5/9 M-1 Challenge Brazil 4th Edition - Results

The results from my first Live stream. I really enjoyed the fights, as the results indicate, it was an eventful event.

Now that I know it works, I really hope I will be able to bring you more events like this in the future.

Bulgaria vs. Benelux (3-2)
1. -70kg: Yanko Yanev (Bul) def. Danny van Bergen (Ben) by arm-bar round 1 2:23
2. -76 kg: Raymond Jarman (Ben) def. Ivan Ivanov (Bul) by TKO Round 1 0:35
3. -84 kg: Jordan Radev (Bul) def. Danny Smit (Ben) by decision 3-0
4. -93 kg: Emil Samoilov (Bul) def. Jason Jones (Ben) by TKO round 1 2:09
5. +93 kg: Jessie Gibbs (Ben) def. Nikola Dipchkov (Bul) submission (strikes) round 1 1:37

Russia Legion vs. Germany (4-1)
6. -70 kg: Yura Ivlev (Leg) def. Franco de Leonardis (Ger) by round 2 TKO 2:14
7. -76 kg: Magomed Shihshabekov (Leg) def. Sven Heising (Ger) by KO Round 1 4:27
8. -84 kg: Gregor Herb (Ger) def. Sergey Kornev (Leg) by arm-bar round 1 4:32
9. -93 kg: Gadzimyrat Omarov (Leg) def. Ismail Centinkaya (Ger) by submission (strikes) round 1 1:09
10. Heavyweight: (204.7 lbs.-plus/+93 kg): Akhmed Sultanov (Legion)
def. Lars Klug (Germany) via submission (armbar) at 1:21 of round 1

Brazil vs. Team Imperial (5-0)
11. -70 kg: Hacran Dias (Bra) def. Amirkhan Mazikhov (Imp) by rear-naked choke Round 1 3:58
12. -76 kg: Eduardo Pamplona (Bra) def. Erik Oganov (Imp) by decision 2-1
13. -84 kg: Leandro Silva (Bra) def. Dmitry Samoilov (Imp) by Decision (after ext.) 3-0
14. -93 kg: Alexander Machado (Bra) def. Mikhail Zayats (Imp) by Decision (after ext.) 3-0
15. +93 kg: Joaquim Ferreira (Bra) def. Maksim Grishin (Imp) by North-South Choke round 1 3:57

That gives us these standing in the M-1 Challenge. As you can see, Team Russia Legion remains undefeated and has only lost 2 fights.

Bulgaria and Brazil got their first wins, while Benelux is still to record their 1st win.

Group A
Team - Overall Won-Loss/Fights Won-Loss
1. England: 1-0 Fights Won-Lost: 4-1
2. Spain: 1-0 Fights Won-Lost: 3-2
3. France: 0-1 Fights Won-Lost: 2-3
4. Japan: 0-1 Fights Won-Lost: 1-4

GROUP B
1. USA West: 2-0 Fights Won-Lost: 8-2
2. Team Brazil Naja: 1-1 Fights Won-Lost: 7-3
3. South Korea: 1-1 Fights Won-Lost: 3-7
4. Imperial of Russia: 0-2 Fights Won-Lost: 2-8

GROUP C
1. USA East: 1-0 Fights Won-Lost: 5-0
2. Finland: 1-0 Fights Won-Lost: 4-1
3. Bulgaria: 1-1 Fights Won-Lost: 3-7
4. Benelux: 0-2 Fights Won-Lost: 3-6

GROUD D
1. Russia Legion: 2-0 Fights Won-Lost: 8-2
2. Germany: 1-1 Fights Won-Lost: 6-4
3. World Team: 0-1 Fights Won-Lost: 1-4
4. Turkey: 0-1 Fights Won-Lost: 0-5

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5/9 M-1 Challenge Brazil 4th Edition

Tonight I am going to have another go at streaming M-1 Challenge, this time from Brazil. As usual, there is lots of talent on the M-1 Challenge card. I am not too familiar with a lot of fighters on here, but a few I do know.

