PANCRASE
PANCRASE 2001 PROOF TOUR
Sunday, September 30, 2001
Doors open: 3:00PM Fights start: 4:30PM
Yokohama Culture Gymnasium(Kanagawa, Japan) Live gate: 5,150 sold out

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Fight#1(2x5 min rounds)~heavyweight tournament 1st round~
YOSHIKI TAKAHASHI(Pancrase Tokyo) def. HIROYA TAKADA(RJW/CENTRAL) by front choke at 2R 22 sec.
Fight#2(2x5 min rounds)~heavyweight tournament 1st round~
MARCELO TIGER(U.S.A./Team Tiger Academy) def. TIM LAJCIK(U.S.A./Gladiators training Academy) by punch KO at 1R 1:34.
Fight#3(2x5 min rounds)~heavyweight tournament 1st round~
OSAMI SHIBUYA(Pancrase Yokohama) def. ANTHONY NETZLER(freelance) by 2-0-1 majority judges decision at regulation time limit.
Fight#4(2x5 min rounds)~heavyweight tournament 1st round~
KATSUHISA FUJII(V-CROSS) def. JASON DELUCIA(U.S.A./Pancrase Hybrid Budokan) by referee stoppage TKO(left knee ligament hurt by low kick) during the interval after the 1R.
Fight#5(2x5 min rounds)~middleweight match~
KIUMA KUNIOKU(middleweight 1st ranked/Pancrase Yokohama) def. RYUKI UEYAMA(U-FILE CAMP) by 2-0-1 majority judges decision at regulation time limit.
Fight#6(10 min)~Pancrase 1993 rules match~
MINORU SUZUKI(Pancrase Yokohama) def. TAKAKU FUKE(Pancrase Tokyo) by knee bar at 5:09.
Fight#7(2x5 min rounds)~heavyweight tournament semifinal~
YOSHIKI TAKAHASHI(Pancrase Tokyo) def. MARCELO TIGER(U.S.A./Team Tiger Academy) by eye gouge disqualification at 1R 3:20.
Fight#8(2x5 min rounds)~heavyweight tournament semifinal~
KATSUHISA FUJII(V-CROSS) def. OSAMI SHIBUYA(Pancrase Yokohama) by 3-0-0 unanimous judges decision at extra round after 0-0-3 draw of regulation time limit.
*TAKAHASHI and FUJII advanced to the final in the Dec. 1st event.
Main event(3x5 min rounds) ~light heavyweight King of Pancrase title match~
SANAE KIKUTA(2nd ranked/Pancrase GRABAKA) def. IKUHISA MINOWA(4th ranked/Pancrase Yokohama) by doctor stoppage TKO(eyebrow cut) at 2R 4:30.
*KIKUTA became the 2nd light heavyweight K.O.P.
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