6/20 SRC 13 - Welterweight GP Announced

WVR have announced the addition of a 8-man tournament to SRC13 and SRC14. The first 2 fights will take place at SRC13 and includes Japanese star "K-Taro" and King of Pancrase Takuya Wada.

The other round 1 fights will take place at SRC14 and will include: the winner of Yamamiya vs. Ura at Pancrase on June 5. Also participating will be Kenta Takagi and Taisuke Okuno.

Matchups announced for SRC13 are:
Welterweight GP Round 1:
Keita "K-Taro" Nakamura 18-4-2 vs. 6-2-0 Omar de la Cruz
Takuya Wada 19-8-10 vs. 5-5-0 Jae Sun Lee

Previously Announced:
Sengoku Featherweight Title Fight (5×5min.):
Masanori Kanehara 16-7-5 vs. 16-1-0 Marlon Sandro

Non-Title Fights:
Light: Maximo "Maxi" Blanco 5-2-1 vs. 9-3-0 Rodrigo Damm
Light-Heavy: Hiroshi Izumi 1-1-0 vs. 3-4-0 Chang Seob Lee
Welter: Sanae Kikuta 28-6-3 vs. 3-1-0 Yasubey Enomoto
Light-Heavy: Ryo Kawamura 11-5-2 vs. 7-3-2 Hidetada Irie
Feather: Shigeki Osawa 5-1-0 vs. 12-9-3 Katsuya Toida
Feather: Ikuo Usuda 6-0-0 vs. 5-3-0 Kang Kyung Ho

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6/20 SRC 13 - Fights Announced

WVR is putting on their 13th event in Ryogoku Kokugikan on June 20. And they are continuing the tradition of announcing the fights early (I like that).

Added to the card today was 2 fights, both with some very talented Japanese fighters. Shigeki Osawa will take on the experienced Katsuya Toida. The other fight announced today will see the former Shooto Rookie Tournament champion, Ikuo Usuda take on Kang Kyung Ho (Osawa's opponent on SRC12.

The main event will most likely be the featherweight title fight between Kanehara and Marlon Sandro, who was my personal favorite in the tournament last year. It should be a very good and tactical fight.

Added:
Feather: Shigeki Osawa 5-1-0 vs. 12-9-3 Katsuya Toida
Feather: Ikuo Usuda 6-0-0 vs. 5-3-0 Kang Kyung Ho

Previously Announced:
Sengoku Featherweight Title Fight (5×5min.):
Masanori Kanehara 16-7-5 vs. 16-1-0 Marlon Sandro

Non-Title Fights:
Light: Maximo "Maxi" Blanco 5-2-1 vs. 9-3-0 Rodrigo Damm
Light-Heavy: Hiroshi Izumi 1-1-0 vs. 3-4-0 Chang Seob Lee
Welter: Sanae Kikuta 28-6-3 vs. 3-1-0 Yasubey Enomoto
Light-Heavy: Ryo Kawamura 11-5-2 vs. 7-3-2 Hidetada Irie

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12/6 Pancrase Changing Tour 8 - RESULTS

Pancrase have finished their Changing Tour earlier today. It was done in Differ Ariake and there were 2 title fights on the card.

A new Middleweight King of Pancrase was crowned as Kanai defeated Takeuchi in a very close decision. In the other title fight Ryo Kawamura defended his title against Shunsuke Inoue.

Upset of the night was Takuma Ishii who defeated Takuma Eizumi, who really needs to look at what he can do to turn things around.

The first title fight of the Passion tour was also announced! The on February 7 flyweight King of Pancrase title will be on the line when champion Mitsuhisa Sunabe takes on challenger Kiyotaka Shimizu.

Main Event - Middleweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
8. Ichiro Kanai (Challenger) Def. (Champion) Izuru Takeuchi by Decision 2-0

Light Heavyweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
7. Ryo Kawamura (Champion) Def. Shunsuke Inoue by Decision 3-0

6. Fly: Takuma Ishii Def. Takuya Eizumi by Decision 3-0
5. Light: Takafumi Ito Def. Hisaki "Kotobukimaru" Hiraishi by Decision 3-0
4. Feather: Tomonori Kanomata Def. Kenji Arai by Decision 2-0
3. Light: Yuichi Ikari Def. Keigo Hirayama by Decision 3-0
2. Bantam: Hayato Shimizu Def. Toshihiro Shimizu by Rear-Naked choke Round 1 2:06
1. Light: Junichi Ota Def. Juntaro Ami by armbar Round 1 2:05