Jason Jones on the Benelux team is a very stron fighter and he always puts on a good fight. Also look out for Hacran Dias on the Brazilian team, he is still undefeated and even though I only saw his draw, it was enough to tell that he is a very talented and technical fighter.

The teams squaring off tonight are:
Bulgaria vs. Benelux
Russia Legion vs. Germany
Brazil vs. Team Imperial

1 fighter struggled with making weight, Eduardo Pamplona was .6kg over and I am not sure if there was a conclution.

The stream should start at:
Tokyo: 8:00AM (10th)
St. Petersburg 3:00AM (10th)
Helsinki 2:00AM (10th)
Paris: 1:00AM (10th)
London: 0:00 (midnight)
Sao Paulo 8:00PM

The stream will be available at the M-1 site if not on this.


Bulgaria vs. Benelux
1. -70kg: Yanko Yanev (69.5 kg) 6-1-0 vs. 6-4-3 Dan van Bergen (70 kg)
2. -76kg: Ivan Ivanov (76 kg) 4-1-0 vs. 9-8-0 Raymond Jarman (69.3 kg)
3. -84kg: Jordan Radev (83.8 kg) 18-4-0 vs. Danny Smit (82.7 kg)
4. -93kg: Emil Samoilov (91.6 kg) vs. 8-6-0 Jason Jones (89.4 kg)
5. +93kg: Nikola Dipchkov (96.6 kg) vs. 6-2-0 Jessie Gibbs (125 kg)

Russia Legion vs. Germany
6. -70kg: Yura Ivlev (69.2kg) 6-5-0 vs. 11-3-0 Franco de Leonardis (70kg)
7. -76kg: Magomed Shihshabekov (75.3kg) 2-0-0 vs. 2-3-0 Sven Heising (76kg)
8. -84kg: Sergey Kornev (83.7kg) 5-0-0 vs. 4-1-0 Gregor Herb (83.7kg)
9. -93kg: Gadzimyrat Omarov (92.8kg) 3-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Ismail Centinkaya (83.8kg)
10. +93kg: Akhmed Sultanov (110kg) 3-3-0 vs. 1-2-0 Lars Klug (109.7kg)

Brazil vs. Team Imperial
11. -70kg: Hacran Dias (69.3kg) 10-0-1 vs. 1-0-0 Amirkhan Mazikhov (69.8kg)
12. -76kg: Eduardo Pamplona (*76.6kg) 10-2-0 vs. 9-9-0 Erik Oganov (75.9kg)
13. -84kg: Leandro Silva (83.6kg) 13-5-0 vs. 7-3-1 Dmitry Samoilov (83.8kg)
14. -93kg: Alexander Machado (92.6kg) vs. 8-2-0 Mikhail Zayats (91.2kg)
15. +93kg: Joaquim Ferreira de Rocha (106kg) vs. 2-1-0 Maksim Grishin (96.6kg)

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10/23 DEEP 38 - RESULT

First up, an apology. I was going to try to give live results today (told a few people on my favorite discussion board, the ONLY ONE)... and it didnt work. It sucks, but shows that an investment might be needed before I can provide that service.

Anyway, just got home from DEEP event of the year. This was very good, and I enjoyed every fight on the main card (I missed the future fights). I have to say, DEEP is back as I used to know it!!!

Thoresen had his toughest opponent yet, and it showed. He faced a guy that is VERY good at avoiding submissions, but very good at staying on top. The end result? Ishikawa got all the take downs and stayed on top all the fight... He also got most of the damage and the majority win. Simeon had most of the submission attempts, but was forced to work from his back.

Fight of the night was Riki Fukuda vs. Jason Jones in my eyes. Fukuda was the better fighter in the first round, but Jones came on strong in the second. Jones didnt hear the bell and continued his GnP a bit to long for the fans. One of which through ice across the ring. There are some rumors of trouble outside the arena (only involving one of these fighters, but I hope its not the case).

Otherwise a lot of fights went the distance, but this was not a boring event by any means. There were lots of close fights, and lots of celebrities for fans to take pictures with. It was a very good night of fights and a return of DEEP as I know it.

