Light Heavyweight Title History (KOP/Pride/UFC)

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PRIDE Middleweight Division - Below 93kg (below 204.6 lbs.)
Event Date Champion Challenger
PRIDE 17 11/03/2001 Vanderlei Silva Kazushi Sakuraba
PRIDE 19 02/24/2002 Vanderlei Silva Kiyoshi Tamura
PRIDE 23 11/24/2002 Vanderlei Silva Hiromitsu Kanehara
PRIDE 28 10/31/2004 Vanderlei Silva Quinton Jackson

UFC Middleweight Division - 171 lbs. to 199.9 lbs. (Pre "UFC 31" Weight Divisions)
Event Date Champion Challenger
Ultimate Japan 1 12/21/1997 Frank Shamrock Kevin Jackson
UFC 16 03/13/1998 Frank Shamrock Igor Zinoviev
UFC 17 05/15/1998 Frank Shamrock Jeremy Horn
Ultimate Brazil 10/16/1998 Frank Shamrock John Lober
UFC 22 09/24/1999 Frank Shamrock Tito Ortiz
Vacant - Frank Shamrock vacated the title after announcing his retirement
UFC 25 04/14/2000 Tito Ortiz Vanderlei Silva
UFC 29 12/16/2000 Tito Ortiz Yuki Kondo
UFC 30 02/23/2001 Tito Ortiz Evan Tanner
UFC Light Heavyweight Division - 185 lbs. to 204.9 lbs. ("UFC 31" Weight Divisions)
Event Date Champion Challenger
UFC 32 06/29/2001 Tito Ortiz Elvis Sinosic
UFC 33 09/28/2001 Tito Ortiz Vladimir Matyushenko
UFC 40 11/22/2002 Tito Ortiz Ken Shamrock
UFC 44 09/26/2003 Randy Couture Tito Ortiz
UFC 46 01/31/2004 Vitor Belfort Randy Couture
UFC 49 08/21/2004 Randy Couture Vitor Belfort
UFC 52 04/16/2005 Chuck Liddell Randy Couture
UFC 54 08/20/2005 Chuck Liddell Jeremy Horn

King of Pancrase Light Heavyweight Title
(as of 2003/11/30)
Kei Yamamiya 00/09/24 Yokohama
* Defeats Ikuhisa Minowa in tournament final
to beomce the first champion; vacant in 01.
Sanae Kikuda 01/09/30 Yokohama
* Defeats Ikuhisa Minowa.
Yuuki Kondo 03/11/30 Tokyo

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KING OF PANCRASE

December 16 - 17, 1994 Ken Shamrock wins a 16-man tournament beating Manabu Yamada in the final to become crowned "KING OF PANCRASE" (Masaharu Funaki, Maurice Smith, & Alex Cook also fell to him on the way to the finals)
Bas Rutten beat Minoru Suzuki (15:35) via submission to win the King of Pancrase Title. September 1, 1995

Frank Shamrock beat Minoru Suzuki (22:53) via submission to become the provisional King of Pancrase. January 28, 1996

Bas Rutten TKO Frank Shamrock (11:11) to become the undisputed King of Pancrase. May 16, 1996

King of Pancrase Bas Rutten KO Masaharu Funaki (17:05). September 7, 1996

Masaharu Funaki TKO Jason DeLucia (7:49) to win the vacant King of Pancrase Title. December 15, 1996
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Guy Mezger beat Masaharu Funaki (30:00) via unanimous decision to win the King of Pancrase Title. April 26, 1998


King of Pancrase Guy Mezger beat Ryushi Yanagisawa (30:00) via points. September 14, 1998

KOP Guy Mezger beat Yuki Kondo (20:00) via split decision. December 19, 1998

Yuki Kondo beat Semmy Schilt (20:00) via points to win the vacant King of Pancrase Title. April 18, 1999

King of Pancrase Yuki Kondo TKO Kiuma Kunioku (0:40). September 18, 1999

Semmy Schiltt beat Yuki Kondo (2:28) via submission to win the King of Pancrase title. November 28, 1999

June 26 - September 24, 2000 Kei Yamamiya wins the Light Heavyweight Title Tournament 2000

June 26 - September 24, 2000 Nathan Marquardt wins the Middleweight Title Tournament 2000

King of Pancrase Middleweight Champ Nathan Marquardt drew Kunioku Kiuma (20:00). December 4, 2000

July 28, 2002 Kiuma Kunioku wins Welterweight Title Tournament 2002

August 31, 2003 Josh Barnett beat Yuki Kondo (3rd - 3:26) via submission to win the King of Pancrase Title.

November 30, 2003 Welterweight King of Pancrase Kiuma Kunioku beat Kenichi Serizawa (3rd) via decision
Ricardo Almeida beat Nathan Marquardt (1st – 4:53) via submission to win the Middleweight King of Pancrase.
Yuki Kondo KO Sanae Kikuta (3rd – 0:08) to win the Light Heavyweight King of Pancrase.

