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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6/27 Cage Force - K-Taro's Opponent Announced

It is 7 months since "K-Taro" was in the cage last. GCM had announced that he would participate in this event, and today they have confirmed the opponent.
The UFC and DREAM veteran is going to take on Pancrase veteran Tomoyoshi Iwamiya.

Iwamiya had a good 2008, going 4-1 for the year. In the process he won a Pancrase tournament that earned him a title shot against champion Takuya Wada. That fight took place in April and Iwamiya lost by a majority dicision.

Normally Iwamiya should not be able to match "K-Taro", however "K-Taro" is coming off a suprise loss to Korean Jang Yong Kim. You never know what happens and Iwamiya is very hard to put away.

Added:
Keita Nakamura "K-Taro" 15-4-2 vs. 6-8-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya

Previously Announced:
Middle: Daiju Takase 7-13-1 vs. 2-2-1 Shuji Morikawa
Bantam: Isao Terada 5-7-4 vs. 7-2-1 Yuta Nezu

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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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4/5 Pancrase Changing Tour 2 - King of Pancrase Fight Announced

Last year Pancrase held a tournament to determine who would challenge the interim champion, Takuya Wada, for the title "King of Pancrase". Takuya Wada had a title fight in December though, he faced Masahiro Toryu and is now the 4th welterweight King of Pancrase. On April 5, he will face the winner of last year's tournament, Tomoyoshi Iwamiya, for the title. Iwamiya defeated Kiichi Kunimoto and Hiroyuki Nozawa, both by unanimous decision to earn this title shot.

Pancrase will be looking to step it up in 2009, and I have really high expectations for the cards and fighters they bring in.

The schedule for the Chaning Tour currently looks like this:
2/1 Differ Ariake
4/5 Differ Ariake
6/7 Differ Ariake
8/8 Differ Ariake (Neo-Blood Finals)

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

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10/26 Pancrase Shining Tour - RESULTS

An awesome card in Differ Ariake today! The main event was for the Featherweight King of Pancrase title between the undefeated Brazilian Marlon Sandro and the experienced Masaya Takita "J-Taro".

Also on the card was a Welterweight Tournament, the winner of which will get a shot at the Welterweight King of Pancrase title belt.

Other fighters on this card included the Pancrase favorite Kenji Arai, Takuya Wada, Takafumi Ito and Yukio Sakaguchi.

Main-Event: Featherweight King of Pancrase
Marlon Sandro Def. Masaya Takita "J-Taro" by Decision 3-0

Feather: Kenji Arai vs. Tashiro Akai DRAW
Welter: Takuya Wada vs. Masahiro Toryu DRAW
Light: Yukio Sakaguchi Def. Yuichi Ikari by KO Round 1 0:21
Light: Takafumi Ito Def. Takaichi Hirayama by Decision 3-0

Welterweight Tournament Semi-Finals
Hiroyuki Nozawa Def. Asaki Honda by Decision 3-0
Tomoyoshi Iwamiya Def. "Strasser" Kiichi Kunimoto by Decision 3-0

Fly: Takuya Eizumi Def. Takayuki Hirayasu by TKO Round 2 1:55
Feather: Wataru Takahashi vs. Hiroshi Tanaka DRAW

Pancrase Gate:
Light: Wataru Yoshikawa vs. Shigetomo Takahashi DRAW

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10/26 Pancrase Shining Tour - Fight Order Official

Pancrase have announced the fight order for their event October 26 in Differ Ariake (be careful not to go to Korakuen Hall!).

The main event, not unexpected, is the featherweight King of Pancrase fight between the undefeated Brazilian Marlon Sandro and “J-Taro”. Sandro won his last fight in spectacular fashion against Pancrase ledgend Miki Shida, who retired after the fight. Takita has fought agaist Shida himself, but that was back in 2004 and he lost. This should be an interesting fight, but I would pick Marlon Sandro to get out on top.

