12/19 DEEP Cage Impact 2009 - Fights Announced

Deep announced the first few matchups for the DEEP Cage Impact card. It looks like there will be a bit of a Japan vs. Guam theme.

Some very interesting fights announced, DEEP will look to get a light-heavyweight champion and the Bernard Ackah against Shunji Kosaka will have a central role in this (I am guessing it is an eliminator for a title fight).

It will be a big event for DEEP and a lot of their star fighters will participate. Announced to make his return is Hirohide Fujinuma who last fought back in DEEP 23, almost 4 years ago. If I am not mistaken the last fight ended in a very nasty armbar.

Fights Announced:
Masakazu Imanari 17-7-2 vs. 13-3-0 Justin "The Shocker" Cruz
Yusuke Kawaguchi 10-1-0 vs. 5-1-0 Roque Martinez
Bernard Ackah 3-3-0 vs. 4-1-1 Shunji Kosaka
Naoki Matsushita 11-12-9 vs. 7-4-8 Yuki Ito
Atsuhiro Tsuboi 6-12-4 vs. 4-0-1 Sadao Kondo

Participants:
Nobuhiro Obiya 10-3-1
Ryuta Sakurai 19-15-5
Koichiro Matsumoto 8-2-0
Eiji Ishikawa 17-15-2
Toshikazu Iseno 7-5-2
Takeshi Yamazaki 14-10-2
Toshiaki Kitada 10-4-2
Yoshitomo Watanabe 7-9-2
Hirohide Fujinuma
Hiryu Okamoto
Yasuhiro Kawasaki
Yasuhiro Motomura
...and more