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Pancrase announced additional cards for the April show at Differ Ariake.

The current King of Pancrase at the bantamweight, Manabu Inoue, would face Tatsuya So in a non-title bout, and number one ranked fighter at the flyweight, is going to take on Isao Hirose, who is making a Pancrae debut in this show. Read more...

(Yuki Kondo took control in the first round with series of left and right hooks)

After the fight, Yuki Kondo told the reporters, "I was lucky I won the fight today. Obviously I don't have that fire inside of me anymore. Its different from when I was in the 20's"

Kiyotaka Shimizu (right) lost the first round but came back strong to capture King of Pancrase title.

Seiya Kawahara won this fight with punches on the ground and few soccer kicks to the head.

Tetsuya Yamada finished Takafumi Ito with this kick up to the face.

After training and fighting in the States, Kengo Ura (right) finally made a Pancrase appearance and dominated Shiongo Suzuki.

From Pancrase:

PANCRASE 2010 PASSION TOUR
Sunday February 7, 2010
Doors Open; 15:00pm
Starts; 17:00pm
Differ Ariake (Tokyo, Japan) Read more...

From PANCRASE:

PANCRASE
DATE: February 3, 2010
http://www.pancrase.co.jp/en/index.html Read more...

Pancrase announced that both middleweight King of Pancrase Ichirou Kanai and welterweight King of Pancrase Takuya Wada would defend their belt in April 29th show at Differ Ariake.

The winner of Yuki Kondo vs. Takenori Sato, which will be held on February 7th, will be the challenger for Kanai, and welterweight bout between Shingo Suzuki and Kengo Ura, Read more...

(Daisuke Watanabe held the pads while Yuki Kondo showed his striking skills for the reporters at the open work out session for the media)

The interim King of Pancrase Yuki Kondo and his team mate, Daisuke Watanabe, who is making a comeback after one year and ten months of absence, held open work out session last week at Gold's Gym in Harajuku, Tokyo. Read more...

(Seiya Kawahara is looking to win the KOP title later this year, and hoping to go to the WEC next year)

The number one ranked fighter in Pancrase's bantamweight division, Seiya Kawahara, held an open work out session for the media last week at Gold's Gym in Harajuku, Tokyo. Read more...

Many fans probably knew this for a while but Pancrase is the only MMA promotion that did not allow fighters to wear loose fit shorts but that is over now.

Pancrase announced that from the Differ Ariake show on February 7th on, they will allow fighters to wear loose fight shorts. Read more...

(PHOTO: The Champion Mitsuhisa Sunabe (right) from Okinawa and the challenger Kiyotaka Shimizu)

Pancrase's "Passion Tour" will begin on February 7th, 2010 at Differ Ariake.

The first fight announced for this card is a flyweight title match between the champion Mitsuhisa Sunabe, and the challenger, Kiyotaka Shimizu. Read more...

(PHOTO: Yuki Kondo (left) with Pancrase Inc. President Yasushi Sakamoto and the challenger Takenori Sato)

Kazushi Sakuraba's disciple, Takenori Sato, is challenging the current interim middleweight King of Pancrase Yuki Kondo. Read more...