PANCRASE USA - News
2004 North American Submission Wrestling Championships and Lucky 13 Old Timers Tourney
March 13, 2003, Competition begins at 9:00 AM
Broomfield High School
1 Eagle Way, Broomfield, CO USA 80020
Entry Fee: $35, Spectator: $5
Tel: (303) 635-0530 or (303) 465-0735

On Saturday, March 13, 2004, Pancrase USA hosts the third annual 2004 North American Submission Wrestling Championships. Held in conjunction with the Lucky 13 Old Timers Tourney (collegiate style wrestling), the combined event has rapidly grown to become a premier grappling competition. Last year, more than 250 competitors and 1500 spectators from around the nation and Canada made this a world-class event. This year promises to be even bigger and better! 

*Two Tournaments, same time, same place, compete in both!
*Modified A.D.C.C. World Submission Wrestling Championship Rules.
*Just 15 minutes from downtown Denver, Colorado.
*Pancrase sanctioned event.

 

KICK DOWN 9: Results

2-22-2004

Red Lion Hotel

Denver, Colorado, USA

 

 

Men's Lightweight NHB Title:

1.  Jose Luis Murillo defeats Jim Allphin by armbar in rd. 2.

2.  Billy Dixson defeats Tsevegjav Gumenjav by TKO (cut) in rd. 2.

3.  Phil Tafoya defeated Chris Tijerina by armbar in rd. 1.

4.  Robb Graff wins over Darrin Anderson by unanimous decision.

5.  Mark Korzeniowski  KO's David Felix at 11 seconds of rd 1.  

6.  Donald Cerroni defeats Todd Wall by unanimous decision.

7.  Laura Stevens Vs Lisa Ward is ruled a draw.

8.  Luke Holdorf wins over Pete Saucedo by rear choke.

9.  Travis Sherman defeats Vinnie Cano by unanimous decision.

10. Antonio Sena defeats Brian Jeffers by armbar in rd. 1.

11. Billy Walters  defeated Shawn Kistler by TKO.

 

Men's Heavyweight Kickboxing Title:

12. Rufino Soltero wins over Tony Kelley by unanimous decision. 

 

Men's Welterweight NHB Title:

13. David Lindenmayer defeats Joey Welch by triangle choke in rd. 2. 

 

Main Event: Men's Featherweight Kickboxing Title

14. Mike Baldwin wins over Randy Mitchell by decision.

 

Ring of Fire News

2-19-2004

Denver/Broomfield/Boulder, CO

On Saturday February 21st at the Mountain High Casino a group of ROF veterans will compete professionally under K-1 Rules matches as part of the "Valentines Massacre". The show will feature 4 pro boxing matches and 3 pro kick boxing matches.

Fabian "THE FREAK" Acuna will make his pro debut as a kick boxer when he faces life long martial artist James Nelan of SLV Boxing gym in Alamosa, CO. #1 ranked light weight Jake Hattan will also be stepping in to the ring against Muay Thai specialist James Martinez of New Mexico. And K-1 USA veteran Andre "The Silencer" Walker will make his return to the ring against Richard Symmonds of the FIT NHB Fight team. Both of these heavy weights are looking to make a statement in hopes of getting a shot on a future K-1 USA eliminator. The show starts promptly at 2:00 pm, and is 21 and over event. For ticket information please call 303-246-5237 or sven@rof-mma.com

Pete SECRET WEAPON Spratt makes film debut. Spratt just finished up shooting the action drama THUGZ 2 where he played the lead role. The film will be released in the next few months. Pete will return to the ring in March facing World Champion Rudi Ott in a San Shou rules challenge match on the popular STRIKE FORCE show in San Jose, California.

Congratulations go out to ROF Rocky Mountain Champion Alberto Crane on his MMA debut in Japan. Crane won his Japanese debut at the ZST Grand Prix Finals in a special match. His victory came via arm bar in the 3rd round over Takahuto Hida.

 

PANCRASE 2004 BRAVE TOUR Results 
2-15-2004
UMEDA STELLA HALL 

OSAKA, JAPAN 

1. Yohei Tagami defeats Naoji Fujimoto by decision. 
2. Daisuke Hanazawa vs Takuo Miyata is a draw. 
3. Yuji Oba defeats Satoshi Watanabe by decision. 
4. Satoru Kitaoka vs Tadahiro Hosaka is a draw. 
5. Takafumi Ito vs Yuji Hoshino is a draw. Draw 
6. Yoshiro Maeda wins over Alexandre Soca by TKO in rd 2. 

