8/17 DEEP 37 - Results

DEEP is holding DEEP 37 in Korakuen Hall now. On the card are 2 title fights, and the card is looking very good.

I will update the results as they become available here. If you are impatient, and read Japanese, thats the place to get them.

Main Event:
DEEP Bantamweight Title-Fight:
15. Masakazu Imanari Def. Hiroshi Umemura by heel-hook Round 1 0:29

DEEP Female Lightweight Title Fight:
14. Miku Matsumoto Def. Misaki Takimoto by KO Round 2 4:40

13. Daiki Hata (D.J. Taiki) vs. Kim Jong Man DRAW
12. Ryuta Sakurai Def. Sojiro Orui by arm-bar Round 1 3:22
11. Yasuhito Namekawa Def. Claudio Silva by arm-bar Round 1 2:59
10. Katsunori Kikuno Def. Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" by TKO Round 2 2:34
9. Eiji Ishikawa Def. Kousei Kobuta by TKO Round 2 0:55
8. Riki Fukuda Def. Hiroki Ozaki by Decision 3-0
7. Koichiro Matsumoto Def. Seigo Inoue by TKO Round 2 1:32
6. Yusaki Tsukumo Def. Yasushi Kitazaki by rear-naked choke Round 1 3:04
5. LUIZ vs. Shinobu Miura DRAW
4. Hama (?) Def. Jun Soo Lim by achilles hold Round 1 3:08

Future Fights:
3. Muneyuki Sato 1-2-0 vs. 4-2-1 Yuya "Jacare" Osugi
2. Makoto "Mako Dragon" Kawawa 1-2-0 vs. Kenta Takagi
1. Tomohiro Ishii vs. 1-0-0 Teppei Hori

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8/17 DEEP 37 - Fight Order

Not much happening in Japan right now, DEEP have a couple of very interesting cards coming up, other than that it is mainly Obon holidays and the Olympics people care about.

DEEP 37 looks like a very good card though. With 2 title-fights on the card and fighters like Ryuta Sakurai and Riki Fukuda I am sure it will be entertaining.

Main Event: DEEP Bantamweight Title-Fight:
15. Masakazu Imanari 14-6-1 vs. 11-7-3 Hiroshi Umemura

DEEP Female Lightweight Title Fight:
14. Miku Matsumoto (Title-holder) 17-4-0 vs. 8-8-4 Misaki Takimoto

13. Daiki Hata (D.J. Taiki) 8-5-2 vs. 3-5-2 Kim Jong Man
12. Ryuta Sakurai 16-14-4 vs. 5-2-4 Sojiro Orui
11. Yasuhito Namekawa 23-16-3 vs. 4-2-0 Claudio Silva
10. Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" 12-5-4 vs. 7-1-1 Katsunori Kikuno
9. Eiji Ishikawa 15-15-2 vs. 24-27-10 Kousei Kobuta
8. Riki Fukuda 10-4-0 vs. 3-1-0 Hiroki Ozaki
7. Koichiro Matsumoto 4-1-0 vs. 4-3-1 Seigo Inoue
6. Yasushi Kitazaki 8-4-1 vs. Yusaki Tsukumo
5. LUIZ 7-6-2 vs. 1-3-2 Shinobu Miura
4. Hama (?) vs. 0-3-0 (1NC) Jun Soo Lim

Future Fights:
3. Muneyuki Sato 1-2-0 vs. 4-2-1 Yuya "Jacare" Osugi
2. Makoto "Mako Dragon" Kawawa 1-2-0 vs. Kenta Takagi
1. Tomohiro Ishii vs. 1-0-0 Teppei Hori

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8/17 DEEP 37 - Card complete ?

DEEP have announced some additional fights to their DEEP 37 card. The card looks final now and it looks very good. I have no idea who the Russian fighter Hama is, so fill me in if you know anything.

Due to injury, there has been a change to Ryuta Sakurai's opponent, he is no longer fighting Sojiro Orui but Kozo Urita instead.

