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That's something new. I haven't watched much lucha since Dragon Lee and Rush left, so might be a good way to catch up. Really? That's surprising. Goes to show how much i'm out fo the modern game lol

Yeah, sorry for the long absence, but i finally had the time and will to post the show! Now, why are the photos and videos not showing?

https://youtu.be/vTeVTchrzIQ?feature=shared https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Tokyo_Bay_NK_Hall.jpg King of Pancrase 2nd round KING OF PANCRASE SECOND ROUND MATCH https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q3uely6GThA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-A4ACgAOKAgwIABABGGUgVyhNMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAHcnPBRwNBUNofVrDMty-zbDmLbA https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000210116080-va0qe1-t500x500.jpg "El Guapo" Bas Rutten (NED) vs Frank Shamrock (USA) 1 round, 15 minutes Bas Rutten face soff against Frank Shamrock in the first match of the night and the first match of the second rouns of the tournament. They start with a touch of gloves, then rutten misses with a right hook that Frank counters with a fast and furious one-two combination to keep bas on his toes, cutting him above his right eye. After a quick doctor check that led to nothing, both fighters countered and blocked each other's standup, missing with close shots on fhe head. Rutten finally got soemthing going with good hooks, while frank targetted rutten's legs with low kicks. Frank hits rutten's cut with another hook. Thenfoght was kwpt standing up, with frank tiring Bas with his concentrated attacks on his cut. Then, with under 5 minutes remaining in the fight, Frank sensed Bas's legs getting heavy and easily took him down with a trip, transitioning smoothly into a kneebar! Rutten stops him, however, and punches him in the face. BUT FRANK RETALIATES BY STICKING HIS TONGUE OUT AT BAS! https://www.mixedmartialarts.com/.image/t_share/MTg3NzUxMTUzNTkyMzEzMjA5/the-most-amazing-acts-of-mid-fight-mockery-in-mma-history.jpg AND.HE SNAPS THE KNEEBAR TIGHT! AND BAS RUTTEN TAPS! Frank Shamrock goes to the semi-finals! Frank Shamrock defeats Bas Rutten by submission via Kneebar at 12:26. KING OF PANCRASE SECOND ROUND MATCH 2 https://b.fssta.com/uploads/application/wwe/headshots/ken-shamrock.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Marco_Ruas_publicity_shot_crop.jpg/220px-Marco_Ruas_publicity_shot_crop.jpg Ken Shamrock (USA vs Marco Ruas (BRA) this is a rematch of the UFC 2 semi-final matchup last year. After the touch of gloves, Shamrock immediately takes down Ruas and forces him to pull guard. Doong short striekd to keep him guessing, shamrock faisl in a leglock attempt as referee Yuji Shianda brigns them back up. Standing up, ruas and shamrock exchanges bombs at each other, with only a few connecting lightly. Ruas then gets shamrock with a crunching right hook right on his jaw, sendign him crashing it to the mat! Ruas then pounds him to obliviosn before Yuji Shinada calls for the belt! Marco Ruas wisn by TKO and avenges his defeat in a massove upset against the best fighter in the world! Marco Ruas defeats Ken Shamrock by TKO at 9:21. NON-TOURMAMENT MATCH #1 Sanae Kikuta vs Daijiro Matsui There is nothing of mote that hapoened in this fight, for the judoka Kikuta utterly dominated the game but outmatched Matsui with his grappling and his groudn and pound on the way to an easy unanimous decision victory. Sanae Kikuta defeated Daijiro Matsui by unanimous decision after 15 minutes. NON-TOURNAMENT MATCH #2 Kiyoshi Tamura vs Guy Mezger A classic grappler vs striker battle, Mezger used his reach advantage to keep tamura at bay with jabs and push kicks. Tmaura conemcts with hooks of his own, proving he cna hang with the kickboxer mezger. But mezger would punish his insolence witha devastating three-hit combi thatbsent tamura down, going for a kneebar and a n armbar, but tamura defends himself well, and forced the ref to get them back up. From there, Tamura actually came back and dominated Mezger in the clinch, hitting soem good knees and punches and smothering him in the ropes. In the end, the judges gave the win.to Tamura. Kiyoshi Tamura defeats Guy Mezger via unanimous decision after 15 minutes. KING OF PANCRASE TOURNAMENT MATCH 3 https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/5GcAAOSwRE5ah1Ei/s-l1600.jpg https://fighttime.ru/images/fightbase/fighters/296.jpg?v=1.0.1 Minoru Suzuki (JPN) vs Vernon "Tiger" White (USA) Another great ovation for Suzuki, who enters the Tokyo NK bay hall with a new entrance song: Ayumi Nakamura's newest single, Kaze Ni Nare. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-KOE40obLYE&pp=ygUMS2F6ZSBuaSBuYXJl Suzuki and white touvh gloves, and suzuki's looking for an opportunity to take him down, which he finds easily as he trips him, white catching him in half guard. Suzuki passes to side control and applies a nasty limura on White to submit him in no time and go to the semi-final to face Marco Ruas! Minoru Suzuki defeats Vernon "Tiger" White by submission via Kimura. NON-TOURNAMENT MATCH #3 Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs Maurice Smith Kohsaka scored first with a besutoful inside leg trip and working on smith with his transitions and grappling. However, Smith managed to get back up and lay on Kohsaka, nailing him witha right cross that knoked him out, letting Smith stomp him to submission. Maurice Smith defeats Tsuyoshi Lohsaka by TKO at 11:13. MAIN EVENT KING OF PANCRASE SECOND ROUND MATCH https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/prowrestling/images/9/9c/MASAKATSU.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20141015230604 https://media.gettyimages.com/id/51951745/photo/under-90-kg-category-gold-medalist-hidehiko-yoshid.jpg?s=1024x1024&w=gi&k=20&c=U5bpPkWygPDvtBILFEMB6D3u9bny9vdJrZUVFHmdWII= Masakatsu Funaki vs Hidehiko Yoshida. Huge big fight feel for this one as funaki and yoshida both gets the streamers treatment and the crowd is split betwedn the two. Already, the former olympic judoka trids to shoot, but funaki was ready, cojntering with a hook to the body. A ambitious head kick attempt by Funaki was avoided by yoshida. Funaki is the more aggresosve of the two on the stabdup, throwing bombs that yoshida easily avoids Yoshida then uses his reach advamtage to score another hook, but funaki is unfazed and KICKS THE SHIT OUT OF YOSHIDA'S HEAD!! Funaki pounces on the downed yoshida and attempts a kimura, against all odds, then an armbar, then another limura from side control, which he manages to get, and Hidehiko Yoshida has no choice but to tap! With an amazing hail mary head kick, Masakatsu Funaki shocks Yoshida and the Tokyo bay NK Hall crowd with a stunning upset win, and goes tot.he semi-final to face Frank Shamrock! Masakatsu funaki defeats Hidehiko Yoshida by Submission via Kimura at 6:52. KING OF PANCRASE TOURNAMENT SEMI-FINALS CONFIRMED Minoru Suzuki vs Marco Ruas Masakatsu Funaki vs Frank Shamrock

