8/23 DEEP 43 Impact - Results

DEEP 43 Impact is going on right now in Korakuen Hall. I wont be able to get these up live, but here are the results so far, I will update the rest later tonight.

13. 77.1kg: Ryo Chonan Def. Jutaro Nakao by Decision 3-0

DEEP Featherweight Title Fight:
12. Takafumi Otsuka Def. Dokonjonosuke Mishima by Decision 5-0

DEEP Bantamweight Title Fight:
11. Masakazu Imanari (champion) Def. Tomohiko Hori by Decision 5-0

10. 93kg: Bernard Ackah Def. Ryushi Yanagisawa by TKO Round 1
9. 65.8kg: Toshiaki Kitada Def. Zach Makovsky by rear-naked choke Round 1 4:22
8. 65.8kg: Koichiro Matsumoto Def. Shunichi Shimizu by Decision 3-0
7. 93kg: Hans Stringer Def. Yuji Sakuragi by TKO Round 2 2:11
6. 70.3kg: Won Sik Park Def. Yuichi Ikari by rear-naked choke Round 1 4:58
5. 77.1kg: Yoshitomo Watanabe Def. Zuzu by TKO Round 2 4:56
4. 77.1kg: Yuki Ito vs. Sadao Kondo Draw (1-0)

Future Fight:
3. 70kg: Yasuhiro Kawasaki Def. Tomoya Kato by Decision
2. 67kg: Masato Kataoka Def. Hideyuki Noru by arm-bar Round 12:45
1. 62kg: Tatsuya Tsuchida Def. KZ Round 1 3:01

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8/23 DEEP 43 Impact - Fight Order

Even if there are 2 title fights on this card, Ryo Chonan returning to DEEP = main event! He will face Jutaro Nakao on the way back to reclaiming his DEEP title and I think we will see him take on Fukuda for the title soon.

The 2 title fights on the card should be very interesting, UFC veteran Dokonjonosuke Mishima will be defending his featherweight title against the very talented Takafumi Otsuka . In the bantamweight division, champion Masakazu Imanari will be taking on the experienced Tomohiko Hori, who won the DEEP Protect cup to deserve his title shot. Both these fighters are coming off a loss and it will be interesting to see who comes out on top. Everyone knows what Imanari brings, its just so hard to deal with...

There are some very interesting fights that completes this card. Bernard Ackah continues his fight to again be included in the big leagues, this time taking on a fighter that has seen it all in Ryushi Yanagisawa.

In what might be the most interesting match-up of the night, Paraestra Chiba's Toshiaki Kitada will take on Philadelphia Fight Factory's Zach Makovsky.

Making his DEEP debut is a fighter that has done very well in ZST, Shunichi Shimizu. He will be taking on Koichiro Matsumoto in a fight that might very well end up being fight of the night.

Lots to look forward to in Korakuen Hall on August 23! There should still be tickets available.

****Correction****
Ryo Chonan is the former Middleweight champion, however seems to be fighting at welterweight now (something that I missed). It will be interesting to see if he stays at welterweight. In which case he should be challenging Ikemoto for the title.

13. 77.1kg: Ryo Chonan 15-10-0 vs. 22-14-4 Jutaro Nakao

DEEP Featherweight Title Fight:
12. Dokonjonosuke Mishima (champion) 19-6-2 vs. 8-4-1 Takafumi Otsuka

DEEP Bantamweight Title Fight:
11. Masakazu Imanari (champion) 16-7-1 vs. 10-4-3 Tomohiko Hori

10. 93kg: Bernard Ackah 2-3-0 vs. 24-23-9 Ryushi Yanagisawa
9. 65.8kg: Toshiaki Kitada 8-4-2 vs. 5-1-0 Zach Makovsky
8. 65.8kg: Koichiro Matsumoto 7-2-0 vs. 14-4-5 Shunichi Shimizu
7. 93kg: Yuji Sakuragi 10-14-1 vs. 8-4-1 Hans Stringer
6. 70.3kg: Yuichi Ikari 11-6-3 vs. 6-1-1 Won Sik Park
5. Yoshitomo Watanabe 6-9-2 vs. Zuzu
4. 77.1kg: Yuki Ito 7-3-3 vs. 4-0-0 Sadao Kondo

Future Fight:
3. 70kg: Yasuhiro Kawasaki 2-1-1 vs. 4-0-0 Tomoya Kato
2. 67kg: Masato Kataoka vs. Hideyuki Noru
1. 62kg: Tatsuya Tsuchida 3-3-0 vs. KZ

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8/23 DEEP 43 Impact - Ryo Chonan's Opponent Announced

DEEP had already announced 2 title fights for this card, and it was clear that Ryo Chonan would make his return to DEEP on this card. Chonan went 1-3 in his stay with the UFC and now he wants his belt back! Chonan had to vacate his DEEP title once he signed for the UFC, he has made it clear that he wants the title now held by Riki Fukuda back. His first opponent is the veteran Jutaro Nakao.

