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Pancrase (パンクラス, Pankurasu) is a Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Tokyo. It was founded in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. The name was based on pankration, a fighting sport in the Ancient Olympic Games. Suzuki and Funaki practiced catch wrestling. They based the promotion ...
In MMA, he was a UFC Heavyweight Champion and a three-time King of Pancrase world champion. After his loss to Ken Shamrock in 1995, he finished his MMA career on a 22 fight unbeaten streak (21 wins, 1 draw). As a professional fighter, one of his favorite tactics was the liver shot (both punch and kick), and he popularized its use in MMA.
Pancrase is a Japan-based mixed martial arts (MMA) promoting and sanctioning organization founded in 1993. The champions of Pancrase are referred to by the title of " King of Pancrase " and " Queen of Pancrase ".
Pancrase 336 July 9, 2023 New Pier Hall Minato, Tokyo Japan [5] 382 Pancrase 335 381 Pancrase 334 / 29th Neo-Blood Tournament 2nd Round June 4, 2023 [6] New Pier Hall Minato, Tokyo, Japan: 380 Pancrase 333 April 30, 2023 Tachikawa Stage Garden Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan: 379 Pancrase 332 March 26, 2023 New Pier Hall Minato, Tokyo, Japan: 378 ...
Evan Lloyd Tanner (February 11, 1971 – September 5, 2008) was an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a former UFC Middleweight Champion and was the first American to win the Pancrase Neo-Blood tournament in Tokyo, Japan.
Suzuki made his professional mixed martial arts debut against Katsuyuki Hironaka at Pancrase 284 on February 5, 2017. He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout and amassed a 2–2 record during the following year, [4] before being placed in the Pancrase Flyweight Neo Blood tournament.
His next fight was against Kazuo Misaki on August 31, 2003, at Pancrase: 10th Anniversary Show. He won the fight via majority decision. [13] After winning 4 fights in a row with Pancrase, Almeida was booked for a title fight against Nate Marquardt to become the next Middleweight King Of Pancrase. They fought on November 30, 2003, at Pancrase ...
A professional MMA competitor from 1994 till 2022, he has competed for the UFC, PRIDE Fighting Championships, RIZIN, RINGS, Pancrase, and DEEP. Kosaka is the former King of Pancrase Super Heavyweight Champion.