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Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling - TRUTH Tour Vol 5 (1996) - Official Event Program

Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling - TRUTH Tour Vol 5 (1996) - Official Event Program

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Pancrase Truth Tour 1996 


Vol 5

16th May 1996

Official Event Program 

Autographed inside by Frank Shamrock & Bas Rutten

 

Pancrase is a Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Tokyo. It was founded 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 practiced catch wrestling. They based the promotion and its rules on professional wrestling. The promotion's champions were called "King of Pancrase".

The rules allowed closed-fisted punches, except to the head, and palm strikes to the head. A wrestler must break a submission hold when the opponent reaches the ropes, but a wrestler who claims a rope break loses a point. A wrestler who claims a specified number of rope breaks (between 3 and 5) was disqualified. From 1998 to 2000, the promotion changed its rules to resemble other mixed martial arts promotions.

Pancrase participant Guy Mezger said that "there was [sic] not very many works [predetermined outcomes]. Maybe 4 or 5 total and most of them were before I was fighting for them. I hate when people say that there was [sic] so many works in Pancrase, they truly do not know what they are talking about".

 

Featuring Bas Rutten, Frank Shamrock, Jason Delucia, Minoru Suzuki & more

Awesome Piece of MMA history.

Great Condition - Minimal Edgewear - See Photos 

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