5/16 ClubDEEP Toyama - Results

DEEP put on a 15 fight card in Toyama's Event Plaza earlier today. The main event saw the home town favorite "Barbaro44" take on one of DEEPs biggest talents in Koichiro Matsumoto.

The card also included 3 kick-rule fights.

Read on for spoilers.

After winning the main-event, Koichiro asked for a title fight, and he could be heading for a title fight against Takafumi Otsuka next.

Main-Event:
15. 65.8kg: Koichiro Matsumoto def. Yoshihiro "Barbaro44" Tomioka by KO Round 1 1:29

14. 70.3kg: Yuichi Ikari def. Yuya Osugi by TKO Round 1 3:58
13. 65.8kg: Satoshi Watanabe vs. Yoshihiro Yamaniha Draw
12. 63kg: Yasuo Munakata def. Hirotaka Himeno by TKO Round 2 4:00
11. 53.5g: Sakura Nomura def. Rina Tomita by Decision 3-0
10. 63kg: Hiroshi Sato vs. Hiroyuki Suzuki Draw
9. 78kg: Yoshinobu Kawamura def. Daisuke Kanehira by Decision 3-0
8. 53kg: Jun Osawa Def. Akihiro Hasegawa by TKO Round 1 2:44
7. 53kg: Gen Ikeda Def. Kaname Mori by Triangle choke 2 3:39
6. 63kg: Harunari Shinogawa def. Daiki Nakahara by TKO Round 1 0:55
5. Kick-Rule - 68kg: Takeshi Sakai def. Yujiro Haraguchi by TKO Round 2 0:30
4. Kick-Rule - 63kg: Kazuhiro Konishi def. Kenichi Satake by Decision 3-0
3. Kick-Rule - 68kg: Carlos Osako def. Leo Mitsuhashi by Decision 3-0
2. 66kg: Ippei Takase def. Mattsun Mattsun by TKO Round 1 2:21
1. 63kg: Daigo Sawada def. Oya Takato by TKO Round 2 1:14

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12/19 DEEP Cage Impact 2009

One of the big news I have missed is the DEEP Cage Impact participants announced. This event will take place in Differ Ariake, not the usual Korakuen Hall.

Announced as participants are some very big DEEP names: Masakazu Imanari, Nobuhiro Obiya and Koichiro Matsumoto to name 3.

The cage for this event is a gold 8-sided cage and it will be rented out at a resonable price after his.

There are also changes to the rules in the cage: Elbows, stomps and soccerkicks are allowed except the opening fights.

Participants announced:
Nobuhiro Obiya 10-3-1
Masakazu Imanari 17-7-2
Bernard Ackah 3-3-0
Koichiro Matsumoto 8-2-0
Toshikazu Iseno 7-5-2
Takeshi Yamazaki 14-10-2
Eiji Ishikawa 17-15-2
Naoki Matsushita 11-12-9
Yuki Ito 7-4-8
Atsuhiro Tsuboi 6-12-4
Sadao Kondo 4-0-1

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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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4/16 DEEP 41 - Fights Announced

Deep 41 should be another good DEEP event. It was announced yesterday that DEEP 52kg champion Miku Matsumoto will take on an American fighter in Nicdali Calanic. Japanese media is very interested in this fight, despite it being a non-title fight. Miku is on a 9 fight winning streak and have also done well in Shoot Boxing lately.

There is also a lightweight title fight announced, the new champion will be deceided between Katsunori Kikuno and Koichiro Matsumoto. These are 2 fighters that have been in great shape lately, and it should be a good fight.

Announced as a participant is Hiromitsu Kanehara, the veteran of Pancrase, Pride and Rings will be making his DEEP debut. And he will be hungry, having only won 1 of his last 15(!) fights.

I am also hearing rumors of a big name Japanese fighter maybe being added to this card.