Announced:
Yasuhito Namekawa 23-16-3 vs. 4-2-0 Claudio Silva
Hama (?) vs. 0-3-0 (1NC) Jun Soo Lim
Koichiro Matsumoto 4-1-0 vs. 4-3-1 Seigo Inoue

Future Fights:
Tomohiro Ishii vs. 1-0-0 Teppei Hori
Muneyuki Sato 1-2-0 vs. 4-2-1 Yuya "Jacare" Osugi
Makoto "Mako Dragon" Kawawa 1-2-0 vs. Kenta Takagi

Previously Announced:
DEEP Bantamweight Title-Fight:
Masakazu Imanari 14-6-1 vs. 11-7-3 Hiroshi Umemura

DEEP Female Lightweight Title Fight:
Miku Matsumoto (Title-holder) 17-4-0 vs. 8-8-4 Misaki Takimoto

Riki Fukuda 10-4-0 vs. 3-1-0 Hiroki Ozaki
Yasushi Kitazaki 8-4-1 vs. Yusaki Tsukumo
LUIZ 7-6-2 vs. 1-3-2 Shinobu Miura
Daiki Hata (D.J. Taiki) 8-5-2 vs. 3-5-2 Kim Jong Man
Ryuta Sakurai 16-14-4 vs. 5-2-4 Sojiro Orui
Eiji Ishikawa 15-15-2 vs. 24-27-10 Kousei Kobuta
Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" 12-5-4 vs. 7-1-1 Katsunori Kikuno

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Coming up in August

July was extremely busy. To be honest, it was sort of nice to enjoy a weekend with no major MMA events on in Japan (even thought DEEP had their event yesterday).

Time to look forward to what is coming up in August:
8/2 DEEP Megaton GP Final - Tokyo, Shinjuku Face
8/3 Shooto - Gig Central - Nagoya
8/3 ZST SWAT! - Tokyo, Omori Gold's Gym
8/16 DEEP Gladiators - Okayama - Momotaro Arena
8/17 DEEP Impact 37 - Tokyo, Korakuen Hall
8/24 Sengoku 4 - Tokyo, Saitama Superarena
8/24 ZST SWAT! & Battle Hazard 03 - Tokyo, Shinjuku Face
8/27 Pancrase Shining Tour - Tokyo, Korakuen Hall

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7/27 DEEP 36 Impact - RESULTS - New Welterweight Champ Crowned

DEEP had their Impact 36 event in Osaka earlier today. The main event was a title fight between Champion Hasegawa and challenger Ikemoto. Ikemoto has beaten Hasegawa previously, and he managed the same today. DEEP has yet another new champion!

Seichi Ikemoto Def. Hidehiko Hasegawa by decision 3-0
Young Choi "RYO" Def. Takenori Sato by decision 2-0
Seigo Def. Nobuyoshi Takahara by armbar Round 1 1:41
Masanori Tonooka Def. Hidehira Yabu by KO Round 1 3:37
Yoshinobu Kawamura Def. Junzo Tokunaga by TKO Round 1 3:22
Toru Harai Def. Isao Terada by decision 2-1
Hiroto Def. Nobuhiro Yoshitake by decision 3-0
Yasuko Tamada Def. Fukuko Hamada by Decision 3-0

NEXT LEVEL:
Kick-Rule:
James Low Def. Kareem “Sugarbear” Byron (?) by Decision 3-0

MMA-Rule:
Hasu Takeno Def. Takashi Murakami by KO Round 2 0:22
Hiroto Yamaguchi Def. Akira Fukukami by KO Round 2 1:42
Shohei Fujita Def. NakagawaΩJien乙ΩKoki by Decision 3-0
Kumiko Nanba Def. Suzuna Nakamura by decision 3-0

Opening Fights:
Yasunori Kanehara Def. Hiroshi Shiba by TKO Round 2 0:19
Yuki Kamijima Def. Makoto Kamaya by Decision 2-0
Yuya Aikawa Def. Miyamonta by TKO Round 1 2:23
Yasuaki Kishimoto Def. Reisyo Shoda by TKO Round 1 3:52

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8/17 DEEP 37 - Imanari Fighting for Bantamweight Title

Imanari lost his Featherweight title to Mishima in his last fight. Now he is moving down to Bantamweight to fight Umemura for this title. Riki Fukuda is also returning in what looks like a very good event. The event is being held in Korakuen Hall.

