{"id":52548,"date":"2019-08-14T11:42:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T15:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=52548"},"modified":"2019-08-14T11:42:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T15:42:41","slug":"pancrase-legend-ikuhisa-minowa-added-to-josh-barnetts-bloodsport-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/08\/14\/pancrase-legend-ikuhisa-minowa-added-to-josh-barnetts-bloodsport-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pancrase Legend Ikuhisa Minowa Added to Josh Barnett&#8217;s Bloodsport 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The field for <strong>Game Changer Wrestling<\/strong>&#8216;s <em><strong>Josh Barnett&#8217;s Bloodsport 2<\/strong><\/em> got a legit bad-ass entering for the upcoming September 14 card, as they announced on Tuesday night that former <strong>Pancrase<\/strong> and MMA fighter <strong>Ikuhisa Minowa<\/strong> will be competing. Minowa &#8211; aka Minowaman &#8211; has fought for Pancrase (the MMA company founded by Minoru Suzuki &amp; Ken Shamrock in the early 1990s) starting in 1996.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Super Hulk openweight champ!<\/p>\n<p>Pancrase shootfighting legend:<\/p>\n<p>Ikuhisa Minowa aka Minowaman is coming to Josh Barnett&#39;s: Bloodsport.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCWrestling_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@GCWrestling_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bloodsport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Bloodsport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/46xgDbgrID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/46xgDbgrID<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\udd7f\ud835\udd8d\ud835\udd8a \ud835\udd82\ud835\udd86\ud835\udd97\ud835\udd92\ud835\udd86\ud835\udd98\ud835\udd99\ud835\udd8a\ud835\udd97 (@JoshLBarnett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshLBarnett\/status\/1161458495276740608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ikuhisa Minowa made his debut in 1996 at the <em><strong>Lumax Cup<\/strong><\/em> tournament before starting with Pancrase in the 1997 <em><strong>Neo-Blood Tournament<\/strong><\/em>. Minowa started off poorly in his MMA career, going 1-8-1, before finding his groove &#8211; by 2000, he rebounded with an 16-4-5 run. In 2000, he fought for UFC at <em><strong>UFC 25<\/strong><\/em> in Tokyo, Japan, defeating Joe Slick when the doctor stopped the fight. He&#8217;s continued to fight for multiple MMA promotions, including PRIDE, DREAM, and DEEP, compiling a career 64-42-8 record.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uFHfUcaRaa4<\/p>\n<p>Starting in 2010, Minowa entered the world of professional wrestling, having been trained by the original <strong>Tiger Mask<\/strong>, <strong>Satoru Sayama<\/strong>. He worked initially with<strong> All Japan<\/strong> and <strong>Big Japan Wrestling<\/strong>, but has primarily worked for New Japan founder <strong>Antonio Inoki<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Inoki Genome Federation (IGF)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Minowaman Throws Super Heavyweight at DEEP: 50 Impact | Moment of the Day\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Fc3bPE3eRI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The current competing field for the upcoming Josh Barnett&#8217;s Bloodsport 2 features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Josh Barnett<\/li>\n<li>Chris Dickinson<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Henry<\/li>\n<li>Allysin Kay<\/li>\n<li>JR Kratos<\/li>\n<li>Killer Kross<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Filthy&#8221; Tom Lawlor<\/li>\n<li>Matt &#8220;Weapon X&#8217; Makowski<\/li>\n<li>Ikuhisa Minowa<\/li>\n<li>Jon Moxley<\/li>\n<li>Davey Boy Smith Jr.<\/li>\n<li>Zachary Wentz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52496\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52496\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/08\/BS5-e1565719362801.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: GCW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Catch\u00a0<em>GCW Josh Barnett\u2019s Bloodsport 2<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fite.tv\/watch\/gcw-josh-barnett-blood-sport-ii\/2ozpu\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">live on Fite.tv<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The field for Game Changer Wrestling&#8216;s Josh Barnett&#8217;s Bloodsport 2 got a legit bad-ass entering for the upcoming September 14 card, as they announced on Tuesday night that former Pancrase and MMA fighter Ikuhisa Minowa will be competing. 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