I actually didn't know that. Thanks for the info. I still went with pfizer, anyways. Thank god i didn't have this when i had COVID

It depends on which vax he might have taken. Here, in quebec, people complained a lot about the astrazeneca one because it ended up giving the people that used it rare blood clots. Since Bray Wyatt died of heart attacks, this leads me to think he might have taken the astrazeneca one instead of the much safer Pfizer. I said might have, since i don't know the details, but it does point towards this. Anyways, let's see what watts and crockett will do now with AWA. Pls no stupid ass over the top rope DQ rule...

I like this diary. Hope we see more content

Hmm, wonder if it'll go the G1 Climax 91 route and have Miwa and Tatsuko face each other in the final to establish them as stars...which will lead to Miwa vs Ichihara and Tatsuko vs Kitoaji. I like the sound of that

It is a mission of mine in a WCW 91 save to have a tag team division be composed of the steiner brothers, the Miracle Violence Connection, the Hollywood Blondes, Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow, the brain busters and the Can-Am Express. Always though Kroffat and Furnas was an underrated tag team

So there was another guy named dan kroffat...the one i know is from the can-am express, the team on the losing side of one of my favorite tag team matches of all time: Kenta Kobashi/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Can-Am Express in 1992 Also, i'm so hype to see Renée go to japan and discover how tough and wild the joshis are in the ring and the culture there!

