TOKYO -- Pancrase's 2008 Shining Tour put another in the books Sunday before a half full Korakuen Hall. In the noon card's main event, Grabaka elder statesman Keiichiro Yamamiya (Pictures) bested the veteran Hiromitsu Kanehara (Pictures) in a three round affair that saw Yamamiya edging on points in the final seconds of the fight.

Playing his usual elusive game, the southpaw Yamamiya stuck to the outside and circled, throwing middle kicks and hard body punches. Kanehara attempted to attack in kind, but often found his kicks deflected and his flurries dodged. Despite attempts to corner Yamamiya to limit his maneuverability, Yamamiya was successful boxing his way out from clinches and corners.

The second round looked largely the same as the first, but with the notable exception of Kanehara stepping up the pace. Though Kanehara began to land more low and body kicks with the occasional jab thrown in, Yamamiya continued circling and stinging.

With neither man scoring meaningful damage, the bout came down to the final minute of the third round when both Yamamiya and Kanehara set toe-to-toe and briefly lobbed bombs at each other. Yamamiya tasted his first real punches and kicks in this round, but Kanehara looked to be the one more hurt during the exchanges - so much so that a moment afterward, Yamamiya pushed Kanehara into the corner, where the Pride veteran collapsed in a heap. Though Yamamiya followed to rain punches, he could not finish Kanehara before the bell.

Be that as it may, Yamamiya walked away the unanimous decision victor, 30 - 29 on all three judges' cards.

In the afternoon's semi-main event, middleweight King of Pancrase Izuru Takeuchi (Pictures) bested Brazilain import Junior Santos by submission in the final 10 seconds of their non-title bout. Just missing with a flying knee at the beginning of the round, Santos soon found himself on his back as Takeuchi shot for the takedown and settled into guard. Thanks to his incredible length, Santos was able to control Takeuchi's punches and return with hard punches of his own from the bottom -- even with Takeuchi fully postured. With the majority of the first unfolding in this fashion, Takeuchi fell back for the foot lock in the final moments, allowing Santos to sit up and drop punches and hammer fists. Bloodied but unfazed, Takeuchi continued to wrangle and twist at Santos' foot, until he was able to roll up the fight-ending heel hook at 4:49 into the first.

In lightweight action, Shinsuke Shoji (Pictures) put away tough Pancrase vet Takafumi Ito (Pictures) late in the second period by way of TKO strikes. Ito kept Shoji on his back throughout the first period, where he rained short, harrying punches from guard. The Krazy Bee rep turned things around in the second however, stuffing Ito's takedown attempts to capture his own. Shoji then proceeded to drop heavy punches and knees as Ito scrambled to evade. The onslaught eventually proved too much however, as the referee stepped in to call the bout at 4:01 into the second, awarding Shoji the TKO victory.

The energetic and aggressive Rafael Dos Anjos made a beeline straight for lightweight opponent Takaichi Hirayama (Pictures), where a superman punch led to a takedown. Passing to side control, the Gracie Fusion rep extricated the arm for the armbar, slipping instead into the omoplata as Hirayama struggled. Flipping to avoid the omoplata, Hirayama found himself in yet more trouble as Anjos switched back to the armbar, forcing the tap at 1:25 in the first.

In the afternoon's most notable bantamweight attraction, sliding right into guard proved to be a one way ticket out of the ring on a stretcher for Masaki Yanagisawa (Pictures). Top Pancrase prospect Seiya Kawahara settled right into Yanagisawa's guard where he came down with vicious right hands, knocking Yanagisawa out cold a mere 41 seconds into the first period.

Lightweight Yukio Sakaguchi (Pictures) banged out Masakazu Kuramochi (Pictures) on the feet before dropping him with knees to the body. Following with some punches and an axe kick, Sakaguchi put an exclamation point on his finish by punting Kuramochi in the face for the KO at 2:01 in the first round.

The visiting Ranki Kawana (Pictures) and Toshihiro Shimizu (Pictures) went 1 - 1 respectively for Team ZST in their bantamweight bouts against Tomoki Murayama (Pictures) and "Yukito" Yuichiro Shirai (Pictures). While Kawana was able to coax striker Murayama into the armbar for the technical sub stoppage at 2:17 in the first, Shimizu fell into a sub of himself, tapping to a quick Shirai guillotine 31 seconds into the bout.

In other Pancrase happenings Sunday afternoon, an in-ring retirement ceremony was held for Pancrase's Miki Shida (Pictures) and Kenji Shimada. While Shimada was brief with his comments -- thanking those who had supported him during his run -- Miki succinctly recounted some of the ups and downs of his nearly six year Pancrase run, ending with his thanks to those who had supported him, and his vow to continue supporting MMA and Pancrase from behind the scenes.