2/7 Pancrase Passion Tour 1 - RESULTS

Pancrase's first event of 2010 is looking like a very good event. Sherdog has a live PBP going on, and I will post the results here as it becomes available.

Main-Event: Middleweight Intrim King of Pancrase title fight:
11. Yuki Kondo (Champion) Def. Takenori Sato by Decision 3-0

Flyweight King of Pancrase title fight:
10. Kiyotaka Shimizu Def. Mitsuhisa Sunabe (champion) by Decision 2-0

9. Bantam: Seiya Kawahara Def. Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi by Decision 3-0
8. Middle: Yuji Hisamatsu Def. Keiichiro Yamamiya by Decision 2-0
7. Light: Tetsuya Yamada Def. Takafumi Ito by KO Round 2 2:23
6. Feather: Tomonari Kanomata Def. Shigeyuki Uchiyama by decision 2-0
5. Light: Isao Kobayashi Def. Hiroki "AB" Aoki by TKO Round 1 1:00
4. Fly: Isao Hirose Def. Takuma Ishii by rear-naked choke Round 2 1:34
3. Middle: Hoon Kim Def. Ryuji Ohori by armbar Round 1 3:36
2. Welter: Daisuke Watanabe Def. Kosei Kubota by Decision 2-0
1. Welter: Kengo Ura Def. Shingo Suzuki by TKO Round 1 1:43

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2/7 Pancrase Passion Tour 1 - Former "Super High-School Student" Participates!

"The Former Super High-school Student" Tetsuya Yamada will make his Pancrase debut against Pancrase superveteran and 1995 Neo-Blood tournament winner, Takafumi Ito. It should be a good test for the 19 year old talent.

Also added is a rematch between Isao and AB. The last fight ended early with an accidental groin kick and the following DQ of AB. Both fighters will be eager to prove they are better and it should be a good fight.

Tomonari Kanomata is also returning to Pancrase to take on the undefeated Grabaka fighter, Shigeyuki Uchiyama.

The last fight added today is between Ryuji Ohori, who is coming in on a 3 fight losing streak. He is taking on Korean Kim Hoon.

Added:
Light: Takafumi Ito 35-29-10 vs. 3-2-0 Tetsuya Yamada
Light: Isao Kobayashi 5-0-0 vs. 4-3-0 Hiroki "AB" Aoki
Feather: Tomonari Kanomata 14-4-5 vs. 8-0-0 Shigeyuki Uchiyama
Middle: Ryuji Ohori 3-5-0 vs. 5-4-0 Hoon Kim

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

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

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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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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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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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8/8 Pancrase Changing Tour - 2 Title Fights Announced!

Pancrase just issued a new ranking last week, and now its time to shake them up.

This event will be the Neo-Blood tournament finals, but now they have added 2 title fights. Especially in the lightweight division, I am expecting the winner (if its Katsuya) to be in Sengoku shortly, Maximo Blanco will be there either way. Regardless, I am sure Blanco would like to get the belt. Speaking of Sengoku, Katsuya Inoue was the last fighter to defeat Sengoku champion Satoru Inoue in what was a very tactical fight. This will be a very interesting fight, Maximo Blanco seems to be his own enemy and should really have had 2 more wins. His only really loss was a loss on the ground, and Katsuya Inoue is a very different fighter. My pick is for Maximo to take this home, but he has to keep his head cool.

The other title fight announced today is the middleweight King of Pancrase. The champion is the Pancrease super-veteran Izuru Takeuchi, who has been fighting since 1997! His opponent is another veteran, and the Pancrase ranked #1 Takenori Sato.

This events will be awesome with the Neo-Blood tournament finals AND 2 title fights!

Also added as a participant is another big name, Tomonari Kanomata!

Middleweight King of Pancrase:
Izuru Takeuchi (champion) 25-10-6 vs. 9-5-4 Takenori Sato (challenger)

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

Previously Announced:
Light: Isao Kobayashi 3-0-0 vs. 1-5-0 Hirotaka Tomiyama
Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama 6-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yo Saito
Bantam: Nobuhiro Yoshitake 2-4-1 vs. 3-2-1 Ryota Sasaki
Fly: Kiyotaka Shimizu 2-1-1 vs. 7-6-1 Yuki Yashima

Participating:
Yuki Kondo 49-23-6
Tomonari Kanomata 13-4-3

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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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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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2/1 Pancrase Changing Tour 1 - First Fights Announced!

Pancrase have announced the first 3 fights for their Changing Tour debut. ZST standout, Masanori Kanehara will be making his Pancrase debut against Kenji Arai. Arai had an ok 2008, and will be looking to improve in 2009. He starts the year ranked #3 and his goal would be to get the title.

Also added is the welterweight bout between Asaki Honda and Kousei Kubota. Honda went 0-2 (lost to the finalists in the welterweight tournament) in 2008, he will be looking to start 2009 off with a win! Kubota returns to Pancrase after 5 years fighting mainly in DEEP. He is an experienced competitor that seems to have been around much longer than his 31 years would suggest, he made his Pancrase debut in 1997. Also added is the middleweight fight between Ryuji Ohori and Takenori Sato.

Lets hope Pancrase is able to start 2009 on the same note they left 2008, the last few events have really been good!

Announced:
Feather: Kenji Arai 13-12-2 vs. 10-5-5 Masanori Kanehara
Welter: Asaki Honda 4-3-1 vs. 24-28-10 Kousei Kubota
Middle: Ryuji Ohori 3-3-0 vs. 7-5-4 Takenori Sato

Participating:
Takafumi Ito 34-27-10
Yuichi Ikari 10-5-3

The event will be held in Differ Ariake. This event will have some Neo-Blood Tournament fights, that means an early start, 14:30. The main card will start at 17:00.

Ticket Prices:
SS: 10,000円
A: 8,000円
B: 6,000円
C: 5,000円

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11/8 Cage Force Eastern Bound EX - "K-Taro"'s Opponent Announced

GCM have announced 2 more fights for their event on November 8. Well, they have 2 events that day, kicking off with the debut of Valkyrie followed by Eastern Bound EX late in the afternoon.

The fights announced today are for the Eastern Bound card. And "K-Taro" now has an opponent. You should never underestimate a fighter, but I would be surprised if "K-Taro" lost to Jang Yong Kim…

Also added is an interesting fight between the Cage Force talent Daisuke Hoshino and Naoto Miyazaki. Miyazaki has not had much luck so far in his Cage Force career, his loss was a disqualification though, so he will be trying to get his first win this time.

I think that would complete the card for this event.

Added today:
Keita Nakamura "K-Taro" 15-3-2 vs. 1-2-0 Jang Yong Kim
Daisuke Hoshino 4-0-0 vs. 0-1-1 Naoto Miyazaki

The card:
Hidetaka Monma 13-8-4 vs. Andore Mafetoni (??)
Yasuhiro Urushitani 14-4-6 vs. 0-0-1 Kiyotaka Shimizu
Kenji Osawa 13-8-2 vs. 9-4-5 Tomoya Miyashita
Yukiya Naito 13-4-2 vs. 1-0-0 Alex Silva
Rikuhei Fuji 3-2-0 vs. 6-5-4 Takenori Sato
Keitaro Maeda 2-3-1 vs. 14-4-3 Hiroki "Goodman" Tanaka
Keita Nakamura "K-Taro" 15-3-2 vs. 1-2-0 Jang Yong Kim
Daisuke Hoshino 4-0-0 vs. 0-1-1 Naoto Miyazaki

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