【パンクラス】王者ISAOと最強チャレンジャー中島太一が激突、21年はフェザー級タイトル戦で開幕＝5.30新木場#ISAO
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#PANCRASEhttps://t.co/PAdMQiMJFH— eFight（イーファイト）格闘技＆フィットネス情報 (@efight_twit)
March 10, 2021
A legendary Japanese promotion has announced its first event for
2021.
On Wednesday morning, Pancrase
announced that Isao
Kobayashi would put his 145-pound championship on the line
against Taichi
Nakajima in the headliner of Pancrase 321. It will be the first
number series show of the year for the Japanese promotion, whose
latest event dates back to Dec. 13, 2020.
Kobayashi (26-5-4) captured the interim featherweight championship
at the expense of Koyomi
Matsushima after his opponent landed an illegal knee at
Pancrase 295. After defending his title by upending Nazareno
Malegarie at Pancrase 305, the Never Quit-representative was
promoted to undisputed champion. He then edged Kyle Aguon
via split decision at the end of their Pancrase 309 encounter
before unanimously outpointing Akira Okada
in a non-title match at Pancrase 316.
Pancrase veteran Nakajima (15-11-1) is 3-2 in his latest five cage
appearances and gained his No. 1 contender status after scoring
back-to-back victories. Recently, he overcame Boris
Fedorov thanks to a unanimous decision at Pancrase 312 back in
Feb. 2020 before defeating Yoshinori
Horie with a narrow split decision at Pancrase 318.
Pancrase 321 will go down at Studio Coast in Tokyo on May 30. The
promotion has yet to reveal the rest of the card.