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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4/5 Pancrase Changing Tour 2 - RESULTS

Pancrase held an event in Differ Ariake today too. It was an interesting one, with a title fight as the main event.

"AB" has really gotten into his stride after a very tough start to his pro MMA career. In the flyweight division, both the finalists from last years Neo-Blood tournament were in action and both were impressive.

The 2 Sengoku training fighters, Maximo Blanco and Shigeki Osawa had mixed fortunes.

Main-Event - Welterweight King of Pancrase title fight:
9. Takuya Wada Def. Tomoyoshi Iwamiya by Decision 2-0

8. Light: Koji Oishi vs. Maximo "Makishi" Blanco Draw
7. Middle: Takenori Sato Def. Ichiro Kanai by Decision 2-0
6. Welter: Masahiro Toryu vs. Seiki Ryo No contest
lowblow on Toryo who was unable to continue

5. Fly: Takuya Eizumi Def. Yuichiro "Yukito" Shirai by TKO Round 1:58
4. Fly: Isao Hirose Def. Takeyasu Hirono by Decision 3-0
3. Light: Hiroki "AB" Aoki Def. Yuichi Ikari by TKO Round 1 1:53
2. Feather: Tashiro Akai Def. Hirotoshi Saito by TKO Round 2 0:58
1. Feather: Shigeki Osawa Def. Hideo Matsui by Decision 3-0

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4/5 Pancrase Changing Tour 2 - Fight Order

Pancrase is putting on a card to "compete" with the DREAM event in Nagoya, and it is a decent card. I am not sure that the main event will be the best fight on the card, or the most interesting for that matter, but it is a title fight.

Koji Oishi is taking on Maximo Blanco, who will try out his new ring name "Makishi" for the first time. It will be a good test for Blanco, and at the same I think Oishi's style will suit him. I see Blanco taking this and look for some slams in this one.

If you go to this event, make sure to get there in time for the Neo-Blood fights! They start at 14:45, and it will be worth your time! A total of 22 fights on the card.

Main-Event - Welterweight King of Pancrase title fight:
9. Takuya Wada 18-8-9 vs. 6-7-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya

8. Light: Koji Oishi 17-8-5 vs. 2-1-0 (1NC) Maximo "Makishi" Blanco
7. Middle: Ichiro Kanai 9-9-3 vs. 7-5-4 Takenori Sato
6. Welter: Masahiro Toryu 6-4-4 vs. 3-8-2 Seiki Ryo
5. Fly: Takuya Eizumi 4-1-0 vs. 4-5-4 Yuichiro "Yukito" Shirai
4. Fly: Isao Hirose 4-0-0 vs. Takeyasu Hirono
3. Light: Yuichi Ikari 10-5-3 vs. 1-2-0 Hiroki "AB" Aoki
2. Feather: Hirotoshi Saito 2-0-1 vs. 9-5-9 Tashiro Akai (Nishiuchi)
1. Feather: Hideo Matsui 0-6-2 vs. Shigeki Osawa

Also on the card, starting from 14:45 are Neo-Blood Tournament fights. There are some very talented fighters in here, and I really enjoyed the Neo-Blood fights that were on the card last time.

Neo-Blood Fights:
13. Feather: You Saito vs. 2-4-1 Yuki Yashima
12. Feather: Yasutomo Tanaka 5-2-4 vs. 6-3-2 Motonobu Tezuka
11. Feather: Koji Tomita 1-0-0 vs. Masaru Ueda
10. Feather (Eliminator Final): Shigeyuki Uchiyama vs. Takehito Noguchi
9. Bantam: Ranki Kawana 9-1-6 vs. 3-2-0 Daisuke Endo
8. Bantam: Hayato Shimizu 4-2-1 vs. Nobuhiro Yoshitake
7. Bantam: Ryota Sasaki 1-2-1 vs. 3-0-0 Shoko Sato
6. Bantam (Eliminator Final):Daisuke Sugishima vs. Taro Shimmasaki
5. Fly: Kiyotaka Shimizu 0-1-1 vs. 1-0-0 Toshihiro Shimizu
4. Fly: Takuma Ishii 1-3-1 vs. 3-5-0 Tokuaki Ninomiya
3. Fly: Keiji Nakamura vs. 6-6-1 Yuichiro Yajima
2. Fly (Eliminator Final): Daisuke Tsujita vs. Gou Yamanaka
1. Light (Eliminator Final): Koshi Obata vs. Keigo Hirayama


Lightweight 70.3kg Participants
The participants here go directly to the semi-final.

