2003 in Pancrase

The year 2003 was the 11th year in the history of Pancrase, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2003 Pancrase held 14 events beginning with Pancrase: Hybrid 1.

2003 in Pancrase
Information
First date	January 26, 2003
Last date	December 21, 2003
Events
Total events	14
Fights
Total fights	114
Title fights	6
Chronology
2002 in Pancrase 2003 in Pancrase 2004 in Pancrase

Title fights

Title fights in 2003
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Middleweight	Nate Marquardt (c)	def.	Izuru Takeuchi	KO (Punches)	1	1:29	Pancrase - Hybrid 3	[a]
Light Heavyweight	Yuki Kondo	vs.	Sanae Kikuta (c)	Draw	3	5:00	Pancrase - Hybrid 5	[b]
Openweight	Josh Barnett	def.	Yuki Kondo	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	3:26	Pancrase - 10th Anniversary Show	[c]
Light Heavyweight	Yuki Kondo	def.	Sanae Kikuta (c)	KO (Punch)	3	0:08	Pancrase - Hybrid 10	[d]
Middleweight	Ricardo Almeida	def.	Nate Marquardt (c)	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	4:53	Pancrase - Hybrid 10	[e]
Welterweight	Kiuma Kunioku (c)	def.	Kenichi Serizawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Pancrase - Hybrid 10	[f]

1. For the Pancrase Middleweight Championship.
2. For the Pancrase Light Heavyweight Championship.
3. For the Pancrase Openweight Championship.
4. For the Pancrase Light Heavyweight Championship.
5. For the Pancrase Middleweight Championship.
6. For the Pancrase Welterweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of Pancrase events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
132	Pancrase: Hybrid 11	December 21, 2003	Differ Ariake Arena	Tokyo, Japan
131	Pancrase: Hybrid 10	November 30, 2003	Ryogoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan
130	Pancrase: Hybrid 9	October 31, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
129	Pancrase: Hybrid 8	October 4, 2003	Osaka International Convention Center	Osaka, Osaka, Japan
128	Pancrase: 10th Anniversary Show	August 31, 2003	Ryogoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan
127	Pancrase: 2003 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round	July 27, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
126	Pancrase: 2003 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round	July 27, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
125	Pancrase: Hybrid 7	June 22, 2003	Umeda Stella Hall	Osaka, Osaka, Japan
124	Pancrase: Hybrid 6	June 7, 2003	Differ Ariake Arena	Tokyo, Japan
123	Pancrase: Hybrid 5	May 18, 2003	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
122	Pancrase: Hybrid 4	April 12, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
121	Pancrase: Hybrid 3	March 8, 2003	Differ Ariake Arena	Tokyo, Japan
120	Pancrase: Hybrid 2	February 16, 2003	Osaka International Convention Center	Osaka, Osaka, Japan
119	Pancrase: Hybrid 1	January 26, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Hybrid 1

Pancrase: Hybrid 1
Date	January 26, 2003
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Hybrid 1^[1] was an event held on January 26, 2003 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yuki Kondo	vs.	Gabriel Vella	Draw	2	5:00
	Kazuo Misaki	def.	Joe D'Arce	TKO (Punches)	2	4:51
	Daisuke Watanabe	def.	Hidetada Irie	KO (Punches)	1	4:18
	Eiji Ishikawa	def.	Ichiro Kanai	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Koji Oishi	vs.	Takuya Wada	Draw	2	5:00
	Satoru Kitaoka	def.	Hiroki Nagaoka	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yushin Okami	def.	Hikaru Sato	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Shigeyuki Umeki	def.	Yohei Tagami	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Reiji Shimabukuro	def.	Hideaki Hirayama	KO (Punch)	1	1:02

Pancrase: Hybrid 2

Pancrase: Hybrid 2
Date	February 16, 2003
Venue	Osaka International Convention Center
City	Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Pancrase: Hybrid 2^[2] was an event held on February 16, 2003 at the Osaka International Convention Center in Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ricardo Almeida	def.	Ikuhisa Minowa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Akihiro Gono	vs.	Chael Sonnen	Draw	2	5:00
	Kenichi Serizawa	def.	Roland Fabre	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:58
	Hidehiko Hasegawa	def.	Kosei Kubota	Submission (Armbar)	2	3:05
	Kengo Watanabe	def.	Koji Okuyama	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Yuji Hoshino	def.	Takaku Fuke	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yoshiro Maeda	def.	Shigeyuki Umeki	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	1:49
	Daichi Fujiwara	def.	Kenji Matsui	TKO (Punches)	1	0:11
	Kenji Takeshige	vs.	Satoshi Watanabe	Draw	2	5:00
	Daisuke Hanazawa	def.	Tetsuo Uehata	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:39