So yeah, i'm calling it, 98 will be the year that Tatsuko dethrones Kitoaji and makes him pay for ignoring him, becoming the first of the sinister 6 to become glory crown champion. Also, since Miwa teased that Dread's defeat will be devastating, i believd that he will become glory crown champion, then he will lose the glory crown to one of the sinister 6 when he will finally lose. Maybe Musashibo, so he begins his push as ace of the company

Weird that Tony Parissi ain't Brito's partner tonight... Anyways: (Paul LeDuc) vs. Duke Myers (Jos LeDuc) vs. Tor Kamata The Kelly Twins vs. (Boris & Nikolai Petrov) (Vic Rossitani) vs. Sugi Sito (Tony Baillargeon) vs. Igor Putski* Canadian Women's Championship Michèle Richard (C) vs. (Claire Lepage) WWWA World Championship (Renée Martel)(C) vs. Jane O'Brien ASW World Tag Team Championship Fidel Castillo & Michel "Le Justice" Dubois (C) vs. (Jacques Rougeau & Gino Brito) WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (Bruno Sammartino) (C) vs. George "The Animal" Steele ASW World Heavyweight Championship (Johnny Rougeau) (C) vs. Chris Tolos Hope the leducs faces Rougeau and Brito for the tag titles. Also, i've been doing my own alternate women's wrestling TL on ChatGPT as well, though the setup is what if moolah never existed at all and Burke and the WWWA continued. Its been a fun exercise for my brain, so far. I hop through different time periods according how i feel, and i book shows and stuff, with ChatGPT giving detailed descriptions of the matches and the interviews, with my own style that is much more inspired by king's road booking styles and shit, with realism being the be all end all andand stuff.

This has been a really good diary so far. By the way, this is so setting up for Tatsuko to dethrone Kitoaji as the first of the Sinister 6 to become glory crown champion

Lol, as a quebecois, billing the vachons from algeria made me laugh. My grandpa knew Mad Dog from his friendship with his step-father, who was an influent man in Longueuil. One day, in the 60s, he was partying with family and friends at a club when a bunch of thugs came in to cause trouble for the party-goers. My grandpa, being the...reckless man that he was, brought his pals with him to kick them out of the club, but his step-brother had the brilliant idea of calling for his dad. On the phone, he told his dad what was going on, and his dad said "well, you called at the right time, mad dog's with me right now! Hold on, son, we're coming to help ya!" And lo and behold, the step father, who was an imposing man himself, doing bodybuilding and an avid boxer (he taught my grandpa how to box), came into the club with Mad Dog and they cleaned house. My grandpa always tells me in disbelief how he witnessed mad dog ragdolling people around like they weighted nothing, even though he was smaller than most of the thugs!

Funny that the show is at Drummondville, for my uncle's amateur baseball club is playing right now in the Marcel Dionne open, which is one of the oldest and more prestigious active tournaments in the quebec amateur ball scene. How old is it? My grandpa used to play in that same tournament when he was a player, even playing agaisnt Dionne himself as well as other hockey players like Guy Lapointe. Yes, because back in the day, since most hockey players didn't have the huge salaries of today, they played ball in the summer instead of golf. Anyways, i hope Renée does a tour of japan in the near future so we can see her discover this womderful country.

