2006 in Pancrase

The year 2006 was the 14th year in the history of Pancrase, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2006 Pancrase held 14 events beginning with Pancrase: Blow 1.

2006 in Pancrase
Information
First date	January 26, 2006
Last date	December 10, 2006
Events
Total events	14
Fights
Total fights	154
Title fights	6
Chronology
2005 in Pancrase 2006 in Pancrase 2007 in Pancrase

Title fights

Title fights in 2006
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Welterweight	Satoru Kitaoka	vs.	Katsuya Inoue (c)	Draw	3	5:00	Pancrase: Blow 1	[a]
Middleweight	Yuichi Nakanishi	vs.	Kozo Urita	Draw	2	5:00	Pancrase: Blow 3	[b]
Light Heavyweight	Yuki Kondo (c)	def.	Daijiro Matsui	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Pancrase: Blow 6	[c]
Featherweight	Yoshiro Maeda	def.	Daiki Hata	Decision (Split)	3	5:00	Pancrase: Blow 6	[d]
Welterweight	Daizo Ishige	def.	Katsuya Inoue (c)	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Pancrase: Blow 6	[e]
Heavyweight	Kestutis Arbocius	def.	Poai Suganuma	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	3	0:34	Pancrase: Blow 6	[f]

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

Events list

Main article: List of Pancrase events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
179	Pancrase: Blow 11	December 10, 2006	Differ Ariake Arena	Tokyo, Japan
178	Pancrase: Blow 10	December 2, 2006	Differ Ariake Arena	Tokyo, Japan
177	Pancrase: Blow 9	October 25, 2006	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
176	Pancrase: Blow 8	October 1, 2006	Umeda Stella Hall	Osaka, Osaka, Japan
175	Pancrase: Blow 7	September 16, 2006	Differ Ariake Arena	Tokyo, Japan
174	Pancrase: Blow 6	August 27, 2006	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
173	Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals	July 28, 2006	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
172	Pancrase: Blow 5	June 6, 2006	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
171	Pancrase: Blow 4	May 2, 2006	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
170	Pancrase: Blow 3	April 9, 2006	Differ Ariake Arena	Tokyo, Japan
169	Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Semifinals	April 2, 2006	Gold's Gym South Tokyo Annex	Tokyo, Japan
168	Pancrase: Blow 2	March 19, 2006	Umeda Stella Hall	Osaka, Osaka, Japan
167	Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations	February 19, 2006	Gold's Gym South Tokyo Annex	Tokyo, Japan
166	Pancrase: Blow 1	January 26, 2006	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Blow 1

Pancrase: Blow 1
Date	January 26, 2006
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Blow 1^[1] was an event held on January 26, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Satoru Kitaoka	vs.	Katsuya Inoue (c)	Draw	3	5:00	[a]
	Yuji Sakuragi	def.	Hikaru Sato	TKO (Soccer Kicks)	1	0:55
	Poai Suganuma	def.	Hideki Tadao	KO (Punches)	1	3:58
	Daizo Ishige	def.	Koji Oishi	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Kozo Urita	def.	Riki Fukuda	KO (Punch)	1	0:40
	Mitsuhisa Sunabe	def.	Russ Miura	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Manabu Inoue	vs.	Takumi Murata	Draw	2	5:00
	Azat Askerov	vs.	Turbo Fairtex	Draw	2	5:00
	Ryo Kawamura	vs.	Yuta Watanabe	Draw	2	5:00

