2002 in Pancrase

The year 2002 was the tenth year in the history of Pancrase, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2002 Pancrase held 12 events beginning with Pancrase: Spirit 1.

2002 in Pancrase
Information
First date	January 27, 2002
Last date	December 21, 2002
Events
Total events	12
Fights
Total fights	99
Title fights	3
Chronology
2001 in Pancrase 2002 in Pancrase 2003 in Pancrase

Title fights

Title fights in 2002
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Welterweight	Kiuma Kunioku	def.	Takafumi Ito	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:59	Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round	[a]
Welterweight	Kiuma Kunioku (c)	def.	Hiroki Nagaoka	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	4:36	Pancrase: 2002 Anniversary Show	[b]
Middleweight	Nate Marquardt (c)	def.	Kiuma Kunioku	KO (Flying Knee)	3	4:36	Pancrase: Spirit 9	[c]

1. For the Pancrase Welterweight Championship.
2. For the Pancrase Welterweight Championship.
3. For the Pancrase Middleweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of Pancrase events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
118	Pancrase: Spirit 9	December 21, 2002	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
117	Pancrase: Spirit 8	November 30, 2002	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
116	Pancrase: Spirit 7	October 29, 2002	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
115	Pancrase: 2002 Anniversary Show	September 29, 2002	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
114	Pancrase: Spirit 6	August 25, 2002	Umeda Stella Hall	Osaka, Osaka, Japan
113	Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round	July 28, 2002	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
112	Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round	July 28, 2002	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
111	Pancrase: Spirit 5	May 28, 2002	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
110	Pancrase: Spirit 4	May 11, 2002	Umeda Stella Hall	Osaka, Osaka, Japan
109	Pancrase: Spirit 3	March 25, 2002	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
108	Pancrase: Spirit 2	February 17, 2002	Umeda Stella Hall	Osaka, Osaka, Japan
107	Pancrase: Spirit 1	January 27, 2002	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Spirit 1

Pancrase: Spirit 1
Date	January 27, 2002
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Spirit 1^[1] was an event held on January 27, 2002, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yuki Kondo	def.	Mitsuyoshi Sato	TKO (Punches)	2	0:32
	Yuki Sasaki	def.	Keiichiro Yamamiya	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:29
	Daisuke Ishii	def.	Kenji Akiyama	TKO (Punches)	2	3:01
	Osami Shibuya	def.	Yuji Hisamatsu	Submission (Heel Hook)	2	0:46

Pancrase: Spirit 2

Pancrase: Spirit 2
Date	February 17, 2002
Venue	Umeda Stella Hall
City	Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Pancrase: Spirit 2^[2] was an event held on February 17, 2002, at Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yuki Kondo	def.	Eiji Ishikawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kazuo Misaki	def.	Ryuki Ueyama	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Kosei Kubota	vs.	Daisuke Watanabe	Draw (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Hikaru Sato	def.	Kazuki Okubo	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Kenji Arai	def.	Takaku Fuke	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	3:28
	Hideo Tokoro	def.	Miki Shida	Draw (Time Limit)	2	5:00

Pancrase: Spirit 3

Pancrase: Spirit 3
Date	March 25, 2002
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Spirit 3^[3] was an event held on March 25, 2002, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yoshinori Momose	vs.	Ikuhisa Minowa	Draw (Majority)	2	5:00
	Takafumi Ito	def.	Taro Minato	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Nate Marquardt	def.	Kazuo Misaki	TKO (Elbow Dislocation)	1	0:29
	Eiji Ishikawa	def.	Daisuke Ishii	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Koji Oishi	def.	Satoru Kitaoka	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Keiichiro Yamamiya	def.	Sumio Koyano	KO (Punch)	1	0:31
	Hiroya Takada	def.	Takao Yamamoto	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Masahito Wachi	def.	Hideaki Hirayama	KO (Spinning Back Fist)	1	0:13
	Takahito Iida	vs.	Minoru Ozawa	Draw (Time Limit)	2	5:00