Announced:
DEEP Bantamweight Title-Fight:
Masakazu Imanari 14-6-1 vs. 11-7-3 Hiroshi Umemura

Riki Fukuda 10-4-0 vs. 3-1-0 Hiroki Ozaki
Yasushi Kitazaki 8-4-1 vs. Yusaki Tsukumo
LUIZ 7-6-2 vs. 1-3-2 Shinobu Miura
Daiki Hata (D.J. Taiki) 8-5-2 vs. 3-5-2 Kim Jong Man
Ryuta Sakurai 16-14-4 vs. 5-2-4 Sojiro Orui
Eiji Ishikawa 15-15-2 vs. 24-27-10 Kousei Kobuta

Previously Announced:
DEEP Female Lightweight Title Fight:
Miku Matsumoto (Title-holder) 17-4-0 vs. 8-8-4 Misaki Takimoto

Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" 12-5-4 vs. 7-1-1 Katsunori Kikuno

Participating:
Yasuhito Namekawa 23-16-3
Koichiro Matsumoto 4-1-0
Hama (Russian fighter, I don’t know who this is)

Ticket Prices:
VIP 15,000円
SRS 12,000円
A 8,000円
B 6,000円
C 5,000円
At the door +500円

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7/27 DEEP 36 Impact Osaka - Fight Order

DEEP is putting on DEEP Impact 36 tomorrow in ZEPP Osaka. Headling the card it the fight for the DEEP Welterweight title, with champion Hidehiko Hasegawa defending against Seichi Ikemoto. This is not the first time these guys meet, last time was in September 2005 and Ikemoto is one up on Hasegawa.

Main-Event: DEEP Welterweight Title Fight:
8. Hidehiko Hasegawa 14-9-5 vs. 16-14-5 Seichi Ikemoto

7. Young Choi "RYO" 9-5-0 vs. 5-4-4 Takenori Sato
6. Seigo vs. 1-1-0 Nobuyoshi Takahara
5. Hidehira Yabu 1-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Masanori Tonooka
4. Yoshinobu Kawamura 2-3-1 vs. 1-1-0 Junzo Tokunaga
3. Isao Terada 4-5-4 vs. 3-2-0 Toru Harai
2. Nobuhiro Yoshitake 0-3-1 vs. 5-1-0 Hiroto
1. Fukuko Hamada 4-2-0 vs. 7-4-2 Yasuko Tamada

NEXT LEVEL:
5. Kick-Rule: James Low vs. Kareem “Sugarbear” Byron (?)

MMA-Rule:
4. Hasu Takeno vs. Takashi Murakami
3. Hiroto Yamaguchi vs. Akira Fukukami
2. Shohei Fujita vs. NakagawaΩJien乙ΩKoki
1. Suzuna Nakamura vs. Kumiko Nanba

Opening Fights
4. Hiroshi Shiba 4-3-0 vs. 0-5-1 Yasunori Kanehara
3. Makoto Kamaya 8-4-1 vs. Yuki Kamijima
2. Yuya Aikawa 0-1-0 vs. Miyamonta
1. Yasuaki Kishimoto vs. 1-0-0 Reisyo Shoda

Taken off the card: Tomoyuki Fukami 7-1-4 vs. 4-1-0 Koichiro Matsumoto

Tickets:
VIP 12,000円　
RS 8,000円
Standing 5,000円
On the day +500円

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7/27 DEEP 36 Impact Osaka - Fights added

Saeki held a pressconference today and that means LOTS of updates to DEEP cards. I hope I have time to go through them all...

DEEP 36 has had no less than 10 fights added! That means that the card (including the Next Level fights) has 18 fights. Should be a good event in Zepp Osaka.