Pancrase: Hybrid 3

Pancrase: Hybrid 3
Date	March 8, 2003
Venue	Differ Ariake Arena
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Hybrid 3^[3] was an event held on March 8, 2003 at the Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Nate Marquardt (c)	def.	Izuru Takeuchi	KO (Punches)	1	1:29	[a]
	Yuki Kondo	def.	Sumio Koyano	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	3:58
	Kazuo Misaki	vs.	Yuji Hisamatsu	Draw	2	5:00
	Jun Ishii	def.	Jason Godsey	Submission (Punches)	2	1:51
	Naoki Seki	def.	Kenji Arai	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	1:20
	Taku Aramaki	vs.	Hiroto Makise	Draw	2	5:00

1. For the Pancrase Middleweight Championship.

Pancrase: Hybrid 4

Pancrase: Hybrid 4
Date	April 12, 2003
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Hybrid 4^[4] was an event held on April 12, 2003 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ricardo Almeida	def.	Yuki Sasaki	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Kiuma Kunioku	def.	Hidetaka Monma	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Koji Oishi	def.	Chris Lytle	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	Mitsuyoshi Sato	vs.	Daisuke Watanabe	Draw	2	5:00
	Keiichiro Yamamiya	vs.	Tsuyoshi Kurihara	Draw	2	5:00
	Satoru Kitaoka	vs.	Takuya Wada	Draw	2	5:00
	Manao Kumagai	def.	Yuji Oba	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00

Pancrase: Hybrid 5

Pancrase: Hybrid 5
Date	May 18, 2003
Venue	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
City	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Pancrase: Hybrid 5^[5] was an event held on May 18, 2003 at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Yuki Kondo	vs.	Sanae Kikuta (c)	Draw	3	5:00	[a]
	Akihiro Gono	def.	Flavio Luiz Moura	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Kazuo Misaki	def.	Yuji Hisamatsu	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	2:34
	Evangelista Santos	def.	Osami Shibuya	KO (Punch)	1	1:20
	Koji Oishi	def.	Daisuke Hanazawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hiroki Nagaoka	vs.	Kenji Arai	Draw	2	5:00
	Yoshiro Maeda	def.	Mitsuhisa Sunabe	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Shunichi Akimoto	def.	Kenji Nagai	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:55

1. For the Pancrase Light Heavyweight Championship.

Pancrase: Hybrid 6

Pancrase: Hybrid 6
Date	June 7, 2003
Venue	Differ Ariake Arena
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Hybrid 6^[6] was an event held on June 7, 2003 at Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Nilson De Castro	def.	Keiichiro Yamamiya	TKO (Punches)	1	4:00
	Izuru Takeuchi	def.	Kosei Kubota	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Kenichi Serizawa	vs.	Takuya Wada	Draw	3	5:00
	Hideki Tadao	def.	Jun Ishii	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Minoru Ozawa	def.	Takahito Iida	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Ichiro Kanai	vs.	Shinpei Sotoyama	Draw	2	5:00
	Masahito Wachi	def.	Reiji Shimabukuro	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Miki Shida	def.	Yoshinobu Ota	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Pancrase: Hybrid 7

Pancrase: Hybrid 7
Date	June 22, 2003
Venue	Umeda Stella Hall
City	Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Pancrase: Hybrid 7^[7] was an event held on June 22, 2003 at Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kiuma Kunioku	def.	Katsuomi Inagaki	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:10
	Daisuke Watanabe	def.	Yuki Sasaki	KO (Punch)	1	4:18
	Yuji Hoshino	vs.	Satoru Kitaoka	Draw	3	5:00
	Hidehiko Hasegawa	def.	Hikaru Sato	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Yoshiro Maeda	def.	Shinya Sato	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Satoshi Watanabe	def.	Kenji Takeshige	KO (Knee)	1	1:16
	Naoji Fujimoto	def.	Joji Kawamata	Submission (Ankle Lock)	1	1:47

Pancrase: 2003 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round

Pancrase: 2003 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round
Date	July 27, 2003
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: 2003 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round^[8] was an event held on July 27, 2003 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kazuo Takahashi	def.	Tsuyoshi Ozawa	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	5:00
	Yuichi Nakanishi	def.	Ichiro Kanai	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Masakatsu Okuda	def.	Sen Nakadai	TKO (Leg Kicks)	3	0:43
	Naoki Seki	def.	Daisuke Hanazawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takahito Iida	def.	Kenji Arai	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:03
	Yoshiro Maeda	def.	Takahiro Sanehara	TKO (Punches)	2	1:06
	Miki Shida	def.	Reiji Shimabukuro	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Pancrase: 2003 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round

Pancrase: 2003 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round
Date	July 27, 2003
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: 2003 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round^[9] was an event held on July 27, 2003 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yuichi Nakanishi	def.	Masakatsu Okuda	Submission (Armbar)	2	4:35
	Naoki Seki	def.	Takahito Iida	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yoshiro Maeda	def.	Miki Shida	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Keiichiro Yamamiya	def.	Nate Marquardt	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Eiji Ishikawa	def.	Hidetaka Monma	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Osami Shibuya	def.	Shunichi Akimoto	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Minoru Ozawa	vs.	Manao Kumagai	Draw	2	5:00
	Takumi Murata	def.	Minoru Tsuiki	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:37

