Pancrase Rankings

The rankings are updated as of June 12, 2009:

- Open-weight

  Champion: Josh Barnett (Freelance)

- Heavyweight (93 - 120.2 kg \ 205 - 265 lbs)

  Champion - Vacant

- Light heavyweight (83.9 - 93 kg \ 185 - 205 lbs)

  Champion - Ryo Kawamura (Pancrase ism)

  # 1 Keiichiro Yamamiya (Grabaka)

- Middleweight (77.1 - 83.9 kg \ 170 - 185 lbs)

  Champion - Izuru Takeuchi (SK Absolute)

  Interim Champion - Yuki Kondo (Pancrase ism)

  # 1 Takenori Sato (Laughter 7)

  # 2 Ichiro Kanai (Pancrase ism)

- Welterweight (70.3 - 77.1 kg \ 155 - 170 lbs)

  Champion - Takuya Wada (SK Absolute)

  # 1 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya (Takada Dojo)

  # 2 Masahiro Toryu (Pancrase ism)

  # 3 Hiroyuki Nozawa (Stand)

- Lightweight (65.8 - 70.3 kg \ 145 - 155 lbs)

  Champion - Katsuya Inoue (Wajutsu Keishukai RJW)

  # 1 Koji Oishi (Pancrase ism)

  # 2 Satoru Kitaoka (Pancrase ism)

  # 3 Daisuke Hanazawa 13 (MMA Dojo Cobra-Kai)

  # 4 AB (WK Suruga)

  # 5 Maximo Blanco (Sengoku Development)

- Featherweight (61.2 - 65.8 kg \ 135 - 145 lbs)

  Champion - Marlon Sandro (Nova Uniao)

  # 1 Jameel Massouh (Freestyle Academy)

  # 2  J Taro Takita (Wajutsu Keishukai Tokyo)

  # 3 Masanori Kanehara (Paraestra Hachioji)

  # 4 Kenji Arai (Pancrase ism)

  # 5 Tashiro Akai (Nova Uniao Japan)

- Bantamweight (58 - 61.2 kg \ 127.9 - 135 lbs)

  Champion - Manabu Inoue (U.W.F. Snake Pit Japan)

  # 1 Seiya Kawahara (P's Lab Yokohama)

- Flyweight (less than 58 kg / 127.9 lbs)

  Champion - Mitsuhisa Sunabe (Freelance)

  # 1 Isao Hirose (Strapple)

  # 2 Takuya Eizumi (MMA Dojo Bumonkai)

Subject to change

(6/12/09)