PANCRASE KICKS OFF 2ND ROUND OF TOURNAMENT ON MAY 13TH! On saturday May 13th, Pancrase, Japan's leading martial arts organisation, will present the second round of its "King of Pancrase" Tournament, with 8 of the world's best fighters looking to book a place into the final 4 in late July. Stars such as Bas Rutten, 2-time UFC runner-up Ken Shamrock, 1992 Olympic Judo gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida and Pancrase co-founders Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki will all face each other in exciting Martial arts action live from the Tokyo bay NK hall. Other than the 4 tournament fights, 3 non-tournament matchups are confirmed to take place. First off, Tsuyoshi Kohsaka will take on Maurice Smith, while Kiyoshi Tamura will take on Guy Mezger and, finally, Sanae Kikuta will take on Daijiro Matsui. Kazushi Sakuraba will not be on the show due to recuperating from the exhausting overtime loss to Ken Shamrock in the tournament's first round, while Naoya Ogawa and Kazuyuki Fujita are busy with attempting to make the Japan national teams in Judo and Wrestling, respectively, for the upcoming Atlanta Olympics in 1996. SHAMROCK CONFIRMS HE WILL NOT COMPETE AT UFC 95 TOURNAMENT, OPEN TO "SUPERFIGHT" WITH RIVAL GRACIE. In unfortunate news for american martial arts fans, Ken Shamrock has confirmed that, due to the grueling nature of the King of Pancrase tournament and his full commitment to winning said tournament, he declined participation to the third edition of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, to be held in October of this year. However, "the world's most dangerous man" went on to say in the same interview with black belt magazine that, should the opportunity arise, he would like to instead offer his rival Royce Gracie a "Superfight" between the two at UFC '95 as a special non-tournament attraction. There is no doubt that Shamrock wants a victory over the brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master and 2-time UFC champion more than anything. Royce himself still hasn't given an answer to Shamrock's challenge...more to follow in the coming months. PANCRASE: HYBRID WRESTLERS 7: KING OF PANCRASE 2ND ROUND FULL PREDICTIONS CARD "King of Pancrase" 2nd round Matchups: Masakatsu Funaki vs Hidehiko Yoshida Minoru Suzuki vs Vernon "Tiger" White Ken Shamrock vs Marco Ruas (rematch of UFC '94 semi-finals) "El Guapo" Bas Rutten vs Frank Shamrock Non-Tournament Matchups: Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs Maurice Smith Sanae Kikuta vs Daijiro Matsui Kiyoshi Tamura vs Guy Mezger Make your predictions!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancrase#/media/File:Pancrase_Hybrid_Wrestling_logo.png https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTeVTchrzIQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Bay_NK_Hall#/media/File:Tokyo_Bay_NK_Hall.jpg : Hybrid Wrestlers 6: King of Pancrase 1st round February 19th, 1995 Live from Tokyo Bay NK Center match 1 Maurice Smith vs Vernon ''Tiger'' White the former K-1 Semi-finalist Maurice Smith will look to potentialy face Minoru Suzuki in thre quarter-finals of the tournament, which would be the two'S first fight since their famous different styles match in UWF back in 1989, while White would want a rematch with the Pancrase co-founder. a standup exchange started the fight, with white seeming game to trade with the former wrold champion kickboxer. this would prove costly as an uppercut sent White to the floor! smith pounced on him, but he would lose his balance, which would allow white to come outon top with side control. an attempt at an americana is blocked by Smith, then he switches to an armbar, which he lands as Smith has no choice but to tap! vernon white comes back from that knockdown to win by submission! Vernon Tiger White beat Maurice Smith by submission via armbar at 5:23. Match 2: Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs Frank Shamrock Kohsaka and Frank Shamrock came into this fight with different ambitions: Kohsaka looks to add some wins on his record, while Frank wants to prove that he is just as good as his older brother Ken. the fight starts with some grappling, with kohsaka getting the upper hand and hitting a big knee to the body and then pins him into the ropes. doing some dirty boxing until yuji shimada breaks them