Pancrase: Spirit 4

Pancrase: Spirit 4
Date	May 11, 2002
Venue	Umeda Stella Hall
City	Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Pancrase: Spirit 4^[4] was an event held on May 11, 2002, at Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Akihiro Gono	def.	Kosei Kubota	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Eiji Ishikawa	def.	Osami Shibuya	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Kengo Watanabe	def.	Tomohiko Hashimoto	TKO (Punches)	1	4:17
	Keiichiro Yamamiya	def.	Ichiro Kanai	TKO (Punches)	1	3:51
	Satoru Kitaoka	def.	Kenji Arai	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Hikaru Sato	def.	Takaku Fuke	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	def.	Masao Ando	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	2:22
	Yoshiro Maeda	vs.	Mikio Takeuchi	Draw (Time Limit)	2	5:00

Pancrase: Spirit 5

Pancrase: Spirit 5
Date	May 28, 2002
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Spirit 5^[5] was an event held on May 28, 2002, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mitsuyoshi Sato	def.	Ikuhisa Minowa	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Yuki Sasaki	def.	John Glover	Submission (Armbar)	2	1:19
	Takumi Yano	def.	Kenichi Sato	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	0:55
	Kiuma Kunioku	def.	Hideaki Iwasaki	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Koji Oishi	def.	Yoshimitsu Warita	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Hiroki Nagaoka	def.	Yohei Ota	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Jason Godsey	def.	Hideki Tadao	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:37
	Satoshi Nishino	vs.	Hirotaka Tomiyama	Draw (Time Limit)	2	5:00
	Yuji Oba	def.	Nariatsu Iwasaki	Submission (Ankle Lock)	1	3:58

Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round

Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round
Date	July 28, 2002
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round^[6] was an event held on July 28, 2002, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yuki Kondo	def.	Yoshinori Momose	Submission (Punches)	2	3:51
	Kengo Watanabe	def.	Terrance Crampton	Submission (Straight Armbar)	1	2:31
	Kiuma Kunioku	def.	Koji Oishi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Takafumi Ito	def.	Hiroki Nagaoka	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Masashi Suzuki	def.	Sen Nakadai	KO (Punch)	2	1:03
	Hidetaka Monma	def.	Kazuki Okubo	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	Kenji Arai	def.	Minoru Ozawa	KO (Head Kick)	1	0:09
	Satoru Kitaoka	def.	Hiroyuki Nozawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yohei Tagami	def.	Taku Aramaki	Technical Submission (Armbar)	1	4:24

Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round

Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round
Date	July 28, 2002
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round^[7] was an event held on July 28, 2002, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Kiuma Kunioku	def.	Takafumi Ito	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:59	[a]
	Hidetaka Monma	def.	Satoru Kitaoka	KO (Knee)	1	0:05
	Keiichiro Yamamiya	def.	Mitsuyoshi Sato	TKO (Punches)	3	2:52
	Nate Marquardt	def.	Seiki Ryo	Technical Submission (Armbar)	1	1:37
	Daisuke Watanabe	def.	Takao Yamamoto	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Mitsuhisa Sunabe	def.	Masahito Wachi	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	Hidetaka Monma	def.	Masashi Suzuki	Submission (Triangle Armbar)	2	3:48
	Satoru Kitaoka	def.	Kenji Arai	Submission (Ankle Lock)	3	2:08
	Takahiro Sanehara	def.	Minoru Tsuiki	Submission (Kneebar)	1	0:19

1. For the Pancrase Welterweight Championship.

Pancrase: Spirit 6

Pancrase: Spirit 6
Date	August 25, 2002
Venue	Umeda Stella Hall
City	Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Pancrase: Spirit 6^[8] was an event held on August 25, 2002, at Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Akihiro Gono	vs.	Osami Shibuya	Draw (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Kazuo Takahashi	def.	Hideki Tadao	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Yuji Hoshino	vs.	Kosei Kubota	Draw (Majority)	3	5:00
	Kenichi Serizawa	def.	Takaku Fuke	Submission (Triangle Armbar)	2	2:41
	Yoshinobu Ota	vs.	Miki Shida	Draw (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kenji Takeshige	def.	Kenji Matsui	Draw	2	5:00
	Yasunori Yamada	vs.	Yoshiro Maeda	Draw (Time Limit)	2	5:00

