artist and professional wrestler known professionally as Masakatsu Funaki (船木 誠勝, Funaki Masakatsu), who has previously wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling...

of Pancrase founder Masakatsu Funaki. Rutten was taken down and forced to close guard, a moment in which he accidentally hit Funaki with a closed-fisted...

designer, metal-smith and sculptor Masakatsu Funaki (born 1969), professional wrestler and mixed martial artist Shoichi Funaki (born 1968), professional wrestler...

wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. The name was based on pankration, a fighting sport in the Ancient Olympic Games. Suzuki and Funaki practiced...

popular and was put on a match against Masakatsu Funaki next. UWF folded shortly after, and Shamrock followed Funaki and other wrestlers to its successor...

champion and King of Pancrase Ken Shamrock, former King of Pancrase Masakatsu Funaki, DREAM Super Hulk Tournament Champion Ikuhisa Minowa, former King of...

Mizuno, Kenji Sahara, Masami Nagasawa, Chihiro Otsuka, Shigeru Izumiya, Masakatsu Funaki, Masato Ibu, Jun Kunimura, and Akira Takarada. In the film, when a...

nothing came of it. Gracie preferred to face Pancrase's retired ace Masakatsu Funaki at Colosseum event. The event almost got cancelled, as Gracie demanded...

portrayed by professional wrestler and mixed martial arts pioneer Masakatsu Funaki. This film serves as a prequel of the first Yakuza game describing...

main event, leader Kenoh dropped the GHC National Championship to Masakatsu Funaki. At Noah Gain Control 2022 In Nagoya on February 23, Aleja, Hajime...

defeated Funky Express (King Tany and Mohammed Yone), Go Shiozaki and Masakatsu Funaki. At Noah Higher Ground 2022 on January 22, Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi...

he faced next his own trainer, MMA legend and Pancrase co-founder Masakatsu Funaki, who defeated him. He would bounce back with a victory over the other...

pitted against Pancrase co-founder Masakatsu Funaki on February 22, 1997 at Pancrase: Alive 2. After circling around, Funaki scored a takedown, mounted Schilt...

catch wrestling. Randy Couture, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kamal Shalorus, Masakatsu Funaki, Takanori Gomi, Shinya Aoki and Josh Barnett, among other mixed martial...

Shamrock, Frank Shamrock, and Maurice Smith, and top Japanese fighters Masakatsu Funaki, Minoru Suzuki and Manabu Yamada. The King of Pancrase tournament was...

operating from 1991 to 1996. It was formed by Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki after the collapse of the second incarnation of the...

different promotions, the UFC and Pancrase. He holds wins over Tito Ortiz, Masakatsu Funaki, Yuki Kondo, Semmy Schilt, and Minoru Suzuki. Mezger has trained with...

Yakuza, released on PlayStation 2. This drama stars puroresu champion Masakatsu Funaki in the title role and is a prequel to the inaugural installment of...

stars such as Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima, John "Earthquake" Tenta, Masakatsu Funaki, D'Lo Brown and Minoru Suzuki anchoring the promotion, the younger...

arts promotion Pancrase, which was founded by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki in 1993. The background of the formation of the organization...

Fujiwara Gumi ("Fujiwara family"), in the latter, a few wrestlers such as Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki, dissatisfied with Fujiwara's turn to lucha libre-inspired...

Road To The Championship 5. After frequent losses to Ken Shamrock and Masakatsu Funaki, Cook would later jump to Shooto with fellow Australian fighter and...

(1), Arashi (1), Joe Doering (1), Masakatsu Funaki (1) and Kenso (1) Akiho Yoshizawa Cup (2010) – with Masakatsu Funaki and S1 Mask Champion Carnival (2002...

with Masakatsu Funaki. Suzuki's career in MMA originated after his departure from the Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi promotion along with Masakatsu Funaki and...

Morris is the youngest champion at the age of 30 years old, while Masakatsu Funaki was the oldest, winning the title at 52 years old. Hayata is the current...

fought only one match in MMA on 16 May 1996, in Tokyo, Japan losing to Masakatsu Funaki at Pancrase: Truth 5 by submission with a rear naked choke in round...

Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022. 船木誠勝 / Masakatsu Funaki. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2022. 井上雅央...

field. Japanese athletes such as Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masakatsu Funaki and Naoya Ogawa have successfully performed in professional wrestling...

Asano – Dragon Eye Morrison Masatoshi Nagase – Thunderbolt Buddha Masakatsu Funaki – Narrator Filming occurred in February 1999 using black and white...

Nakatani, Tatsuya Fuji, and actual Japanese wrestlers Keiji Mutoh and Masakatsu Funaki in the cast. Rikidōzan/Kim Sin-rak: Sol Kyung-gu Aya: Miki Nakatani...