 

PRIDE BUSHIDO Results
2-15-2004 
Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan 

Chute Boxe (Brazil) vs. Team Japan 
Wanderlei Silva (Brazil) defeats Ikuhisa 'The Punk' Minowa (Japan) by KO in rd.1.
Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua (Brazil) wins over Akihiro Gono (Japan) by KO in rd 1. 
Takanori Gomi (Japan) defeats Jadson Costa by ref stoppage from strikes in rd 1. 

Additional Matches 
Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic (Croatia) wins against Yoshihisa Yamamoto (Japan) by TKO (eye injury) 
Rodrigo Gracie (Brazil) wins over Hayato 'Mach' Sakurai (Japan) by judges decision. 
Daiju Takase (Japan) wins against Chris Brennan (USA) by decision. 
Mario Sperry (Brazil) KOed Mike 'Batman' Bencic (USA) in rd 1. 
Sean Sherk (USA) wins judges decision against Ryuki Ueyama (Japan).
Yasuhito Namekawa defeated Egidijus Valavicius (Lithuania) by choke in rd 1.
Yusin Okami (Japan) defeats Ryuta Sakurai (Japan) by judges decision. 
Choi Mu Bae (Korea) wins against Yusuke Imamura (Japan) by submission in rd 1. 

 

PANCRASE:  Brave Tour Results

2-7-2004

Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

 

Bout 1: Atsushi Yamamoto defeated Reiji by unanimous decision (20-19, 20-18, 20-18)
Bout 2: Miki Shida wins over Mitsuhisa Sunabe by unanimous decision (20-18, 20-18, 20-18)
Bout 3: Hur Sung Jin defeats Alex by TKO (1:22, rd.v1)
Bout 4: Keigo Takamori wins against Sehaku by KO (1:25, rd.1)
Bout 5: Eiji Ishikawa defeated. Katsuya Inoue by majority decision (20-19, 20-20, 20-18)
Bout 6: Koji Oishi vs Heath Sims is a majority draw (29-29, 30-28 Oishi, 29-29)
Bout 7: Osami Shibuya defeats Art Santore by majority decision (29-29, 30-29, 30-28)
Bout 8: Kazuo Misaki wins over Kiuma Kunioku by doctor stoppage (1:31, rd.2)

 

PANCRASE 2004 BRAVE TOUR
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6th, 2004
DOORS OPEN; 5:30PM, FIRST FIGHT; 6:30PM
KORAKUEN HALL, TOKYO, JAPAN

AMATEUR MATCH / PANCRASE GATE FEATHERWEIGHT 2x5 MIN ROUNDS
KENJI SHIMADA (P's LAB TOKYO) vs MANABU INOUE (KOHEBI CLUB)

PRO-MATCH #1 / FEATHERWEIGHT 2x5 MIN ROUNDS
REIJI (HYBRID WRESTLING MUGEN) vs ATSUSHI YAMAMOTO (KILLER BEE)

PRO-MATCH #2 / FEATHERWEIGHT 2x5 MIN ROUNDS
MIKI SHIDA (P's LAB TOKYO) vs MITSUHISA SUNABE (HYBRID WRESTLING MUGEN)

PRO-MATCH #3 / OPEN-WEIGHT 2x5 MIN ROUNDS
HUR SUNG JIN (KOREA/NEOFIGHT) vs ALEX (KJK/JUSTICE MANAGEMENT)

PRO-MATCH #4 / SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT 2x5 MIN ROUNDS
SEHAKU (SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT 4TH RANKED/ RJW/CENTRAL) vs KEIGO TAKAMORI (PANCRASE MEGATON)

PRO-MATCH #5 / MIDDLEWEIGHT 3x5 MIN ROUNDS
EIJI ISHIKAWA (MIDDLEWEIGHT 6TH RANKED/PANCRASE GRABAKA) vs KATSUYA INOUE (RJW/CENTRAL)

PRO-MATCH#6/ WELTERWEIGHT 3x5 MIN ROUNDS
KOJI OISHI (WELTERWEIGHT 1ST RANKED/ PANCRASEism) vs HEATH SIMS (U.S.A./TEAM QUEST)

SEMIFINAL/ LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 3x5 MIN ROUNDS
OSAMI SHIBUYA (LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 9TH RANKED/ PANCRASEism) vs ART SANTORE (U.S.A./ TEAM QUEST)

MAIN EVENT/ MIDDLEWEIGHT 3x5 MIN ROUNDS
KIUMA KUNIOKU (MIDDLEWEIGHT 4TH RANKED/ PANCRASEism) vs KAZUO MISAKI (MIDDLEWEIGHT 5TH RANKED/ PANCRASE GRABAKA)


PANCRASE 2004 BRAVE TOUR
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2004
DOORS OPEN; 3:00PM, FIGHTS START; 4:00PM
UMEDA STELLA HALL, OSAKA, JAPAN