Under card:
Pancrase Gate Pro-promotion Tournament Finals (Neo-Blood Rule):
Light: Daisuke Shimoyama Def. Naoki Tajima by decision 3-0
Feather: Takashi Ito Def. Junro Kubota by armbar Round 1 3:40

Professional Pancrase fights:
Bantam: Shoko Sato Def. Yuta Numakura by KO ROund 1 0:20
Fly: Hiroyuki "Katsuo" Nakajima vs. Yoshihiro Matsunaga Draw

Pancrase Gate Pro-promotion Tournament Semi-Finals (Neo-Blood Rule):
SF2 - Light: Naoki Tajima Def. Akihito Hara by KO Round 2 1:28
SF1 - Light: Daisuke Shimoyama Def. Koji Obata by Triangle choke Round 1 2:28

SF2 - Feather: Junro Kubota Def. Kiyama by KO round 1 4:43
SF1 - Feather: Takashi Ito Def. Chuichiro Takahashi by Decision 3-0

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12/6 Pancrase Changing Tour 8 - Fight Order

Pancrase have announced the fight order for their next event, which has 2 title fights.

The main event will be the middleweight king of Pancrase fight between Takeuchi and Kanai. That means that Sengoku veteran and light-heavyweight champion Ryo Kawamura will be in the co-main event when he defends his title against Shunsuke Inoue.

The featherweight fight between "J-Taro" and Tashiro "Akai" that was scheduled have been cancelled due to injury on both fighters.

On the undercard will be a amature tournament, when the winner getting a professional Pancrase "license", I am not sure if there is more to this but a good chance for these fighters to show themselves.

Main Event - Middleweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
8. (Champion) Izuru Takeuchi 25-10-7 vs. 10-10-3 Ichiro Kanai (Challenger)

Light Heavyweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
7. Ryo Kawamura (Champion) 10-5-2 vs. 7-3-2 Shunsuke Inoue

6. Fly: Takuya Eizumi 5-3-0 vs. 2-4-1 Takuma Ishii
5. Light: Takafumi Ito 34-29-10 vs. 7-3-1 Hisaki "Kotobukimaru" Hiraishi
4. Feather: Kenji Arai 15-13-4 vs. 13-4-5 Tomonori Kanomata
3. Light: Yuichi Ikari 11-7-3 vs. 8-5-5 Keigo Hirayama
2. Bantam: Hayato Shimizu 5-3-2 vs. 7-7-4 Toshihiro Shimizu
1. Light: Junichi Ota 3-2-2 vs. 2-0-0 Juntaro Ami

Under card:
Pancrase Gate Pro-promotion Tournament Finals (Neo-Blood Rule):
Light: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2
Feather: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2

Professional Pancrase fights:
Bantam: Shoko Sato 4-2-2 vs. 1-0-0 Yuta Numakura
Fly: Hiroyuki "Katsuo" Nakajima 0-1-0 vs. 3-4-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga

Pancrase Gate Pro-promotion Tournament Semi-Finals (Neo-Blood Rule):
SF2 - Light: Naoki Tajima vs. Akihito Hara
SF1 - Light: Koji Obata vs. Daisuke Shimoyama

SF2 - Feather: Kiyama vs. Junro Kubota
SF1 - Feather: Takashi Ito vs. Chuichiro Takahashi

Ticket Prices:
SS 10,000円　
A 8,000円　
Hybrid Ticket 6,000円(Only advance sale)
B 6,000円　
C 5,000円
At the door, add 500円

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12/6 Pancrase Changing Tour 8 - Pancrase vs. Shooto Continues

Another 2 fights were announced for this card today. The Pancrase vs. Shooto fights continue at this event, with the Pancrase veteran, Takafumi Ito, taking on "Kotobukimaru" in a fight were he will need his experience. Hiraishi is on a 3 fight winning streak, Ito has only won 3 in his last 10.

The other fight announced today will se the Neo-Blood tournament finalst of 2008, Takuya Eizumi take on Takuma Ishii in a fight he should win. However, Eizumi is on a losing streak of 2 fights and needs a win here.