1. For the Pancrase Welterweight Championship.

Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations

Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations
Date	February 19, 2006
Venue	Gold's Gym South Tokyo Annex
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations^[2] was an event held on February 19, 2006 at Gold's Gym South Tokyo Annex in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mitsuo Matsumoto	def.	Yuichi Ikari	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	2:04
	Tashiro Nishiuchi	def.	Minoru Chujo	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Eriya Matsuda	def.	Takaichi Hirayama	KO (Punch)	1	0:34
	Ryusuke Uemura	def.	Kenta Nakamura	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Masaki Yanagisawa	def.	Yuichiro Shirai	Technical Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	2:34
	Shinya Kumazawa	def.	Satoru Takadaya	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	2:30
	Taku Aramaki	def.	Junichi Ota	Submission (Straight Armbar)	1	4:46
	Shinya Kumazawa	def.	Seiji Takeda	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	2:14
	Satoru Takadaya	def.	Ryo Nakajima	Decision (Majority)	1	5:00
	Taku Aramaki	def.	Hirotoshi Saito	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:42
	Tatsuya So	def.	Shigeyuki Uchiyama	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	2:17
	Takashi Hasegawa	def.	Kenichi Matsuo	Decision (Majority)	1	5:00
	Shinya Kumazawa	def.	Manabu Chujo	Submission (Kimura)	1	2:23
	Seiji Takeda	def.	Luiz Andrade I	Submission (Armbar)	2	1:19
	Ryo Nakajima	def.	Naoki Miyamoto	Decision (Unanimous)	1	5:00
	Satoru Takadaya	def.	Yuki Takaya	Decision (Majority)	1	5:00
	Hirotoshi Saito	def.	Kenta Okuyama	Decision (Split)	1	3:00
	Taku Aramaki	def.	Takashi Nomiya	Submission (Scarf Hold Armlock)	1	3:58
	Junichi Ota	def.	Kenichi Ito	Decision (Majority)	1	5:00
	Shoji Maruyama	def.	Seigo Inoue	Decision (Unanimous)	1	5:00
	Tatsuya So	def.	Hirokazu Nishimura	Decision (Unanimous)	1	5:00
	Shigeyuki Uchiyama	def.	Takeshi Kurotani	Decision (Majority)	1	5:00
	Kenichi Matsuo	def.	Yo Saito	Decision (Majority)	1	5:00
	Takashi Hasegawa	def.	Daisuke Oishi	Submission (Kimura)	1	3:12

Pancrase: Blow 2

Pancrase: Blow 2
Date	March 19, 2006
Venue	Umeda Stella Hall
City	Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Pancrase: Blow 2^[3] was an event held on March 19, 2006 at Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Daiki Hata	def.	Yoshiro Maeda	TKO (Punches)	2	0:35
	Satoru Kitaoka	def.	Tatsunori Tanaka	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	2:53
	Hikaru Sato	def.	Daisuke Hanazawa	Submission (Toe Hold)	2	2:01
	Yuji Miyazaki	vs.	Naoki Yoshimura	Draw	2	2:10
	Hidemi Mihara	vs.	Masato Nishiguchi	Draw	2	5:00
	Asuka Ito	def.	Yukari Yukari	Submission (Armbar)	3	2:45
	Masahiro Toryu	def.	Kiichi Kunimoto	KO (Head Kick)	1	0:05
	Hiroshi Tomita	def.	Takeshi Takano	Submission (Armbar)	2	3:58
	Kenji Ezaki	def.	Nobuhiro Yamauchi	Technical Submission (Armbar)	2	3:51
	Tetsuo Uehata	def.	Hiroshi Sano	Submission (Kneebar)	1	0:27

Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Semifinals

Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Semifinals
Date	April 2, 2006
Venue	Gold's Gym South Tokyo Annex
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Semifinals^[4] was an event held on April 2, 2006 at Gold's Gym South Tokyo Annex in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ryo Kawamura	def.	Yuta Watanabe	KO (Punch)	1	2:35
	Sumio Koyano	def.	Mike Molina	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Asaki Honda	def.	Yohei Ota	KO (Punch)	1	0:53
	Shinya Kumazawa	def.	Toshikatsu Harada	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:10
	Tashiro Nishiuchi	def.	Taku Aramaki	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Eriya Matsuda	def.	Mitsuo Matsumoto	TKO (Punches)	2	3:46
	Ryusuke Uemura	def.	Takashi Hasegawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Tatsuya So	def.	Masaki Yanagisawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Jinzaburo Yonezawa	def.	Atsuo Hirano	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	4:19
	Yuichi Miyagi	def.	Motomare Takahashi	KO (Punch)	1	0:54

Pancrase: Blow 3

Pancrase: Blow 3
Date	April 9, 2006
Venue	Differ Ariake Arena
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Blow 3^[5] was an event held on April 9, 2006 at Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ryuta Noji	def.	Takashi Sugiura	KO (Stomps)	1	3:25
	Kestutis Arbocius	def.	Hiromitsu Kanehara	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yuji Hisamatsu	def.	Daisuke Watanabe	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Miki Shida	def.	Damacio Page	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Yuichi Nakanishi	vs.	Kozo Urita	Draw	2	5:00	[a]
	Takuya Wada	vs.	Shinsuke Shoji	Draw	2	5:00
	Atsushi Yamamoto	def.	Takumi Murata	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	1:37
	Ichiro Kanai	def.	Moriyuki Yamada	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:11

1. For the Pancrase Middleweight Championship.

Pancrase: Blow 4

Pancrase: Blow 4
Date	May 2, 2006
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Blow 4^[6] was an event held on May 2, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Daizo Ishige	def.	Satoru Kitaoka	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Poai Suganuma	def.	Yuji Sakuragi	TKO (Punches)	1	4:47
	Robert Emerson	def.	Takafumi Ito	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Izuru Takeuchi	def.	Azat Askerov	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yasuaki Miura	def.	Yukio Kawabe	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:43
	Masayuki Kono	def.	Teymur Aliyev	TKO (Punches)	1	4:09
	Atsuo Hirano	vs.	Naoki Miyamoto	Draw	2	5:00

