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* HeAlsoDid: He competed in a Daido Juku match against Susumu Yamasaki at The Wars 5.



* RedBaron: "Sekai Saikyō Chōjin" ("World’s Strongest Superman"), "Honno no Real Puroresura" ("The Real Pro Wrestler of the Instict"), "The Punk". Brazilians also called him "Mystery of the Orient" when he fought a few fights in Brazil when training with Brazilian Top Team.

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* RedBaron: "Sekai Saikyō Chōjin" ("World’s Strongest Superman"), "Honno no Real Puroresura" ("The Real Pro Wrestler of the Instict"), "The Punk". Brazilians also called him "Mystery of the Orient" when he fought a few fights in Brazil when training with Brazilian Top Team.Team and he got the name "Gyaku Yunyū Senshi FROM Brazil" (Reimported Warrior From Brazil") when he returned to Japan.



* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Regularly uses a forward roll to close in on his opponents for leg locks or takedowns. Being Minowa, he somehow makes it work without losing his balance or dexterity.

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* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Regularly uses a forward roll to close in on his opponents for [[RollingAttack leg locks or takedowns. takedowns]]. Being Minowa, he somehow makes it work without losing his balance or dexterity.dexterity.
* VictoryPose: After winning matches, he performs what is now called Standing Real Fist, in which he pumps an arm up toward the audience.


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* EarlyBirdCameo: Sort of, he had a Daido Juku match against Ikuhisa Minowa at The Wars 5 before his Pancrase debut.
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* TheApprentice: Of Creator/BasRutten at the Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu Club. He also trained under Carlson Gracie, Marcus "Conan" and Marcelo Silveira, Erik Paulson, Bart Vale, Wrestling/KenShamrock, Nikolai Malmkvist, Paolo Roberto, Chago Rodriguez Segura, Paul Doumbia, Martin Lidberg, Keith Ronald Kernspecht, and Emin Koztepe.

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* TheApprentice: Of Creator/BasRutten and Marco Ruas at the Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu Club. He also trained under Carlson Gracie, Marcus "Conan" and Marcelo Silveira, Erik Paulson, Bart Vale, Wrestling/KenShamrock, Nikolai Malmkvist, Paolo Roberto, Chago Rodriguez Segura, Paul Doumbia, Martin Lidberg, Keith Ronald Kernspecht, and Emin Koztepe.

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* BadassMustache / PornStache
* GuestFighter
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A former pro boxing with a record of 15 wins and 10 losses and was an Olympic-level amateur boxer. He also trained in UsefulNotes/MuayThai and UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} at the Maeng-Ho Gym.
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* [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: IKnowKarate: A former pro boxing with a record of 15 wins and 10 losses and was an Olympic-level amateur boxer. He also trained in UsefulNotes/MuayThai and UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} at the Maeng-Ho Gym.
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* BadassMustache / PornStache



* {{Jobber}}: His role in the promotion.
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* BadassBeard: A goatee actually, till he shaved it off anyway.



* BadassMustache / PornStache: An impressive handlebar mustache.
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* [[IKnowKarate I Know Koppō]]: Trained at the Ugokai Wild Phoenix gym, he is also a 1st dan black belt in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}.

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* [[IKnowKarate I Know Koppō]]: IKnowKarate: Trained at the Ugokai Wild Phoenix gym, he is also a 1st dan black belt in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}.



* BadassFamily / BashBrothers: His younger brother Flavio Almeida is also a BJJ competitor, champion and trainer and the current CEO of Gracie Barra.

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* BadassFamily / BashBrothers: BadassFamily: His younger brother Flavio Almeida is also a BJJ competitor, champion and trainer and the current CEO of Gracie Barra.
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* UrExample: The first Light Heavyweight King of Pancrase.