-Hirotaka/Koji Tomiyama 0-5-1 (Think its the same guy twice on Sherdog)
-Koji Tamura
-ISAO
-Winner of Eliminator Final

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4/5 Pancrase Changing Tour 2 - Eizumi's Opponent Announced

Takuya Eizumi is one of the more entertaining fighters out there, he has gone the distance only once and that was in the Neo-Blood final in 2008. He suppered his only loss on that occation, but since then has been stopping all opponents in their tracks.

This time he is taking on a very experienced opponent in "Yukito", but Eizumi is raked #2 in the Pancrase Flyweight division, and I cant see him losing this one.

Pancrase have also announced that they will be selling a new T-shirt at this event.



Added:
Fly: Takuya Eizumi 4-1-0 vs. 4-5-4 Yuichiro "Yukito" Shirai

Previously Announced:
Welterweight King of Pancrase title fight:
Takuya Wada 18-8-9 vs. 6-7-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya

Welter: Masahiro Toryu 6-4-4 vs. 3-8-2 Seiki Ryo
Light: Koji Oishi 17-8-5 vs. 2-1-0 (1NC) Maximo "Makishi" Blanco
Fly: Isao Hirose 4-0-0 vs. Takeyasu Hirono
Middle: Ichiro Kanai 9-9-3 (Ranked #2) vs. 7-5-4 Takenori Sato
Light: Yuichi Ikari 10-5-3 (Ranked #3) vs. 1-2-0 Hiroki "AB" Aoki
Feather: Hirotoshi Saito 2-0-1 vs. 9-5-9 Tashiro Akai (Nishiuchi)

Also on the card, starting from 14:45 are Neo-Blood Tournament fights. There are some very talented fighters in here, and I really enjoyed the Neo-Blood fights that were on the card last time.

Neo-Blood Fights:
15th Neo-Blood Eliminator Finals (1x5min.):
Fly: Daisuke Tsujita vs. Gou Yamanaka
Bantam:Daisuke Sugishima vs. Taro Shimmasaki
Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama vs. Takehito Noguchi
Light: Koshi Obata vs. Keigo Hirayama

1st Round Fights:
Flyweight 58.0kg
Kiyotaka Shimizu 0-1-1 vs. 1-0-0 Toshihiro Shimizu
Takuma Ishii 1-3-1 vs. 3-5-0 Tokuaki Ninomiya
Keiji Nakamura vs. 6-6-1 Yuichiro Yajima

Bantamweight 61.2kg
Ranki Kawana 9-1-6 vs. 3-2-0 Daisuke Endo
Hayato Shimizu 4-2-1 vs. Nobuhiro Yoshitake
Ryota Sasaki 1-2-1 vs. 3-0-0 Shoko Sato

Featherweight 65.8kg
Yasutomo Tanaka 5-2-4 vs. 6-3-2 Motonobu Tezuka
You Saito vs. 2-4-1 Yuki Yashima
Koji Tomita 1-0-0 vs. Masaru Ueda

Lightweight 70.3kg Participants
Hirotaka/Koji Tomiyama 0-5-1 (Think its the same guy twice on Sherdog)
Koji Tamura
ISAO

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4/5 Pancrase Changing Tour 2 - Maximo Blanco Debuts with New Ring Name!

Pancrase have added a very interesting fight to this event. Maximo Blanco have been added to take on former King of Pancrase, Koji Oishi. Blanco have also deceided on a Japanese ring name (a must to get really big here) it is 真騎士 or Makishi.

Blanco has showed that he is a top athlete, and this fight can go either way. Koji Oishi usually goes the distance, and his takedown defense is very good. I really think it is a match-up that will suit Blanco, but he needs to finish this early. If it goes past round 2, I see Oishi taking this, but my guess is an early finish by Blanco. Look for a slam/suplex (his speciality).

The card also has a welterweight King of Pancrase fight, but I still felt it was missing something. The fight added today does a very good job of filling the empty space.

Added:
Koji Oishi 17-8-5 vs. 2-1-0 (1NC) Maximo "Makishi" Blanco

Previously Announced:
Welterweight King of Pancrase title fight:
Takuya Wada 18-8-9 vs. 6-7-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya

Welter: Masahiro Toryu 6-4-4 vs. 3-8-2 Seiki Ryo
Fly: Isao Hirose 4-0-0 vs. Takeyasu Hirono
Middle: Ichiro Kanai 9-9-3 (Ranked #2) vs. 7-5-4 Takenori Sato
Light: Yuichi Ikari 10-5-3 (Ranked #3) vs. 1-2-0 Hiroki "AB" Aoki
Feather: Hirotoshi Saito 2-0-1 vs. 9-5-9 Tashiro Akai (Nishiuchi)

Participating:
Takuya Eizumi 4-1-0
Hideo Matsui 0-6-2

Also on the card, starting from 14:45 are Neo-Blood Tournament fights. There are some very talented fighters in here, and I really enjoyed the Neo-Blood fights that were on the card last time.

