2001 in Pancrase

The year 2001 was the ninth year in the history of Pancrase, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2001 Pancrase held 13 events beginning with Pancrase: Proof 1.

2001 in Pancrase
Information
First date	February 4, 2001
Last date	December 1, 2001
Events
Total events	13
Fights
Total fights	83
Title fights	4
Chronology
2000 in Pancrase 2001 in Pancrase 2002 in Pancrase

Title fights

Title fights in 2001
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Sanae Kikuta	def.	Ikuhisa Minowa	TKO (Cut)	2	4:30	Pancrase: 2001 Anniversary Show	[a]
Middleweight	Nate Marquardt (c)	def.	Yuji Hoshino	Submission (Triangle Choke)	3	2:13	Pancrase: Proof 6	[b]
Middleweight	Kiuma Kunioku	def.	Nate Marquardt (c)	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00	Pancrase: Proof 7	[c]
Heavyweight	Kazuo Takahashi	def.	Katsuhisa Fujii	TKO (Punches)	1	1:12	Pancrase: Proof 7	[d]

1. For the Pancrase Light Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the Pancrase Middleweight Championship.
3. For the Pancrase Middleweight Championship.
4. For the Pancrase Heavyweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of Pancrase events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
106	Pancrase: Proof 7	December 1, 2001	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
105	Pancrase: Proof 6	October 30, 2001	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
104	Pancrase: Australia	October 16, 2001		Australia
103	Pancrase: 2001 Anniversary Show	September 30, 2001	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
102	Pancrase: Proof 5	August 25, 2001	Umeda Stella Hall	Osaka, Osaka, Japan
101	Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round	July 29, 2001	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
100	Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round	July 29, 2001	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
99	Pancrase: Proof 4	June 26, 2001	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
98	Pancrase: Proof 3	May 13, 2001	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
97	Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations	May 5, 2001	Ota City Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan
96	Pancrase: Proof 2	March 31, 2001	Namihaya Dome	Kadoma, Osaka, Japan
95	Pancrase Australia: Hybrid Evolution	February 17, 2001	Clancy Centre	Sydney, Australia
94	Pancrase: Proof 1	February 4, 2001	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Proof 1

Pancrase: Proof 1
Date	February 4, 2001
Venue	Aomori Prefectural Gymnasium
City	Aomori, Japan

Pancrase: Proof 1^[1] was an event held on February 4, 2001 at the Aomori Prefectural Gymnasium in Aomori, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Sanae Kikuta	vs.	Alex Stiebling	NC	1	3:11
	Osami Shibuya	def.	Ian Freeman	Submission (Rib Injury)	1	3:51
	Yuki Kondo	def.	Eiji Ishikawa	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	3	4:16
	Yuki Sasaki	def.	Daisuke Watanabe	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:12
	Kazuo Takahashi	def.	Mitsuyoshi Sato	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Sen Nakadai	def.	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Decision (Split)	2	5:00

Pancrase Australia: Hybrid Evolution

Pancrase Australia: Hybrid Evolution
Date	February 17, 2001
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase Australia: Hybrid Evolution^[2] was an event held on February 17, 2001 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	David Frendin	def.	Matt Trihey	Submission (Neck Crank)	1	0:00
	Mick Green	def.	Chad Eather	KO	1	0:00
	Mick Green	def.	Nick Tolewski	TKO	1	0:00
	Chad Eather	def.	Ryan Harvey	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	0:00

Pancrase: Proof 2

Pancrase: Proof 2
Date	March 31, 2001
Venue	Clancy Centre
City	Sydney, Australia

Pancrase: Proof 2^[3] was an event held on March 31, 2001 at Clancy Centre in Sydney, Australia.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Paulo Filho	def.	Ikuhisa Minowa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Yuki Kondo	def.	Brian Gassaway	Submission (Toe Hold)	1	1:45
	Kiuma Kunioku	def.	Daiju Takase	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Tim Lajcik	def.	Kengo Watanabe	KO (Punches)	1	3:23
	Mitsuyoshi Sato	def.	Daisuke Ishii	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Nate Marquardt	def.	Hikaru Sato	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:53
	Kosei Kubota	vs.	Satoru Kitaoka	Draw	2	5:00

Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations

Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations
Date	May 5, 2001
Venue	Namihaya Dome
City	Kadoma, Osaka, Japan

Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations^[4] was an event held on May 5, 2001 at the Namihaya Dome in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Hikaru Sato	def.	Ryo Chonan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Kazuo Misaki	def.	Kenichi Serizawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Sen Nakadai	def.	Hajime Ubukata	KO (Punch)	1	0:49
	Shinya Sato	def.	Hitoyo Kimura	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Hideaki Iwasaki	def.	Tashiro Nishiuchi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Hiroki Nagaoka	def.	Takaichi Hirayama	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Yohei Ota	def.	Junya Miyakawa	KO (Punch)	1	1:41
	Seiki Ryo	def.	Yukihiro Kanazawa	KO (Punch)	2	4:05

Pancrase: Proof 3

Pancrase: Proof 3
Date	May 13, 2001
Venue	Ota City Gymnasium
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Proof 3^[5] was an event held on May 13, 2001 at the Ota City Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Yuki Sasaki	Submission (Toe Hold)	3	0:25
	Nate Marquardt	def.	Masaya Kojima	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:45
	Osami Shibuya	def.	Denis Kang	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	3:45
	Daisuke Watanabe	def.	Eiji Ishikawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