Otherwise, a good card. Kenji Arai has performed better lately, something that has improved his Pancrase ranking as well (currently #4).

There is a Welterweight Tournament on this card as well. The winners of these will fight in December. The winner there earns the right to face the intrim champion, Takuya Wada, for the title in the spring.

Ikari vs. Sakaguchi should also be a good fight. Sakaguchi always comes out strong, even though his record is not great, his fights have been very entertaining.

Main-Event: Featherweight King of Pancrase
10. Marlon Sandro 11-0-0 vs. 9-9-2 Masaya Takita "J-Taro"

9. Feather: Kenji Arai 13-12-2 vs. 9-5-7 Tashiro Akai
8. Welter: Takuya Wada 17-8-8 vs. 6-3-3 Masahiro Toryu
7. Light: Yuichi Ikari 10-4-3 vs. 2-3-0 Yukio Sakaguchi
6. Light: Takafumi Ito 33-26-11 vs. 7-10-6 Takaichi Hirayama

Welterweight Tournament Semi-Finals
5. Asaki Honda 4-2-1 vs. 5-3-2 Hiroyuki Nozawa
4. Tomoyoshi Iwamiya 4-7-0 vs. 5-2-2 "Strasser" Kiichi Kunimoto

3. Fly: Takuya Eizumi 2-1-0 vs. 1-2-0 Takayuki Hirayasu
2. Feather: Wataru Takahashi 6-10-3 vs. Hiroshi Tanaka

Pancrase Gate:
1. Light: Wataru Yoshikawa vs. Shigetomo Takahashi

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10/26 Pancrase Shining Tour - Tanaka Out!

Yasutomo Tanaka has had to pull out of his fight with Wataru Takahashi. He will be replaced by Hiroshi Tomida.

This will be an exciting debut. Hiroshi Tomita has had 4 Pancrase Gate fights and won 3 (2KO/1TKO). He will be facing experienced Laughter 7 fighter Wataru Takahashi. Takahashi had a bad 2007 (1-4), but he is a good fighter and this year he is 1-0-1 against good opponents. This should be a tough debut for Tomita.

Changed:
Wataru Takahashi 6-10-3 vs. Hiroshi Tomita

The complete card:
Featherweight King of Pancrase
Marlon Sandro 11-0-0 vs. 9-9-2 Masaya Takita "J-Taro"

Welterweight Tournament Semi-Finals
Asaki Honda 4-2-1 vs. 5-3-2 Hiroyuki Nozawa
Tomoyoshi Iwamiya 4-7-0 vs. 5-2-2 "Strasser" Kiichi Kunimoto

Feather: Kenji Arai 13-12-2 vs. 9-5-7 Tashiro Akai
Light: Takafumi Ito 33-26-11 vs. 7-10-6 Takaichi Hirayama
Welter: Takuya Wada 17-8-8 vs. 6-3-3 Masahiro Toryu
Feather: Wataru Takahashi 6-10-3 vs. Hiroshi Tanaka
Fly: Takuya Eizumi 2-1-0 vs. 1-2-0 Takayuki Hirayasu
Light: Yuichi Ikari 10-4-3 vs. 2-3-0 Yukio Sakaguchi

Pancrase Gate:
Light: Wataru Yoshikawa vs. Shigetomo Takahashi

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10/26 Pancrase Shining Tour - Another Fight Added

You cant blame Pancrase for not putting on enough fights, they are adding yet another one on their October 26 card.

This one is between Laughter 7's Wataru Takahashi and SK Absolute's Yasutomo Tanaka. Both of these guys are young (25) and very experienced, but have had someone mixed luck. It should be a good fight though.

The card looks pretty much complete now, with the exception of some Pancrase Gate fights.