Pancrase: 2002 Anniversary Show

Pancrase: 2002 Anniversary Show
Date	September 29, 2002
Venue	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
City	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Pancrase: 2002 Anniversary Show^[9] was an event held on September 29, 2002, at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Kiuma Kunioku (c)	def.	Hiroki Nagaoka	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	4:36	[a]
	Yuki Sasaki	def.	Alex Stiebling	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Ron Waterman	def.	Kengo Watanabe	Technical Submission (Keylock)	1	2:33
	Keiichiro Yamamiya	def.	Eiji Ishikawa	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Osami Shibuya	def.	Mitsuyoshi Sato	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Kazuo Misaki	def.	Kosei Kubota	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Katsuhisa Fujii	def.	Hiroya Takada	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Masakazu Imanari	def.	Yuji Oba	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Hirotaka Tomiyama	vs.	Tatsufumi Tsuchida	Draw (Time Limit)	2	5:00
	Masaki Tsuji	vs.	Makoto Kohira	Draw (Time Limit)	2	5:00

1. For the Pancrase Welterweight Championship.

Pancrase: Spirit 7

Pancrase: Spirit 7
Date	October 29, 2002
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Spirit 7^[10] was an event held on October 29, 2002, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Izuru Takeuchi	def.	Nate Marquardt	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Chris Lytle	def.	Yuji Hoshino	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	2:09
	Koji Oishi	def.	Juan Ayala	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Satoru Kitaoka	def.	Taro Minato	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Hikaru Sato	vs.	Susumu Yamasaki	Draw (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kenji Arai	def.	Takehiro Kato	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Miki Shida	def.	Takahiro Sanehara	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hiroyuki Nozawa	def.	Minoru Ozawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Tomoya Miyashita	vs.	Hideaki Hirayama	Draw (Time Limit)	2	5:00
	Hidehiko Hasegawa	def.	Hidenobu Koike	Draw (Time Limit)	2	5:00

Pancrase: Spirit 8

Pancrase: Spirit 8
Date	November 30, 2002
Venue	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
City	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Pancrase: Spirit 8^[11] was an event held on November 30, 2002, at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Minoru Suzuki	def.	Jushin Thunder Liger	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:48
	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Yuki Sasaki	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Sanae Kikuta	def.	Eduardo Pamplona	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Ricardo Almeida	def.	Osami Shibuya	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:25
	Takafumi Ito	def.	Takuya Wada	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Kazuo Misaki	def.	Masaya Kojima	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:40
	Mitsuhisa Sunabe	def.	Kunihiro Watanabe	Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	1:17
	Yushin Okami	def.	Sen Nakadai	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Shinya Kumazawa	vs.	Hirotaka Toyama	Draw (Time Limit)	2	5:00

Pancrase: Spirit 9

Pancrase: Spirit 9
Date	December 21, 2002
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Spirit 9^[12] was an event held on December 21, 2002, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Nate Marquardt (c)	def.	Kiuma Kunioku	KO (Flying Knee)	3	4:36	[a]
	Izuru Takeuchi	def.	Chris Lytle	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Akihiro Gono	def.	Keiichiro Yamamiya	TKO (Punches)	3	3:49
	Tsuyoshi Ozawa	def.	Kazuo Takahashi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yuki Kondo	def.	Tsuyoshi Kurihara	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:49
	Jun Ishii	def.	Kengo Watanabe	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kenji Arai	def.	Manao Kumagai	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yuji Oba	def.	Satoshi Nishino	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Shigeyuki Umeki	def.	Makoto Kohira	Submission (Kimura)	1	1:29

1. For the Pancrase Middleweight Championship.

See also

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