Strasser Kiichi and Daisuke "13"' Hanazawa Back in Pancrase Osaka Show!

Daisuke "13" Hanazawa (left) went down to the lightweight in his last fight against Wataru Takahashi on January 2008.

Pancrase revealed full cards of the upcoming Osaka show on May 25th. Daisuke "13" Hanazawa is taking on ADCC qualifier Takefumi Hanai in The Main Event of the show. Hanai is known for his unorthodox style to execute his signature moves - leg locks. On the other hand, Hanazawa is a typical grappler who likes to hold down the opponent and drop fists. This one is a battle of two grapplers but with two completely different styles.

Strasser Kiichi is going to face Yu Shiori (a.k.a. Yuushi Edaori) from Wajiu-tsu Keishu-kai TEAM VAMOS. After training nearly three months at Dave Strasser's Freestyle Academy last summer, both "13" and Kiichi decided to drop down one weight class. From training and fighitng in the states, these two grapplers from Osaka realized in order for them to fight in against world-class fighters, cutting weight is necessary to gain advantage in the power department. However in the last fight against a grappler Sotaro Yamada, Kiichi took a control early with powerful kicks to the body then he jumped into Yamada's guard to finish with pounds. However, Yamada countered with Omo platta then executed a perfect rear naked choke. For Kiichi who went down a weight class and lost, this is going to be a do or die battle to stay in Pancrase show.

Strasser Kiichi (left) got little carried away in his last fight against Sotaro Yamada.

World Pancrase Create Presents 'PANCRASE 2008 SHINING TOUR'

Sunday, May 25th, 2008 at Azeria Taisho, Osaka, Japan

Confirmed Cards (Subject to Change):

The Main Event - Lightweight Bout 5 min / 2R

Daisuke "13" Hanazawa (Japan / MMA Dojo Cobra-kai - Freestyle Academy) vs. Takefumi Hanai (Japan / Twist)

5th Match - Featherweight Bout 5 min / 2R

Kenji Takeshige (Japan / Pancrase Inagaki-gumi) vs. Soyu Tanabe (Japan / Renshi Juku)

4th Match - Middelweight Bout 5 min / 2R

Masahiro Toryu (Japan / Pancrase-ism) vs. Shuji Morikawa (Japan / Team Crowd)

3rd Match - Bantamweight Bout 5 min / 2R

Koji Hasegawa (Japan / Pancrase Inagaki-gumi) vs. Kenji Shimada (Japan / P's LAB Tokyo)

2nd Match - Welterweight Bout 5 min / 2R

Strasser Kiichi (Japan / MMA Dojo Cobra-kai - Freestyle Academy) vs. Yu Shiori (Japan / Wajiu-tsu Keishu-kai TEAM VAMOS)

1st Match - Neo Blood Tournament Bantamweight Semi-final 5 min / 2R

Punchy Yamauchi (Japan / MMA Dojo Cobra-kai) vs. Isamo Hirose (Japan / Strapple)