Neo-Blood Fights:
15th Neo-Blood Eliminator Finals (1x5min.):
Fly: Daisuke Tsujita vs. Gou Yamanaka
Bantam:Daisuke Sugishima vs. Taro Shimmasaki
Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama vs. Takehito Noguchi
Light: Koshi Obata vs. Keigo Hirayama

1st Round Fights:
Flyweight 58.0kg
Kiyotaka Shimizu 0-1-1 vs. 1-0-0 Toshihiro Shimizu
Takuma Ishii 1-3-1 vs. 3-5-0 Tokuaki Ninomiya
Keiji Nakamura vs. 6-6-1 Yuichiro Yajima

Bantamweight 61.2kg
Ranki Kawana 9-1-6 vs. 3-2-0 Daisuke Endo
Hayato Shimizu 4-2-1 vs. Nobuhiro Yoshitake
Ryota Sasaki 1-2-1 vs. 3-0-0 Shoko Sato

Featherweight 65.8kg
Yasutomo Tanaka 5-2-4 vs. 6-3-2 Motonobu Tezuka
You Saito vs. 2-4-1 Yuki Yashima
Koji Tomita 1-0-0 vs. Masaru Ueda

Lightweight 70.3kg Participants
Hirotaka/Koji Tomiyama 0-5-1 (Think its the same guy twice on Sherdog)
Koji Tamura
ISAO

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4/5 Pancrase Changing Tour 2 - Fights Added

Pancrase have added 3 fights and announced the matchups for their 2nd event of the Changing tour.

Pancrase ranked #2 middleweight Ichiro Kanai will take on the experienced Takenori Sato. This is a good oppurtunito for Sato to climb into the Pancrase rankings, and he is on a 2 fight winning streak as well.

Lightweight ranked #3, Yuichi Ikari, will take on Hiroki Aoki. Aoki had a very tough start to his pro MMA career, facing Steve Magdaleno in his debut then Maximo Blanco in his second fight. He won his last fight, even though is was by a very tight decision and he will also be looking to get into the Pancrase rankings with a win here.

Added to the main-card:
Middle: Ichiro Kanai 9-9-3 /同級2位） vs. 7-5-4 Takenori Sato
Light: Yuichi Ikari 10-5-3 同級3位） vs. 1-2-0 Hiroki "AB" Aoki
Feather: Hirotoshi Saito 2-0-1 vs. 9-5-9 Tashiro Akai (Nishiuchi)

Previously Announced:
Welterweight King of Pancrase title fight:
Takuya Wada 18-8-9 vs. 6-7-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya

Welter: Masahiro Toryu 6-4-4 vs. 3-8-2 Seiki Ryo
Fly: Isao Hirose 4-0-0 vs. Takeyasu Hirono

Participating:
Koji Oishi 17-8-5
Takuya Eizumi 4-1-0
Hirotoshi Saito 2-0-1

Also on the card, starting from 14:45 are Neo-Blood Tournament fights. There are some very talented fighters in here, and I really enjoyed the Neo-Blood fights that were on the card last time.

Neo-Blood Fights:
15th Neo-Blood Eliminator Finals (1x5min.):
Fly: Daisuke Tsujita vs. Gou Yamanaka
Bantam:Daisuke Sugishima vs. Taro Shimmasaki
Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama vs. Takehito Noguchi
Light: Koshi Obata vs. Keigo Hirayama

1st Round Fights:
Flyweight 58.0kg
Kiyotaka Shimizu 0-1-1 vs. 1-0-0 Toshihiro Shimizu
Takuma Ishii 1-3-1 vs. 3-5-0 Tokuaki Ninomiya
Keiji Nakamura vs. 6-6-1 Yuichiro Yajima

Bantamweight 61.2kg
Ranki Kawana 9-1-6 vs. 3-2-0 Daisuke Endo
Hayato Shimizu 4-2-1 vs. Nobuhiro Yoshitake
Ryota Sasaki 1-2-1 vs. 3-0-0 Shoko Sato

Featherweight 65.8kg
Yasutomo Tanaka 5-2-4 vs. 6-3-2 Motonobu Tezuka
You Saito vs. 2-4-1 Yuki Yashima
Koji Tomita 1-0-0 vs. Masaru Ueda

Lightweight 70.3kg Participants
Hirotaka/Koji Tomiyama 0-5-1 (Think its the same guy twice on Sherdog)
Koji Tamura
ISAO

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4/5 Pancrase Changing Tour 2 - Fights Added

Pancrase have added 2 fights to the main-card for their April 5 event. In addition to that, 6 participants were announced. This card will also include the welterweight King of Pancrase fight and Neo-Blood Tournament fights!