Pancrase: 10th Anniversary Show

Pancrase: 10th Anniversary Show
Date	August 31, 2003
Venue	Ryogoku Kokugikan
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: 10th Anniversary Show^[10] was an event held on August 31, 2003 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Openweight	Josh Barnett	def.	Yuki Kondo	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	3:26	[a]
	Sanae Kikuta	def.	Elvis Sinosic	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Crosley Gracie	def.	Kiuma Kunioku	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Akihiro Gono	def.	Nilson de Castro	DQ (Groin Strike)	1	0:29
	Yuki Sasaki	def.	Heath Sims	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Ricardo Almeida	def.	Kazuo Misaki	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Osami Shibuya	def.	Toru Yano	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:35
	Minoru Suzuki	def.	Takashi Iizuka	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

1. For the Pancrase Openweight Championship.

Pancrase: Hybrid 8

Pancrase: Hybrid 8
Date	October 4, 2003
Venue	Osaka International Convention Center
City	Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Pancrase: Hybrid 8^[11] was an event held on October 4, 2003 at Osaka International Convention Center in Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Takafumi Ito	def.	Daisuke Hanazawa	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Nate Marquardt	def.	Yuji Hisamatsu	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Keiichiro Yamamiya	vs.	Keith Jardine	Draw	2	5:00
	Yoshiro Maeda	def.	Satoshi Watanabe	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takumi Yano	def.	Kenji Takeshige	KO (Spinning Backfist)	1	2:19
	Yoshinobu Ota	vs.	Daichi Fujiwara	Draw	2	5:00
	Naoji Fujimoto	def.	Yasuhiro Kanayama	Technical Submission (Armbar)	1	4:22
	Masahito Kawamoto	def.	Koichi Hioki	KO (Punch)	1	0:22
	Takashi Hasegawa	vs.	Yutaka Nishikawa	Draw	2	5:00

Pancrase: Hybrid 9

Pancrase: Hybrid 9
Date	October 31, 2003
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Hybrid 9^[12] was an event held on October 31, 2003 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Akihiro Gono	def.	Daisuke Watanabe	KO (Punch)	2	3:49
	Izuru Takeuchi	vs.	Eiji Ishikawa	Draw	3	5:00
	Ron Waterman	def.	Jun Ishii	Submission (Neck Crank)	1	1:02
	Yuichi Nakanishi	def.	Kosei Kubota	TKO (Punches)	2	2:46
	Satoru Kitaoka	def.	Naoki Seki	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Hur Sung Jin	def.	Keigo Takamori	KO (Punches)	1	0:18
	Takuya Wada	def.	Minoru Ozawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Miki Shida	def.	Masahito Wachi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Ismael Aoki	def.	Tony Nelson	NC (Doctor Stoppage)	2	2:59

Pancrase: Hybrid 10

Pancrase: Hybrid 10
Date	November 30, 2003
Venue	Ryogoku Kokugikan
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Hybrid 10^[13] was an event held on November 30, 2003 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Yuki Kondo	def.	Sanae Kikuta (c)	KO (Punch)	3	0:08	[a]
Middleweight	Ricardo Almeida	def.	Nate Marquardt (c)	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	4:53	[b]
Welterweight	Kiuma Kunioku (c)	def.	Kenichi Serizawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	[c]
	Akihiro Gono	def.	Nilson de Castro	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Ron Waterman	vs.	Jimmy Ambriz	Draw	3	5:00
	Kazuo Misaki	vs.	Jake Shields	Draw	3	5:00
	Yoshiro Maeda	def.	Baret Yoshida	KO (Punches)	1	1:29
	Yasuhiro Kirita	vs.	Yuya Shirai	Draw	2	5:00
	Takumi Murata	vs.	Atsushi Yamamoto	Draw	2	5:00

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

Pancrase: Hybrid 11

Pancrase: Hybrid 11
Date	December 21, 2003
Venue	Differ Ariake Arena
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Hybrid 11^[14] was an event held on December 21, 2003 at Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	David Terrell	def.	Yuki Sasaki	KO (Punch)	2	0:15
	Keiichiro Yamamiya	vs.	Bret Bergmark	Draw	3	5:00
	Eiji Ishikawa	def.	Hidehiko Hasegawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Osami Shibuya	def.	Tsuyoshi Kurihara	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yukiya Naito	def.	Hur Sung Jin	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	2:34
	Koji Oishi	def.	Takahito Iida	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takafumi Ito	def.	Linson Simanjuntak	Submission (Triangle Kimura)	1	3:46
	Daisuke Hanazawa	vs.	Kenji Arai	Draw	2	5:00
	Yuichi Ikari	def.	Hirokazu Takamoto	KO (Punch)	2	3:28
	Tetsu Sasaki	vs.	Atsushi Yamamoto	Draw	2	5:00

See also

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