Also announced on this card is Bernard Ackah, but I had to rub my eyes and take a second look when I saw who he was fighting. It looks like Ryushi Yanagisawa will be making a return at the age of 37. This is a fighter that has fought all the legends (Randy, Fedor, Bas, you name it), but that was between 1993 and 2001. Will be awesome to see him back (finding it almost hard to believe)!

Allience's Yuki Ito will take on the very talented Sadao Kondo in what will be a very exciting fight.

Announced:
Ryo Chonan 15-10-0 vs. 22-14-4 Jutaro Nakao
Bernard Ackah 2-3-0 vs. 24-23-9 Ryushi Yanagisawa
Yuki Ito 7-3-3 vs. 4-0-0 Sadao Kondo

Future Fight:
Yasuhiro Kawasaki 2-1-1 vs. 4-0-0 Tomoya Kato

Previuosly Announced:
DEEP Bantamweight Title Fight:
Masakazu Imanari (champion) 16-7-1 vs. 10-4-3 Tomohiko Hori

DEEP Featherweight Title Fight:
Dokonjonosuke Mishima (champion) 19-6-2 vs. 8-4-1 Takafumi Otsuka

Participating:
Koichiro Matsumoto 7-2-0
Toshiaki Kitada 8-4-2
Yuji Sakuragi 10-14-1
Masato Kataoka

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Awesome Fights!!! (Shooto Edition) Part 1

Thought I would put together some of my favorite fights, its just been too long since I have done stuff like that...

When I started looking around I found too many fights, especially Shooto fights there are too many. So I deceided to split it up a bit. This first post will be Shooto fight up to 2005.

Unfortuanately, I was not able to find all the fights I was looking for, but this is a good start and I hope there are some fights there that you havent seen!

The number of fighters that have come through Shooto is amazing, and you will see some of todays stars early in their career.

Fights below are:
-Joachim Hansen vs. Rumina Sato (Shooto 3/18-2003)
-Takanori Gomi vs. Dokonjonoske Mishima (Shooto "End of Year Show 2002" 12/14-2002)
-Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Hatsu Hioki (Shooto 7/13-2003)
-Frank Trigg vs. Hayato Sakurai (Shooto "R.E.A.D. Final" 12/17-2000)
-Akira Kikuchi vs Jake Shields (Shooto "End of Year Show 2004" 12/14-2004)


Joachim Hansen vs. Rumina Sato (Shooto 3/18-2003)

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Takanori Gomi vs. Dokonjonoske Mishima (Shooto "End of Year Show 2002" 12/14-2002)

Takanori Gomi vs Dokonjonosuke Mishima
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Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Hatsu Hioki (Shooto 7/13-2003)

Hatsu Hioki vs. Hiroyuki takaya
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Frank Trigg vs. Hayato Sakurai (Shooto "R.E.A.D. Final" 12/17-2000)

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Akira Kikuchi vs Jake Shields (Shooto "End of Year Show 2004" 12/14-2004)

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8/23 DEEP 43 Impact - 2 Title Fights Announced

DEEP have announced the first couple of fights for DEEP 43, and it will be another awesome card! Already announced are 2 title fights in the most competitive DEEP divisions, bantam- and featherweight.

Both these divisions have world class champions, DREAM veteran Masakazu Imanari is the bantamweight champion and will take on Tomohiko Hori. Imanari is the favorite here, but Hori should not be taken lightly and Imanari is predictable.

The featherweight champion is the UFC and Pride veteran Dokonjonosuke Mishima, he is taking on DREAM veteran, the very talented Takafumi Otsuka. Mishima is a top fighter and defeated Imanari to claim the DEEP featherweight title. This will be a very good fight, both these fighters are very tough and fight with a lot of heart.