Announced:
Light: Takafumi Ito 34-29-10 vs. 7-3-1 Hisaki "Kotobukimaru" Hiraishi
Fly: Takuya Eizumi 5-3-0 vs. 2-4-1 Takuma Ishii

Previously Announced:
Light Heavyweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
Ryo Kawamura (Champion) 10-5-2 vs. 7-3-2 Shunsuke Inoue

Middleweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
(Champion) Izuru Takeuchi 25-10-7 vs. 10-10-3 Ichiro Kanai (Challenger)

Feather: Kenji Arai 15-13-4 vs. 13-4-5 Tomonori Kanomata
Feather: Masaya "J-Taro" Takita 9-12-2 vs. 12-5-10 Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi
Light: Yuichi Ikari 11-7-3 vs. 8-5-5 Keigo Hirayama
Light: Junichi Ota 3-2-2 vs. 2-0-0 Juntaro Ami
Bantam: Shoko Sato 4-2-2 vs. 1-0-0 Yuta Numakura
Fly: Hiroyuki "Katsuo" Nakajima 0-1-0 vs. 3-4-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga

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12/6 Pancrase Changing Tour 8 - Another Title Fight Announced

Pancrase will be looking to end 2009 on a high, with 2 title fights official for their Changing tour 8 card, this should be good.

Also announced is an interesting matchup between Pride veteran Kenji Arai and Tomonori Kanomata.

Others to look out for:
-Juntaro Ami having won both his fights in uned 2 minutes, both by submission.
-Yoshihiro Matsunaga is on a 3 fight winning streak after losing his first 4 fights.

Middleweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
(Champion) Izuru Takeuchi 25-10-7 vs. 10-10-3 Ichiro Kanai (Challenger)

Feather: Kenji Arai 15-13-4 vs. 13-4-5 Tomonori Kanomata
Feather: Masaya "J-Taro" Takita 9-12-2 vs. 12-5-10 Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi
Light: Yuichi Ikari 11-7-3 vs. 8-5-5 Keigo Hirayama
Light: Junichi Ota 3-2-2 vs. 2-0-0 Juntaro Ami
Bantam: Shoko Sato 4-2-2 vs. 1-0-0 Yuta Numakura
Fly: Hiroyuki "Katsuo" Nakajima 0-1-0 vs. 3-4-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga

Previously Announced:
Light Heavyweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
Ryo Kawamura (Champion) 10-5-2 vs. 7-3-2 Shunsuke Inoue

Participants:
Takafumi Ito 34-39-10
Takenori Sato 9-6-5

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12/6 Pancrase Changing Tour 8 - Title Fight Announced

Pancrase have announced that they will close out the Changing Tour with a title fight, Ryo Kawamura, the light-heavyweight champion will take on Shunsuke Inoue. Inoue is a judoka and on a 3 fight winning streak, and he is always ready to trade. Kawamura is much the same, so this fight will be fireworks and I hope it goes the distance. I dont think this will go to the ground. Much like Kawamura's last title fight, one of the best fights of 2008.

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Round 2


Round 3


Just to get you charged up for this fight, here is Shunsuke Inoue taking on Kazuhisa Tazawa.

Round 1


Round 2



Announced:
Ryo Kawamura (Champion) 10-5-2 vs. 7-3-2 Shunsuke Inoue

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9/23 Sengoku 10 - LIVE results

Been sick as a dog for a week now, and hence very few updates. Hopefully I can do something about that today, at least I will give you the live results from Saitama Community Centre.

It is a very good card, and the main event should draw a lot of judo fans to the arena. Hiroshi Izumi is making his debut.

The fight between Nick Thompson and Dan Hornbuckle should be very interesting, just to name one fight.

Opening fights:
1. Bantam: So Jee Hyun Def. Ryosuke Komori by Decision 3-0
2. Feather: Shigeki Osawa Def. Kim Ki Hyun by Decision 3-0
3. Light: Ikuo Usuda Def. Baek Woo Hyun TKO Round 1 by 4:59

Main-Card:
4. Light: Maximo Blanco Def. Tetsuya Yamada by TKO Round 2 1:12
5. Middle: Joe Doerksen Def. Takenori Sato by TKO Round 2 4:27
6. Welter: Dan Hornbuckle Def. Nick Thompson by TKO Round 2 1:30
7. Light-Heavy: Fabio Silva Def. Ryo Kawamura by TKO Round 1 2:28
8. Light: Kazunori Yokota Def. Ryan Schultz by KO Round 1 2:21
*Big KO, I hope Schultz is ok. Yokota should be on his way to a title fight and a re-match with champion Hirota

Sengoku 11 Participants announced:
Michihiro Omigawa vs. Hatsu Hioki
Jorge Santiago
Akihiro Gono

Sengoku will go head to head with Dynamite! on NYE. First fight announced:
Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida

9. Welter: Makoto Takimoto Def. Jae Sun Lee by Decision 2-0
10. Heavy: Antonio Silva Def. "Big" Jim York by arm-triangle Round 1 3:51
11. Light-Heavy: Antz "notorious" Nansen Def. Hiroshi Izumi by KO Round 1

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9/23 Sengoku 10 - Fight Order

Sengoku have made some big announcements today.