If you are planning to go to this, I really recommend getting the most out of it, go to the Neo-Blood Tournament fights too!! They were very entertaining last time. The set up and explainations are after the main-card.

Speaking of the Neo-Blood Tournament, 3 of last year's finalists will be on the main card (Isao Hirose, Hirotoshi Saito and Takuya Eizumi).

Added to the main-card:
Welter: Masahiro Toryu 6-4-4 vs. 3-8-2 Seiki Ryo
Fly: Isao Hirose 4-0-0 vs. Takeyasu Hirono

Previously Announced:
Welterweight King of Pancrase title fight:
Takuya Wada 18-8-9 vs. 6-7-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya

Participating:
Koji Oishi 17-8-5
Ichiro Kanai 9-9-3
Yuichi Ikari 10-5-3
Takuya Eizumi 4-1-0
Tashiro Akai (Nishiuchi) 9-5-9
Hirotoshi Saito 2-0-1

That was the main-card, it will start at 5PM. The Neo-Blood fights start about 2:45 and I really recommend these. I promise that they will be just as entertaining as the main-card.

There are some things I am not 100% sure on, but the eliminators last week will fight finals this time. I can only assume they will enter the tournament with the other participants listed below (otherwise it doesnt make sense to me). The fighters that fought in the eliminators were inexperienced compared to some of the fighters that are entering the 1st round.

There are 6 (3 for lightweight) participants for each weight class listed below, but include the eliminator fights and it will make sense.

This will be the 1st round in the tournament, 2nd round will be in June and Finals in August.

15th Neo-Blood Eliminator Finals (1x5min.):
Fly: Daisuke Tsujita vs. Gou Yamanaka
Bantam:Daisuke Sugishima vs. Taro Shimmasaki
Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama vs. Takehito Noguchi
Light: Koshi Obata vs. Keigo Hirayama

15th Neo-Blood Tournament Participants:
Flyweight 58.0kg
Kiyotaka Shimizu 0-1-1
Takuma Ishii 1-3-1
Toshihiro Shimizu 1-0-0
Tokuaki Ninomiya 3-5-0
Yuichiro Yajima 6-6-1
Keiji Nakamura

Bantamweight 61.2kg
Daisuke Endo 3-2-0
Ranki Kawana 9-1-6
Hayato Shimizu4-2-1
Ryota Sasaki 1-2-1
Nobuhiro Yoshitake
Shoko Sato 3-0-0

Featherweight 65.8kg
Motonobu Tezuka 6-3-2
You Saito
Koji Tomita 1-0-0
Yasutomo Tanaka 5-2-4
Masaru Ueda
+ 1 TBA

Lightweight 70.3kg
Hirotaka/Koji Tomiyama 0-5-1 (Think its the same guy twice on Sherdog)
Koji Tamura
ISAO

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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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8/27 Pancrase Shining Tour - Neo-Blood Finals

Pancrase have anounced a few more fights for their Neo-Blood finals event. As I said, last year this was a very good event and I will be there this time too. Steve Magdaleno now has an opponent, I hope his knee is ok from his previous fight. Also added is the lightweight fight between Ikari and Matsuda.

LW: Yuichi Ikari 9-4-3 vs. 6-4-0 Eriya Matsuda

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
Welterweight: Masahiro Toryu 5-3-3 vs. 4-6-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya

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8/27 Pancrase Shining Tour - Neo-Blood Finals

Pancrase have announced the Neo-Blood finals. I am looking forward to seeing Steve Magdaleno in this, but so far he is listed without an opponent. Hopefully they are able to change that, his last fight was very impressive despite injuring his knee early on in the fight.

The Neo-Blood finals are always entertaining and last years event sticks out in my mind as one of the best I have been to. Hopefully this year will prove to be just as good. If you are in Japan, this is one you should not miss (even though it is on a Wednesday).

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. X

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