List of Pancrase champions

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Below is a list of King of Pancrase Champions at each weight class.

Contents

Under 141.4 lb (64 kg).
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Flag of Japan Yoshiro Maeda
(def. Daiki "DJ.taiki" Hata)		 August 27, 2006 Yokohama, Japan

141.4 to 152.5 lb (64 to 69 kg)
No. Name Date Location Defenses
Title vacant TBD Champion to be established at a future date.

152.5 to 165.7 lb (69 to 75 kg)
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Flag of Japan Kiuma Kunioku
(def. Takafumi Ito)		 July 28, 2002 Tokyo, Japan
Title vacated September 2004 Kunioku vacates Welterweight Championship to pursue new competition.[1]
Flag of Japan Katsuya Inoue[2]
(declared interim champion by committee; opponent was injured)		 May 1, 2005 Kanagawa, Japan
  • def. Kenji Arai on May 1, 2005 in Kanagawa, Japan
  • drew with Satoru Kitaoka on January 1, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan
2 Flag of Japan Daizo Ishige
(def. Katsuya Inoue for undisputed title)		 August 27, 2006 Kanagawa, Japan

165.7 to 181 lb (75 to 82 kg)
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Flag of United States Nathan Marquardt
(def. Shonie Carter)		 Sept. 24, 2000 Kanagawa, Japan
2 Flag of Japan Kiuma Kunioku December 1, 2001 Kanagawa, Japan
3 Flag of United States Nathan Marquardt (2) Dec. 21, 2002 Tokyo, Japan
4 Flag of United States Ricardo Almeida Nov. 30, 2003 Tokyo, Japan
Title vacated July 2004 Almeida vacates Middleweight Championship; retires from active competition.
5 Flag of United States Nathan Marquardt (3)
(def. Kazuo Misaki)		 November 7, 2004 Chiba, Japan
  • def. Izuru Takeuchi on May 1, 2005 in Kanagawa, Japan
Title vacated October 2006 Marquardt vacates Middleweight Championship to pursue UFC career.[3]
6 Flag of Japan Yuichi Nakanishi
(def. Izuru Takeuchi)		 December 2, 2006 Tokyo, Japan

181 to 199 lb (82 to 90.5 kg)
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Flag of Japan Keiichiro Yamamiya
(def. Ikuhisa Minowa)		 Sept. 24, 2000 Kanagawa, Japan
2 Flag of Japan Sanae Kikuta
(def. Ikuhisa Minowa)		 Sept. 30, 2001 Kanagawa, Japan
3 Flag of Japan Yuki Kondo Nov. 30, 2003 Tokyo, Japan

199 to 221 lb (90.5 to 100.5 kg)
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Flag of Japan Yoshiki Takahashi
(def. Shamoji Fujii)		 December 1, 2001 Kanagawa, Japan
Title vacated Takahashi vacates Heavyweight Championship.
2 Flag of Lithuania Kestutis "Tiger" Arbocius
(def. Poai Suganuma)		 August 27, 2006 Kanagawa, Japan

Over 221 lb (100.5 kg)
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Flag of Japan Tsuyoshi Kosaka
(def. Ron Waterman)		 November 7, 2004 Chiba, Japan
Title vacated January 2006 Kosaka vacates Super Heavyweight Championship.

No weight limit.
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Flag of United States Ken Shamrock
(def. Manabu Yamada)		 Dec. 17, 1994 Tokyo, Japan
2 Flag of Japan Minoru Suzuki May 13, 1995 Tokyo, Japan
3 Flag of Netherlands Bas Rutten Sept. 1, 1995 Tokyo, Japan
Flag of United States Frank Shamrock[4]
(def. Minoru Suzuki for interim championship; Rutten was injured)		 January 28, 1995 Kanagawa, Japan
3 Flag of Netherlands Bas Rutten[5]
(def. Frank Shamrock to defend undisputed King of Pancrase title)		 May 16, 1996 Tokyo, Japan
Title vacated October 1996 Rutten vacates Openweight King of Pancrase Championship for family matters.[5]
4 Flag of Japan Masakatsu Funaki
(def. Jason DeLucia)		 Dec. 15, 1996 Japan
5 Flag of Japan Yuki Kondo April 27, 1997 Tokyo, Japan
6 Flag of Japan Masakatsu Funaki (2) Dec. 20, 1997 Kanagawa, Japan
7 Flag of United States Guy Mezger April 26, 1998 Kanagawa, Japan
Title vacated February 1999 Mezger vacates the title to compete in the UFC[5]
8 Flag of Japan Yuki Kondo (2)
(def. Semmy Schilt)		 April 18, 1999 Kanagawa, Japan
9 Flag of Netherlands Semmy Schilt Nov. 28, 1999 Osaka, Japan
10 Flag of United States Josh Barnett
(def. Yuki Kondo)		 August 31, 2003 Tokyo, Japan

  1. ^ Fukui, Masa. "Former Welterweight & Middleweight King of Pancrase Kiuma Kunioku", Sherdog.com, 2004-09-15. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
  2. ^ News Page 17: Pancrase 2005 Spiral Tour. StarzWorld.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
  3. ^ Breen, Jordan. "With Eye on UFC, Marquardt Relinquishes KOP Belt", Sherdog.com, 2006-10-23. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
  4. ^ Rutten was injured in January 1996 and could not defend his title; Shamrock captured an interim championship en route to his title-unification fight with Rutten.
  5. ^ a b c King of Pancrase Title History. Quebrada.net. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.

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