up. Frank then takes down Kohsaka with a double leg and attempts a kneebar that Kohsaka blocks. he tries to scramble, but almost gets caught in an americana. more knee bar attempts by frank fails and shimada brings them back on their feet. Frnak then hits a right kick onthe head of Kohsaka, then later catches him with a right hook. a takedown saw kohsaka give off his back. frank tries to capitalize, but kohsaka rolls him off adn gets back on his feet. Frnak forces kohsaka into the corner and pummels him with body shots. a grappling exchange followed, with Shamrock turning kohsaka into the nearby corner, and then delivers a belly to belly suplex on the japanes judoka before time expired. all three judges gave the win to Frank Shamrock Frank Shamrock defeated Tsuyoshi Kohsaka by unanimous decision after 15:00 Match 3: El Guapo Bas Rutten vs Guy Mezger. Mezger charges Rutten to begin the fight, looking to finish it early against the dutchman. rutten then hits a right hook that wobbled mezger, then another sends him to the canvas! Rutten then pummesl mezger's face with punches until the referee stops the fight at 5:43! Bas Rutten beat Guy Mezger by TKO at 5:43 Rutten will face Frank Shamrock in the quarter-finals. Match 4: Marco Ruas vs Naoya Ogawa. the vale tudo veteran makes his japan debut against the foremr olympic gold medalist. ruas takes down ogawa witha single leg, but ogawa used his judo skills to sweep himself off of ruas and take control. ruas was weary of ogawa, though, and scrambled his way back to a dominant position. the fight would go to control exchange on the ground for much of it until Ruas catches ogawa with a kimura and taps him out! Marco Ruas defeats Naoya Ogawa by submission via kimura at 8:32 match 5: Hidehiko Yoshida vs Kiyoshi Tamura the olympic gold medalist took down the former pro wrestler, but tamura gave as good as he got, taking down yoshida twice with double legs. however, Yoshida caught tamura witha kimura from a defensive stance and made him tap Hidehiko Yoshida defeated Kiyoshi Tamura by submission via kimura at 10:08 Match 6: Masakatsu Funaki vs Oleg Taktarov a grappling masterclass from both fighters. the larger taktarov gave funaki lots of trouble with his world class sambo skills, putting funaki on his toes all match long. just as we thought it would be an upset win for the russian, however, Funaki scored with a big kick on the head and some nice takedwons before finishing him off witha nasty kimura with onyl one minute remaining in the fight! Masakatsu Funaki defeated Oleg Taktarov by submission via Kimura at 14:10 Funaki will face Yoshida in the quarter-finals. semi mian event: Ken Sahmrock vs Kazushi Sakuraba the fight that should've happened at Pancrase, Hybrid wrestler 3 is finally here! this is Sakuraba's biggest challenge yet, and shamrock took advantage of his inexperience at the big stage with takedown after takedown. sakuraba, however, would match the mor eimposing shamrock hold for hold, even looking close to finishing the fight with a kimura. shamrock would use hsi size advantage to punish saku in the corners, but sakuraba would use hsi agility to fly over him and take him down with single legs. the fight was so close that, after the 15-minute time limit expired, the judges couldn't decide a winner, so an extra round was granted! both fighters, well spent after 15 minutes of intense action, stuck to grappling. a takedown attempt by sakuraba was countered by a big knee in the face by Shamrock! sakuraba is rocked! shamrock then hits a vicious uppercut to send saku down the mat, and he would then pound him until yuji shimada calls for the bell! Ken Shamrock defeated Kazushi Sakuraba by TKO at 3:12 of the extra round. Shamrock will face Marco Ruas in the quarter-finals. Main Event: Minoru Suzuki vs Kazuyuki Fujita. even though Fujita did well in the amateur wrestling world cup last year, it was clear who was the favorite for this one. and Suzuki duly delivered, double legging fujita and submitting him with an Armbar to move on to the quarters. Minoru Suzuki defeated Kazuyuki Fujita by submission via Kimura at 3:12é Suzuki will face Vernon Tiger White in the quarter finals. KING OF PANCRASE QUARTER-FINALS MATCHUPS Minoru Suzuki vs Vernon Tiger White Bas Rutten vs Frank Shamrock Masakatsu Funaki vs Hidehiko Yoshida Ken Shamrock vs Marco Ruas.