First of was the fight order for Sengoku 10, and it is a very good card. The addition of Hiroshi Izumi to this card should attract some main stream attention. But there are some very good fights on this card, standing out to me is the fight between Nick Thompson and Dan Hornbuckle, also the lightweight bettle between Kazunori Yokota and Ryan Schultz should make sure that this is an event worth the ticket prices.

Hiroshi Izumi gets to fight in the main event, he is takeing on the Kiwi Antz Nansen. The co-main event has been given to the heavyweights former EliteXC champion Antonio Silva is taking on "Big" Jim York.

In the opening fights we will see the winners of the Japanese and Korean "rookie" tournaments face eachother in 3 fights that should be very good. I hope we get to see them.

11. Light-Heavy: Hiroshi Izumi (debut) vs. Antz "notorious" Nansen
10. Heavy: Antonio Silva 12-1-0 vs. 11-2-0 "Big" Jim York
9. Welter: Makoto Takimoto 5-5-0 vs. 5-4-0 Jae Sun Lee
8. Light: Kazunori Yokota 9-2-3 vs. 20-11-1 Ryan Schultz
7. Light-Heavy: Ryo Kawamura 10-4-2 vs. 11-5-0 Fabio Silva
6. Welter: Nick Thompson 38-11-1 vs. 18-2-0 Dan Hornbuckle
5. Middle: Takenori Sato 9-6-4 vs. 42-12-0 Joe Doerksen
4. Light: Maximo Blanco 3-2-1 vs. 3-1-0 Tetsuya Yamada

Opening fights:
3. Light: Ikuo Usuda 5-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Baek Woo Hyun
2. Feather: Shigeki Osawa 3-0-0 vs. Kim Ki Hyun
1. Bantam: Ryosuke Komori 4-1-0 vs. So Jee Hyun

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9/23 Sengoku 10 - Izumi's Opponent Announced

WVR have announced the opponent for Hiroshi Izumi's MMA debut, the Judoka will take on the New Zealand kickboxing and Muay Thai champion Antz "Notorious" Nansen. As far as I know both these fighters are making their MMA debuts, but it should be an interesting mix of styles.

The other fights announced today are Makoto Takimoto aginst Korean Sprit MC veteran, Jae Sun Lee. And Antonio Silva will take on "Big Jim York.

Added:
Hiroshi Izumi (debut) vs. Antz "notorious" Nansen
Makoto Takimoto 5-5-0 vs. 5-4-0 Jae Sun Lee
Antonio Silva 12-1-0 vs. 11-2-0 "Big" Jim York

Previously Announced:
Light-Heavy: Ryo Kawamura 10-4-2 vs. 11-5-0 Fabio Silva
Middle: Takenori Sato 9-6-4 vs. 42-12-0 Joe Doerksen
Welter: Nick Thompson 38-11-1 vs. 18-2-0 Dan Hornbuckle
Maximo Blanco 3-2-1 vs. 3-1-0 Tetsuya Yamada
Kazunori Yokota 9-2-3 vs. 20-11-1 Ryan Schultz

Opening fights:
Light: Ikuo Usuda 5-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Baek Woo Hyun
Feather: Shigeki Osawa 3-0-0 vs. Kim Ki Hyun
Bantam: Ryosuke Komori 4-1-0 vs. So Jee Hyun

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9/23 Sengoku 10 - Fights Announced

Sengoku have announced 3 more fights for their 10th (actually 11th) event. It is looking like another strong card, and they are really starting to build momentum. Already 5 fights announced for the main card, and they are looking really good.

IMO the most interesting of these matchups is the Thompson vs. Hornbuckle fight. After his crushing win over Akihiro Gono in his last fight, it will be interesting to see if Hornbuckle can build on that in this fight.

