7/4 Pancrase Passion Tour - 1 Event, 3 Title Fights

Pancrase have announced another title fight to the July 4th event in Differ Ariake. And it is a rematch when Yuki Kondo faces Yuji Hisamatsu, 2 very experienced fighters and last time it ended in a draw.

Announced earlier are title fights in the Bantam- and Flyweight divisions.

Middleweight King of Pancrase title fight:
Yuki Konto 52-23-7 vs. 15-17-5 Yuji Hisamatsu

Bantamweight King of Pancrase title fight:
Manabu Inoue 9-5-1 vs. 9-2-0 Seiya Kawahara

Flyweight King of Pancrase title fight:
Kiyotaka Shimizu 5-3-1 vs. 8-1-0 Isao Hirose

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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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10/25 Pancrase Changing Tour - Results

A interesting event in Differ Ariake earlier today. Pancrase legend Yuki Kondo steped into the ring against Yuji Hisamatsu. Another highlight was the flyweight title fight between champion Mitsuhisa Sunabe and Isao Hirose. The champion again defended against a very promising challenger.

In addition to that, the popular Seiya Kawahara extende his winning streak after his loss in the Sengoku tournament.

Ichiro Kanai KO'ed the veteran "Kei" Yamamiya in less than a minute, and Isao Kobayashi is still undefeated after a DQ win against Hiroki Aoki.

Main-Event:
Middle: Yuki Kondo vs. Yuji Hisamatsu Draw

Flyweight King of Pancrase title fight:
Mitsuhisa Sunabe Def. Isao Hirose by Decision 3-0

Bantam: Manabu Inoue Def. Masahiro Oishi by Decision 3-0
Welter: Takuya Wada vs. Kengo Ura Draw
Middle: Ichiro Kanai Def. Keiichiro Yamamiya by KO Round 1 0:52
Feather: Kenji Arai vs. Tomonari Kanomata Draw
Feather: Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi Def. Jung Jin Suk by armtriangle choke Round 2 3:39
Light-Heavy: Shunsuke Inoue Def. Kazuhiro Hamanaka by TKO Round 1 0:52
Bantam: Seiya Kawahara Def. Ryota Sasaki by Decision 3-0
Fly: Kiyotaka Shimizu Def. Takuya Eizumi by Decision 3-0
Light: Isao Kobayashi Def. Hiroki "AB" Aoki by DQ Round 1 0:50

Pancrase Gate:
Light: Nobuhito Sakurada vs.Kenta Okuyama Draw
Light: Yuta Aoyama vs. Daisuke Shimoyama Draw
Feather: Kazuyoshi "Chaplin" Kiyama Def. Taketo Noguchi by TKO Round 2 1:05
Feather: Masaaki Hasegawa Def. Kenichi Ogura by TKO Round 1 0:09
Bantam: Kazuki Itaya vs. Yuki Kishitaka Draw
Bantam: Yuta Numakura Def. Masaki Kobuchi by rear-naked choke Round 1 1:23

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10/1 Pancrase Shining Tour - RESULTS

Just came back from the Pancrase event tonight, upgraded my camera and the pictures will be up this Friday. After the event there are a couple of things that stick out... The 4 last fights were AWESOME!! I have seen Hisamatsu fight 3 times now, but only today did he show me anything, this was a very good fight and extremely entertaining, even though he lost the decision.

With Kei Yamamiya in the main event I have the same feeling, he has been boring every time I have watched him, until tonight! Ryo Kawamura really brought the action and handed it to Yamamiya. Yamamiya on his hand really answered the challenge and it turned out to be a fight worthy of a King of Pancrase title fight. Good job to both the fighters! It should be mentioned that Kawamura was out in the lobby just minutes after the fight, signing t-shirts for fans as they were walking home. It is really the sort of thing I like to see from a figher.

Again Maximo Blanco, the Sengoku sponored fighter was close to controversy... There was a discussion of whether this should be a NC today as well... A fighter HAS to stop when the ref says so... Babalu had a similar experience in UFC and Blanco REALLY(!) needs to learn the lesson of respecting his opponent! He needs to stop when the ref says so.

Ok, so I am little hard on him right now, but he is walking a very thin line and this is an important lesson. No one will fight him if he continues. That being said, he is a HUGE talent, and if he learns (as I am sure he will) he is a force.

King of Pancrase Light-Heavy weight Title fight:
8. Ryo Kawamura Def. Keiichiro Yamamiya by decision 3-0

7. Koji Oishi Def. Naoyuki Kotani by decision 3-0
6. Ichiro Kanai Def. Hiromitsu Kanehara by decision 3-0
5. Takenori Sato Def. Yuji Hisamatsu by decision 3-0
4. Yuichiro Shirai "Yukito" vs. Ranki Kawana 0-1 DRAW
3. Maximo Blanco Def. Hiroki "AB" Aoki by TKO Round 1 0:22
2. Yasutomo Tanaka vs. Hayato Shimizu DRAW
1. Kiyotaka Shimizu vs. Takuma Ishii DRAW

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10/1 Pancrase Shining Tour - Fights added/Fight Order announced

Pancrase have added 2 fights to the October 1 event, one of these I predict will be a masacre. Maximo Blanco destroyed his previous opponent, but got a NC for an accidental headbut leading to a cut. It was a controversial fight, but there is no doubt that this guy is talented. "AB" fought agaist Steve Magdaleno in the same event. He suffered a loss, and never really showed anything. Magdaleno was better standing and on the ground. I predict a very tough fight for "AB".