Added:
Seigo vs. 1-1-0 Nobuyoshi Takahara
YABU vs. 0-1-0 Masanori Tonooka
Yoshinobu Kawamura 2-3-1 vs. Junzo Tokunaga
Young Choi "RYO" 9-5-0 vs. 5-4-4 Takenori Sato
Hiroshi Shiba 4-3-0 vs. 0-5-1 Yasunori Kanehara
Fukuko Hamada 4-2-0 vs. 7-4-2 Yasuko Tamada
Yuya Aikawa 0-1-0 vs. Miyamonta
Nobuhiro Yoshitake 0-3-1 vs. 5-1-0 Hiroto
Yasuaki Kishimoto vs. 1-0-0 Reisyo Shoda
Makoto Kamaya 8-4-1 vs. Yuki Kamijima

Previously Announced:
DEEP Welterweight Title Fight:
Hidehiko Hasegawa 14-9-5 vs. 16-14-5 Seichi Ikemoto

Tomoyuki Fukami 7-1-4 vs. 4-1-0 Koichiro Matsumoto
Isao Terada 4-5-4 vs. 3-2-0 Toru Harai

NEXT LEVEL Fights:
James Low vs. Kareem “Sugarbear” Byron (?)
Hasu Takeno vs. Takashi Murakami
Jin Hirayama vs. Katsuki Ishida
Shohei Fujita vs. NakagawaΩJien乙ΩKoki
Suzuna Nakamura vs. Kumiko Nanba

Tickets:
Stage VIP 15,000円
VIP 12,000円　
RS 8,000円
A 6,000円　
2nd Floor 6,000円
At the door +500円

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7/27 DEEP 36 Impact Osaka - Card taking shape

DEEP have announced a couple of fights for their upcoming event in Osaka. Main-event will most likely be the welterweight title fight between Hidehiko Hasegawa and Seichi Ikemoto. This is a re-match of their fight in 2005, which Ikemoto won by decision. It should be a good fight between 2 very experienced guys, will we have another new DEEP champion?

DEEP Welterweight Title Fight:
Hidehiko Hasegawa 14-9-5 vs. 16-14-5 Seichi Ikemoto

Tomoyuki Fukami 7-1-4 vs. 4-1-0 Koichiro Matsumoto
Isao Terada 4-5-4 vs. 3-2-0 Toru Harai

Participating:
Young "RYO" Choi 9-5-0
Seigo Mizuguchi 2-3-0
Masanori Tonooka 0-1-0
Nobuyoshi Takahara 1-1-0
Junzo Tokunaga1-1-0
Hidehira Yabu 1-2-0
Hiroshi Shiba 4-3-0
Nobuhiro Yoshitake 0-3-1
Makoto Kamaya 8-4-1
Yuya Aikawa 0-1-0
“Crazy” Tsuchiya
Hiroto 5-1-0
Miyamonta
And more…

NEXT LEVEL Fights:
James Low vs. Kareem “Sugarbear” Byron (?)
Hasu (?) Takeno vs. X
Jin Hirayama vs. Katsuki Ishida
Shohei Fujita vs. NakagawaΩJien乙ΩKoki
Suzuna Nakamura vs. Kumiko Nanba

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7/27 DEEP 36 Impact ZEPP Osaka

DEEP started selling tickets for DEEP 36 today. The event will be held in ZEPP Osaka and 5 fighters have been announced as participants.

Some very experienced DEEP fighters on this card! As always, Seichi Ikemoto fights in his hometown. It will be a great week for MMA fans in Osaka.

Participants:
Hidehiko Hasegawa 14-9-5
Seichi Ikemoto 16-14-5
Young "RYO" Choi 9-5-0
Jutaro Nakao 21-13-4
Seigo Mizuguchi 2-3-0

http://www.deep2001.com/news/article.php/20080615125316445

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5/19 DEEP 35 - RESULTS

DEEP is holding an event in Korakuen Hall today, there were no less than 4 champions in action and 3 title fights!

At the end of the night, we had 3 NEW champions!!!

RESULTS:
DEEP Middleweight Tournament Final:
Yuichi Nakanishi Def. Riki Fukuda by Decision 3-0
DEEP Featherweight title fight:
Dokonjonosuke Mishima Def. Masakazu Imanari by Decision 2-0
DEEP Lightweight title fight:
Pang Sung Hwan Def. Kazunori Yokota by KO Round 1, 3:38
Hidehiko Hasegawa vs. Hiroki Nagaoka DRAW
Mai Ichi Def. Satoko Shinashi by decision 2-0
Jutaro Nakao Def. Shigetoshi Iwase by decision 3-0

Middleweight Tournament Reserve Fight:
Ryuta Sakurai Def. Young “RYO” Choi by Decision 3-0