Hello people! I've finished my fanedit and now, i'm back! We'll get this tournament going soon

I really hope Renée does a tour of japan eventually. Would be interesting to see her discover the culture and how stiff the japanese wrestlers are over there.

Sorry if i haven't been active. I'm currently doing a big project, which is a fan edit of a movie i really like, so this is put on the sideline until that is completed. Don't worry, i simmed the results of the matches, so it's alright. Thanks for understanding.

I mean, Tony Schiavone is doing alright as a commentator, and he is capable of pulling off the sports presentation when he is allowed to. Another guy is Mauro Ranallo, but i dunno if his showtime contract would prevent him from doing Pro Wrestling...unless AEW ends up on showtime lol.

Huh...the anti-hippy promo is actually not as bad as i thought i would be. Just saying that they stink is, like, way less offensive than going on a boomer rant. Also, I'm actually siding with Ascott here, and i daresay that booking a shooting star title match with renée actually is a stupid idea that shouldn't really happen in the first place, since she was already wrestling for three years and more. So yeah, big OSW moment there 😛

I'm here for the idea alone. Its gonna be a fucking shitshow of massive proportions, even bigger than the whole wrestling business nowadays! And i'm gonna laugh my ass off reading this. Can't have a better way to laugh at this business than this idea alone.

February 19th, 1995 it is now time for the first leg of the ''King of Pancrase'' tournament! the biggest martial arts tournament ever assembled! 16 of the world's strongest fighters gather in Japan as Pnacrase regulars Minoru Suzuki, Masakatsu Funaki, Ken Shamrock and Bas Rutten battle with international stars such as Maurice Smith, Oleg Taktarov and Marco Ruas in grueling contests throughout the entire spring to Summer period of 1995 as they look to crown the strongest fighter in the world! Pancrase: Hybrid Wrestlers 6: King of Pancrase 1st round sunday, february 19th, 1995 live from Tokyo Bay NK Center 1st round matchups Minoru Suzuki vs Kazuyuki Fujita Maurice Smith vs Vernon ''Tiger'' White ''El Guapo'' Bas Rutten vs Guy Mezger Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs Frank Shamrock Masakatsu Funaki vs Oleg Taktarov Marco Ruas vs Naoya Ogawa Hidehiko Yoshida vs Kiyoshi Tamura Ken Shamrock vs Kazushi Sakuraba Fight of the night: predictions welocme!

