Pancrase Line-up Update

 Kondo's opponent named

Marquardt vs. Ishikawa 

June 22, 2004

Korakuen Hall
 Tokyo, Japan

It looks like the line-up is set for Pancrase's June 22nd event with the naming of Yuki Kondo's opponent.

According to Sportsnavi, the King of Pancrase light heavyweight champion (Kondo) will face the well traveled

MMA veteran Shannon "The Cannon" Ritch, who's fought in such organizations as PRIDE FC, King of the

Cage, SuperBrawl, Extreme Challenge and Gladiator Challenge just to name a few. For the latest Pancrase

rankings, click here.

All bouts two rounds (five minutes each round) unless noted.

Preliminary Line-up:

Fight 1 - Featherweight Bout

Mitsuhisa Sunabe (Hybrid Wrestling) vs. Masashi Kameda (Cobra Kai)

Fight 2 - Welterweight Bout

# 1 ranked Koji Oishi (Pancrase ism) vs. Masakazu Kuramochi (Freelance)

Fight 3 - Middleweight Bout

9th ranked Hikaru Sato (Pancrase ism) vs. Katsuya Inoue (RJW / Central)

Fight 4 - Middleweight Bout

2nd ranked Izuru Takeuchi (SK Absolute) vs. Osami Shibuya (Pancrase ism) 

Fight 5 - Light Heavyweight Bout (3 Rds)

3rd ranked Akihiro Gono (Pancrase Grabaka) vs. Tsuyoshi Kurihara (Team Roken)

Fight 6 - Middleweight Bout (3 Rds)

# 1 ranked Nathan Marquardt (Colorado Stars) vs. 5th ranked Eiji Ishikawa (Pancrase Grabaka)

Fight 7 - Super Heavyweight Bout

Iro Zeki (Pancrase Megaton) vs. Ken Orihashi (Team POD)

Fight 8 - Light Heavyweight Bout (3 Rds) - Added

KOP light heavyweight champion Yuki Kondo vs. Shannon "The Cannon" Ritch

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