Middleweight Tournament Semi-Finals
Riki Fukuda Def. Yuya Shirai by Decision 2-1
Yuichi Nakanishi Def. Daijiro Matsui by Decision 3-0

Non-Tournament/Title fights:
LUIZ Def. Toshikazu Iseno “ISE” by KO Round 2, 0:41
Koichiro Matsumoto Def. Yuki Ito by Decision 2-0
イムヒョンギュ（ＣＭＡ　ＫＴＴ） Def. Noboru Onishi “The Nob-Rock” by TKO Round 2 0:48

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5/19 DEEP 35 - Fights added

DEEP has added another couple of fights to their DEEP 35 card. It is looking like a very good card, and I expect more good cards from DEEP throughout 2008. I have feeling their close relationship with DREAM will result in some interesting fighters stoping by.

Anyway, the DEEP 35 card (BTW, I think "The Nob-Rock" has to be one of the funnies nicknames I have come across):

DEEP Featherweight title fight:
Masakazu Imanari 14-5-1 vs. 17-6-2 Dokonjonosuke Mishima

DEEP Lightweight title fight:
Kazunori Yokota 6-0-3 vs. 2-1-0 Pang Sung Hwan

Middleweight Tournament Participants:
Yuya Shirai 12-5-0
Daijiro Matsui 10-18-4
Yuichi Nakanishi 7-7-3
Riki Fukuda 9-3-0

Middleweight Tournament Reserve Fight:
Ryuta Sakurai 15-14-4 vs. 9-4-0 Young “RYO” Choi

Non-Tournament/Title fights:
Hidehiko Hasegawa 14-9-4 vs. 11-13-7 Hiroki Nagaoka
Koichiro Matsumoto 3-1-0 vs. 6-1-3 Yuki Ito
Katsunori Kikuno 6-1-1 vs. 3-2-1 Seigo Inoue
Jutaro Nakao 20-13-4 vs. 7-9-3 Shigetoshi Iwase
LUIZ 6-6-2 vs. 5-3-2 Toshikazu Iseno “ISE”
Noboru Onishi “The Nob-Rock” 1-1-1 vs. イムヒョンギュ（ＣＭＡ　ＫＴＴ）

Future fight:
Muneyuki Sato 1-1-0 vs. Yasuhiro Kawasaki

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5/19 DEEP 35

DEEP has announced their first fight for the DEEP 35 card, of course the middle weight semi-finals will be on this card. There will in addition to that be no less than 3 DEEP champions in action.

Here is what is announced so far:

DEEP Featherweight title fight:
Masakazu Imanari 14-5-1 vs. 17-6-2 Dokonjonosuke Mishima

DEEP Lightweight title fight:
Kazunori Yokota 6-0-3 vs. 2-1-0 Pang Sung Hwan

Middleweight Tournament:
Yuya Shirai 12-5-0
Daijiro Matsui 10-18-4
Yuichi Nakanishi 7-7-3
Riki Fukuda 9-3-0

Participating:
Hidehiko Hasegawa 14-9-4 (DEEP Welterweight champion)

http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/headlines/etc/20080329-00000026-spnavi-fight.html

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2/22 DEEP Impact 34 - More Pictures

Here are a few more pictures from DEEP 34, thanks to Cliff.

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Yoshiyuki Nakanishi Def. Shunsuke Inoue in a fight that really got the crowd going. The heavyweights showed a lot of heart in this fight.

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The fight between Toshiaki Kitada and Isao Terada ended in a draw.

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Of course there were ring girls. I like the DEEP production, but the ring girls are not as good as Pancrase IMO. Also, they don't pose after the event, something that makes it harder to get good shots.

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Ryuta Sakurai and Riki Fukuda in what was fight of the night.

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Daijiro Matsui defeated Ryo, but I think he was lucky to win this... It was a decision that could have gone either way.

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Some times life can be painful, we've all been there... Another thing to note, we take a lot of pictures at these events. It is not easy, because the auto-focus focuses on the ropes... Hanging over the ropes makes it easier.

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2/22 DEEP Impact 34 - Pictures

Some pictures from the DEEP event last night. Will be more later, once Cliff gets his stuff sorted. Anyway, some of the highlights.

