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Pancrase
Pancrase
is a
mixed martial arts
promotion company founded in
Japan
in 1993 by professional wrestlers
Masakatsu Funaki
and
Minoru Suzuki
.
Pancrase
is taken from
Pankration
, a sport in the ancient
Olympic games
. Suzuki and Funaki are particularly skilled in the art of
catch wrestling
and based the promotion on
professional wrestling
consisting of
shoots
rather than
works
. Per its custom, its champions are named
King of Pancrase
rather than the title of
Champion
.
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