Announced:
Light-Heavy: Ryo Kawamura 10-4-2 vs. 11-5-0 Fabio Silva
Middle: Takenori Sato 9-6-4 vs. 42-12-0 Joe Doerksen
Welter: Nick Thompson 38-11-1 vs. 18-2-0 Dan Hornbuckle

Previously announced:
Maximo Blanco 3-2-1 vs. 3-1-0 Tetsuya Yamada
Kazunori Yokota 9-2-3 vs. 20-11-1 Ryan Schultz

Opening fights:
Light: Ikuo Usuda 5-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Baek Woo Hyun
Feather: Shigeki Osawa 3-0-0 vs. Kim Ki Hyun
Bantam: Ryosuke Komori 4-1-0 vs. So Jee Hyun

Participants:
Hiroshi Izumi (debut)
Makoto Takimoto 5-5-0
Antonio Silva 12-1-0

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6/7 Pancrase Changing Tour - RESULTS (Updated with Noe-Blood Results)

The main card of this event starts with a bang, as Sengoku veteran Ryo Kawamura takes on Yukiya Naito. From what I have heard, it turned into an awesome fight! It was followed by another good fight between Kosei Kobuta and Shingo Suzuki.

The names just keep coming on this card!

The event is taking place right now, and I will update the results as they become available.

Main-Event:
Satoru Kitaoka Def. Yukio Sakaguchi by achilles hold Round 1 1:26
A predictable end to this event. Everone knows what to expect from Kitaoka, but he is too strong and gets an impressive win.

Flyweight King of Pancrase:
Mitsuhisa Sunabe Def. Takuya Eizumi by KO Round 1 4:35

Koji Oishi Def. Kim Hyung Kwang by Decision 2-0
Takenori Sato Def. Kim Hoon by arm-bar Round 1 4:26
Choi Mu Bae Def. Katsuhisa Fujii by Decision 3-0
Seiya Kawahara Def. Tatsuya So by Decision 3-0
Keiichiro Yamamiya Def. Ryuji Ohori by KO Round 1 1:01
(right hook 1 punch KO)
Isao Hirose Def. Takashi Nakamura by Decision 3-0
Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi Def. Takumi Murata by Decision 2-0
Kosei Kubota vs. Shingo Suzuki DRAW
Ryo Kawamura Def. Yukiya Naito by Decision 3-0

Neo-Blood Tournament Semi-Finals:
Light: Isao Kobayashi Def. Koji Nakamura by KO Round 2 1:03
Light: Hiro Tomiyama def. Keigo Hirayama by Decision 3-0
Feather: Yo Saito Def. Yasutomo Tanaka by Guillotine Choke Round 1 1:29
Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama Def. Hiroshi Tomita by TKO Round 1 1:27
Bantam: Nobuhiro Yoshitake Def. Ranki Kawana by split decision
Bantam: Ryota Sasaki Def. Taro Shimazaki by rear-naked choke Round 1 4:23
Fly: Kiyotaka Shimizu Def. Takuma Ishii by rear-naked choke Round 1 4:00
Fly: Yuki Yashima Def. Daisuke Tsujita by Kimura Round 1 2:24

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6/7 Pancrase Changing Tour - Weigh-In & Fight Order

It is a stacked card that Pancrase is putting on in Differ Ariake tomorrow (Sunday). The fact that Sengoku veteran Ryo Kawamura opens the main card should be an indication of how stacked this card is. The Pancrase Light-Heavyweight title holder is fighting in a non-title fight.

The main event will see Sengoku Lightweight title holder Satoru Kitaoka take on Pancrase and DREAM (Dynamite) veteran Yukio Sakagushi. This fight will probably last around 1 minute. Either a KO to Sakaguchi, or a more likely submission to Kitaoka.

The co-main event is the Flyweight King of Pancrase title fight between Mitsuhisa Sunabe and Yukio Sakaguchi. Also on the card is Isao Hirose, with a win here he should be next in line for a title shot.

Another Sengoku veteran fighting in this event is Korean standout Choi Mu Bae, who defeated Dave Hermann in the last Sengoku event. He is taking on Pride veteran Katsuhisa Fujii.

Differ Ariake should be packed for this event!

Weigh-in results after the fight order.

Fight Order:
19. Light: Satoru Kitaoka 24-8-9 vs. 3-4-0 Yukio Sakaguchi

Flyweight King of Pancrase:
18. Mitsuhisa Sunabe 8-5-3 vs. 5-1-0 Takuya Eizumi

17. Light: Koji Oishi 17-8-6 vs. 2-2-0 Kim Hyung Kwang
16. Middle: Takenori Sato 8-5-4 vs. Kim Hoon
15. Heavy: Choi Mu Bae 8-3-0 vs. 9-16-1 Katsuhisa Fujii
14. Bantam: Seiya Kawahara 6-2-0 vs. 3-2-1 Tatsuya So
13. Middle: Keiichiro Yamamiya 34-24-9 vs. 3-4-0 Ryuji Ohori
12. Fly: Isao Hirose 5-0-0 vs. 0-1-0 Takashi Nakamura
11. Feather: Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi 10-5-9 vs. 4-8-6 Takumi Murata
10. Welter: Kosei Kubota 24-30-10 vs. 1-1-0 Shingo Suzuki
9. Light-Heavy: Ryo Kawamura 9-4-2 vs. 15-5-2 Yukiya Naito