The highlight of the evening was going to be the tournament for the middleweight championship belt. Round 1 was held yesterday, unfortunately they drew the fights on the night. The result, the final was effectively yesterday.

Riki Fukuda drew Ryuta Sakurai. These 2 fighters were way better than the rest in the tournament. To add to the list of resons this draw was a bad idea, the fight was drawn to be the first of the tournament fights (there were 3 more fights after this). Sakurai vs. Fukuda was the main event in DEEP 34.

And the DEEP champion will be.... Riki Fukuda, he won a tough fight by decision.

In the female final, Satoko Shinashi met SACHI. This went was predicted.

And Satoko Shinashi won the DEEP Female Flyweight belt.

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Mark Hunt at the DEEP event tonight...

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That's right... I was sitting behind the DREAM sponsor seats tonight at the DEEP event, and Mark Hunt was the guest of honor.

I would not be surprised if he is a DREAM fighter faster than Dana White can say DSE.

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2/22 DEEP Impact 34-REULTS

I just came back from the DEEP event tonight. As always, I enjoyed the night. The main event was chosen by draw... And I think Saeki (DEEP Promotor) wished it went differently... In the first round we saw Ryuta Sakuraigi vs. Riki Fukuda. This is what I expected the final to be.

In the other tournament of the night, Satoko Shinashi took home the Flyweight title. It should be mentioned that she got through the first fight with some good advice from Shinya Aoki (when she gave up her back), but as the night progressed she was the best fighter, by far.

My (and most of my friends') favorite fight of the night (except Sakurai vs. Fukuda) was the heavyweight battle between Inoue and Nakanish, lets just call it slugfest 2008.

Ryoji Suzuki Def. Kenta Okuyama by rear-naked choke, Round 2, 2:08
SACHI Def. Kayoko Nagashima by arm-bar, Round 2, 2:01
Satoko Shinashi Def. Fukuko Hamada by decision 3-0
Yoshiyuki Nakanishi Def. Shunsuke Inoue by decision 3-0
Shigetoshi Iwase vs. Ken Hamamura DRAW
Toshiaki Kitada vs. Isao Terada DRAW
Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" vs. Seigo Inoue DRAW (1-0)
Yasuhito Namekawa Def. Carlos Toyota by Achillies-hold, Round 1, 2:58
Shinashi Satoko Def. Sachi by arm-bar, Round 1, 2:58
Riki Fukuda Def. Ryuta Sakurai by Decision 3-0
Yuichi Nakanishi Def. Eiji Ishikawa by decision 2-1
Daijiro Matsui Def. Ryo by decision 2-1
Yuya Shirai Def. Sojiro Orui by decison 3-0

From what you can see here... Riki Fukuda is now the CLEAR favorite to win this title.

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2/22 DEEP Impact 34-Fight Order

DEEP has announced the fight order for their event on Friday. I am looking forward to this for several resons, firstly, I think the middleweight tournament should give us some very entertaining fights. Secondly, I will be celebrating my birthday there. That means that if you see a very drunk foreigner, its probably one of my friends (I can hold my drink).

The tournament fights are yet to be set, they will draw the opponents on Friday (picture a hat).

Fight 13: Middleweight Tournament fight 4
Fight 12: Middleweight Tournament fight 3
Fight 11: Middleweight Tournament fight 2
Fight 10: Middleweight Tournament fight 1

Fight 9: Winner fight 2 vs. Winner fight 3
Fight 8: Yasuhito Namekawa 19-15-3 vs. 1-2-1 Carlos Toyota
Fight 7: Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" 10-4-3 vs. 3-1-1 Seigo Inoue
Fight 6: Toshiaki Kitada 7-3-0 vs. 4-4-2 Isao Terada
Fight 5: Shigetoshi Iwase 7-9-2 vs. 12-4-3 Ken Hamamura
Fight 4: Yoshiyuki Nakanishi 2-0-0 vs. 1-1-0 Shunsuke Inoue

Female Flyweight 1-Day tournament Semi-finals:
Fight 3:Satoko Shinashi 26-1-2 vs. 4-1-0 Fukuko Hamada
Fight 2: SACHI 3-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Kayoko Nagashima
Openeing fight:
Fight 1 Future fight: Kenta Okuyama 7-4-0 vs. 1-2-0 Ryoji Suzuki

