This is a list of
Pancrase
Pancrase Inc. is a mixed martial arts promotion company founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki.
The name was based on pankration, a fighting sport in the Ancient Olympic Games. Suzuki and Funaki pr ...
champions at each weight class. Pancrase is a
Japan-based
mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...
(MMA) promoting and sanctioning organization founded in 1993. The champions of Pancrase are referred to by the title of "King of Pancrase".
Men's Title Histories
Heavyweight Championship
::''Weight limit: ''
::''On January 30, 2008 Pancrase revised this weight class limit from to its current limits.''
Light Heavyweight Championship
::''Weight limit: ''
::''Formerly known as Cruiserweight until 2008''
::''On January 30, 2008 Pancrase revised this weight class limit from to its current limits.''
Middleweight Championship
::''Weight limit: ''
::''On January 30, 2008 Pancrase revised this weight class limit from to its current limits.''
Welterweight Championship
::''Weight limit: ''
::''Formerly known as Lightweight until 2006''
::''On January 30, 2008 Pancrase revised this weight limit from to its current limits.''
Lightweight Championship
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Featherweight Championship
::''Weight limit: ''
::''Formerly known as Lightweight until 2008''
::''On January 30, 2008 Pancrase revised this weight limit from to its current limits.''
Bantamweight Championship
::''Weight limit: ''
::''In 2016 Pancrase revised this weight limit from to its current limits.''
Flyweight Championship
::''Weight limit: ''
::''In 2016 Pancrase revised this weight limit from to its current limits.''
Strawweight Championship
::''Weight limit: ''
::''In 2016 Pancrase revised this weight limit from to its current limits.''
Women's Title Histories
Women's Bantamweight Championship
::''Weight limit: ''
::''In 2016 Pancrase revised this weight limit from to its current limits.''
Women's Flyweight Championship
::''Weight limit: ''
::''In 2016 Pancrase revised this weight limit from to its current limits.''
Women's Strawweight Championship
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Retired Titles
Openweight Championship
:''No weight restrictions''
Super Heavyweight Championship
::''Weight limit: Unlimited''
::''On January 30, 2008 Pancrase adopted a variant of ''
Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts
Most rule sets for mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions have evolved since the early days of Vale Tudo. As a result of health, legal, and moral concerns, many different rulesets were created, which give different countries and promotions very di ...
'' and retires the Super Heavyweight Championship.''
Light Flyweight Championship
::''Weight limit: ''
::''This weight class was disabled in 2016''
By nationality
The following include championship title holders by nationality.
References and footnotes
See also
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List of current mixed martial arts champions
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts, are given to those fighters deemed by a promotional organization to have met a certain standard of athlet ...
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List of Bellator MMA champions
Bellator MMA (formerly known as "Bellator Fighting Championships") is an American mixed martial arts promotion, and the following is a history of its champions in each weight class.
At the time of its inception in 2008, CEO Bjorn Rebney founded B ...
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List of Dream champions
This is a list of champions in the Dream organization at each weight class. Dream was a Japanese mixed martial arts organization, originally promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group, and over management of Glory Sports International since Octo ...
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List of EliteXC champions
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List of Invicta FC champions
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List of ONE Championship champions
This is a list of ONE Championship champions in each weight division of each sport.
Current champions
Men's championship history Heavyweight World Championship
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Light Heavyweight World Championship
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List of Pride champions
Below is a list of Pride Fighting Championships champions and title defenses:
World champions Heavyweight Championship
:Weight limit: Over
Middleweight Championship
:Weight limit: to
Welterweight Championship
:Weight limit: to
Lightw ...
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List of PFL champions
Professional Fighters League (formerly the World Series of Fighting, or "WSOF") is an American mixed martial arts promotion, and the following is a history of its champions in each weight class. As well as championship history for their Internation ...
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List of Road FC champions
List of Road FC (Road Fighting Championship) champions is a list of fighters who have won Road FC championships.
Current champions
Men's championship history
Openweight championship
no weight limit
Light Heavyweight championship
~ 93 ...
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List of Shooto champions
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List of Strikeforce champions
Strikeforce was an American mixed martial arts organization. It crowned male champions in the lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, and female champions in featherweight and bantamweight.
World c ...
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List of UFC champions
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions are fighters who have won UFC championships.
Historical notes
At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classe ...
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List of WEC champions
This is a list of World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) champions at each weight class.
In December 2006 World Extreme Cagefighting was bought by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the UFC, to concentrate on the four smaller weight classes under t ...
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Mixed martial arts weight classes
Mixed martial arts weight classes are weight classes that pertain to the sport of mixed martial arts.
Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts
Prior to state sanctioning, weight classes were not mandatory since the competitions were held without the a ...
External links
Pancrase Official SiteWrestling-Titles.com: Pancrase
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Lists of mixed martial artists, Pancrase Champions
Mixed martial arts champions