PANCRASE Title History: Designated & Open Weight
Published by on December 14th, 2007 in Almanac

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PANCRASE CHAMPIONS — Designated weight divisions

FEATHERWEIGHT
* Yoshiro Maeda — defeated Daiki Hata — August 27, 2006, Yokohama, Japan

WELTERWEIGHT
* Kiuma Kunioku defeated Takafumi Ito — July 28, 2002, Tokyo, Japan
(Kunioku vacated title in September 2004)
* Katsuya Inoue (was declared an interim champion by a special committee because the prospective opponent was injured) — May 1, 2005, Kanagawa, Japan
* Daizo Ishige — defeated Katsuya Inoue for the undisputed title — August 27, 2006, Kanagawa, Japan
* Katsuya Inoue — defeated Fabricio Nascimento for interim title — July 27, 2007, Tokyo, Japan

MIDDLEWEIGHT
* Nathan Marquardt — defeated Shonie Carter — Sept. 24, 2000, Kanagawa, Japan
* Kiuma Kunioku — December 1, 2001, Kanagawa, Japan
* Nathan Marquardt (2nd reign) Dec. 21, 2002 Tokyo, Japan
* Ricardo Almeida — Nov. 30, 2003 Tokyo, Japan
(Almeida vacates title and retires in July 2004)
* Nathan Marquardt (3rd reign) — defeated Kazuo Misaki — November 7, 2004, Chiba, Japan
(Marquardt vacates title in October 2006 to join UFC)
* Yuichi Nakanishi — defeated Izuru Takeuchi — December 2, 2006, Tokyo, Japan

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
* Keiichiro Yamamiya — defeated Ikuhisa Minowa — Sept. 24, 2000, Kanagawa, Japan
* Sanae Kikuta — defeated Ikuhisa Minowa — Sept. 30, 2001, Kanagawa, Japan
* Yuki Kondo — Nov. 30, 2003 — Tokyo, Japan

HEAVYWEIGHT
* Yoshiki Takahashi — defeated Shamoji Fujii — December 1, 2001, Kanagawa, Japan
(Takahashi later vacated his Heavyweight title)
* Kestutis “Tiger” Arbocius — defeated Poai Suganuma — August 27, 2006, Kanagawa, Japan
(Arbocius was later stripped of his title due to injury)
* Assuerio Silva — defeated Tatsuya Mizuno — May 30, 2007, Tokyo, Japan

SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT
* Tsuyoshi Kosaka — defeated Ron Waterman — November 7, 2004, Chiba, Japan
(Kosaka vacated his title in January 2006)

PANCRASE CHAMPIONS — OPENWEIGHT
Name Date Location Defenses
* Ken Shamrock — defeated Manabu Yamada — Dec. 17, 1994, Tokyo, Japan
* Minoru Suzuki — May 13, 1995, Tokyo, Japan
* Bas Rutten — Sept. 1, 1995, Tokyo, Japan
* Frank Shamrock — defeated Minoru Suzuki for interim title (Rutten had injury) — January 28, 1996, Kanagawa, Japan
* Bas Rutten — defeated Frank Shamrock for undisputed title –May 16, 1996 Tokyo, Japan
(Rutten vacated title in October 1996)
* Masakatsu Funaki — defeated Jason DeLucia — Dec. 15, 1996, Japan
* Yuki Kondo — April 27, 1997, Tokyo, Japan
* Masakatsu Funaki (2nd reign– ) Dec. 20, 1997 Kanagawa, Japan
* Guy Mezger — April 26, 1998, Kanagawa, Japan
(Mazger vacated title in February 1999 to join UFC)
* Yuki Kondo (2nd reign) — defeated Semmy Schilt — April 18, 1999 Kanagawa, Japan
* Semmy Schilt — Nov. 28, 1999 Osaka, Japan
* Josh Barnett — defeated Yuki Kondo — August 31, 2003, Tokyo, Japan