AMATEUR MATCH #1 / PANCRASE GATE MIDDLEWEIGHT 2x5 MIN ROUNDS
NORIYUKI KITAURA (NEWAZA KUROTOKAI) vs YUJI KAWAMOTO (RIROOTS CONAN)

AMATEUR MATCH #2 / PANCRASE GATE LIGHTWEIGHT 2x5 MIN ROUNDS
YUICHI IKARI (P's LAB TOKYO) vs TORU IIZUKA (TEAM DOLBUCKEY)

AMATEUR MATCH #3 / PANCRASE GATE FEATHERWEIGHT 2x5 MIN ROUNDS
JYOJI KAWAMATA (MMA ANGURA) vs TAKAFUMI SHIROMA (HYBRID WRESTLING MUGEN)

PRO-MATCH #1 / FEATHERWEIGHT 2x5 MIN ROUNDS
YOHEI TAGAMI (HYBRID WRESTLING MUGEN) vs NAOJI FUJIMOTO (PANCRASE INAGAKIGUMI)

PRO-MATCH #2 / WELTERWEIGHT 2x5 MIN ROUNDS
DAISUKE HANAZAWA 13 (MMA DOJO COBRAKAI) vs TAKUO MIYATA (NAGOYA BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU CLUB)

PRO-MATCH #3 / LIGHTWEIGHT 2x5 MIN ROUNDS
YUJI OBA (P's LAB TOKYO) vs SATOSHI WATANABE (MMA DOJO COBRAKAI)

PRO-MATCH #4 / OPEN-WEIGHT 2x5 MIN ROUNDS
SATORU KITAOKA (WELTERWEIGHT 4TH RANKED/ PANCRASEism) vs TADAHIRO HOSAKA (PANCRASE MEGATON)

SEMIFINAL / WELTERWEIGHT 3x5 MIN ROUNDS
TAKAFUMI ITO (WELTERWEIGHT 2ND RANKED/ PANCRASEism) vs YUJI HOSHINO (WELTERWEIGHT 6TH RANKED/ WAJUTSU KEISHUKAI GODS)

MAIN EVENT / FEATHERWEIGHT 3x5 MIN ROUNDS
YOSHIRO MAEDA (PANCRASE INAGAKIGUMI) vs ALEXANDRE SOCA (BRAZIL/ GRACIE BARRA)

 

PRIDE 27: Results
2-1-2004

Osaka Castle Hall
Osaka, Japan

1st Match  (PRIDE GP SURVIVAL MATCH)
Igor Vovchanchyn defeats Dan Bobish by KO in RD 2.

 

2nd Match (PRIDE GP SURVIVAL MATCH)
Kharitonov Sergey defeats LA Giant by TKO in RD 1.

3rd Match
Murilo 'Ninja' wins by choke in RD1against Alexander Otsuka.

 

4th Match
Kazuhiro Nakamura defeats Dos Caras Jr. by decision.

 

5th Match (PRIDE GP SURVIVAL MATCH)
Yoshihisa Yamamoto defeats Mark Kerr by TKO in RD 1.

 

6th Match (PRIDE GP SURVIVAL MATCH)
Heath Herring wins over Gan McGee by decision.

7th Mach (Main Event)

Mirko Cro Cop TKO's Ron Waterman by strikes in RD 1.

Pride 27 will be available by Pay Per View next weekend: Sunday, February 8, 2004 (9:00pm EST, 6:00pm PST).
Available through: iNDEMAND, Dish Network, DIRECTV, TVN

 

UFC 46: Results

2-1-2004
The Mandalay Bay

Las Vegas, Nevada

Lightweights:
1. Matt Serra defeats Jeff Curran by judges decision.
2. Hemes Franca wins over Josh Thompson by decision.

Welterweight:
3. Georges St. Pierre wins over Karo Parisyan by judges decision.
4. Renato Verissimo defeats Carlos Newton by judges decision.

Middleweight:
5. Lee Murray submits Jorge Rivera by arm bar, RD 1.

Heavyweight:
6. Frank Mir defeats Wes Sims by KO, RD 2.

Welterweight Championship:
7. B.J. Penn taps-out Matt Hughes by rear naked choke, RD 1.

Light Heavyweight Championship:
8. Vitor Belfort wins over Randy Couture by doctor's stoppage. Couture's eye was cut by the first punch of the fight, RD 1.

 

UFC PARTY

Sponsored by Ring of Fire promoter Sven Bean

Saturday, January 31, 2004

Red & Jerry's

Denver, Colorado

 

Any and all sports fans in the area are invited to come on down to south Denver's top entertainment hot spot, RED AND JERRY'S and watch the ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP 46: SUPERNATURAL The event is being brought to you by Colorado's premiere MMA promotion, Ring Of Fire.

