King of Pancrase

From PANCRASE Japan - The King of Pancrase Committee has recently released their latest revised rankings and added a Super Heavyweight division. As of July 31, 2003 the rankings are as follows (clubs are shown in parenthesis):

Open-weight

The 10th Open-weight King of Pancrase Champion: Vacant

# 1 Yuki Kondo (Pancrase'ism)

# 2 Semmy Schilt (Holland/Golden Glory) - The 9th Open Weight King Of Pancrase Champion

# 3 Yoshiki Takahashi (Pancrase'ism) - The Ist Heavyweight King of Pancrase Champion

# 4 Sanae Kikuta (Pancrase Grabaka) - The 2nd Heavyweight King of Pancrase Champion

# 5 Kiuma Kunioku (Pancrase'ism) - The 1st Welterweight King of Pancrase Champion

# 6 Nathan Marquardt (U.S.A./Colorado Stars) - The 3rd Middleweight King of Pancrase Champion

# 7 Josh Barnett (U.S.A./New Japan Pro-wrestling)

Super heavyweight - 221 lbs. & up 

The 1st Super heavyweight King of Pancrase Champion: Vacant

# 1 Semmy Schilt (Holland/Golden Glory)

# 2 Tim Lajcik (U.S.A./Gladiators Training Academy)

# 3 Ron Waterman (U.S.A./Colorado Stars)

# 4 Hideki Tadao (RJW/CENTRAL)

# 5 Jun Ishii (Chojin Club)

# 6 Kengo (Pancrase'ism)

Heavyweight - 199lbs.- 221lbs.

The 1st Heavyweight King of Pancrase Champion - Yoshiki Takahashi (Pancrase'ism)

# 1 Tsuyoshi Ozawa (Zendokai)

# 2 Katsuhisa Fujii (UFO)

# 3 Jason Godsey (U.S.A./I.F.  Academy)

Light heavyweight - 181lbs.- 199lbs.

The 2nd Light heavyweight King of Pancrase Champion - Sanae Kikuta (Pancrase Grabaka)

# 1 Yuki Kondo (Pancrase'ism)

# 2 Ricardo Almeida (U.S.A./ Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy)

# 3 Akihiro Gono (Pancrase Grabaka)

# 4 Nilson de Castro (Brazil/Chute Boxe Academy)

# 5 Daisuke Watanabe (Pancrase'ism)

# 6 Ikuhisa Minowa (freelance)

# 7 Yuki Sasaki (Pancrase Grabaka)

# 8 KEI Yamamiya (Pancrase'ism)

# 9 Evangelista Cyborg (Brazil/Academia Budokan)

# 10 Osami Shibuya (Pancrase'ism)

Middleweight - 165.7lbs.- 181lbs.

The 3rd Middleweight King of Pancrase Champion - Nathan Marquardt (U.S.A./Colorado Stars)

# 1 Izuru Takeuchi (SK Absolute)

# 2 Kiuma Kunioku (Pancrase'ism)

# 3 Kazuo Misaki (Pancrase Grabaka)

# 4 Chris Lytle (U.S.A./Ring Sports Palmers Gym)

# 5 Hidehiko Hasegawa (SK Absolute)

# 6 Yuji Hoshino (Wajutsu Keishukai Gods)

# 7 Shonie Carter (U.S.A./AIKI Training Hall)# 8 Daiju Takase (freelance)
# 9 Takafumi Ito (Pancrase'ism)

# 10 Kosei Kubota (Pancrase'ism)

Welterweight - 152.5lbs.- 165.7lbs.

The 1st Welterweight King of Pancrase Champion - Kiuma Kunioku (Pancrase'ism)

# 1 Takafumi Ito (Pancrase'ism)

# 2 Koji Oishi (Pancrase'ism)

# 3 Kenichi Serizawa (RJW/Central)

# 4 Hiroki Nagaoka (Rodeo Style)

# 5 Satoru Kitaoka (Pancrase'ism)

# 6 Yuji Hoshino (Wajutsu Keishukai Gods)

# 7 Takuya Wada (SK Absolute)

Lightweight -141.4lbs.- 152.5lbs.

Vacant

Featherweight - under 141.4lbs.

Vacant

(8/5//03)