Pancrase: King of Pancrase Tournament Second Round

Pancrase: King of Pancrase Tournament Second Round was a mixed martial arts event held by Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling. It took place at Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan on December 17, 1994. The event continued the 2 day, 16 man tournament to crown the first ever champion of Pancrase and featured the Semifinals and Finals of the tournament.

Previously, Masakatsu Funaki, Ken Shamrock, Manabu Yamada and Minoru Suzuki had survived Day 1 at the King of Pancrase Opening Round and advanced to Day 2.

Background[]

Funaki and Shamrock had fought twice previously, with Shamrock winning once and Funaki winning once. It was also an example of student vs. teacher as Funaki was Shamrock's trainer and mentor and cornered Shamrock for his UFC fights in America.

In addition to the Semifinals and Finals of the tournament, the card also included two alternate bouts matching Katsuomi Inagaki vs. Gregory Smit and Scott Bessac vs. Larry Papadopoulos.

11,000 fans packed Tokyo's Ryōgoku Kokugikan (also known as Sumo Hall) to witness the final round of the King of Pancrase tournament.

Results[]

King of Pancrase Tournament bracket[]

Opening Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Minoru Suzuki

DEC

Matt Hume

10:00

Minoru Suzuki

SUB

Jason DeLucia

2:04

Jason DeLucia

KO

Thomas Puckett

0:48

Minoru Suzuki

14:46

Manabu Yamada

SUB

Manabu Yamada

SUB

Christopher DeWeaver

2:44

Manabu Yamada

SUB

Frank Shamrock

8:38

Frank Shamrock

DEC

Bas Rutten

10:00

Manabu Yamada

30:00

Ken Shamrock

DEC

Ken Shamrock

SUB

Alex Cook

1:31

Ken Shamrock

SUB

Maurice Smith

4:23

Maurice Smith

KO

Takaku Fuke

2:48

Ken Shamrock

SUB

Masakatsu Funaki

5:50

Vernon White

SUB

Leon Dijk

3:45

Vernon White

5:37

Masakatsu Funaki

SUB

Masakatsu Funaki

SUB

Todd Bjornethun

2:20

See also[]

• Pancrase
• List of Pancrase champions
• List of Pancrase events
• 1994 in Pancrase

References[]

External links[]

• Official Pancrase Website
• Sherdog.com event results