The only thing this event really left me missing was a 3rd round....

These are the results:

12. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Yasuhito Namekawa DRAW

11. Ryuta Sakurai Def. Sojiro Orui by Decision 2-1
10. Yusuke Kawaguchi Def. Seryu (星龍) by Decision 2-0
9. Satoko Shinashi Def. Yukiko Seki by Armbar Round 1 1:32
8. Riki Fukuda Def. Jason Jones by Decision 3-0
7. Takafumi Otsuka Def. Masanori Kanehara by Decision 2-1
6. Eiji Ishikawa Def. Simeon Thoresen by Decision 2-0
5. Toshikazu Iseno "ISE" Def. Masayuki Okude by Decision 3-0
4. Shunji Kosaka Def. Seigo Mizuguchi by TKO Round 1 3:30
3. Koichiro Matsumoto Def. Ryan Bow by Decision 3-0

Future fights
2. Yasuaki Kishimoto Def. 徳久宜生 （マッハ道場）
1. Yasuhiro Kawasaki 1-0-0 vs. 0-1-1 Yuki Tokishige

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10/23 DEEP 38 - Weigh-in

DEEP has had weigh-in for their event tomorrow. No real drama. Fighters made weight (I dont know the result of the female weigh-in).

I am really looking forward to this event! There should be tickets available, so if you're in the area, get to Korakuen Hall round 5.

Fight 10 - 2x5min 86.0kg
Katsuyori Shibata 85.4kg
Yasuhito Namekawa 85.4kg

Fight 9 - 2x5min 83.9kg
Sojiro Orui 83.9kg
Ryuta Sakurai 83.9kg

Fight 8 - 2x5min Open weight
Yusuke Kawaguchi
Seryu (星龍)

Fight 7 - 2x5min 48.0kg (women weighed seperately)
Satoko Shinashi
Yukiko Seki

Fight 6 - 2x5min 83.9kg
Riki Fukuda 83.9kg
Jason Jones 83.6kg

Fight 5 - 2x5min 65.8kg
Masanori Kanehara 65.7kg
Takafumi Otsuka 65.3kg

Fight 4 - 2x5min 77.1kg
Simeon Thoresen 76.7kg
Eiji Ishikawa 77.0kg

Fight 3 - 2x5min 70.3kg
Toshikazu Iseno "ISE" 70.1kg
Masayuki Okude 69.7kg

Fight 2 - 2x5min Open-weight
Seigo Mizuguchi
Shunji Kosaka

Fight 1 - 2x5min 70.3kg
Ryan Bow 70.2kg
Koichiro Matsumoto 70.1kg

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DEEP 38 - Warm up

I am really looking forward to this event, and looking at the ticket sales, I am not the only one. The cheapest and the most expensive tickets are now sold out.

There is a mix of quality, but the event has a good mix of experience and talent. It should be a good event, and I expect it to sell out.

Some fighters they are all the videos I found, for others there were just too many.


Katsuyori Shibata
vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
vs. Ralek Gracie
vs. Jason Miller

Yasuhito Namekawa (the fights I found are very old (from Rings))
vs. Alistair Overeem
vs. Ryuki Ueyama Part 1
vs. Ryuki Ueyama Part 2

Ryuta Sakurai
vs. Ryo Chonan
vs. Murilo Bustamante
vs. Paulo Filho
vs. RYO Part 1
vs. RYO Part 2

Sojiro Orui
vs. Yuya Shirai Part 1
vs. Yuya Shirai Part 2
vs. Yuya Shirai Part 3

Yusuke Kawaguchi
vs. Nobuyoshi Takahara
vs. Babaguchi

Satoko Shinashi
Highlights, posted before but I really like this video
vs. Maiko Okada
vs. Kim Tae-Kyung

Jason Jones
vs. Daniel Weichel (be patient, not the best intro...)

