Pancrase flyweight king Senzo Ikeda has joined the ONE Championship flyweight grand prix, taking on Danny Kingad at Sunday’s ONE event in Tokyo, and he’s not the only Pancrase titleholder hoping to make a jump to another promotion.
ONE announced earlier this month it has partnered with Pancrase, opening doors for “Pancrase’s best athletes to progress into ONE and compete on the global stage,” the company announced.
“Morcego” captured the Pancrase bantamweight title in May 2018, defeating Japanese veteran Masakatsu Ueda via decision. Ten months later, the Brazilian needed less than four minutes to submit Kenta Takizawa to become the undisputed titleholder.