8/16 DEEP: Gladiators - Card Final

Saeki has announced the final card for the August 16 event in Okayama. As usual (I am starting to think there are a bit too many for these) there is a Japan vs. Korea thing happening.

The main event is a fight I cant wait to see! Don Frye vs. Minowaman should be very entertaining! If you also include Gary Goodridge and Tom Erikson to that list, this is looking very interesting.

Main-Event:
13. MMA: Ikuhisa Minowa 39-28-8 vs. 19-6-1 Don Frye

12. K-1: Gary Goodridge vs. Hiromi Amada
11. K-1: Jan Nortje vs. Tom Erikson

CMA KPW Open-Weight Title Fight:
10. Daijiro Matsui 10-19-4 vs. 10-2-0 Eun Soo Lee

9. K-1 70 kg: Tsuyoshi Yokoyama vs. Marcelo Nascimento

Japan vs. Korea MMA
8. Open-Weight: Katsuhisa Fujii 9-15-1 vs. 7-4-0 Sang Soo Lee
7. 77 kg: Jutaro Nakao 21-13-4 vs. 0-1-0 Yong Fun Lee
6. 70 kg: Michihiro Omigawa 4-6-0 vs. Jong Chang Son(?)
5. 88 kg: Hikaru Sato 17-18-4 vs. 2-5-0 Min Suk Heo
4. 70 kg: Akihiko Mouri vs. Kim Te Kyung(?)

3. K-1: Bernard Ackah vs. Keigo Takamori

Opening Fights (Start at 15:30)
2. K-1: Perushan Mos(?, From Iran) vs. Yuki "Strike" Tanaka
1. MMA: Yusuke Sakashita 4-1-0 vs. 1-4-0 Minoru Kato

Ticket Prices:
VIP 30,000円
SRS 23,000円
RS 18,000円
S 12,000円
2Fl. Special seat 18,000円
2Fl. Reserved seat 12,000円
Free seat 8,000円
At the door +500円

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8/16 DEEP: Gladiators - Fights Added

The Gladiator card has also had some fights added. Also, there is one change to the previously announced fights, Hwang Sung Pang is no longer on the card. Hwang Sung Pang is now rumored to be Takanori Gomi's opponent in Sengoku 3, a match-up I think will be very exciting.

I am confused by one of the fights announced, will try to get some clearification around the 2nd fight in the Japan vs. Korea competition.

Added:
K-1 Rule: Jan "the Giant" Nortje vs. Tom Erikson
K-1 Rule: Tsuyoshi Yokoyama vs. Marcelo Nascimento

5 fight Competition Japan vs. Korea:
Jutaro Nakao 21-13-4 vs. 0-1-0 Yong Fun Lee
Michihiro Omigawa,Katsuhisa Fuji, Hikaru Sato vs. ジョン・チャン・ソン（ＣＭＡコリア）
Katsuhisa Fujii 8-14-1 vs. 6-4-0 Sang Su Lee
Hikaru Sato 17-18-4 vs. 2-5-0 Min Suk Heo
Akihiko Mouri 5-4-1 vs. キム・テキュン（ＣＭＡコリア）

Previously announced:
Ikuhisa Minowa 39-28-8 vs. 19-6-1 Don Frye
Daijiro Matsui 10-19-4 vs. Eun Soo Lee

K-1 Rule: Gary Goodridge vs. Hiromi Amada

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8/16 DEEP: Gladiators - Okayama

DEEP has announced a new event called GLADIATOR, what looks like it will be the main event will feature non other than Don Frye 19-6-1, fighting Ikuhisa Minowa 39-28-8.

Also fighting will be Daijiro Matsui 10-19-4 and Hwang Sung Pang 5-1-0.

The event is will be held in Okayama, in Momotarou Arena.

Ikuhisa Minowa 39-28-8 vs. 19-6-1 Don Frye
Daijiro Matsui 10-19-4 vs. Eun Soo Lee
Hwang Sung Pang 5-1-0 vs. 5-4-1 Akihiko Mouri (record fromBoutreview.com)

K-1 Rule:
Gary Goodridge vs. Hiromi Amada


DEEP is also doing an event with M-1 soon, I will get back with the details of that later.

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Random Bits

Ok, K-1 is just starting on TV and I will update the results later. But there are a couple of things I want to get off my chest first.

-Dan Hardy has set up his own web-site, hopefully there will be regular updates to this. He is one of my favorite fighters and I hope he is coming back to Japan soon. I have seen small indications on discussion forums, but nothing official yet.

For the latest updates on where he is fighting, make sure to check out his site.
http://www.danhardymma.com/

-Samurai Fighting TV will be showing ClubDEEP Tokyo and the MegaTon GP from March 29. The MegaTon GP got a lot of attention and this means it is possible that it will be on YouTube or DailyMotion. For those in Japan, it will be on April 16 at 23.00.
http://www.samurai-tv.co.jp/index.html?date=20080416

-Don Frye is featuring in Japanese noodle commercials for UFO. It is also confirmed today that Josh Barnett is fighting "The Predator" in IGF Prowrestingling in Osaka. I am not sure that "The Predator" = Don Frye, but it would not surprise me. I also think this is a sign he is making his way back to Japan. This is excellent news for fans here, Don Frye is always entertaining and very popular over here.
*** UPDATE*** The Predator was definately NOT Don Frye, just so that's corrected...

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