Pancrase Rankings

From PANCRASE Japan -  Not much change since the last rankings released in April. As of May 6th

(2004), 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 Vacant 

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 Tsuyoshi Ozawa (Zendokai)

# 2 Katsuhisa Fujii (UFO)

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

Light heavyweight - 181lbs.- 199lbs.

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

# 1 Sanae Kikuta (Pancrase Grabaka) 

# 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 David Terrell (Cesar Gracie) 

# 7 Yuki Sasaki (Pancrase Grabaka)

# 8 Keiichiro Yamamiya (Pancrase'ism)

# 9 Osami Shibuya (Pancrase'ism)

# 10 Ikuhisa Minowa (freelance)

Middleweight - 165.7lbs.- 181lbs.

Champion - Ricardo Almeida (Renzo Gracie) - The 4th Middleweight King of Pancrase 

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

# 2 Izuru Takeuchi (SK Absolute)

# 3 Crosley Gracie (Ralph Gracie)  

# 4 Kazuo Misaki (Pancrase Grabaka)

# 5 Eiji Ishikawa (Pancrase Grabaka) - up one position from # 6

# 6 Kiuma Kunioku (Pancrase'ism) - down one position from # 5

# 7 Hidehiko Hasegawa (SK Absolute) 

# 8 Shonie Carter (U.S.A./AIKI Training Hall) 

# 9 Hikaru Sato (Pancrase'ism)  

# 10 Yuichi Nakanishi (Freelance)

Welterweight - 152.5lbs.- 165.7lbs.

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

# 1 Koji Oishi (Pancrase'ism)

# 2 Takafumi Ito (Pancrase'ism)

# 3 Kenichi Serizawa (RJW/Central)

# 4 Satoru Kitaoka (Pancrase'ism)

# 5 Yuji Hoshino (Wajutsu Keishukai Gods) - up one position from # 6

# 6 Hiroki Nagaoka (Rodeo Style)- down one position from # 5

# 7 Takuya Wada (SK Absolute)

# 8 Heath Sims (Team Quest) 

Lightweight -141.4lbs.- 152.5lbs.

Vacant

Featherweight - under 141.4lbs.

Vacant

Previous Rankings

(5/25/04)