Pancrase: Blow 5

Pancrase: Blow 5
Date	June 6, 2006
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Blow 5^[7] was an event held on June 6, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yoshiro Maeda	def.	Atsushi Yamamoto	KO (Flying Knee)	2	4:36
	Daiki Hata	def.	Miki Shida	TKO (Punches)	2	2:03
	Kestutis Arbocius	def.	Yasuaki Miura	TKO (Punches)	1	1:35
	Sayaka Shioda	def.	Asuka Ito	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
	Daisuke Hanazawa	vs.	Yuji Hisamatsu	Draw	3	5:00
	Anthony Netzler	def.	Seiji Ogura	KO (Punch)	1	0:30
	Naoki Seki	def.	Sotaro Yamada	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	2:36
	Junichi Ota	def.	Kenichi Ito	Technical Submission (Armbar)	1	1:17
	Yuki Yamasawa	def.	Eiichi Nagaya	KO (Knee)	2	1:55

Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals

Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals
Date	July 28, 2006
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals^[8] was an event held on July 28, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ryo Kawamura	def.	Sumio Koyano	KO (Punches)	1	1:15
	Asaki Honda	def.	Shinya Kumazawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Eriya Matsuda	def.	Tashiro Nishiuchi	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Ryusuke Uemura	def.	Tatsuya So	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Carlos Condit	def.	Koji Oishi	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	3	1:01
	Takafumi Ito	vs.	Naoki Yoshimura	Draw	2	5:00
	Riki Fukuda	def.	Yuji Sakuragi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yuichiro Shirai	vs.	Koji Yoshimoto	Draw	2	5:00
	Tatsuya Mizuno	def.	Keizo Nagaya	Technical Submission (Armbar)	1	4:20
	Rikuhei Fujii	def.	Tomokazu Hitomi	KO (Knee)	1	2:01
	Takeaki Miyakawa	vs.	Yuki Yamasawa	Draw	2	5:00

Pancrase: Blow 6

Pancrase: Blow 6
Date	August 27, 2006
Venue	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
City	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Pancrase: Blow 6^[9] was an event held on August 27, 2006 at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Yuki Kondo (c)	def.	Daijiro Matsui	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	[a]
Featherweight	Yoshiro Maeda	def.	Daiki Hata	Decision (Split)	3	5:00	[b]
Welterweight	Daizo Ishige	def.	Katsuya Inoue (c)	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	[c]
Heavyweight	Kestutis Arbocius	def.	Poai Suganuma	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	3	0:34	[d]
	Izuru Takeuchi	def.	Hikaru Sato	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Satoru Kitaoka	def.	Paul Daley	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	2:54
	Robert Emerson	def.	Kenji Arai	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Henry Miller	def.	Seiji Ogura	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:37

1. For the Pancrase Light Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the Pancrase Featherweight Championship.
3. For the Pancrase Welterweight Championship.
4. For the Pancrase Heavyweight Championship.

Pancrase: Blow 7

Pancrase: Blow 7
Date	September 16, 2006
Venue	Differ Ariake Arena
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Blow 7^[10] was an event held on September 16, 2006 at Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ryo Kawamura	def.	Daniel Acacio	KO (Punch)	2	2:40
	Carlos Condit	def.	Takuya Wada	Submission (Kimura)	3	4:22
	Yuji Hoshino	def.	Shinsuke Shoji	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Manabu Inoue	def.	Mitsuhisa Sunabe	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Masayuki Kono	def.	Daniel Lyons	TKO (Punches)	1	3:46
	Tatsuya Mizuno	def.	Yuji Sakuragi	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	3:20
	Ichiro Kanai	def.	Yuji Hisamatsu	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Naoki Yoshimura	def.	Taku Aramaki	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Kenji Shimada	def.	Yuichiro Shirai	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Rikuhei Fujii	def.	Keizo Nagaya	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:14
	Yukio Sakaguchi	def.	Akihiro Ono	KO (Knee)	2	2:47
	Isao Hirose	vs.	Yuki Yamasawa	Draw	2	5:00