Neo-Blood Semi-Finals:
8. Fly: Daisuke Tsujita 3-0-0 vs. 3-4-1 Yuki Yashima
7. Fly: Takuma Ishii 2-3-1 vs. 1-1-1 Kiyotaka Shimizu
6. Bantam: Taro Shimazaki 5-1-1 vs. 2-2-1 Ryota Sasaki
5. Bantam: Nobuhiro Yoshitake 1-4-1 vs. 10-1-6 Ranki Kawana
4. Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama 5-0-0 vs. 1-0-1 Hiroshi Tomita
3. Feather: Yasutomo Tanaka 5-2-4 vs. 0-1-0 Akira Saito
2. Light: Keigo Hirayama 7-4-3 vs. Hiro Tomiyama
1. Light: Koji Nakamura vs. 2-0-0 Isao Kobayashi

Weigh-in:
Satoru Kitaoka 70.2 kg
Yukio Sakaguchi 69.0 kg

Mitsuhisa Sunabe 56.9 kg
Takuya Eizumi 56.7 kg

Koji Oishi 70.1 kg
Kim Hyoung Kwang 70.1 kg

Takenori Sato 83.8 kg
Kim Hoon 83.8 kg

Choi Mu Bae 112.6 kg
Katsuhisa Fujii 105.1 kg

Seiya Kawahara 61.2kg → 61.1kg
Tatsuya So

13. Middle: Kei Yamamiya 83.4 kg
Ryuji Ohori 83.5 kg

12. Fly: Isao Hirose 57.8 kg
Takashi Nakamura 57.7 kg

Tashiro Akai 65.3 kg
Takumi Murata 64.9 kg

Kosei Kubota　76.9 kg
Shingo Suzuki 76.6 kg

Ryo Kawamura 92.9 kg
Yukiya Naito 91.5 kg

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6/7 Pancrase Changing Tour 3 - Flyweight Title Fight

Pancrase have added 3 fights to their 3rd Changing Tour event. This is looking like it will be a very good card, Pancrase are putting some of their biggest stars on the card. This includes Sengoku champion Satoru Kitaoka and Sengoku veterans Ryo Kawamura and Yukiya Naito.

The Flyweight King of Pancrase fight will see the #1 ranked Mitsuhisa Sunabe take on #2 ranked Takuya Eizumi for the vacant title. Takuya Eizumi lost the Neo-Blood tournament final last year, but since then he has remained undefeated and all his wins have been within the distance. The winner of last year's tournament, Isao Hirose is likely to be the first title defence for the winner.

Flyweight King of Pancrase:
Mitsuhisa Sunabe 8-5-3 vs. 5-1-0 Takuya Eizumi

Light-Heavy: Ryo Kawamura 9-4-2 vs. 15-5-2 Yukiya Naito
Bantam: Seiya Kawahara 6-2-0 vs. 3-2-1 Tatsuya So

Previously Announced:
Light: Satoru Kitaoka 24-8-9 vs. 3-4-0 Yukio Sakaguchi

Neo-Blood Semi-Finals:
Fly: Daisuke Tsujita 3-0-0 vs. 3-4-1 Yuki Yashima
Fly: Takuma Ishii 2-3-1 vs. 1-1-1 Kiyotaka Shimizu
Bantam: Taro Shimazaki 5-1-1 vs. 2-2-1 Ryota Sasaki
Bantam: Nobuhiro Yoshitake 1-4-1 vs. 10-1-6 Ranki Kawana
Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama 5-0-0 vs. 1-0-1 Hiroshi Tomita
Feather: Yasutomo Tanaka 5-2-4 vs. 0-1-0 Akira Saito
Light: Keigo Hirayama 7-4-3 vs. Hiro Tomiyama
Light: Koji Nakamura vs. 2-0-0 Isao Kobayashi

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6/7 Pancrase Changing Tour 3 - Kitaoka Returns to Pancrase

The next Pancrase event is shaping up to be something special. Pancrase has some very loyal fighters, and even though Kitaoka has moved on to bigger and better things, he still wants to fight in Pancrase.

