2/7 Pancrase Passion Tour - Fights Announced

Pancrase have announced an additional 6 fights for their first main event of 2010. It will be held in Differ Ariake and will now feature 2 title fights.

Earlier the flyweight title fight was announced, now Yuki Kondo will put his middleweight title on the line against Takenori Sato.

Also added is a flyweight fight between former Neo-Blood tournament winner, Isao Hirose and Takuma Ishii. Hirose had his title shot in his last fight, but lost a decision to the champion Sunabe. He will be looking to get back in contention with a win here.

The popular Seiya Kawahara is also returning to the ring, he has a 2 fight winning streak after losing in the Sengoku featherweight tournamnet early in 2009. Now he is looking to get another shot at the Pancrase bantamweight title.

Added:
Middleweight Intrim King of Pancrase title fight:
(Champion) Yuki Kondo 50-23-7 vs. 9-6-5 Takenori Sato

Welter: Shingo Suzuki 3-2-1 vs. 7-5-1 Kengo Ura
Bantam: Seiya Kawahara 8-2-0 vs. 12-5-10 Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi
Welter: Daisuke Watanabe 17-28-4 vs. 24-32-11 Kosei Kubota
Fly: Isao Hirose 6-1-0 vs. 3-4-1 Takuma Ishii
Middle: Keiichiro Yamamiya 36-24-9　vs. 14-17-5 Yuji Hisamatsu

Previously Announced:
Flyweight King of Pancrase title fight:
(champion) Mitsuhisa Sunabe 11-5-3 vs. 4-3-1 Kiyotaka Shimizu

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8/8 Pancrase Neo-Blood Finals - Results

Pancrase held their traditional Neo-Blood Tournament finals at this event, but this card had a lot more to offer.

Josh Barnett entered the ring after fight #7, and addressed the crowd saying that he would like to fihgt next time he entered the Pancrase ring. He also said that he will fight in IGF tomorrow.

There were 2 title fights as well, Maximo Blanco won not unexpectedly against Katsuya Inoue. I believe Inoue has a style that suits the powerful wrestler that Maximo is. Maximo is then the first Sengoku training fighter to claim a MMA title.

The other title fight was the veteran Izuru Takeuchi taking on Laughter7's Takenori Sato. This fight ended in a draw, with Takeuchi holding on to his title.

The main event saw Pancrase star Yuki Kondo take on Korean Kim Ki-Beom. Kondo took a strong win. He addressed the crowd thanking them for coming.

Main-Event Middle: Yuki Kondo Def. Kim Ki-Beom by TKO Round 1 1:52

11. Middleweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
Izuru Takeuchi (Champion) vs. Takenori Sato Draw

10. Lightweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
Maximo Blanco Def. Katsuya Inoue by TKO Round 2 4:38

9. Light: Koji Oishi Def. Felipe Olivieri by Decision 2-0
8. Feather: Kenji Arai Def. Takumi Murata by Decision 3-0
7. Welter: Masahiro Toryu vs. Kosei Kubota Draw (1-0)
6. Feather: Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi vs. Tomonari Kanomata Draw (1-0)
5. Light: Eriya Matsuda Def. Kenichi Serizawa by TKO Round 1 2:02

Neo-Blood Tournament Finals:
4. Light: Isao Kobayashi Def. Hiroshi Toyama by TKO Round 1 2:02
3. Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama Def. Yo Saito by Decision 3-0
2. Bantam: Ryota Sasaki Def. Nobuhiro Yoshitake by decision 3-0
1. Fly: Kiyotaka Shimizu Def. Yuichiro Yajima by Decision 3-0

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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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2/10 DEEP & CMA - Minowa fighting Pro-Wrestling!

The first fight for this event in Korakuen Hall is announced. It should be an event that is more a "fun" type, I guess. But for the price and the names, it should be worth the trip out.

Today it was announced that Ikuhisa Minowa "Minowaman" will face pro-wrestler and Pancrase legend Minoru Suzuki. This should be a fight that will draw the Japanese crowd.

In addition to this match-up, there are lots of big names announced as participants. Among them are Kazuo Takahashi (Sengoku and former Pride fighter), Yukio Sakaguchi (fought at Dynamite!) and Daijiro Matsui (former Pride fighter)

Announced:
Pro-wrestling: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Minoru Suzuki

Participating:
Kazuo Takahashi
柳沢龍志
Kosei Kobuta
Yukio Sakaguchi
Daijiro Matsui
Makoto Kato

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