Pancrase Rankings

From PANCRASE Japan -  Some light movement in the rankings in the upper weight divisions as of August

30th (2004) - (*read the recent development on welterweight KOP Kiuma Kunioku)

The rankings are as follows (clubs are shown in parenthesis):

Open-weight

Champion: Josh Barnett (New Japan Pro-wrestling) - The 10th Open-weight King of Pancrase 

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

Super heavyweight - 221 lbs. & up 

Champion: Vacant (The 1st Super heavyweight King of Pancrase)

# 1 Semmy Schilt (Holland/Golden Glory)

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

# 3 Keigo Takamori (Pancrase Megaton)

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

# 5 Sehaku (RJW/Central)

# 6 Jun Ishii (Chojin Club)

# 7 Jimmy Ambriz (U.S.A./NJPW) 

# 8 Kengo (Pancrase'ism)

Heavyweight - 199lbs.- 221lbs.

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

# 1 Kobus Huisamen (South Africa./Steve's Gym) - up one position from # 2

# 2 Sehaku (RJW/Central) - Added

# 3 Tsuyoshi Ozawa (Zendokai) - down two positions from # 1 

# 4 Shamoji Fujii (freelance) - down one position from # 3

# 5 Jason Godsey (U.S.A./I.F.  Academy) - down one position from # 4

Light heavyweight - 181lbs.- 199lbs.

Champion - Yuki Kondo (Pancrase'ism) - The 3rd Light heavyweight King of Pancrase 

# 1 Sanae Kikuta (Pancrase Grabaka) 

# 2 Akihiro Gono (Pancrase Grabaka) 

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

# 4 David Terrell (Cesar Gracie) - up one position from # 5

# 5 Daisuke Watanabe (Pancrase'ism)  - down one position from # 4

# 6 Fabio Leopoldo (Brazil/Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy) 

# 7 Yuki Sasaki (Pancrase Grabaka)

# 8 Keiichiro Yamamiya (Pancrase'ism)

# 9 Osami Shibuya (Pancrase'ism)

# 10 Ikuhisa Minowa (freelance)

Middleweight - 165.7lbs.- 181lbs.

Champion - Vacant - The 5th Middleweight King of Pancrase 

# 1 Nathan Marquardt (U.S.A./Colorado Stars)

# 2 Izuru Takeuchi (SK Absolute)

# 3 Kazuo Misaki (Pancrase Grabaka)

# 4 Eiji Ishikawa (Pancrase Grabaka) 

# 5 Crosley Gracie (Ralph Gracie)  

# 6 * Kiuma Kunioku (Pancrase'ism)* 

# 7 Yuichi Nakanishi (Freelance) 

# 8 Hidehiko Hasegawa (SK Absolute) 

# 9 Osami Shibuya (Pancrase ism)

# 10 Katsuya Inoue (RJW/Central)

Welterweight - 152.5lbs.- 165.7lbs.

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

# 1 Koji Oishi (Pancrase'ism)

# 2 Heath Sims (Team Quest) 

# 3 Takafumi Ito (Pancrase'ism) 

# 4 Satoru Kitaoka (Pancrase'ism)

# 5 Yuji Hoshino (Wajutsu Keishukai Gods) 

# 6 Takuya Wada (SK Absolute) 

# 7 Kenichi Serizawa (Wajutsu Keishukai Suruga Dojo) 

# 8 Hiroki Nagaoka (MMA Dojo Dobuita) 

Lightweight -141.4lbs.- 152.5lbs.

Vacant

Featherweight - under 141.4lbs.

Vacant

(9/3/04)