So, at this Pancrase event Satoru Kitaoka will return to Pancrase and take on Dynamite! participant Yukio Sakaguchi. This might look like a mis-match, and if it goes to the ground, it will be. But Sakaguchi does have KO power, and that is his only hope here. It should be a quick and entertaining fight.

Listed as participants are some very big Pancrase stars: Ryo Kawamura, Koji Oishi, Seiya Kawahara, Ichiro Kanai, Kenji Arai and Takafumi Ito are all very familiar Pancrase names.

Announced:
Light: Satoru Kitaoka 24-8-9 vs. 3-4-0 Yukio Sakaguchi

Participants:
Light-Heavyweight Champion: Ryo Kawamura
Lightweight ranked #1: Koji Oishi
Bantamweight ranked #1: Seiya Kawahara
Middleweight ranked #2: Ichiro Kanai
Featherweight ranked #4: Kenji Arai
Takafumi Ito

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3/20 Sengoku 7 - More GP Participants Announced

Sengoku have announced another 3 participants for their Featherweight GP.

As expected, ZST veteran Masanori Kanehara, who smashed Pancrase veteran Kenji Arai last weekend will participate.

The 2 other participants added today are very talented. Jung Chan Sung is just one of many Korean fighters coming up now. He has only 2 fights, but holds wins against Fanjin Son and Michihiro Omigawa. The last guy is Tetsuya Yamada, another ZST fighter that is only 18 years old, it will be interesting to see how he handles the pressure.

Added Featherweight Participants:
Masanori Kanehara 11-5-5
Tetsuya Yamada 3-0-0 (sherdog record is wrong Source BoutReview)
Jung Chan Sung 2-0-0 (Chang Son Jon on Sherdog)

Previously Announced:
Feather weight GP Participants:
Hatsu Hioki 17-3-2
Marlon Sandro 12-0-0
Ronnie Mann Ushiwaka 16-1-1
Chris Manuel 6-0-2
Nick Denis 6-0-0

Non-GP Fight:
Ryo Kawamura 9-3-2 vs. 3-0-0 Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal

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3/20 Sengoku - Hatsu Hioki in the Featherweight GP

Sengoku have announced some of the participants in their Featherweight GP. Of course, we already knew that King of Pancrase, Marlon Sandro will participate, but there are still some surprises.

Hatsu Hioki have been rumored to be headed for the WEC, but has signed on for the Sengoku GP.

Other participants include Nick Denis (KOTC FW Champion), Ronnie Ushiwaka (better know as Ronnie Mann) and ATT's Chris Manuel.

This is looking like a very good tournament!

Participants:
Hatsu Hioki 17-3-2
Marlon Sandro 12-0-0
Ronnie Mann Ushiwaka 16-1-1
Chris Manuel 6-0-2
Nick Denis 6-0-0

Priviously Announced:
Ryo Kawamura 9-3-2 vs. 3-0-0 Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal

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3/20 Sengoku 7 - First Fight Announced

The fight was rumored on Nightmare of Battle and has been announced as official today.

Ryo Kawamura will take on rising Sengoku star, King Mo. Kawamura is the current light-heavyweight King of Pancrase, and this should be a very good fight.

Sengoku also confirmed that they have about 80% of the participants ready for the featherweight GP. There will be an announcement shortly, but Marlon Sandro have said that he is in.

Fight Announced:
Ryo Kawamura vs. Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal

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12/7 Pancrase - RESULTS

Just came back from the Pancrase event in Differ Ariake and it didnt disappoint! There were one fighter in particular that I was impressed by, Rin Nakai! She is relatively inexperienced, but showed her talent today by crushing "Windy" Tomomi. Look out for that girl!

Otherwise, there was a few surprises. Maximo Blanco tasted defeat, and might have been exposed as a wrestler with just strength in this fight. No doubt he is a talented fighter, but before this fight I thought he could take on the world... I think that was why Hidehiko Yoshida was sitting next to me also (he was obviously there to see the Maximo Blanco fight). Either way, Hanazawa started the fight by taking Blanco down and was able to control his power. In the second round Hanazawa was able to finish the fight with an arm-triangle choke. Hanazawa took his time in adjusting it, and it seemed like Blanco had time to get out of it, but he was too tired and Hanazawa too strong at that stage.

Blanco might have missed his chance this time, but there will be more! I hope there is for Stanislav Nedkov too! He was very good today, and obviously enjoyed the atmosphere. A good win, and I think you might see him in Sengoku down the road.

Maybe an even bigger surprise, Kawahara lost. It was a fight where Inoue was able to take Kawahara down, but not until the end really get anything going. If it had gone to decision it would have been close, but Inoue was able to take it out of the judges hands and won by rear-naked choke in the 2nd round.

