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

[edit] Title histories

[edit] Featherweight Championship

135 to 145 lb (61.2 kg to 65.8 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Yoshiro Maeda (def. Daiki "DJ.taiki" Hata)	August 27, 2006	Yokohama, Japan	def. Danny Batten on April 27, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan

	Weight class revised	January 30, 2008	Pancrase revises weight classes follow those designated in the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts The Featherweight division moves from under 141.4 lb (64 kg) to between 135 lbs (61.2 kg) and 145 lbs (65.8 kg).
2	Marlon Sandro (def. Masaya Takita)	October 26, 2008	Tokyo, Japan

[edit] Lightweight Championship

145 to 155 lbs (65.8 to 70.3 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses

	Weight class revised	January 30, 2008	The Lightweight class is revised from 141.4 to 152.5 lb (64 to 69 kg) to its current limits.
1	Shoji Maruyama (def. Artur Oumakhanov)	January 30, 2008	Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	May 2008	Shoji Maruyama vacates Lightweight Championship in order to compete in the Featherweight Division.
2	Katsuya Inoue (def. Koji Oishi)	December 7, 2008	Tokyo, Japan	def. Daisuke Hanazawa on February 1, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan
3	Maximo Blanco (def. Katsuya Inoue)	August 8, 2009	Tokyo, Japan

[edit] Welterweight Championship

155 to 170 lb (70.3 to 77.1 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Kiuma Kunioku (def. Takafumi Ito)	July 28, 2002	Tokyo, Japan	def. Hiroki Nagaoka on September 29, 2002 in Kanagawa, Japan def. Kenichi Serizawa on November 30, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	September 2004	Kunioku vacates Welterweight Championship to pursue new competition.^[1]
	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	Daizo Ishige (def. Katsuya Inoue for undisputed title)	August 27, 2006	Kanagawa, Japan
	Katsuya Inoue^[3] (def. Fabricio Nascimento for interim title)	July 27, 2007	Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	January 2008	Daizo Ishige vacates the Welterweight Championship.
	Weight class revised	January 30, 2008	The Welterweight class is revised from 152.5 to 165.7 lb (69 to 75 kg) to its current limits.
3	Katsuya Inoue (def. Satoru Kitaoka for vacant title)	January 30, 2008	Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	February 2008	Katsuya Inoue vacates the Welterweight Championship in order to compete in the Lightweight division.
	Takuya Wada (def. Jason Palacios for interim title)	April 27, 2008	Tokyo, Japan

[edit] Middleweight Championship

170 to 185 lb (77.1 to 83.9 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Nathan Marquardt (def. Shonie Carter)	Sept. 24, 2000	Kanagawa, Japan	drew with Kiuma Kunioku on December 4, 2000 in Japan def. Yuji Hoshino on October 30, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
2	Kiuma Kunioku	December 1, 2001	Kanagawa, Japan
3	Nathan Marquardt (2)	Dec. 21, 2002	Tokyo, Japan	def. Izuru Takeuchi on March 8, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
4	Ricardo Almeida	Nov. 30, 2003	Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	July 2004	Almeida vacates Middleweight Championship; retires from active competition.
5	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.^[4]
6	Yuichi Nakanishi (def. Izuru Takeuchi)	December 2, 2006	Tokyo, Japan
7	Izuru Takeuchi (def. Yuichi Nakanishi)	November 28, 2007	Tokyo, Japan
	Yuki Kondo (Interim Championship)	January 2008	Yuki Kondo vacates the Light Heavyweight Championship and moves to the middleweight division, where he is awarded the interim Middleweight Championship.
	Weight class revised	January 30, 2008	The Middleweight class is revised from 165.7 to 181 lb (75 to 82 kg) to its current limits.

[edit] Light Heavyweight Championship

185 to 205 lb (83.9 to 93 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Keiichiro Yamamiya (def. Ikuhisa Minowa)	Sept. 24, 2000	Kanagawa, Japan
2	Sanae Kikuta (def. Ikuhisa Minowa)	Sept. 30, 2001	Kanagawa, Japan	drew with Yuki Kondo on May 18, 2003 in Kanagawa, Japan
3	Yuki Kondo	Nov. 30, 2003	Tokyo, Japan	def. Daijiro Matsui on August 27, 2006 in Kanagawa, Japan
	Title vacated	January 2008	Yuki Kondo vacates the Light Heavyweight Championship and moves to the middleweight division.
	Weight class revised	January 30, 2008	The Light Heavyweight class is revised from 181 to 199 lb (82 to 90.5 kg) to its current limits.
4	Ryo Kawamura (def. Keiichiro Yamamiya)	October 1, 2008	Tokyo, Japan

[edit] Heavyweight Championship

205 to 265 lb (93 to 120.2 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Yoshiki Takahashi (def. Shamoji Fujii)	December 1, 2001	Kanagawa, Japan	def. Tsuyoshi Ozawa on July 27, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated		Takahashi vacates Heavyweight Championship.
2	Kestutis "Tiger" Arbocius (def. Poai Suganuma)	August 27, 2006	Kanagawa, Japan
	Title vacated	May 2007	Arbocius is stripped of Heavyweight Championship due to injury.
3	Assuerio Silva (def. Tatsuya Mizuno)	May 30, 2007	Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	January 2008	Assuerio Silva vacates Heavyweight Championship after signing an exclusive contract to compete in the Hardcore Championship Fighting promotion.
	Weight class revised	January 30, 2008	The Heavyweight class is revised from 199 to 221 lb (90.5 to 100.5 kg) to its current limits.

