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.
| Pancrase: King of Pancrase Tournament Second Round | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Pancrase | |||
| Date | December 17, 1994[1] | |||
| Venue | Sumo Hall [1] | |||
| City | Tokyo, Japan[1] | |||
| Attendance | 11,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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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.
Results
| King of Pancrase Tournament Finals | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Ken Shamrock | def. | Manabu Yamada | Decision (unanimous) | 1 | 30:00 | [lower-alpha 1] | |
| King of Pancrase Tournament Semifinals | |||||||
| Ken Shamrock | def. | Masakatsu Funaki | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 1 | 5:50 | ||
| Manabu Yamada | def. | Minoru Suzuki | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 14:46 | ||
| King of Pancrase Tournament Alternate bouts | |||||||
| Scott Bessac | def. | Larry Papadopoulos | KO (punch to the body) | 1 | 13:49 | ||
| Katsuomi Inagaki | def. | Gregory Smit | Submission (heel hook) | 1 | 5:18 | ||
- Shamrock became the inaugural Openweight King of Pancrase
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 | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} | 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 | |||||||||||||||||