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* ADayInTheLimelight: His highest accomplishments in Pancrase were winning the 1999 Neo Blood Tournament and making it to the finals of the tournament to crown the first Light Heavyweight King of Pancrase against KEI Yamamiya.
** Technically, his only major achievement outside of Pancrase was wining the DREAM Super Hulk Grand Prix Tournament.


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* ICanStillFight: In his fight with Sanae Kikuta, at the end of fight where they are separated after Minowa is discovered with a cut on head after getting ground-and-pounded by Sanae, he stands back up and tries to kick Sanae in the face… before collapsing from exhaustion and blood loss, losing the fight by TKO.


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* TechnicianVersusPerformer: A firm performer, as he can get the most exciting fights out of anyone, even [[BoringButPractical Sanae Kikuta]].
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* AlohaHawaii: From Honolulu.
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* BloodKnight: Has fought in over 100 MMA fights as recently as 26 May 2019.

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* BloodKnight: Has fought in over 100 MMA fights as recently as 26 May 2019.and still fighting.



* UndyingLoyalty: To Pancrase, from his debut to his most recent fight as of October 25, 2020.

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* UndyingLoyalty: To Pancrase, from his debut to his most recent fight the present as of October 25, 2020.he is still fighting for the promotion.
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* DelinquentHair: Dyed his hair green, purple or blonde.

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* DelinquentHair: DyeHard: Dyed his hair green, purple or blonde.

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!!!Adrian Serrano
-->''"I had been to Japan quite a few times for Judo and I knew there was such a thing as Shootfighting or Shootwrestling. I knew you had to kind of pay attention to what was going on. There were organizations in Japan at that time that it was always real, all the time and there were organizations that it was always fake, all the time. And there were some that were questionable and no one really knew for sure."''

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!!!Adrian Serrano
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!!!Ryan Stout
-->''"One day I got a call from Phyllis Lee, my then-manager, who told me that she
had this kid named Ryan Stout and she wanted me to show him the ropes. She said he was a good athlete who had some jiu-jitsu training, but warned me that he was also real innocent — young kid, clean-cut, never been to Japan quite a few times for Judo and I knew there was such a thing as Shootfighting or Shootwrestling. I knew laid, never been drunk, you know the type. I had to kind of pay attention to what was going on. There were organizations in Japan at that time that no idea why she thought it was always real, all the time and there were organizations safe to send a kid like that to me, but I told her to send him on by... When Phyllis heard about what happened, she couldn’t believe it was always fake, all — she sent me this poor little never-had-a-drink, never-been-f—ed kid, and a half-hour later he’s gettin’ drunk, laid, and fightin’ for money in a back alley! (laughs) She gimme a virgin and I give her back a hellcat — but back then, that’s what you got when you trained with the time. And there were some that were questionable Iron Bear!"''
-->-- Gary Myers

* TheApprentice: To Jason Godsey
and no one really knew for sure."''
Gary Myers.



* CoolTeacher: Has his own gym.



* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: A 3rd degree black belt. He also has black belts in Kempo UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, and also trained UsefulNotes/MuayThai, freestyle wrestling and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}.
* RedBaron: "The Real Shooter", "The Wolverine".
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Wrestled for IWA Mid-South among other Midwest promotions, wrestled a dark match for WWE, and held a tag team championship with Wrestling/KenAnderson.

!!!Ryan Stout
-->''"One day I got a call from Phyllis Lee, my then-manager, who told me that she had this kid named Ryan Stout and she wanted me to show him the ropes. She said he was a good athlete who had some jiu-jitsu training, but warned me that he was also real innocent — young kid, clean-cut, never been laid, never been drunk, you know the type. I had no idea why she thought it was safe to send a kid like that to me, but I told her to send him on by... When Phyllis heard about what happened, she couldn’t believe it — she sent me this poor little never-had-a-drink, never-been-f—ed kid, and a half-hour later he’s gettin’ drunk, laid, and fightin’ for money in a back alley! (laughs) She gimme a virgin and I give her back a hellcat — but back then, that’s what you got when you trained with the Iron Bear!"''
-->-- Gary Myers

