Pancrase Rankings

From Pancrase Japan -  Pancrase has updated their rankings as of April 3rd (2006) - Changes only in

the middleweight division. The ranking are as follows (clubs are shown in parenthesis):

Previous Rankings

Open-weight

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

# 1 Yuki Kondo (Pancrase'ism)

# 2 Tsuyoshi Kosaka (Team Alliance) 

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

# 4 Yoshiki Takahashi (Pancrase'ism)

# 5 Sanae Kikuta (Pancrase Grabaka)

Super heavyweight - 221 lbs. & up 

Champion: vacant

# 1 Mike Kyle (U.S.A/Team Cro Cop)

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

# 3 Keigo Takamori (Pancrase Megaton)

# 4 Anthony "Tatsuji" Netzler (Team Boon!)

# 5 Alex Roberts (KJK)

Heavyweight - 199lbs.- 221lbs.

Champion - vacant

# 1 Poai Suganuma (TWIST)

# 2 Ryuta Noji (Pancrase Megaton)

# 3 Lee Segaki (Wajutsu Keishukai RJW)

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 Kestutis Arbocius (Lithuania/Latvia Shidokan)

# 5 Daijiro Matsui (Takada Dojo)

# 6 Daisuke Watanabe (Pancrase'ism)

# 7 Gustavo "Ximu" Machado (Gracie Barra)

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

# 9 Yuki Sasaki (Pancrase Grabaka)

# 10 David Terrell (Cesar Gracie)

Middleweight - 165.7lbs.- 181lbs.

Champion - Nathan Marquardt (U.S.A./Colorado Stars) - The 5th Middleweight KOP 

# 1 Izuru Takeuchi (SK Absolute)

# 2 Kazuo Misaki (Pancrase Grabaka)

# 3 Yushin Okami (Wajutsu Keishukai Tokyo Hombu)

# 4 Eiji Ishikawa (Pancrase Grabaka)

# 5 Hiromitsu Mura (Megaton-Tokin)

# 6 Yuichi Nakanishi (Freelance)

# 7 Hikaru Sato (Pancrase Ism) - Added

# 8 Deisuke Hanazawa13 (MMA Dojo CobraKai) - down one spot from # 7

# 9 Yuji Hisamatsu (Wajutsu Keishukai Tiger Place)

# 10 Osami Shibuya (Pancrase ism) - down two spots from # 8

Welterweight - 152.5lbs.- 165.7lbs.

Champion (Provisional) - Katsuya Inoue (RJW/Central)

# 1 Satoru Kitaoka (Pancrase'ism)

# 2 Hidehiko Hasegawa (SK Absolute)

# 3 Daizo Ishige (SK Absolute)

# 4 Koji Oishi (Pancrase'ism)

# 5 Heath Sims (Team Quest)

# 6 Hidetaka Monma (Wajutsu Keishukai A-3)

# 7 Takafumi Ito (Pancrase'ism)

# 8 Takuya Wada (SK Absolute)

# 9 Tatsunori Tanaka (Wajutsu Keishukai Hyogo Dojo)

# 10 Paul Rodriguez (U.S.A./Gracie Barra Orlando)

Lightweight -141.4lbs.- 152.5lbs.

TBA

Featherweight - under 141.4lbs.

TBA

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(4/03/06)