Fight of the night is a very close call... But I will give it to the always exciting Hirotoshi Saito vs. "Akai" Nishiuchi, a battle that ended in a deserved draw. Saito was the winner of the Neo-Blood tournament this year and is an entertaining fighter! Hirose (another Neo-Blood Tournament champion from earlier this year) also secured a good win in a close fight.

The verteran Matsui Daijiro was choked out cold by an arm-triangle. Never really had a chance against Ichiro Kanai.

Pictures tomorrow!

Lightweight King of Pancrase Title Fight
Katsuya Inoue Def. Koji Oishi by decision 3-0

Bantamweight King of Pancrase Title Fight
Manabu Inoue Def. Seiya Kawahara by rear-naked choke Round 2 4:44

Welterweight King of Pancrase
Takuya Wada Def. Masahiro Toryu by Decision 3-0

Middle: Ichiro Kanai Def. Daijiro Matsui by arm-triangle choke Round 1 2:25
55kg: Rin Nakai Def. "Windy" Tomomi Sunabe by TKO Round 1 1:33

Welterweight Tournament Final 3x5min
Tomoyoshi Iwamiya Def. Hiroyuki Nozawa by decision 3-0

Heavy: Stanislav Nedkov Def. Masayuki Kono by TKO Round 1 1:35
Feather: Hirotoshi Saito vs. Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi DRAW
Light: Daisuke Hanazawa "13" Def. Maximo Blanco by arm-triangle choke Round 2 2:19
Fly: Isao Hirose Def. Tokuaki Ninomiya by Decision 2-0

Pancrase Gate:
7. Middle: Shingo Suzuki Def. Makoto Kawawa by arm-bar Round 1 1:13
6. Light: ISAO vs. Yuki Takushige DRAW
5. Feather: Pitan Def. Takanori Iwamoto by arm-bar Round 2 2:00
4. Feather: Masaru Ueda Def. Taro Shimazaki by TKO Round 1 0:28
3. Feather: Masakazu Takafuji Def. Takeshi Egami by arm-bar Round 1 2:12
2. Bantam: Hiroyuki Nakajima Def. Takanori Saito by triangle choke Round 1 3:47
1. Fly: Takashi Nakamura Def. Kago Yamana by KO Round 2 3:53

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12/7 Pancrase Shining Tour - Yuki Yashima attacked with knife!! Fight cancelled!

Yuki Yashima was out walking to make weight this morning, when he was attacked by a guy with a knife! He was cut 3 times and has had to pull out of his fight tomorrow. Very sad, but he seems to be ok.

Source

The main-card will therefore have 10 fights.

Cancelled:
1. Feather: Yuki Yashima 2-4-1 vs. 5-2-4 Yasutomo Tanaka

The updated card:
MAIN EVENT: Lightweight King of Pancrase Title Fight
10. Katsuya Inoue 16-6-3 vs. 17-7-5 Koji Oishi

Bantamweight King of Pancrase Title Fight
9. Seiya Kawahara 6-0-0 vs. 6-5-1 Manabu Inoue

Welterweight King of Pancrase
8. Takuya Wada 17-8-9 vs. 6-3-4 Masahiro Toryu

7. Middle: Ichiro Kanai 8-9-3 vs. 10-20-4 Daijiro Matsui
6. 55kg: "Windy" Tomomi Sunabe 12-8-0 vs. 4-0-0 Rin Nakai

Welterweight Tournament Final 3x5min
5. Tomoyoshi Iwamiya 5-7-0 vs. 6-3-2 Hiroyuki Nozawa

4. Heavy: Masayuki Kono 3-4-0 vs. 3-0-0 Stanislav Nedkov
3. Feather: Hirotoshi Saito 2-0-0 vs. 9-5-8 Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi
2. Light: Maximo Blanco 1-0-0 (1NC) vs. 10-9-5 Daisuke Hanazawa "13"
1. Fly: Isao Hirose 3-0-0 vs. 3-3-0 Tokuaki Ninomiya

Pancrase Gate:
7. Middle: Shingo Suzuki vs. Makoto Kawawa
6. Light: ISAO vs. Yuki Takushige
5. Feather: Pitan vs. Takanori Iwamoto
4. Feather: Taro Shimazaki vs. Masaru Ueda
3. Feather: Takeshi Egami vs. Masakazu Takafuji
2. Bantam: Hiroyuki Nakajima vs. Takanori Saito
1. Fly: Kago Yamana vs. Takashi Nakamura

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