* TheApprentice: To Jason Godsey and Gary Myers.
* BaldOfAwesome
* GuestFighter
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-->-- an annoyed Creator/BasRutten

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-->-- an annoyed Creator/BasRuttenCreator/BasRutten after receiving a red card
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* [[IKnowKarate I Know Jeet Kune Do]]: He studied it before his UFC debut and trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} under Maurice Smith and shoot wrestling under his brother and Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka. He is also a honorary seventh degree black belt in submission fighting awarded by Philip S. Porter.

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* [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: Has some experience from high school, he also studied Jeet Kune Do]]: He studied it Do before his UFC debut and trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} under Maurice Smith and shoot wrestling under his brother and Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka. He is also a honorary seventh degree black belt in submission fighting awarded by Philip S. Porter.
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* CombatCommentator: Was a host of tv series called Pancrase: Legends of Mixed Martial Arts, which had him giving commentary on past Pancrase fights.

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* IKnowKarate: As well as amateur wrestling. He trained for MMA at the Pancraseism Tokyo Dojo.
* WhatAnIdiot / TheWorfEffect: A good fighter, but in his fight against Nick Diaz, he actually tried to box with Diaz despite not having much striking prowess and got KO'ed in about a minute and a half.

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* CanonImmigrant: Was originally a Wajyutsu Keisyukai RJW fighter before he was brought into Pancrase.
* CoolTeacher: Was the director of the Pancraseism Tokyo Dojo after Takafumi Ito left in 2008.
* IKnowKarate: As well as amateur wrestling. He trained for MMA at the Pancraseism Tokyo Dojo.
Wajyutsu Keisyukai RJW and Pancrase Yokohama Dojo
* WhatAnIdiot / TheWorfEffect: A good fighter, but in his fight against Nick Diaz, he actually tried to box with Diaz despite not having much striking prowess and got KO'ed in about a minute and a half.
half. He did however beat Nathan Diaz, Nick's younger brother, later in Pancrase.

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!!!Heath Sims
* TheApprentice: To Dan Henderson.
* CoolTeacher: Is currently head of the wrestling program at Evolve MMA.
* {{Determinator}}: In 1999 while he was training at the U.S. Olympic facilities in Colorado Springs, Sims flew his snowboard off a mountainside and had to be transported off the mountain by helicopter. His kidney and spleen had been lacerated and his kidney had been nearly severed. He defied doctors orders to start wrestling again for the Olympics.

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!!!Heath Sims
!!!Crosley Gracie
* TheApprentice: To Dan Henderson.
Relson, Carlson and Ralph Gracie.
* BadassFamily: Son of Rosley Gracie and grandson of Carlos Gracie.
* CoolTeacher: Is currently head of the wrestling program at Evolve MMA.
* {{Determinator}}: In 1999 while he was training at the U.S. Olympic facilities in Colorado Springs, Sims flew
Has his snowboard off a mountainside own BJJ schools in Brentwood and had to be transported off the mountain by helicopter. His kidney and spleen had been lacerated and his kidney had been nearly severed. He defied doctors orders to start wrestling again for the Olympics.Napa.


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* HeroKiller: Briefly got this status with wins over Kiuma Kunioku by decision and Hayato "Mach" Sakurai by submission (being the first man to submit him in MMA).
* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: A black belt and champion of course. He also studied others like Wrestling, Boxing and UsefulNotes/MuayThai.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Is not as well known as his more famous cousins, due to only have a 4 year career in MMA, and only fought once a year.