[edit] Super Heavyweight Championship

Over 221 lb (100.5 kg)

No.	Name	Date	Location
1	Tsuyoshi Kosaka (def. Ron Waterman)	November 7, 2004	Chiba, Japan
	Title vacated	January 2006	Kosaka vacates Super Heavyweight Championship.
	Title retired	January 2008	Pancrase adopts the weightclasses outlined in the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts and retires the Super Heavyweight Championship.^[5]^[6]

[edit] Openweight Championship

No weight limit.

No.	Name	Date	Location	Defenses
1	Ken Shamrock (def. Manabu Yamada)	Dec. 17, 1994	Tokyo, Japan	def. Bas Rutten on March 10, 1995 in Kanagawa, Japan
2	Minoru Suzuki	May 13, 1995	Tokyo, Japan
3	Bas Rutten	Sept. 1, 1995	Tokyo, Japan
	Frank Shamrock^[7] (def. Minoru Suzuki for interim championship; Rutten was injured)	January 28, 1996	Kanagawa, Japan
3	Bas Rutten^[8] (def. Frank Shamrock to defend undisputed King of Pancrase title)	May 16, 1996	Tokyo, Japan	def. Masakatsu Funaki on September 7, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	October 1996	Rutten vacates Openweight King of Pancrase Championship for family matters.^[8]
4	Masakatsu Funaki (def. Jason DeLucia)	Dec. 15, 1996	Japan
5	Yuki Kondo	April 27, 1997	Tokyo, Japan	def. Jason DeLucia on September 6, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
6	Masakatsu Funaki (2)	Dec. 20, 1997	Kanagawa, Japan
7	Guy Mezger	April 26, 1998	Kanagawa, Japan	def. Ryushi Yanagisawa on September 14, 1998 in Japan def. Yuki Kondo on December 19, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan
	Title vacated	February 1999	Mezger vacates the title to compete in the UFC^[8]
8	Yuki Kondo (2) (def. Semmy Schilt)	April 18, 1999	Kanagawa, Japan	def. Kiuma Kunioku on September 18, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
9	Semmy Schilt	Nov. 28, 1999	Osaka, Japan	def. Yoshiki Takahashi on April 30, 2000 in Kanagawa, Japan def. Osami Shibuya on September 24, 2000 in Kanagawa, Japan
10	Josh Barnett (def. Yuki Kondo)	August 31, 2003	Tokyo, Japan

[edit] References and footnotes

^ Fukui, Masa (2004-09-15). "Former Welterweight & Middleweight King of Pancrase Kiuma Kunioku". Sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/news/interviews.asp?n_id=2027. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
^ "News Page 17: Pancrase 2005 Spiral Tour". StarzWorld.com. http://www.starzworld.com/news_page_17.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
^ Nowe, Jason (2004-07-27). "Inoue Takes Interim King of Pancrase Title". Sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=8423. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
^ Breen, Jordan (2006-10-23). "With Eye on UFC, Marquardt Relinquishes KOP Belt". Sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=5929. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
^ MMAFighting.com - Pancrase to adopt Unified Rules of MMA weight classes
^ PANCRASE Official Site
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "King of Pancrase Title History". Quebrada.net. http://www.quebrada.net/titles/KingofPancrasetitle.html. Retrieved 2007-02-22.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Pancrase Official Site

[0] Fukui, Masa (2004-09-15). "Former Welterweight & Middleweight King of Pancrase Kiuma Kunioku". Sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/news/interviews.asp?n_id=2027. Retrieved 2007-02-21.

[1] "News Page 17: Pancrase 2005 Spiral Tour". StarzWorld.com. http://www.starzworld.com/news_page_17.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-21.

[2] Nowe, Jason (2004-07-27). "Inoue Takes Interim King of Pancrase Title". Sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=8423. Retrieved 2007-07-28.

[3] Breen, Jordan (2006-10-23). "With Eye on UFC, Marquardt Relinquishes KOP Belt". Sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=5929. Retrieved 2007-02-15.

[4] MMAFighting.com - Pancrase to adopt Unified Rules of MMA weight classes

[5] PANCRASE Official Site

[6] 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.

[koptitle-7] "King of Pancrase Title History". Quebrada.net. http://www.quebrada.net/titles/KingofPancrasetitle.html. Retrieved 2007-02-22.

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