Pancrase 324: Karen makes it 4-0, Hashi crowned Interim Champ -

On Sunday, a day filled with mixed martial arts action throughout Japan, two women’s matches went down at Pancrase 324, located at the Studio Coast in Tokyo. Both of these matches involved a member of the newly formed Team Pravajra. First to fight was Karen, who faced Kotomi Shintani who was making her Pancrase debut. Karen made quick work of it, getting Kotomi against the cage and landing several slashing elbows, which opened a cut over Kotomi’s eye. Former fighter and current referee Windy Tomomi quickly waved it off afterwards at 1:39 of the first round (Fight video).

Later on, in the co-main event, Karen’s teammate Nøri faced Takayo Hashi for the interim flyweight championship. Nøri found most of her success in the 1st round, where she landed a variety of kicks including a switch kick. However, in the later rounds, Hashi was consistently able to get her down, where she landed ground and pound and went for submissions. Even when Nøri managed to land effective kicks later, Hashi was usually able to use them to get the fight to the ground. Hashi won via UD and is now the interim flyweight champion.

At the moment, both members of Team Pravajra are ranked as the number 1 contenders in their respective divisions.

Karen enters the cage, courtesy of Akihito Tatematsu
Karen lands the elbows that opened the cut, courtesy of Akihito Tatematsu
The cut that ended the fight, courtesy of Akihito Tatematsu
The veteran, Takayo Hashi enters the cage, courtesy of Akihito Tatematsu
Nori lands a kick, courtesy of Akihito Tatematsu
Hashi gets Nori to the ground, courtesy of Akihito Tatematsu
The new interim champion, courtesy of Akihito Tatematsu

Pancrase 324 Results

Toru Ogawa defeated Ryoma Ishii via UD
Takayo Hashi defeated Nori Pravajra via UD
Masayuki Kikuiri defeated Akihiro Murayama via UD
Keito Yamakita defeated Ryosuke Noda via UD
Tokitaka Nakanishi defeated Yojiro Uchimura via UD
Rui Imura defeated Kodai Murata via Triangle at 2:11 in RD 1
Shinichi Taira defeated Yoshiaki Takahashi via KO at 4:16 in RD 2
Karen Pravajra defeated Kotomi Shintani via TKO (Doctor’s Stoppage) at 1:39 in RD 1
Toshiya Takashima defeated Takafumi Ato via UD
Taiga Tanimura defeated Hiroaki Ijima via UD

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