confirmed as a participant is the very talented Seiya Kawahara, I cant wait to see who they will match him with.

This is the card so far:
MW: Yuki Kondo 48-22-6 vs. 3-2-0 Ryuji Ohori
LW: Yuichi Ikari 9-4-3 vs. 6-4-0 Eriya Matsuda
WW: Masahiro Toryu 5-3-3 vs. 4-6-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya

Neo-Blood Finals:
Bantamweight: Takuya Eizumi 1-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Isao Hirose
Featherweight: Yasutomo Tanaka 5-1-3 vs. 1-0-0 Hirotoshi Saito
Lightweight: Steve Magdaleno 4-0-1 vs. Hiroki Aoki

Participating:
Koji Oishi 16-7-5
Kenji Arai 12-12-2
Seiya Kawahara 5-0-0

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