Below is the full fight lineup for PANCRASE 317 on 23 August at Studio Coast in Tokyo. The card features two UFC veterans, two former King of Pancrase Champions, current Shooto Lightweight Champion, and four former Neo Blood Tournament Winners, and will broadcast live and free on the official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdjChpxj41w&feature=youtu.be
Main Event – Featherweight Championship Contender Match – 3R/5M
Taichi Nakajima (Lotus Setagaya, 14-11-1) #4
2012 Neo Blood Bantamweight Tournament Winner
vs.
Yoshinori Horie (ALLIANCE, 9-2) #5
2017 Neo Blood Featherweight Tournament Winner & MVP
Co-main Event – Lightweight – 3R/5M
Takashi Matsuoka (Pancrasism Yokohama, 13-10-1) #9 vs.
Koshi Matsumoto (M PLATIC, 20-9-2)
12th Generation Shooto Lightweight Champion
6 – Flyweight – 3R/5M
Ryuichi Miki (CAVE, 21-12-4) #3
Former (3rd Generation) Flyweight King of Pancrase Champion vs.
Yusuke Ogikubo (K-PLACE, 11-10) #10
2014 Neo Blood Tournament Super-Flyweight Winner
5 – Bantamweight – 3R/5M
Takeshi Kasugai (Shimura Dojo, 25-7-1) #4
2nd Generation HEAT Bantamweight Champion
vs.
Toshinori “Tsune” Tsunemura (Reversal Gym Shinjuku Me-We, 14-10-4) #9
4 – Featherweight – 3R/5M
Issei Tamura (Krazy Bee, 13-10) #7
Former (6th Generation) Featherweight King of Pancrase Champion vs.
Yuki Takahashi (Sakaguchi Dojo, 8-2)
3 – Strawweight – 3R/5M
Yuta Miyazawa (K-PLACE, 7-3) #6 vs.
Hiroaki Iijima (Gutsman, 12-13-3) #7
2 – Strawweight – 3R/5M
Teppei Maeyama (Free, 5-7) #8
vs.
Tatsuki Ozaki (Cobra Kai MMA Dojo, 8-6) #9
2019 Neo Blood Strawweight Tournament Winner
1 – Lightweight – 3R/5M
Kosuke Kindaichi (K-PLACE, 9-2-2)
vs.
Tatsuya Tomozane (Zero Fighter Club, 10-4-1) **CANCELLED: Tomozane out due to hernia**
Preliminary Bout 4 – 2020 Featherweight Neo Blood Tournament 2nd Round – 3R/5M
Tatsuhiko Iwamoto (Shooto Gym Blows, 8-6-1) vs.
Tatsuya Saito (ALLIANCE, 4-7-1)
Preliminary Bout 3 – 2020 Bantamweight Neo Blood Tournament 2nd Round – 3R/5M
Rui Imamura (NEXUSENSE, 1-0) vs.
Suneo “Hayato” Tanaka (ASH, 1-1)
Preliminary Bout 2 – 2020 Flyweight Neo Blood Tournament 1st Round – 3R5M
Aito Tanimura (P’s LAB Sapporo, 0-1) vs.
Takuya Takahashi (K-PLACE, 9-5-2)
Preliminary Bout 1 – Bantamweight – 3R/5M
Naohisa Kudo (Zendo Kai Koganei Dojo, 9-9-2)
vs.
Riki Kayukawa (Martial Arts Club Nakatsugawa, 2-0;