Also announced for the event is the return of the former DEEP middleweight champion, Ryo Chonan. He is returning from his short spell in the UFC and I am guessing a title fight with the new champion Riki Fukuda will be in the cards down the line. No opponent for DEEP 43 is announced yet.

Announced:
DEEP Bantamweight Title Fight:
Masakazu Imanari (champion) 16-7-1 vs. 10-4-3 Tomohiko Hori

DEEP Featherweight Title Fight:
Dokonjonosuke Mishima (champion) 19-6-2 vs. 8-4-1 Takafumi Otsuka

Participating:
Ryo Chonan 15-10-0

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12/22 DEEP Protect - RESULTS

An interesting event in Shinjuku Face today. Built as a tripple main event, Mishima was coming in a big favorite against Kitada and didnt disappoint.

In the other 2 main-events, the favorites where coming in way lighter than their opponents. In the Kick-rule fight, Nagajima was 8kg lighter than his opponent, but still pulled out a win. In the female fight of the night, DEEP Champion Miku outmuscled her around 15kg heavier opponent.

The match-ups for the bantamweight tournament were drawn on the night, I am actually not sure when the finals will be held...

Tripple Main Event:
11. 65.8kg: Dokonjonosuke Mishima Def. Toshiaki Kitada by TKO Round 2 2:51
10. Kick-Rule 70.0kg: Nagajima☆Jienotsu☆Juichiro Def. Sakushi・K・River by TKO Round 2 0:39
9. 63kg: Miku Matsumoto Def. Hikaru Shinohara by arm-bar Round 1

8. Open: Seigo Mizuguchi Def. Ken Orihashi by KO Round 1 3:13
7. 70kg: Hirokazu "BULL" Konno Def. Osuma Ishizuka by Decision 3-0

Proctect Bantamweight Tournament:
6. Toru Harai Def. Ippo Watanuki by Decision
5. Seiji Akao Def. Tatsumitsu Wada by Decision
4. Isao Terada Def. Masaki Yokoyama by Decision 3-0
3. Tomohiko Hori Def. Toshihiro Shimizu by Decision 3-0

2. 83.9kg: 飛鷺輝(X-FORCE)(?) vs. Yusuke Masuda DRAW
1. 70kg: Sadao Kondo Def. Kazuya Hirose 1by TKO Round 2 3:54

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12/22 DEEP Protect - Fight Order Announced

DEEP is putting on a very popular Protect Impact card this year, last year I had ringside seats but didnt get to go. This year I am on line to buy tickets and its just about sold out (Standing seats are left)...

I guess I have to sit it out this year too, but the card is looking very good.

There will be 11 fights on this card, and in Shinjuku face, everyone will have a good view!

It is built as a tripple main event, and the event is really built up around the last 3 fights. They will draw a good crowd and I wonder if they could have held it in a bigger arena... MIKU is giving up a few kilos in her fight with Shinohara, and Mishima should defeat Kitada, but they should both be good fights.

Tripple Main Event:
11. 65.8kg: Dokonjonosuke Mishima 18-6-2 vs. 7-3-2 Toshiaki Kitada
10. Kick-Rule 70.0kg: Nagajima☆Jienotsu☆Juichiro vs. Sakushi・K・River
9. 63kg: Miku Matsumoto 18-4-0 vs. 5-6-0 Hikaru Shinohara

8. Open: Seigo Mizuguchi 3-4-0 vs. 4-4-0 Ken Orihashi
7. 70kg: Hirokazu "BULL" Konno 0-2-0 vs. 1-3-0 Osuma Ishizuka

3-6. Proctect Bantamweight Tournament (fights drawn on the day):
Tomohiko Hori 7-3-3
Isao Terada 4-6-4
Seiji Akao 4-1-0
Ippo Watanuke 7-6-2
Toru Harai 5-2-0
Tatsumitsu Wada 0-4-0
Masaki Yokoyama 2-0-3
Toshihiro Shimizu 3-5-2

2. 83.9kg: 飛鷺輝(X-FORCE)(?) vs. 2-4-1 Yusuke Masuda
1. 70kg: Kazuya Hirose 1-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Sadao Kondo

Future Fight:
Satoshi Inoue vs. 全建 Miyazato(バンゲリングベイ) (?)

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12/22 DEEP Protect Impact 2008

DEEP is putting on another Protect card this year. It should be a fun event, and there will be some established DEEP fighters there, but this event will be more about entertaining and talented fighters.