Pancrase: Proof 4

Pancrase: Proof 4
Date	June 26, 2001
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Proof 4^[6] was an event held on June 26, 2001 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Sanae Kikuta	def.	Matt Trihey	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:11
	Kiuma Kunioku	def.	Mathieu Nicourt	Submission (Kimura)	2	3:35
	Kazuo Takahashi	def.	David Frendin	TKO (Punches)	1	0:26
	Akihiro Gono	def.	Daisuke Watanabe	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	2	0:52
	Daisuke Ishii	def.	Jason DeLucia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Kosei Kubota	def.	Yuji Hisamatsu	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Yuji Hoshino	def.	Satoru Kitaoka	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Mitsuhisa Sunabe	def.	Naoki Deguchi	Decision (Split)	2	5:00

Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round

Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round
Date	July 29, 2001
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round^[7] was an event held on July 29, 2001 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Kenji Akiyama	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	3	2:52
	Yuki Sasaki	def.	Jason DeLucia	Submission (Armbar)	2	3:05
	Daiju Takase	def.	LaVerne Clark	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	0:16
	Seiki Ryo	def.	Yohei Ota	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kazuo Misaki	def.	Hikaru Sato	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	4:08
	Hideaki Iwasaki	def.	Sen Nakadai	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	1:40
	Hiroki Nagaoka	def.	Shinya Sato	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round

Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round
Date	July 29, 2001
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: 2001 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round^[8] was an event held on July 29, 2001 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kazuo Misaki	def.	Hiroki Nagaoka	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	1:21
	Tim Lajcik	def.	Osami Shibuya	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Mitsuyoshi Sato	def.	Omar Bouiche	Submission (Reverse Triangle Choke)	2	1:00
	Kiuma Kunioku	vs.	Sean Sherk	Draw	3	5:00
	Keiichiro Yamamiya	def.	Yoshinori Kawasaki	TKO (Punches)	1	4:04
	Kazuo Misaki	def.	Seiki Ryo	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	Hiroki Nagaoka	def.	Hideaki Iwasaki	Submission (Keylock)	3	1:31

Pancrase: Proof 5

Pancrase: Proof 5
Date	August 25, 2001
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Proof 5^[9] was an event held on August 25, 2001 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kazuo Takahashi	def.	Katsuomi Inagaki	Technical Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	1:38
	Daisuke Watanabe	def.	Nobuhiro Tsurumaki	TKO (Punches)	2	0:17
	Takafumi Ito	def.	Hiroshi Shibata	Submission (Toe Hold)	2	1:22
	Yoshinobu Ota	vs.	Takumi Yano	Draw	2	5:00
	Satoru Kitaoka	vs.	Junya Miyakawa	Draw	2	5:00

Pancrase: 2001 Anniversary Show

Pancrase: 2001 Anniversary Show
Date	September 30, 2001
Venue	Umeda Stella Hall
City	Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Pancrase: 2001 Anniversary Show^[10] was an event held on September 30, 2001 at Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Sanae Kikuta	def.	Ikuhisa Minowa	TKO (Cut)	2	4:30	[a]
	Katsuhisa Fujii	def.	Osami Shibuya	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Kazuo Takahashi	def.	Marcelo Tigre	DQ (Eye Gouging)	1	3:20
	Minoru Suzuki	def.	Takaku Fuke	Submission (Kneebar)	1	5:09
	Kiuma Kunioku	def.	Ryuki Ueyama	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Katsuhisa Fujii	def.	Jason DeLucia	TKO (Knee Injury)	1	5:00
	Osami Shibuya	def.	Anthony Netzler	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Marcelo Tigre	def.	Tim Lajcik	TKO (Punches)	1	1:34
	Kazuo Takahashi	def.	Hiroya Takada	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	0:22

1. For the Pancrase Light Heavyweight Championship.

Pancrase: Australia

Pancrase: Australia
Date	October 16, 2001
Venue	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
City	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Pancrase: Australia^[11] was an event held on October 16, 2001 at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Tony Bonello	def.	Ken Fuller	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	1:15
	Luke Pezutti	def.	Richard Buhrmann	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	0	0:00

Pancrase: Proof 6

Pancrase: Proof 6
Date	October 30, 2001
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Proof 6^[12] was an event held on October 30, 2001 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Nate Marquardt (c)	def.	Yuji Hoshino	Submission (Triangle Choke)	3	2:13	[a]
	Akihiro Gono	def.	Keiichiro Yamamiya	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Yuki Sasaki	def.	Daisuke Ishii	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:01
	Daisuke Watanabe	vs.	Mitsuyoshi Sato	Draw	3	5:00
	Kosei Kubota	def.	Eiji Ishikawa	KO (Knee)	2	0:56
	Kazuo Misaki	def.	Takaku Fuke	KO (Punches)	1	0:08
	Hideaki Iwasaki	def.	Hikaru Sato	KO (Punch)	2	4:20
	Koji Oishi	def.	Mick Green	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00

1. For the Pancrase Middleweight Championship.

Pancrase: Proof 7

Pancrase: Proof 7
Date	December 1, 2001
Venue	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
City	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Pancrase: Proof 7^[13] was an event held on December 1, 2001 at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Kazuo Takahashi	def.	Katsuhisa Fujii	TKO (Punches)	1	1:12	[a]
Middleweight	Kiuma Kunioku	def.	Nate Marquardt (c)	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00	[b]
	Yuki Kondo	def.	Akihiro Gono	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	3	0:52
	Yuki Sasaki	def.	Osami Shibuya	Submission (Triangle Armbar)	3	3:42
	Sanae Kikuta	def.	Daisuke Watanabe	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	2:14
	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Hiroshi Shibata	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	2:28
	Chris Lytle	def.	Kazuo Misaki	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Satoru Kitaoka	vs.	Hiroki Nagaoka	Draw	2	5:00

1. For the Pancrase Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the Pancrase Middleweight Championship.

See also

• Pancrase
• List of Pancrase champions
• List of Pancrase events