Riki Fukuda
vs. Yuya Shirai Part 1
vs. Yuya Shirai Part 2
vs. Ryuta Sakurai Part 1
vs. Ryuta Sakurai Part 2
vs. Ryuta Sakurai Part 3
vs. Yuichi Nakanishi Part 1
vs. Yuichi Nakanishi Part 2

Takafumi Otsuka
vs. Isamu Sugiuchi

Masanori Kanehara
vs. Shunichi Shimizu

Simeon Thoresen
vs. Paul Jenkins
Chas Jacquier
vs. Clifford Hall

Eiji Ishikawa
vs. Yuichi Nakanishi Part 1
vs. Yuichi Nakanishi Part 2
vs. Hector Lombard

Masayuki Okude
vs. Masahiro Oishi
vs. Jerry Kvarnstrom
vs. Yojiro Uchimura

Seigo Mizuguchi
vs. Nobuyoshi Takahara

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10/23 DEEP 38 - Fight Order Announced

DEEP has announced the fight order for DEEP 38 today. This will be a very good event, with some good talents and some very experienced veterans.

Seryu is a new face for most, I would think. He is a Mongolian sumo wrestler, and is said to be very good at that. I really dont know what to expect...

DEEP have put up a picture from the press conferance earlier:


I also remeber reading that he is friends with Asashoryu (one of 2 Yokozuna's in Sumo)

Also on the card, Norwegian Simeon Thoresen is putting his undefeated status on the line, and I am picking him to get a submission win, but Ishikawa is very hard to put away and very good at avoiding submissions. It might go to the 2nd round.

Other than that, this card features: Riki Fukuda, Katsuyori Shibata, Ryuta Sakurai and Jason Jones (called Mini-Manhoef in Japanese media). This is going to be a very good event!

Main-Event:
12. Katsuyori Shibata 2-5-0 vs. 24-16-3 Yasuhito Namekawa

11. Sojiro Orui 5-2-4 vs. 17-14-4 Ryuta Sakurai
10. Yusuke Kawaguchi 7-0-0 vs. Seryu (星龍)
9. Satoko Shinashi 28-2-2 vs. 4-13-0 Yukiko Seki
8. Riki Fukuda 11-4-0 vs. 7-3-0 Jason Jones
7. Masanori Kanehara 10-4-5 vs. 6-3-1 Takafumi Otsuka
6. Simeon Thoresen 9-0-0 vs. 16-14-3 Eiji Ishikawa
5. Toshikazu Iseno "ISE" 5-4-2 vs. 5-4-5 Masayuki Okude
4. Seigo Mizuguchi 3-3-0 vs. 2-1-0 Shunji Kosaka
3. Ryan Bow 17-8-2 vs. 5-1-0 Koichiro Matsumoto

Future fights
2. Yasuaki Kishimoto 2-2-0 vs. 徳久宜生 （マッハ道場）
1. Yasuhiro Kawasaki 1-0-0 vs. 0-1-1 Yuki Tokishige

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10/23 DEEP 38 Impact - Riki Fukuda's opponent/Fight Cancelled

Riki Fukuda's opponent for DEEP 38 was announced today. It is a fighter who has been in Japan before. Jason Jones was very strong in his last fight in Japan, that time he was fighting on the Dutch team against Japan in the M-1 Challenge. The won a TKO win over Yuta Watanabe. This time he is taking on a stronger opponent in Riki Fukuda and this should be a very good fight as well.

I cant remember the last time DEEP had a card to rival this (have to go a couple of years back at least. Even considering that one fight was taken off today...

The fight that was taken off is this fight:
Daiki Hata "DJ Taiki" 8-5-3 vs. 15-7-2 Naoya Uematsu

Added:
Riki Fukuda 11-4-0 vs. 7-3-0 Jason Jones

Card so far:
Main-Event:
Katsuyori Shibata 2-5-0 vs. 24-16-3 Yasuhito Namekawa

Ryan Bow 17-8-2 vs. 5-1-0 Koichiro Matsumoto
Simeon Thoresen 9-0-0 vs. 16-14-3 Eiji Ishikawa
Riki Fukuda 11-4-0 vs. 7-3-0 Jason Jones
Yusuke Kawaguchi 7-0-0 vs. Seryu (星龍)
Toshikazu Iseno "ISE" 5-4-2 vs. 5-4-5 Masayuki Okude
Sojiro Orui 5-2-4 vs. 17-14-4 Ryuta Sakurai
Masanori Kanehara 10-4-5 vs. 6-3-1 Takafumi Otsuka
Satoko Shinashi 28-2-2 vs. 4-13-0 Yukiko Seki
Seigo Mizuguchi 3-3-0 vs. 2-1-0 Shunji Kosaka