MAIN EVENT: Randy Couture, USA (champion) vs Vitor Belfort, Brazil (challenger)

This will be the first time in the promotion's history that the UFC is broadcast on a Saturday night. RED AND JERRY'S has opened up the night club, CLUB OCTANE, for the showing. A full menu will be served, as well a full service bar. And once the fight is over the dance floor will open!

Special Guests:
UFC Veteran, K-1 veteran Duane BANG! Ludwig
Nathan Marquardt 5 x KING OF PANCRASE
UFC Veteran Brad Gumm
ROF light weight Christian Carvahlo
ROF light weight Fabian Acuna
ROF rising star Ali Abdelaziz
ROF rising star Vern Baca

There were over 150 MMA fans at the last ROF-UFC party and R-N-J management expects even more for this high profile card. Before the fights start we will be showing video footage from ROF 11. Saturday night's party will start at 7:00 p.m. and will be hosted by Sven BOOGIE Bean. Please come down and SUPPORT THE SPORT!!!

Directions:
Red & Jerry's is located at the intersection of Santa Fe and Oxford which is right in between Hampden and Belleview. Look for our huge outdoor sign, you can't miss it!
From 1-25, exit Santa Fe. Take Santa Fe past Hampden to Oxford. If you hit Belleview, you've gone too far. Avoid T-Rex and take Broadway, Hampden or Belleview. Red & Jerry's is centrally located 15 minutes from downtown and the DTC.

 

H20MAN IN JAPAN FOR PRIDE 27

1-29-2004

Denver/Broomfield/Boulder, CO

 

 

Pancrase fighter Ron "The H20man" Waterman, and manager Phyllis Lee arrived in Tokyo yesterday.  Phyllis reports that Ron looks and feels great, and is ready to "get-it on". 

 

Pride 27
Osaka Castle Hall, Japan
Date: February 1st, 2004
Start: 15:00

 

Fight Order

7th Match (Main Event): Mirko Cro Cop vs Ron Waterman

6th Match (PRIDE GP SURVIVAL MATCH): Heath Herring vs Gan McGee

5th Match (PRIDE GP SURVIVAL MATCH): Mark Kerr vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto

4th Match: Kazuhiro Nakamura vs Dos Caras Jr.

3rd Match: Murilo Ninja vs Alexander Otsuka

2nd Match (PRIDE GP SURVIVAL MATCH): Kharitonov Sergey vs LA Giant (prowretler , 210cm, 180kg)

1st Match (PRIDE GP SURVIVAL MATCH): Igor Vovchanchyn vs Dan Bobish

*Pride 27 will be televised in the USA on February 8, 2004, via pay per view. 

 

PANCRASE 2004 BRAVE TOUR - Event Line-up

1-29-2004

Tokyo, Japan

 

Two Pancrase events scheduled for February 2004.

February 6th, 2004
Korakuen Hall , Tokyo, Japan

82kg: Kiuma Kunioku (PANCRASEism) vs. Kazuo Misaki (PANCRASE GRABAKA)
90kg: Osami Shibuya (PANCRASEism) vs. Art Santore (Team Quest)
82kg: Eiji Ishikawa (Pancrase GRABAKA) vs. Nathan Quarry (Team Quest)
75kg: Koji Oishi (PANCRASEism) vs. Heath Sims (Team Quest)
100kg: Sehaku (RJW / CENTRAL) vs. Keigo Takamori (PANCRASE MEGATON)
64kg: Miki Shida (P's LAB Tokyo) vs. Mitsuhisa Sunabe (HYBRID WRESTLING MUGEN)
Pancrase Gate / -64kg: Kenji Shimada (P's LAB Tokyo) vs. Manabu Inoue (Kohebi Club)

February 15th, 2004
Umeda Stella Hall , Osaka, Japan

64kg: Yoshiro Maeda (PANCRASE Inagakigumi) vs. Alexandre 'SOCA' Carneiro (Gracie Barra)
75kg: Takafumi Ito (PANCRASEism) vs. Yuji Hoshino (Wajutsu Keishu-kai GODS)
75kg: Satoru Kitaoka (PANCRASEism) vs. OTOKO ! Tokuoka (WATER)
6kg: Yuji Oba (P's LAB Tokyo) vs. Satoshi Watanabe (Cobra-kai)
75kg: Daisuke Hanazawa (Cobra-kai) vs. Takuo Miyata (Nagoya Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club)
64kg: Yohei Tagami (HYBRID WRESTLING MUGEN) vs. Naoji Fujimoto (PANCRASE Inagakigumi)