Added:
Wataru Takahashi 6-10-3 vs. 5-2-4 Yasutomo Tanaka

The card:
Featherweight King of Pancrase
Marlon Sandro 11-0-0 vs. 9-9-2 Masaya Takita "J-Taro"

Welterweight Tournament Semi-Finals
Asaki Honda 4-2-1 vs. 5-3-2 Hiroyuki Nozawa
Tomoyoshi Iwamiya 4-7-0 vs. 5-2-2 "Strasser" Kiichi Kunimoto

Feather: Kenji Arai 13-12-2 vs. 9-5-7 Tashiro Akai
Light: Takafumi Ito 33-26-11 vs. 7-10-6 Takaichi Hirayama
Welter: Takuya Wada 17-8-8 vs. 6-3-3 Masahiro Toryu
Feather: Wataru Takahashi 6-10-3 vs. 5-2-4 Yasutomo Tanaka
Fly: Takuya Eizumi 2-1-0 vs. 1-2-0 Takayuki Hirayasu
Light: Yuichi Ikari 10-4-3 vs. 2-3-0 Yukio Sakaguchi

Pancrase Gate:
Light: Wataru Yoshikawa vs. Shigetomo Takahashi

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10/26 Pancrase Shining Tour - King of Pancrase Fight Added

Pancrase have added 2 more fights to this card, it is looking like another good card from Pancrase!

Added today is the featherweight King of Pancrase title fight between the #1 and 2 ranked Pancrase featherweights. This will most likely be the main event, and this be a good encounter between undefeated Marlon Sandro and the experienced "J-Taro".

Also added is a Pancrase gate fight.

Added:
Featherweight King of Pancrase:
Marlon Sandro 11-0-0 vs. 9-9-2 Masaya Takita "J-Taro"

Lightweight Pancrase Gate:
Wataru Yoshikawa vs. Shigetomo Takahashi

Card so far:
Featherweight King of Pancrase
Marlon Sandro 11-0-0 vs. 9-9-2 Masaya Takita "J-Taro"

Welterweight Tournament Semi-Finals
Asaki Honda 4-2-1 vs. 5-3-2 Hiroyuki Nozawa
Tomoyoshi Iwamiya 4-7-0 vs. 5-2-2 "Strasser" Kiichi Kunimoto

Feather: Kenji Arai 13-12-2 vs. 9-5-7 Tashiro Akai
Light: Takafumi Ito 33-26-11 vs. 7-10-6 Takaichi Hirayama
Welter: Takuya Wada 17-8-8 vs. 6-3-3 Masahiro Toryu
Fly: Takuya Eizumi 2-1-0 vs. 1-2-0 Takayuki Hirayasu
Light: Yuichi Ikari 10-4-3 vs. 2-3-0 Yukio Sakaguchi

Pancrase Gate:
Light: Wataru Yoshikawa vs. Shigetomo Takahashi

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10/26 Pancrase Shining Tour - Welterweight Tournament Announced

Pancrase have added a welterweight tournament to their event on October 26 in Differ Ariake. The goal is to fill the vacant King of Pancrase welterweight spot. The final is scheduled for the December 7 event also held in Differ Ariake. Intrim champion, Takayuki Wada is not in the tournament, the winner of the tournament will face him in the spring for the King of Pancrase title. In other words, the winner will earn the right to face Wada for the title.

Welterweight Tournament Semi-Finals
Asaki Honda 4-2-1 vs. 5-3-2 Hiroyuki Nozawa
Tomoyoshi Iwamiya 4-7-0 vs. 5-2-2 "Strasser" Kiichi Kunimoto

Previously announced:

Takuya Wada 17-8-8 vs. 6-3-3 Masahiro Toryu
Takuya Eizumi 2-1-0 vs. 1-2-0 Takayuki Hirayasu
Yuichi Ikari 10-4-3 vs. 2-3-0 Yukio Sakaguchi
Kenji Arai 13-12-2 vs. 9-5-7 Tashiro Akai (Name changed from Nishiuchi)
Takafumi Ito 33-26-11 vs. 7-10-6 Takaichi Hirayama

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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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