Pancrase: Blow 8

Pancrase: Blow 8
Date	October 1, 2006
Venue	Umeda Stella Hall
City	Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Pancrase: Blow 8^[11] was an event held on October 1, 2006 at Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yuki Kondo	vs.	Jean-Francois Lenogue	Draw	3	5:00
	Daichi Fujiwara	def.	Takayuki Hirayasu	DQ (Kick to the Groin)	1	4:43
	Kenji Takeshige	def.	Koichi Tanaka	Submission (Toe Hold)	2	2:38
	Naoji Fujimoto	def.	Yuichi Miyagi	Technical Submission (Armbar)	2	1:18
	Rin Nakai	def.	Asuka Ito	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	1:25
	Shoji Maruyama	def.	Yuji Miyazaki	KO (Flying Knee)	1	0:03
	Nobuhiro Yamauchi	def.	Kenji Ezaki	Decision (Majority)	1	5:00
	Noriyuki Kitaura	def.	Motoki Ejima	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	0:36
	Kiichi Kunimoto	def.	Teruyoshi Aoyama	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	2	2:58
	Shohei Mitsuda	vs.	Satoru Takadaya	Draw	2	5:00
	Yuichiro Nagashima	def.	Hiromu Nagado	KO (Punch)	1	0:12
	Toru Akasaki	def.	Kenichi Yasunaga	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:59
	Soyu Tanabe	def.	Hiroshi Sano	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:20
	Nobuhiro Yamauchi	def.	Tetsuo Uehata	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:03
	Kenji Ezaki	def.	Shunsuke Kimura	Submission (Ankle Lock)	1	4:33

Pancrase: Blow 9

Pancrase: Blow 9
Date	October 25, 2006
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Blow 9^[12] was an event held on October 25, 2006 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Satoru Kitaoka	def.	Ju Pyo Hong	Submission (Achilles Lock)	1	0:24
	Carlos Condit	def.	Tatsunori Tanaka	KO (Stomps)	1	2:13
	Koji Oishi	def.	In Seok Kim	KO (Punch)	1	2:31
	Hikaru Sato	def.	Tomoyoshi Iwamiya	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Atsushi Yamamoto	def.	Masaki Yanagisawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Daichi Fujiwara	def.	Michihisa Asano	Submission (Kneebar)	1	0:39
	Kozo Urita	def.	Rikuhei Fujii	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yuki Yamasawa	def.	Tomoki Murayama	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Tatsuya Nakama	vs.	Sojiro Orui	Draw	2	5:00
	Tadasuke Yoshida	def.	Masayoshi Ichikawa	Submission (Armbar)	2	0:41
	Koichiro Matsumoto	vs.	Junichi Ota	Draw	2	5:00

Pancrase: Blow 10

Pancrase: Blow 10
Date	December 2, 2006
Venue	Differ Ariake Arena
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Blow 10^[13] was an event held on December 2, 2006 at Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yuichi Nakanishi	def.	Izuru Takeuchi	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	Mu Bae Choi	def.	Masayuki Kono	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	2	1:36
	Manabu Inoue	def.	Kenji Shimada	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takuya Wada	def.	Tadasuke Yoshida	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:22
	Tatsuya Mizuno	def.	Yasuaki Miura	Technical Submission (Kimura)	1	1:47
	Artur Oumakhanov	def.	Yuji Miyazaki	TKO (Suplex)	1	1:03
	Shoji Maruyama	def.	Taku Aramaki	KO (Stomps)	1	3:36
	Koji Yoshimoto	def.	Yuki Yamasawa	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Yuichiro Shirai	vs.	Kenta Nakamura	Draw	2	5:00
	Hiroshi Arakawa	def.	Kosuke Nakamoto	TKO (Punches to the Body)	2	2:32
	Isao Hirose	vs.	Ryota Sasaki	Draw	2	5:00

Pancrase: Blow 11

Pancrase: Blow 11
Date	December 10, 2006
Venue	Differ Ariake Arena
City	Tokyo, Japan

Pancrase: Blow 11^[14] was an event held on December 10, 2006 at Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yuki Kondo	def.	Ian Nai	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	1:30
	Daizo Ishige	def.	Kenji Arai	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Ryo Kawamura	vs.	Nilson de Castro	Draw	3	5:00
	Takafumi Ito	def.	Eriya Matsuda	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Hikaru Sato	def.	Sviatoslav Matafonov	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Koji Oishi	def.	Hiroyuki Nozawa	TKO (Punches)	1	4:53
	Kanako Takeshita	def.	Tomomi Sunaba	Submission (Armbar)	3	2:08
	Masahiro Toryu	def.	Nobuhiro Tsurumaki	KO (Punch)	1	1:16
	Miki Shida	def.	Daichi Fujiwara	TKO (Back Injury)	1	0:36

See also

• List of Pancrase champions
• List of Pancrase events