Promotion Pancrase Venue Sumo Hall Attendance 11,000 | Date December 17, 1994 City Tokyo, Japan | |
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Pancrase King of Pancrase Tournament Second Round Pancrase Eyes of the Beast 1 | ||
Pancrase: King of Pancrase Tournament Second Round was a mixed martial arts event held by Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling. It took place at Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan on December 17, 1994. The event continued the 2 day, 16 man tournament to crown the first ever champion of Pancrase and featured the Semifinals and Finals of the tournament.
Previously, Masakatsu Funaki, Ken Shamrock, Manabu Yamada and Minoru Suzuki had survived Day 1 at the King of Pancrase Opening Round and advanced to Day 2.
Background
Funaki and Shamrock had fought twice previously, with Shamrock winning once and Funaki winning once. It was also an example of student vs. teacher as Funaki was Shamrock's trainer and mentor and cornered Shamrock for his UFC fights in America.
In addition to the Semifinals and Finals of the tournament, the card also included two alternate bouts matching Katsuomi Inagaki vs. Gregory Smit and Scott Bessac vs. Larry Papadopoulos.