https://youtu.be/vTeVTchrzIQ Pancrase Hybrid Wrestlers 5: Road to the championship PRELIMS RESULTS Young Judoka Akihiro Gono scores what mkght be a big candidate for submission of the night, as he caps off his MMA debut with a spectacular triangle armbar submission win over Sanae Kikuta at 3:31. Yuki Kondo will take a break from the sport to concentrate on his studies, but with a nasty cut above his eye courtesy of Satoshi Honma. Honma hit him with a nasty hook that busted Kondo open, which never really stopped bleeding, forcing the ringside doctor to stop the fight at 7:23. MAIN CARD The show opens with the opening ceremony introducing all the fighters that will compete in tonight's card, with CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara officially announcing the "King of Pancrase" tournament, to be held throughout 1995. vs 1 round, 15 minutes Frank Shamrock vs Alexander Otsuka Otsuka suffered the first loss of his career at the hands of Kazushi Sakuraba, but impressed against him with his wrestling, while Frank Shamrock makes his real fighting debut after extensively training with his older brother Ken. Otsuka welcomed Frank to the world of mixed martial arts with some takedown attempts, but Frank shows that he was well prepared with some good sprawls to stop the young freestyle wrestler. Otsuka did eventually take him down, but Frank was quick to scramble his way to a dominant position and forcing Otsuka to give up his back, which allowed Frank to slap on a beautifuo armbar for the submission win on his debut! Frank Shamrock defeats Alexander Otsuka by submission via armbar at 3:23 vs 1 round, 15 minutes Oleg Taktarov vs Jutaro Nakao The russian sambo champion, semi-finalist of UFC 2, would go through not much trouble on his japanese debut, submitting the young Judoka Nakao in 2 minutes with a leg lock. Oleg Taktarov defeats Jutaro Nakao by submission via Leglock at 2:11 vs 1 round, 15 minutes Maurice Smith vs Guy Mezger Former kickboxing world champion Maurice Smith takes on another pro kickboxer in thr debuting Guy Mezger, who trains in Ken Shamrock's dojo, the Lion's Den. The first portion of the fight was all Mezger, for the houston native scored many big shots on Smith, including a big right hand that wobbled him bad! But Smith would somehow recover from this and take over in the second half, eluding Mezger with quick combinations and damaging his legs with devastating low kicks. With those low kicks, mezger had troubel doing feints, and as he sttempted a straight, Smith countered him with a devastating right head kick that sent him crashing donw the mat! Smith then pounded Mezger's ass until the referee stepped in to stop the fight! Maurice Smith defeats Guy Mezger by knock out via high kick at 8:31 vs 1 round, 15 minutes Naoya Ogawa vs Enson Inoue A grappling chess match between two black belts in their respective martial arts. In the end, Ogawa's judo throws was enough to give him the unanimous decision victory. Naoya Ogawa defeats Enson Inoue by unanimous decision after 15 minutes. Vs 1 round, 15 minutes Kazushi Sakuraba vs Marco Ruas Sakuraba and Ruas went back and forth in this thriller! The two were evenly matched, with the smaller sakuraba even outwrestling the larger Ruas at several points of the match! But Ruas would smartly force Saku to stand up, which wirled to the Brazilian's advantage, as he used the muay thai clingh to ravage Sakuraba's face with knees. Yet, somehow, Saku fought back and ended the fight standing as time ran out. The judges gave Ruas a debut win. Marco Ruas defeats Kazushi Sakuraba by unanimous decision after 15 minutes. vs 1 round, 15 minutes Hidehiko Yoshida vs Kazuyuki Fujita The all japan judo champion come sout to a standing ovation, while Fujita, who represented japan in tbe amateur wrestling world cup, also got a good applause. As expected, the fight took place mainly on the ground. Yoshida had top for much of the fight, with the larver fujita only getting a bit of offense sporadically. Yoshida then put an end to the fight with a nasty kimura to win it. Hidehiko Yoshida defeats Kazuyuki Fujita by submission via Kimura at 7:56 1 round, 15 minutes Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs Daijiro Matsui Kohsaka needed that win, and he went on to dismantle poor young Matsui's ground game to tiny bits, locking up an omoplata choke to submit him. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka defeats Daijiro Matsui by submission via omoplata choke at 6:11 vs 1 round, 15 minutes "El Guapo" Bas Rutten vs Kiyoshi Tamura Rutten coming in with an even record following kosses to Minoru Suzuki and Masakatsu Funaki, while Tamura came out of a fight of the night performance against Tsuyoshi Kohsaka in his full time debut, and he also wished that, after this bout, that he faces one of the two Pancrase co-founders in the upcoming "King of Pancrase" tournament. Rutten didn't care about Tamura's feelings, however, for he showed the young wrestler his improved ground game, showing good sprawl and some nice transitions that caught Tamura off guard! Tamura tried keeping it standing up with his thunderous kicks, but Rutten showed why its a bad idea, for he countered with his own thunderous low kicks. One low kick sent Tamura crumbling down on the mat, which allowed Rutten to rush in with a knee, but Tamura caught it and took donw the dutchman! But Rutten got him right where he wanted him, and managed to grab his arm and twist it in a defensive kimura for the submission win! "El Guapo" Bas Ruttten defeats Kiyoshi Tamura by submission via Kimura at 12:01 After the fight, Rutten congratulates Tamura and then does a celebratory roundhouse kick. vs 1 round, 15 minutes Minoru Suzuki vs Vernon "Tiger" White Ever since his Pancrase debut, Tiger White has been clamoring to fight Minoru Suzuki. After beating his first two opponents convincingly, Suzuki granted his wish, and both fighters stared