On the card is Miku Matsumoto, the DEEP female flyweight champion. She is taking on Hikaru Shinohara, who is the UKF MMA champion. Shinohara is the type of fighter that attracts attention for her looks and costumes, and this will draw some fans to Shinjuku Face for this event. It also looks like Miku will give up some weight in this fight.

There is also a 8-man bantamweight tournament on the card, the match-ups will be drawn on the day.

As for stars, DEEP Featherweight Champion Dokonjonosuke Mishima is taking on Toshiaki Kitada. This looks like a non-title fight.

Miku Matsumoto 18-4-0 vs. 5-6-0 Hikaru Shinohara
飛鷺輝(X-FORCE)(?) vs. 2-4-1 Yusuke Masuda
Kazuya Hirose 1-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Sadao Kondo
Hirokazu "BULL" Konno 0-2-0 vs. 1-3-0 Osuma Ishizuka
Dokonjonosuke Mishima 18-6-2 vs. 7-3-2 Toshiaki Kitada
Seigo Mizuguchi 3-4-0 vs. 4-4-0 Ken Orihashi

Kick-Rule:
70.0kg: Nagajima☆Jienotsu☆Juichiro vs. Sakushi・K・River

Future Fight:
Satoshi Inoue vs. 全建 Miyazato(バンゲリングベイ) (?)

Protect Bantamweight Tournament Participants:
Tomohiko Hori 7-3-3
Isao Terada 4-6-4
Seiji Akao 4-1-0
Ippo Watanuke 7-6-2
Toru Harai 5-2-0
Tatsumitsu Wada 0-4-0
Masaki Yokoyama 2-0-3
Toshihiro Shimizu 3-5-2

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12/22 DEEP Protect - Shinjuku Face

DEEP have announced DEEP Protect in Shinjuku Face. Already it has been announced that Dokonjonosuke Mishima will fight. He is the DEEP Featherweight champion, but this will be a non-title fight.

Also on the card will be a Protect bantamweight tournament. There will be 8 fighters in this tournament, 7 have been announced.

Participating in a kickboxing rule fight will be Youichiro☆Jienotsu☆Nagashima.

On a personal note, this is a very busy week for me personally. In addition to that, I have caught a cold. All I can say is, this week is not a good one, but I will come back to normal next week :).

Announced:
Dokonjonosuke Mishima 18-6-2 vs. 7-3-2 Toshiaki Kitada
Seigo Mizuguchi 3-4-0 vs. 4-4-0 Ken Orihashi

Protect Bantamweight Tournament (8 man) participants:
Tomihiko Hori 7-3-3
Isao Terada 4-6-4
Tomoya Miyashita 9-4-5
Seiji Akao 4-1-0
Ippo Watanuki 7-6-2
Toru Harai 5-2-0
Tatsumitsu Wada 0-4-0
1 more ZST fighter

Also participating:
Miku Matsumoto 18-4-0
Youichiro☆Jienotsu☆Nagashima
Hirokazu "Bull" Konno 0-2-0
Kazuya Hirose 1-0-0

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8/30 DEEP - ClubDEEP Kyoto

Deep is holding ClubDEEP in Kyoto on August 30. The arena is Kyoto Terrsa Hall. On the card is an exhibition fight between the two newly crowned DEEP Champions Mishima and Ikemoto.

Fights announced:
Tomoyuki Fukami 7-1-4 vs. 9-8-3 Takahiro Kajita
Exhibition: Seichi Ikemoto vs. 18-6-2 Dokonjonosuke Mishima
Yoshiyume Chodo 4-2-2 vs. 0-1-0 Miyamonta
Makoto Kamaya 8-5-1 vs. 6-1-0 Hiroto
Hiroki Tanaka “Goodman” 14-4-3 vs. 督 Kondo (?)

Participating:
Ken Hamamura 14-5-4
Yasuaki Kishimoto 2-2-0
Takayuki 栗納 (SFK) (?)
...and more

Tickets:
RRS 10,000
RS 6,000
A 4,000

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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 - Fights added

DEEP has revealed more fights for their DEEP 35 card. On it, 2 title fights and 4 title holders! This will be an exciting event and I am not happy that I will not be in Japan at that time!

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

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

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

Participating:
Jutaro Nakao 20-13-4
Seichi Ikemoto 16-14-5
Satoko Shinashi 28-1-2

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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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