Future fights
Yasuaki Kishimoto 2-2-0 vs. 徳久宜生 （マッハ道場）
Yasuhiro Kawasaki 1-0-0 vs. 0-1-1 Yuki Tokishige

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7/17 DEEP/M-1 - Challenge 5 - RESULTS

I went out to M-1 Challenge today and it was a lot of fun! I really enjoyed the fights, in particular Nakamura vs. Cristea was very entertaning! How Cristea managed to get out of that many arm-bars is beyond me, but is was a lot of fun to watch. Unfortunately, he lost a decision but I was impressed!

Otherwise all the teams performed great! Of course, I expected the Japanese to win at home, but they were crushed by a very good Dutch team!!!

***UPDATE***
It was not Mike Hayakawa that fought in this event... It was "Mike" from Blue Dog Gym... "Mike" Hayakawa is fighting in Shooto tonight.

The other results:

Superfight: Tatsuya Mizuno Def. Yoshiyuki Nakanishi by KO round 1 4:13

Japan vs. Nederlands: +93kg: Jessie Gibson Def. Katsuhisa Fujii by KO round 1 1:34
Japan vs. Nederlands: 93kg: Kamil Uygun Def. Yuji Sakuragi TKO Round 1 (well placed knee)
Japan vs. Nederlands: 84kg: Jason Jones Def. Yuta Watanabe by TKO round 2 2:03
Japan vs. Nederlands: 76kg: Romano delos Reyes Def. Ken Hamamura by decision 2-0
Japan vs. Nederlands: 70kg: Daisuke Nakamura Def. Bogdan Cristea by Decision 3-0

Super-fight: Yuki Ito Def. Takaaki Aoki by decision 2-0
Super-fight: Seigo Inoue Def. "Mike" by decision 2-0

France Vs. USA: +93kg: Malick Ndiaye Def. James Jack by Key-lock Round 1 3:54
France Vs. USA: 93kg: Christian Mpumbu Ndjoku Def. Barry Guerin by TKO Round 1 0:32
France Vs. USA: 84kg: Karl Amoussou Def. Mike Dolce by TKO round 2 0:41
France Vs. USA: 76kg: Jake Ellenberger Def. Farouk Lakebir by decision 2-0
France Vs. USA: 70kg: Keith Perrigon Def. Samuel Judes by TKO Round 1 3:16

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7/17 DEEP/M-1 - Challenge 5

Tomorrow M-1 Challenge 5 kicks off my long weekend packed with MMA. I cant wait! There has been a couple of changes since I first posted the card, so here is what it looks like now.

This should be a good event, there are 13 fights on the card and that should be enough for some solid entertainment.

The fight-order is announced:

13. Main-Event: Superfight: Tatsuya Mizuno 3-3-0 vs. 3-0-0Yoshiyuki Nakanishi

12. Japan vs. Nederlands: +93kg: Katsuhisa Fujii 8-14-1 vs. 4-1-0 Jessie Gibson
11. Japan vs. Nederlands: 93kg: Yuji Sakuragi 9-11-1 vs. 4-2-0 Kamil Uygun
10. Japan vs. Nederlands: 84kg: Yuta Watanabe 8-1-3 vs. 4-3-0 Jason Jones
9. Japan vs. Nederlands: 76kg: Ken Hamamura 14-4-4 vs. 7-5-0 Romano delos Reyes
8. Japan vs. Nederlands: 70kg: Daisuke Nakamura 14-9-0 vs.4-2-1 Bogdan Cristea

7. Super-fight: Yuki Ito 6-2-3 vs. 4-3-0 Takaaki Aoki
6. Super-fight: Seigo Inoue 3-3-1 vs. 1-3-2 Nobuhiro "Mike" Hayakawa