!!!Heath Sims
* TheApprentice: To Dan Henderson.
* CoolTeacher: Is currently head of the wrestling program at Evolve MMA.
* {{Determinator}}: In 1999 while he was training at the U.S. Olympic facilities in Colorado Springs, Sims flew his snowboard off a mountainside and had to be transported off the mountain by helicopter. His kidney and spleen had been lacerated and his kidney had been nearly severed. He defied doctors orders to start wrestling again for the Olympics.
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!!!Nilson de Castro
* TheApprentice: To Rudimar Fedrigo and Cristiano Marcello.
* BaldOfAwesome
* GroinAttack: Was disqualified in his first bout with Akihiro Gono by accidentally low kicking directly into groin area so hard that Gono started vomiting (though it was not shown on the video of the fight) and had to be stretched out. Gono did somewhat get his revenge in the second fight by decision though.
* GuestFighter
* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/MuayThai: A Chute Boxe fighter and also knows UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu.


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* TheApprentice: To Dan Henderson.
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!!!Heath Sims
* CoolTeacher: Is currently head of the wrestling program at Evolve MMA.
* {{Determinator}}: In 1999 while he was training at the U.S. Olympic facilities in Colorado Springs, Sims flew his snowboard off a mountainside and had to be transported off the mountain by helicopter. His kidney and spleen had been lacerated and his kidney had been nearly severed. He defied doctors orders to start wrestling again for the Olympics.
* GuestFighter
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: An Olympic level Greco-Roman wrestler who competed in the 2000 Games and also had high school championships in freestyle wrestling. He trained for MMA at Team Quest.
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!!!Wrestling/ToruYano
* GuestFighter: From Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling.
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* TheRival: Believes Kunioku Kiuma is his best rival.

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* TheRival: Believes Kunioku Kiuma is was his best rival.
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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Wore green shin guards and short green trunks with yellow stripes on the sides, [[Kangaroos Represent Australia with a black symbol of a kangaroo on them]].

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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Wore green shin guards and short green trunks with yellow stripes on the sides, [[Kangaroos Represent Australia [[KangaroosRepresentAustralia with a black symbol of a kangaroo on them]].
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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Wore green shin guards and short green trunks with yellow stripes on the sides (with a black symbol of a kangaroo on them).

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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Wore green shin guards and short green trunks with yellow stripes on the sides (with sides, [[Kangaroos Represent Australia with a black symbol of a kangaroo on them).them]].

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-->''"Larry is a quiet achiever. He's a very accomplished Greco wrestler, good Jiu Jitsu fighter, and he was ranked number one in the world in Shooto for a long time."''
-->-- John Donehue



* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: One of Pancrase's first BJJ fighters, trained at the Extreme Jiu-Jitsu & Grappling school, is a black belt and was a 3 time Australian jiu jitsu tournament champion and competed in the 2003 ADCC under 99kg catergory. Also a 4th degree black belt graded in the Koshinryu JuJutsu school and trained in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, UsefulNotes/{{Aikido}}, boxing and shoot wrestling.

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* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu: One of Pancrase's first BJJ fighters, trained at the Extreme Jiu-Jitsu & Grappling school, is a black belt and was a 3 time Australian jiu jitsu tournament champion and competed in the 2003 ADCC under 99kg catergory. Also a 4th degree black belt graded in the Koshinryu JuJutsu school and trained in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, UsefulNotes/{{Aikido}}, boxing and shoot Greco-Roman wrestling.

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* AttackAttackAttack: Tried this in his fight with Sanae Kikuta. It just exhausted him enough for Kikuta to submit him with a side arm-triangle choke in around 2 minutes.



* DyeHard: Dyed his hair blond.



* RealSongThemeTune: "Crimson Ghost" by Misfits

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* NamesTheSame: Not to be confused with the actor, the lawyer, the boxer, the karateka, the Paralympic athelete, nor the video game writer employed by Square Enix with the same name.
* RealSongThemeTune: "Crimson Ghost" by MisfitsMisfits.
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* LeotardOfPower: Wore an amateur wrestling singlet.
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* StoneWall: At his best, he was this when it came to submission defense. Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba hilariously stated that his fight with Vernon was a pain in the ass because it took so long to put him away and his teammates even nicknamed him "[[EmbarrassingNickname The Worm]]" since he could get out of whatever positions they put him in when sparring.

