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Miki Honno vs SARAMI
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23 September 2026
Strawweight Queen Pancras Champion Miki Motono
successfully retained his title with a dominant second-round TKO win at Bank 366 in Tokyo. Motono ended his reign as Atomweight Champion
Satomi Takanowhose bid to become a two-division title holder was thwarted by an onslaught of strikes.
Miki Motono retained her Queen of Pancrase title with a second round TKO of Satomi Takano
The southpaw Motono (11-5) repeatedly connected with straight left hands, which were the most important shots of the opening round. Takano (20-15) secured a brief takedown after landing a takedown, but Motono continued to win the boxing match after returning to his feet.
Takano took Motono down in the second round, but Motono quickly reversed himself into a scarf hold and landed dozens of punches to the defenseless Takano’s face. Takano refused to submit to two scarf hold armlocks, but the fight was eventually stopped after he absorbed more than 50 additional punches. Motono retained his title via TKO at the 4:09 mark of round 2.
After the fight, Motono acknowledged one of his teammates who doubted him. The teammate felt that Motono could not finish Takano, which gave the champion extra motivation to retain the title within the distance. Motono, who previously held the interim Deep Jewels title in 2020, has now won three straight fights since making his Pancrase debut last year.
Competing for the last time, the reigning Pancras flyweight champion Shizuka Sugiyama (25-8-1) won his retirement match at 119 pounds in the main event. Sugiyama earned a unanimous decision Emi Fujino
(31-17-1, 1 NC), who celebrated his own milestone by competing in his 50th pro fight.
The longtime friends circled each other and traded jabs in the opening round, with Sugiyama landing a pair of right hooks from the southpaw position. Fujino countered with two right hands and attempted a takedown on Sugiyama.
Fujino dropped Sugiyama with a right hook early in the second round. Sugiyama returned to his feet and Fujino continued to win the boxing exchanges until Sugiyama took him in side control. Sugiyama mounted Fujino and landed punches and elbows, but time was called when Fujino landed an illegal uppercut. The fight continued on the spot with Sugiyama retaining the top position.
Sugiyama took Fujino to half guard in the final round and kept him on the mat until the midpoint. Just as Fujino looked to resume his boxing, Sugiyama put him on the canvas once more and landed punches from the top position until Fujino knocked him down.
In the last minute, Fujino marched forward, but Sugiyama hit him with left hooks to the jaw. All three judges gave the fight to Sugiyama, who ended his 18-year career with a victory, with a score of 30:27.
In his post-fight retirement speech, Sugiyama thanked Fujino for making his last fight memorable with his fans and supporters. While many fighters view losses as negative points in their careers, Sugiyama highlighted the eight losses as positive experiences, each of which taught him something and made him a better competitor.
Bellator veteran Chiara Penco (12-5) extended his winning streak to four by defeating former strawweight queen Pancras champ Karen
(10-4).
Penco’s grip advantage allowed him to land early jabs and two right hands. Karen found some success with her leg kicks, but Penco’s punches continued to find their mark and she took Karen down briefly late in the round.
Penco opened the second round with more jabs and right hands, but he visibly flinched as Karen landed a jab to the liver. Karen couldn’t keep up and her right eye was swollen shut from damage from Penco’s heavy jabs. Karen kept herself in the clinch in the final round, but Penco inflicted more damage with jabs and knees to the body.
The close contest went to the scorecards, where one judge gave the result 29-28 in favor of Karen. The other two brought the result to 29:28 in favor of Penco, who could earn a shot at the title with a split decision win.
Featured lightweight performance saw Chikaya Suzuki (3-0) maintained his perfect pro record with a split decision win over the veteran Kengo Fujimura (11-8-2).
Early on, Fujimura took down Suzuki and threatened a rear naked choke, but a failure to secure both hooks allowed Suzuki to get to his feet. For his part, Suzuki landed a takedown and then held Fujimura against the cage for a long time. Fujimura pulled his arm free in time to avoid a dangerous standing kimura.
Suzuki fought off rear naked choke and armbar attempts in the second round, which Fujimura largely dominated on the ground. The final round was the opposite as Suzuki controlled the fight while a tired Fujimura willingly allowed the takedown.
One judge scored the fight 29-28 for Fujimura. The other two scored 30-27 and 29-28 respectively for Suzuki, who took a split decision.
Acting on very short notice, Tokumitsu Takagi (6-2) took advantage of his opportunity with a unanimous decision Da Eun Jung
(9-7) in the 141-pound weight class.
After an early fight against the cage, Takagi landed a spinning backfist during the break. Both men showed great takedown defense as the fight continued.
Takagi got the better of an early boxing exchange in the second round. Jung couldn’t take Takagi down and Takagi floored him with a right hook. Jung got to his feet, but his attempts to take him down were unsuccessful.
The final round saw a full-on contest until referee Takarada separated the fighters with 70 seconds to go. Takagi scored a short takedown late in the fight and walked away with two unanimous decisions by scores of 29-28 and 30-27.
The preliminary card concluded with a flyweight match between them
Daiki Shimada (2-1) and Rye Saito
(4-4). Shimada attacked early with body shots and left hands, but was side-checked. Saito attempted a naked choke from behind and the fighters battled back and forth for position.
Saito landed a hard elbow in the second round, but that was the only notable blow and Shimada secured the takedown. Shimada dropped Saito with a right hook in the final round. Saito recovered quickly, but Shimada snapped his head back with a right hand at the end of the round.
Shimada’s performance in the second half of the fight was enough to earn a unanimous decision, twice by scores of 30-27 and 29-28.
This is Yuki (1-3) earned his first pro win by split decision Daiki mine
(2-5) flyweight.
The first four minutes were fairly uneventful, but the pace picked up towards the end of the round. Mine hit the cage with elbows and Ito took him down and regained control. The round ended with Ito punches to the side of Mine’s head.
Mine connected with a left cross midway through the second round before Ito took him down. Mine scrambled and took Ito’s back, but willingly gave up the position and decided to stand.
Ito slowed down in the final round, allowing Mine to land shots that set up the takedown. Mine was chasing the rear naked choke and hitting elbows and punches. Tired fighters traded wild haymakers in the final seconds.
One judge scored the fight 29-28 for Mine, while the other two judges scored it 29-28 for Ito, who earned a split decision.
Soukichi Maeda (3-4-1) and Takashi Koyama (3-4) participated in a back and forth heavyweight match that ended with Maeda raising his hand.
Koyama hit a combination that forced Maeda to dive for the ankles looking for a takedown. Koyama attempted an inverted triangle choke that seemed to ignite Maeda, who countered with a steady flow of right hands on the ground.
They traded looping shots in the second round until Maeda fell with a right hook. He recovered though and fought his way out of a strong anaconda choke. Maeda finished on top of the ring, hitting kicks from Koyama’s guard.
Maeda picked up Koyama and whipped him to the mat in the final round. Maeda remained in control until the final minute, when a mistake allowed Koyama to take it back.
The judges were divided, one scored the match 29:28 in favor of Koyama. The other two had a score of 29:28 in favor of Maeda, who earned a split decision.
The card started off with an easy match Taisei Hata (2-2) and Torao Hamachi (1-1). Hamachi attempted a takedown in the opening two minutes until Hatta’s counter combo stunned him. Hamachi’s left eye was swollen shut and Hatta hurt him again later in the round with ground shots.
Hamachi opened the second round with a takedown and 90 seconds of ground control, but Hatta’s punches rocked him once more after the fighters returned to their feet. Hamachi stumbled around the cage as Hatta chased him with punches, and the match was stopped.
Hatta earned the victory by TKO at 4:19 of the 2nd round.