5. France Vs. USA: +93kg: Malick Ndiaye 1-1-0 vs. 2-1-0 James Jack
4. France Vs. USA: 93kg: Christian Mpumbu Ndjoku vs. 5-0-0 Bryan Harper
3. France Vs. USA: 84kg: Karl Amoussou 6-1-1 vs. 3-4-0 Mike Dolce
2. France Vs. USA: 76kg: Farouk Lakebir 2-0-0 vs. 17-4-0 Jake Ellenberger
1. France Vs. USA: 70kg: Samuel Judes 2-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Keith Perrigon

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7/17 DEEP/M-1 - Challenge 5 - Fights Added

DEEP has added 5 non-M-1 Challenge fights to this card. The card now has a total of 15 fights and should provide some good Thursday night entertainment!

Non M-1 Challenge fights:
Edo Matsuura vs. Mitsuru Yamaguchi
Seigo Inoue 3-3-1 vs. 1-3-2 Nobuhiro "Mike" Hayakawa
Yuki Ito 6-2-3 vs. 4-3-0 Takaaki Aoki
Tatsuya Mizuno 3-3-0 vs. 3-0-0Yoshiyuki Nakanishi

Japan vs. Nederlands
70kg: Daisuke Nakamura 14-9-0 vs.4-2-1 Bogdan Cristea
76kg: Ken Hamamura 14-4-4 vs. 7-5-0 Romano delos Reyes
84kg: Yuta Watanabe 8-1-3 vs. 4-3-0 Jason Jones
93kg: Yuji Sakuragi 9-11-1 vs. 4-2-0 Kamil Uygun
＋93kg: Katsuhisa Fujii 8-14-1 vs. 4-1-0 Jessie Gibson

France Vs. USA
70kg: Samuel Judes 2-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Keith Perrigon
76kg: Farouk Lakebir 2-0-0 vs. 0-1-0 Vince Ortiz
84kg: Karl Amoussou 6-1-1 vs. 3-0-0 Jason Bukich
93kg: Christian Mpumbu Ndjoku vs. 5-0-0 Bryan Harper
93kg: Malick Ndiaye 1-1-0 vs. 2-1-0 James Jack

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7/17 DEEP/M-1 - Challenge 5

Saeki announced earlier this week that DEEP will co-produce M-1 Challenge 5 in Korakuen Hall July 17. This is an event format where 2 countries are pitted against eachother and they fight 5 fights in different weight divisions.

There is no doubt that this will be an exciting night in Korakuen Hall. For those who want to stay there over night can watch Shooto Tradition 2 the following day as well!

Participating this time in Japan are:
Group A: France Vs. USA　5 Fights
Group B: Japan V. Nederlands　5 Fights

The fights will be fought like this:
Japan vs. Nederlands
70kg: Daisuke Nakamura 14-9-0 Vs.4-2-1 Bogdan Cristea
76kg: Ken Hamamura 14-4-4 Vs. 2-3-0 Mehemt Uygun
84kg: Yuta Watanabe 8-1-3 Vs. 4-3-0 Jason Jones
93kg: Yuji Sakuragi 9-11-1 Vs. 4-2-0 Kamil Uygun
＋93kg: Katsuhisa Fujii 8-14-1 Vs. 4-1-0 Jessie Gibson

France Vs. USA
Samuel Judes 2-1-0 Vs. 1-0-0 Keith Perrigon
Farouk Lakebir 2-0-0 Vs. 0-1-0 Vince Ortiz
Karl Amoussou-Guenou 6-1-1 Vs. 3-0-0 Jason Bukich
Christian Mpumbu Ndjoku Vs. 5-0-0 Bryan Harper
Malick Ndiaye 1-1-0 Vs. 2-1-0 James Jack
Bertland Amoussou－Guenou Vs. X

*I am not a 100% confident in all the records here, but I have done my best. I think most should be ok. Please leave a comment if you have more up to date information.

Ticket Prices:
VIP 10,000円　
Other 5,000円
At the door +500円

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