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NEO BLOOD TOURNAMENT WINNERS(PRANCRASE)

July 22 - 23, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan Yuki Kondo wins the 8-man turny over petey williams(lions den/KOTC champ/KOing Mark Coleman fame)

July 20 - 21, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan Keiichiro Yamamiya wins the 8-man turny over Satoshi Hasegawa

July 7 - 23, 1998 Evan Tanner wins the 8-man turny over Justin McCulley

August 1 - 2, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan Ikuhisa "The Punk" Minowa wins the 8-man turny over Minoru Toyonaga

July 23 - August 27, 2000 Yuji Hoshino wins the 8-man turny over Daisuke Watanabe

July 29, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan Kazuo Misaki wins the 8-man turny over Hiroki Nagaoka

July 28, 2002 Hidetaka Monma wins the 8-man turny over Satoru Kitaoka

July 27, 2003
4-man tourny Featherweight winner Yoshiro Maeda
4-man tourny Welterweight winner Naoiki Saki
4-man tourny Middleweight winner Yuichi Nakanishi

July 25, 2004
Featherweight Atsushi Yamamoto
Lightweight Yuji Oba

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Alexandre Franca "Pequeno" Nogueira From Brazil. Pequeno is the Shooto Lightweight champion since 9/5/1999.

Name Alexandre Franca Nogueira
Nick Name Pequeno
Record 12 - 3 - 2 (Win - Loss - Draw)
Wins 2 (T)KOs (16.67%)
7 Submissions (58.33%)
3 Decisions (25.00%)

Losses 2 (T)KOs (66.67%)
1 Decisions (33.33%)

Association World Fight Center
Height 5'7 (170cm)
Weight 143lbs (65kg)
Style Luta Livre
Birth Date 01/15/1978
Country Brazil

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King of Pancrase Open-weight Title
(as of 2003/08/31) The one I made is a bit confusing
Ken Wayne Shamrock 94/12/17 Tokyo
* Defeats Manabu Yamada in 16-man tournament final
to become the first King of Pancrase.
Minoru Suzuki 95/05/13 Chiba
Bas Rutten 95/09/01 Tokyo
* Frank Shamrock defeats Minoru Suzuki
on 96/01/28 in Yokohama to become provisional
after Rutten is injured; Rutten defeats
Shamrock on 96/05/16 in Tokyo to unify titles;
vacates in 96/12 due to girlfriend giving birth.
Masakatsu Funaki 96/12/15 Tokyo
* Defeats Jason DeLucia in 4-man tournament final.
Yuki Kondo 97/04/27 Tokyo
Masakatsu Funaki [2] 97/12/20 Yokohama
Guy Mezger 98/04/26 Yokohama
* Vacates title for Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Yuki Kondo [2] 99/04/18 Yokohama
* Defeats Semmy Schiltt to win vacant title.
Semmy Schilt 99/11/28 Osaka
* Vacant; Schilt has not defended the title
since 00/09/24.
Josh Barnett 03/08/31 Tokyo
* Defeats Yuki Kondo.

[magog1]

Hay Duce how come Frank Shamrock is apart of any of the major fighting companies? His record speeks for itself (you think his name would put him over the top).

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Frank Shamrock had a really bad public falling out with UFC a long time ago. Out of all the fighters who had a bad falling out with UFC (such as Tito, Barnett, BJ Penn), Frank's was much worse than any of them. Unless something happens to where someone buys out UFC from Zuffa, chances are good that Frank will never fight there again.

There have always been rumors of Frank fighting PRIDE against Kazushi Sakuraba ever since the summer of 1999, but the two sides couldn't work out a deal to make it happen.

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Is there any where online to learn more about the fall outs? *I know about tito's and Duce told me about Bj penns fall out but is there sight to look it up for myself? MIght be an ammusing interview some where.

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*reviving this from the mists and soon updating it*

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PRIDE Middleweight Division - Below 93kg (below 204.6 lbs.)
11/03/2001 to 9/8/2007
1.) Wanderlei Silva(4) defeats Sakuraba
2.) Dan Henderson (0) 2/24/2007
3.) Quinton Jackson - unifies with UFC Light Heavyweight Title.

UFC Middleweight Division - 171 lbs. to 199.9 lbs.
12/21/1997 to 06/29/2001
1.) Frank Shamrock(4) defeats Kevin Jackson Retires with title
2.) Tito Ortiz(2) 04/14/2000 defeats Wanderlei Silva
UFC Light Heavyweight Division - 185 lbs. to 204.9 lbs.
06/29/2001 to still active
1.) Tito Ortiz (3) Title's weight class changed but champion stayed
2.) Randy Couture(0) 09/26/2003
3.) Vitor Belfort(0) 01/31/2004
4.) Randy Couture(0) 08/21/2004 2nd reign
5.) Chuck Liddel (4) 4/16/2005
6.) Quinton Jackson (1) 5/26/2007

King of Pancrase Light Heavyweight Title
09/24/2000 - is still active
1.) Keiichiro Yamamiya(1) Tournamnet winner 09/24/2000 vacates
2.) Sanae Kikuda(4) defeats Minowa 09/30/2001
3.) Yuki Kondo(8) 11/30/2003