The other fight added today is between Yasutomo Tanaka, who also fought in the Neo-Blood finals, he lost the final to Hirotoshi Saito in a very good fight. Hayato Shimizu last to Hirotoshi Saito in the Neo-Blood semi-final, so this looks like it will be an interesting fight.


Added:
Maximo Blanco 0-0-0 (1NC) vs. 0-1-0 Hiroki "AB" Aoki
Yasutomo Tanaka 5-2-3 vs. 4-2-0 Hayato Shimizu

Fight Order:
King of Pancrase Ligh-Heavy weight Title fight:
8. Keiichiro Yamamiya 34-22-9 vs. 8-3-2 Ryo Kawamura

7. Lightweight: Koji Oishi 16-6-6 vs. 17-7-6 Naoyuki Kotani
6. Middleweight: Hiromitsu Kanehara 16-21-1 vs. 7-9-3 Ichiro Kanai
5. Middleweight: Yuji Hisamatsu 11-14-4 vs. 5-5-4 Takenori Sato
4. Bantamweight: Yuichiro Shirai "Yukito" 4-5-3 vs. 9-1-5 Ranki Kawana
3. Lightweight: Maximo Blanco 0-0-0 (1NC) vs. 0-1-0 Hiroki "AB" Aoki
2. Featherweight: Yasutomo Tanaka 5-2-3 vs. 4-2-0 Hayato Shimizu
1. Flyweight: Kiyotaka Shimizu vs. 1-3-0 Takuma Ishii

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10/1 Pancrase Shining Tour - Fight added

Pancrase have added 1 fight to the event taking place on October 1 in Korakuen Hall. Returning to the Pancrase ring is the excentric Pink Typhoon (Yuji Hisamatsu).

Announced today:
Middleweight: Yuji Hisamatsu 11-14-4 vs. 5-5-4 Takenori Sato

Previously announced:
King of Pancrase Ligh-Heavy weight Title fight:
Keiichiro Yamamiya 34-22-9 vs. 8-3-2 Ryo Kawamura

Koji Oishi 16-6-6 vs. 17-7-6 Naoyuki Kotani
Yuichiro Shirai "Yukito" 4-5-3 vs. 9-1-5 Ranki Kawana
Kiyotaka Shimizu vs. 1-3-0 Takuma Ishii
Hiromitsu Kanehara 16-21-1 vs. 7-9-3 Ichiro Kanai

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4/27 Pancrase - Shining Tour 3

Pancrase is continuing their good year. I think the 2 first events this year have been really good, and this event looks good as well.

This time, they dont have any unbeaten fighters on the main card, but lots fighters/fights to get excited about. The main event is awesome, for the lightheavy weight belt. Shoji is the Lightweight champ, Rafiq and Wada will battle for the King of Pancrase welterweight title.

Then some lesser known fighters, Matti Makela is coming to Japan to face "the Pink Typhoon"... In my opinon, Matti should take this. Also look out for Curbanov Djamal on this card. A few of the SK Absolute Russia guys have taken Pancrase by storm lately. Djamal is the latest to attempt this. He has a wealth of experience in Sambo and Combat Sambo, so look for this guy to get a quick win.

They have also added loads of Neo-Blood fights, I like this as its a good chance to see new fighters.

Yuki Kondo 48-20-6 vs. 32-22-9 Keiichiro Yamamiya
Shoji 6-2-0 vs. 16-7-4 Koji Oishi
Bryan Rafiq 5-2-0 vs. 16-8-8 Takuya Wada
Katsuya Inoue 16-5-2 vs. Curbanov Djamal
Yuji Hisamatsu 10-14-4 vs. 9-5-0 Matti Makela
Manabu Inoue 6-3-1 vs. 8-9-2 Masaya “J Taro” Takita
Daisuke Watanabe 17-27-4 vs. 2-2-0 Ryuji Ohori
Yukio Sakaguchi 1-2-0 vs. 5-10-3 Wataru Takahashi

NEO-BLOOD Tournament:
Steven Magdaleno 3-0-1 vs. 1-0-0 Pak Il-Gyu
Hirotoshi Saito vs. 4-1-0 Hayato Shimizu
Tanaka Yasutomo vs. 6-2-1 Motonobu Tezuka
Takuya Kosen 1-0-0 vs. Ryota Sasaki
Toshihiro Shimizu 1-3-2 vs. Kiyotaka Shimizu

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4/27 Pancrase - Shining Tour 3

Pancrase have really been putting up some great cards so far this year. Shining Tour 3 looks very promising as well. Lightheavyweight champ Yuki Kondo is putting his title on the line against the number 1 challenger, KEI Yamamiya.

Also the newly crowned Lightweight champ, Shoji is fighting on this card. There will probably be a couple of additions to this card as well.

For me, I am looking forward to seeing fellow Scandinavian, Matti Makela. He is facing the experienced Hisamatsu.

Yuki Kondo 48-20-6 vs. 32-22-9 Keiichiro Yamamiya
Shoji 6-2-0 vs. 16-7-4 Koji Oishi
Bryan Rafiq 5-2-0 vs. 16-8-8 Takuya Wada
Yuji Hisamatsu 10-14-4 vs. 9-5-0 Matti Makela
Manabu Inoue 6-3-1 vs. 8-9-2 Masaya “J Taro” Takita
Daisuke Watanabe 17-27-4 vs. 2-2-0 Ryuji Ohori
Yukio Sakaguchi 1-2-0 vs. 5-10-3 Wataru Takahashi

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