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* StoneWall: At his best, he was this when it came to submission defense. Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba hilariously stated that his fight with Vernon was a pain in the ass because it took so long to put him away and his teammates even nicknamed him "[[EmbarrassingNickname The Worm]]" since he could get out of whatever positions they put him in when sparring. He was also the first person to survive a prime Mario Sperry without being submitted.

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* GuestFighterGlassCannon: Lacked stamina and never really learned have to take a hit.
* GuestFighter: Had only one fight in Pancrase and Shooto each.



* OhCrap: Tapped out of fear when Marco Ruas managed to achieve mount position on him in their UFC 7 fight.

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* MightyGlacier: Big and strong, but slow.
* OhCrap: Tapped out of fear (and exhaustion) when Marco Ruas managed to achieve mount position on him in their UFC 7 fight.



* UrExample: One of the first men from the Netherlands to learn BJJ and helped introduce it to the Netherlands, was the first Dutchman to compete in the first BJJ mundials and was the first European in the ADCC. He was also the first World Champion in German Jujitsu. He also arguably brought Shooto to The Netherlands.

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* UrExample: One of the first men from the Netherlands to learn BJJ and helped introduce it and Shooto to the The Netherlands, was the first Dutchman to compete in the first BJJ mundials and was the first European in the ADCC. He was also the first World Champion in German Jujitsu. He also arguably brought Shooto to The Netherlands.
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* UrExample: One of the first men from the Netherlands to learn BJJ and helped introduce it to the Netherlands, was the first Dutchman to compete in the first BJJ mundials and was the first European in the ADCC. He was also the first World Champion in German Jujitsu.

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* UrExample: One of the first men from the Netherlands to learn BJJ and helped introduce it to the Netherlands, was the first Dutchman to compete in the first BJJ mundials and was the first European in the ADCC. He was also the first World Champion in German Jujitsu. He also arguably brought Shooto to The Netherlands.
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* UnskilledButStrong: Was not the most technical fighter Pancrase produced (he has only 2 wins by submission in his career), but he was biggest trainee from the original system at 6ft 4, with the strength to match.
* UseYourHead: Used headbutts in his Pankration rules fight with John Lober.
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* RealSongThemeTune: "Crimson Ghost" by Misfits



!!!Masatomo Iba.
* TheApprentice: To Hidekatsu Morooka.
* GuestFighter: From CMA KPW.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Shoot Wrestling]]: Trained at CMA Makoto Gym. He was the winner of the 1999 Neo-Blood pre-tournament featuring other CMA fighters, defeating Yuichi Miyazaki for an first round entry in the 1999 Neo-Blood Tournament. He lost his first round match in the Neo Blood tournament to Daisuke Watanabe.



* {{Jobber}}:Ikuhisa Minowa and Sanae Kikuta finished him off under less than three minutes.

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* {{Jobber}}: Was an extremely bad and unskilled fighter. Ikuhisa Minowa and Sanae Kikuta finished him off under less than three minutes.

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* {{Jobber}}: Was an extremely bad and unskilled fighter. Ikuhisa {{Jobber}}:Ikuhisa Minowa and Sanae Kikuta finished him off under less than three minutes.minutes.
* RealSongThemeTune: "Generator" by Bad Religion.





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* RealSongThemeTune: "What I Got" by Sublime
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* IKnowKarate: Began training when he was 8 years old and then began boxing until he was 15. He then began training in jiu-jitsu and participated in a full-contact UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} contest when he was in high school.

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* IKnowKarate: Began training when he was 8 years old and then began boxing until he was 15. He then began training in jiu-jitsu and jiu-jitsu, participated in a full-contact UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} contest when he was in high school.school and also did UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}.

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