Middleweight Tournament Participants (match-ups will be drawn on the day):
-Ryuta Sakurai (15-13-4)
-Yuichi Nakanishi (6-7-3)
-Riki Fukuda (8-3-0)
-Daijiro Matsui (9-18-4)
-Eiji Ishikawa (14-14-2)
-Yuya Shirai (9-5-0)
-Young Choi "RYO" (9-3-0)
-Sojiro Orui (5-1-4)

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2/22 DEEP Impact 34 - Videos

I am looking forward to this event, in particular, I think the middleweight tournament should give us some very good fights. I have been looking through Youtube and DailyMotion for the fights they have posted there for the Middleweight and the female Flyweight tournaments.

Personally, I really enjoyed the Satoko Shinashi highlights video. I will be very surprised if she doesnt win this tournament.

Unfortunately, I was not able to find videos for all the fighters. If there are some out there that I've missed, let me know!

Middleweight Tournament:
-Ryuta Sakurai (15-13-4)
vs. Professor X (Xavier Foupa-Pokam - DEEP 25)
vs. Murilo Bustamante (DEEP 29)
vs. Ryo Chonan (DEEP 23)

-Riki Fukuda (8-3-0)
vs. Oleg Bazayev

-Daijiro Matsui (9-18-4)
vs. Carlos Newton (Pride 6)
vs. Rodrigo Gracie (Pride 19)

-Eiji Ishikawa (14-14-2)
vs. Hector Lombard (DEEP 28)

-Yuichi Nakanishi (6-7-3)
-Yuya Shirai (9-5-0)
-RYO (ZERO-ONE MAX)
-Sojiro Orui (5-1-4)

Female Flyweight 1-Day tournament:
Satoko Shinashi 26-1-2
Highlights
vs. Caloline Hoebercts
vs. Tae Kyung Kim
vs. SACHI
vs. Pamela Vitz
vs. Hisae Watanabe
vs. Mari Kaneko
vs. Noriko Okamoto

-Fukuko Hamada 4-1-0

-SACHI 3-2-0
vs. Megumi Imagawa (not part of her record)

-Kayoko Nagashima 0-1-0

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12/12 DEEP Impact 33 - Updated

There has been a few changes to the card since I posted it. So here is the updated card for DEEP 33.

"Hollywood" Stoker Ichikawa will take part in a promotional fight,Ichikawa is normally a pro-wrestler fighting in the Promotion called"Dragon Gate". It will be exciting to see how he matches up against the very experienced Namekawa. Other exciting fighters on this card: Yuji Sakuragi, Jutaro Nakao,Sojiro Orui, Yuta Watanabe and dethroned champion Hisae Watanabe.

DEEP has had to spread their talent around a bit this month and it shows a bit on this card. With 2 big events 10 days apart, it would not be easy. However, there is lots of new talent getting a chance.

Hidetada Irie 3-3-1 vs 8-9-0 Yuji Sakuragi
Jutaro Nakao 20-12-4 vs 1-1-0 Pang Sung Hwan
"Hollywood" Stoker Ichikawa vs. 19-13-3 Yasuhito Namekawa

Middleweight Tournament qualifier: Sojiro Orui 5-1-3 vs 1-3-0 Masataka Chinushi
Hisae Watanabe 18-6-0 vs Genkamu Rukchamupokam (?)
Yuta Watanabe 6-1-3 vs 1-2-0 Min Suk Heo
Isamu Sugiuchi 4-4-2 vs 0-3-0 Toshiaki Kitada
Junpei Hamada 4-9-0 vs 1-0-0 Shunske Inoue
Sen Nakadai 4-8-0 vs 23-26-10 Kosei Kubota
Koji Yoshida 2-4-2 vs 2-1-0 Koichiro Matsumoto
Hirotaka Inoue vs 5-3-1 Yasushi Kitazaki

One fight is taken off the card, IRO was injured during DEEP X02 December 2 and will not be able to fight: Muscle Hiranuma 2-2-0 vs 0-3-0 (1NC) Iro Zeki

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