1/24 DEEP 45 Impact - Fighters Announced

DEEP have announced some participants for the first event next year. It will take place in Zepp Osaka and the main event will most likely be a DEEP welterweight title fight.

Also on the card will be Jutaro Nakao, Young "Ryo" Choi and Seigo Mizuguchi. It should be a good and entertaining card from the looks of it.

HT: Chris Nelson from Bloody Elbow.

DEEP Welterweight Title Fight:
Seichi Ikemoto 18-16-5 vs. TBA

Participants:
Jutaro Nakao 22-15-4
Tomomi "Taisho" Iwama 7-5-1
Young "Ryo" Choi 12-7-1
Seigo Mizuguchi 6-5-0
Akihiko Mori 7-6-1
Isao Terada 7-9-4 (1 NC)
Yakusaki Kishimoto 8-3-1
Tatsunao Nagakura 4-0-0
Yusuke Kagiyama 8-2-1

Ticket prices:
VIP: 15,000
SRS: 10,000
RS: 8,000
A: 6,000
B: 5,000
2nd Floor: 6,000
At the door, add 500

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10/24 Cage Force - Results

GCM also held a Cage Force event after Valkyrie earlier in the day, headlined by olympic medalist Katsuhiko Nagata taking on a very talented fighter in Daisuke Hoshino. The co-main event saw the very popular grappler Tetsu Suzuki take on the colourful Isao Terada.


Picture from GBR.

A fighter to look for on this card is Hideto Kondo, he is fighting out of Mach Dojo and "Mach" Sakurai himself believes he has a bright future. He won his fight here, and I am sure he will be looking to build on that in the future.

Light: Katsuhiko Nagata Def. Daisuke Hoshino by Decision 3-0
Bantam: Tetsu "Hadairo" Suzuki Def. Isao Terada by Decision 3-0
Welter: Shuji Morikawa Def. Taku Aramaki by TKO Round 1 2:04
Light: Hideto Kondo Def. Asato Hashimoto by Decision 2-0
Bantam: Takumi Murata Def. Ikuya Sasaki by armbar Round 1 2:34
Fly: Hirotaka Miyakawa Def. Hiroya Kaneuchi by Decision 2-0
Welter: Taku Aramaki vs. Naoki Akimoto Draw

Prelimiary Fights 3x3min:
Feather: Katsunori Tsuda Def. Takuya Iwai by TKO Round 2 0:57
Light: Runki Def. Daisuke Teramoto by TKO Round 1 1:18
Bantam: Atsunori Konishi Def. Ryo Taguchi Decision 3-0

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10/24 GCM Cage Force and Valkyrie 03 - Fight Order

GCM will have a double header in Differ Ariake on Saturday. First up are the female fighters when Valkyrie holds their 3rd event.

The card suffered a loss though, when Izumi Noguchi had to step down from her fight with Emi Fujino due to injury. It is now a 7 fight event, and the question is if Valkyrie is fighting a losing "battle" with Jewels. They do have some popular fighters on the card though, "Sachi" will have some fans in the crowd for sure and will Naoko Omuro.

Valkyrie 03
Starts: 12:30
Main-Event - Valkyrie Rule 3x3min:
7. Misaki Takimoto 10-11-4 vs. 4-4-0 Yasuko Mogi

6. Naoko Omuro 9-7-3 vs. 5-17-0 Yukiko Seki
5. Maho Muranami 4-5-2 vs. 5-4-1 Sachiko Yamamoto
4. Naoko Sugiyama vs. 4-2-0 Madoka Ebihara

Valkyrie Rule 2x3min:
3. "Happy" Fukuko Hamada 4-3-0 vs. Yuko Takagi
2. Masae Mori 0-1-0 vs. "Ayame" Miura

Gi-Grappling Pro Rule:
1. Yuki Sugiuchi vs. Yuki Tanaka


The Cage Force card in the afternoon is looking stronger. The main event will see former Olympic silvermedalist Katsuhiko Nagata take on the undefeated Daisuke Hoshino. The co-main event should also be very good with Isao Terada taking on the very popular grappler "Hadairo".

CAGE FORCE
Starting at 17:30
Cage Force 3x5min:
Main-Event:
Light: Katsuhiko Nagata 4-6-1 vs. 5-1-0 Daisuke Hoshino

Bantam: Isao Terada 7-8-4 vs. 9-7-3 Tetsu "Hadairo" Suzuki
Middle: Shuji Morikawa 2-3-1 vs. Atsushi Hamada(?)
Light: Asato Hashimoto 1-2-3 vs. 1-2-2 Hideto Kondo
Bantam: Takumi Murata 6-11-6 vs. Fumiya Sasaki (?)
Fly: Hirotaka Miyakawa 3-6-2 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroya Kaneuchi
Welter: Ken Taisho vs. 7-9-0 Taku Aramaki

Prelimiary Fights 3x3min:
Feather: Katsunori Tsuda 1-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Takuya Iwai
Light: Daisuke Teramoto vs. Ranki
Bantam: 淳伸 Konishi (?) vs. 1-2-0 Ryo Taguchi

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6/27 Cage Force - K-Taro's Opponent Announced

It is 7 months since "K-Taro" was in the cage last. GCM had announced that he would participate in this event, and today they have confirmed the opponent.
The UFC and DREAM veteran is going to take on Pancrase veteran Tomoyoshi Iwamiya.

Iwamiya had a good 2008, going 4-1 for the year. In the process he won a Pancrase tournament that earned him a title shot against champion Takuya Wada. That fight took place in April and Iwamiya lost by a majority dicision.

Normally Iwamiya should not be able to match "K-Taro", however "K-Taro" is coming off a suprise loss to Korean Jang Yong Kim. You never know what happens and Iwamiya is very hard to put away.

Added:
Keita Nakamura "K-Taro" 15-4-2 vs. 6-8-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya

Previously Announced:
Middle: Daiju Takase 7-13-1 vs. 2-2-1 Shuji Morikawa
Bantam: Isao Terada 5-7-4 vs. 7-2-1 Yuta Nezu

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6/27 Cage Force - Fights Announced

GCM will hold their next Cage Force event in Differ Ariake on June 27. 2 fight have been announced. It will be very interesting to see how the Cage Force and Shooto veteran Yuta Nezu does against DEEP veteran Isao Terada. Nezu is coming off a win in Shooto in April while Terada is coming off a loss in his last fight in DEEP.

Also announced is the match-up between grappling specialist Takase and Cage Force veteran Shuji Morikawa.

K-Taro will compete in ADCC in September, but he will also be on the card here.

Announced:
Middle: Daiju Takase 7-13-1 vs. 2-2-1 Shuji Morikawa
Bantam: Isao Terada 5-7-4 vs. 7-2-1 Yuta Nezu

Participant:
Keita Nakamura "K-Taro" 15-4-2

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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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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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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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