Pancrase
revealed the full card of the upcoming Osaka
show on May 25th. Daisuke "13" Hanazawa
is taking on ADCC qualifier
Takefumi Hanai in The Main Event of the show. Hanai
is known for his unorthodox style to execute his signature
moves - leg locks. On the other hand, Hanazawa is a typical
grappler who likes to hold down the opponent and drop fists.
This one is a battle of two grapplers but with two completely
different styles.
Strasser Kiichi is going to face Yu
Shiori (a.k.a. Yushi Edaori)
from Wajiu-tsu Keishu-kai TEAM VAMOS.
After training nearly three months at Dave Strasser's
Freestyle Academy last summer, both "13"
and Kiichi decided to drop down one weight class. While training
and fighting in the states, these two grapplers from Osaka
realized in order for them to fight against world-class fighters,
cutting weight is necessary to gain advantage in the power
department. However in the last fight against a grappler Sotaro
Yamada, Kiichi took control early with powerful kicks
to the body then he jumped into Yamada's guard to finish with
a pounding. However, Yamada countered with an Omo platta then
executed a perfect rear naked choke. For Kiichi who went down
a weight class and lost, this is going to be a do or die battle
to stay in the Pancrase show.
World Pancrase
Create Presents 'PANCRASE 2008 SHINING TOUR'
Sunday, May 25th, 2008 at Azeria Taisho, Osaka, Japan
Confirmed Cards (Subject to Change):
The Main Event - Lightweight Bout 5 min / 2R
Daisuke "13" Hanazawa (Japan /
MMA Dojo Cobra-kai - Freestyle Academy) vs. Takefumi
Hanai (Japan / Twist)
5th Match - Featherweight Bout 5 min / 2R
Kenji Takeshige (Japan / Pancrase Inagaki-gumi)
vs. Soyu Tanabe (Japan / Renshi Juku)
4th Match - Middleweight Bout 5 min / 2R
Masahiro Toryu (Japan / Pancrase-ism) vs.
Shuji Morikawa (Japan / Team Crowd)
3rd Match - Bantamweight Bout 5 min / 2R
Koji Hasegawa (Japan / Pancrase Inagaki-gumi)
vs. Kenji Shimada (Japan / P's LAB Tokyo)
2nd Match - Welterweight Bout 5 min / 2R
Strasser Kiichi (Japan / MMA Dojo Cobra-kai
- Freestyle Academy) vs. Yu Shiori (Japan
/ Wajiu-tsu Keishu-kai TEAM VAMOS)
1st Match - Neo Blood Tournament Bantamweight Semi-final
5 min / 2R
Punchy Yamauchi (Japan / MMA Dojo Cobra-kai)
vs. Isamo Hirose (Japan / Strapple)
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