each other down during the pre-fight instructions. Once the bell rang, however, it was clear that Suzuki was the way better wrestler. He toyed with White, blocking everyone of his transitions and easily exposing his left arm for the taking as Suzuki applies the armbar after only 2 minutes of action! Minoru Suzuki defeats Vernon "Tiger" White by submission via armbar at 2:10 Afterwards, Suzuki thanked the sold out sumo hall crowd for their support and promotes the King pf Pancrase tournament, while a humbled White walked to the back with his head down. vs Main Event 1 round, 30 minutes Masakatsu Funaki vs Ken Shamrock At the first ever Pancrase: Hybrid Wrestlers, Masakatsu Funaki shocked the world by submitting Ken Shamrock with a surprise Kimura in barely a minute. Since then, both fighters have gone from strength to strength. Funaki became an instant star in Japan, looking good in defeat against Rickson Gracie, then scoring imprsssive wins over both Kazushi Sakuraba and a great fight with Bas Rutten. Meanwhile, Shamrock has been making a name for himself on noth sides of the pacific ocean, going undefeated in japan since the loss to Funaki and becoming 2-time runner up of the Ultimate Fighting Championship tournament, losing both times to Royce Gracie in incredibly competitive fights. Following the win against Suzuki, Shamrock has called out Funaki for a rematch. And now, it is signed and sealed, the packed Sumo Hall is ready for the most important fight in Pancrase, and by extension, Real Fighting's young history. And what a fight! The two absolutely did not disappoint, for they went through a relentless, brutal war between each other, each fighter escaping one another's submission moves, each fighter rocking each other and somehow still manage to take the other down. Despite the fight going to the 30 minute distance, the first time a Pancrase main event went the distance, there never really was a dull moment. Funaki already was a big star in japan before the fight, but here, he won the heart of an entire nation and fight fans and tape traders on another continent. The manbeast Shamrock gave him a lot of punishment, especially in the early goings, but Funaki held on and scored some big takedowns and many of his trademark Belly-to-suplex on the american, and came close many times to finishing the fight with his submissions. Shamrock showed his improved defense by getting out of each submission attempt and ragdolling Funaki around with soccer kicks and suplexes of his own. But Funaki never gave up, and he kept going with his submission attempts and great sweeps, scoring with some nasty ground and pound on Shamrock and even managing to rock him with a high kick, but he couldn't finishi him, for Shamrock rocked him in turn with a big left hand! In the last minutes of the fight, both fighters were clearly spent and breathing like crazy. Shamrock, however, would be the least tired of the two, and he would spend the last few minutes ragdolling Funaki with takedowns and slams and dish some ground and pound until time expired. The crowd gave them a huge standing ovation after the 30 minute time limit expired. Both men's corners came to their aid, giving them water and cooling them down as both fighters looked deader than disco. Then, before the judges decision, Funaki and Shamrock hugged each other in true sportmanship, having won each other's respect. In the end, all three judges gave this incredible fight to Ken Shamrock. Ken Shamrock defeats Masakatsu Funaki by unanimous decision after 30 minutes. Post-match, Shamrock took the mic and put over both the crowd, Pancrase management and his corner for their great support, and also praise Funaki for his skills and toughness, saying that he is probably the best fighter in japan right now. He then tells the crowd that he will participate in the "King of Pancrase" tournament next year and that he looks forward to winning the title. Funaki then took the mic and thanked the crowd for comign in droves and supporting Pancrase since day 1. He says that Shamrock has improved tremendously and can be considered among the best in the world. He finishes by saying that real fights do put butts in the seat, in refference to hsi mentor Yoshiaki Fujiwara's comments which motivated Funaki and Minoru Suzuki to start Pancrase. Safe to say, real fighting is here to stay...in Japan, at least...in the US, it is quite a different story... PANCRASE: HYBRID WRESTLERS 5: ROAD TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP full fight results: Ken Shamrock defeated Masakatsu Funaki by unanimous decision after 30 minutes Minoru Suzuki defeats Vernon "Tiger" White by submission via armbar at 2:10 "El Guapo" Bas Rutten defeats Kiyoshi Tamura by submission via Kimura at 12:01 Tsuyoshi Kohsaka defeats Daijiro Matsui by submission via omoplata choke at 6:11 Hidehiko Yoshida defeats Kazuyuki Fujita by submission via Kimura at 7:56 Marco Ruas defeats Kazushi Sakuraba by unanimous decision after 15 minutes. Naoya Ogawa defeats Enson Inoue by unanimous decision after 15 minutes. Maurice Smith defeats Guy Mezger by knock out via high kick at 8:31 Oleg Taktarov defeats Jutaro Nakao by submission via Leglock at 2:11 Frank Shamrock defeats Alexander Otsuka by submission via armbar at 3:23 Prelims Satoshi Honma defeats Yuki Kondo by TKO via doctor stoppage at 7:23 Akihiro Gono defeats Sanae Kikuta by sunmission via traingle armbar at 3:31 Fight of the night: Masakatsu Funaki ve Ken Shamrock And now, it is time for your 1994 year-end awards! Safe to say, Pancrase was promotion of the year, since there are only two promotions right now, but what was the show you liked the most? Who was your fighter of the year for 1994?

Damn, she was that young when she started? Shouldn't that be illegal? Like, i know guys like Regal and Rey Mysterios started out really young, but man, i dunno...still, would love to see her and Renée interact at one point.