Announced:
Lightweight Title Fight:
Katsunori Kikuno 10-1-1 vs. 7-1-0 Koichiro Matsumoto

Miku Matsumoto vs. 5-2-0 Nicdali "The Nightqueen" Calanic
Ryuki Ueyama 9-11-4 vs. 24-29-10 Kousei Kubota
Yuji Sakurai 9-14-1 vs. 2-6-1 Minoru Kato
Seigo Mizuguchi 4-4-0 vs. 2-3-0 Waka Arashi

Participants:
Hiromitsu Kanehara 16-22-1
Toshiaki Kitada 7-4-2
Tomoya Miyashita 9-5-5

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2/20 DEEP 40 - LIVE RESULTS

A good DEEP card in Korakuen Hall today. I will be there and if everything goes to plan, I will give you the results live. I will try to get some comments about the fights added too, but there will be no PBP. I am taking pictures, so it would just be too much.

There are several interesting fights on here, the winner of the main event will qualify for the DREAM welterweight GP.

Riki Fukuda and the veteran Ryuta Sakurai will square off to see who will be the next challenger for the DEEP Middleweight title, currently held by Yuichi Nakanishi.

Future Fights:
1. Muneyuki Sato Def. Yasuhiro Motomura by TKO Round 1 4:06
Muneyuki Sato is bloody and had to be checked by the doctors a couple of times, but he shows a lot of heart and get a TKO win.

2. Hideto Kondo vs. 2-3-0 Hiroshi Kobayashi DRAW
There are no decisions in the future fights, otherwise Mach Dojo' Kondo would have gotten this.

Main-Card:
3. 65.8kg: Naohiro Mizuno Def. Hiroto by Decision 3-0

4. 70.3kg: Kota Okazawa Def. Yuki Ito by Decision 2-0
Okazawa was the better fighter on the ground and he was able to take it there on will.

5. 77.1kg: Hiroki Nagaoka Def. Yoshitomo Watanabe by Decision 3-0

6. 93kg: Shunsuke Inoue 4-3-1 vs. 2-6-0 Minoru Kato DRAW
Inoue was getting the takedowns in round 1, Kato got in some good shots using his distance. Round 2 Inoue got tired.

7. Open: Kazuhisa Tazawa Def. Tim "Big Perm" Persey by Arm-Triangle Round 1 2:55
An entertaining fight, Tazawa is able to take Persey down and choke him out with an arm-triangle. Persey had the better of the fight early, but looked like he got tired.

8. 77.1kg: Hidehiko Hasegawa Def. Makoto Ishikawa by Decision 3-0


There is a 10 minute break and it was announced that Mitsuhiro Ishida and Daisuke Nakamura will face off at DREAM 7, I THINK!!! I am a little drunk and was not paying too much attention, but thats what it looked like.

Lightweight Tournament:
9. Koichiro Matsumoto Def. Jutaro Nakao by Decision 3-0
Matsumoto kicked the crap out of Nakao's right leg, a good stretegic victory.

10. Katsunori Kikuno Def. Bu Kyung Jung by TKO Round 1 4:15
Bu Kyung Jung cant buy a win... Kinkuno finds the opening with left high-kicks and Jung is not defending. After 3 he goes down for good.


Next DEEP Middleweight Challenger:
11. Riki Fukuda Def. Ryuta Sakurai by TKO Round 1 0:45
Very Quick win.

Main Event - DREAM Welterweight GP Qualifier:
12. Seichi Ikemoto Def. Hidetaka Monma by TKO Round 1 1:42
The DEEP Champion is in the DREAM welterweight GP!!

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2/20 DEEP 40 - Weigh-in

DEEP is putting on a very good card tomorrow. I will be there and give you live results again.

The main event on this card is a DREAM welterweight GP qualifier between 2 very experienced fighters in Seichi Ikemoto and Hidetaka Monma. It should be a good fight, but with a GP entry on the line they will come out hard.

Also on the card is a fight between 2 DEEP veterans in Riki Fukuda and Ryuta Sakurai. This is a rematch from DEEP 34, on that occation Riki Fukuda won the decision.

As if that wasnt enough, there is a lightweight tournament on the card as well. This is a 4 man tournament and the winner will walk home with the lightweight title. The final will be held in April.

Main Event - DREAM Welterweight GP Qualifier:
Seichi Ikemoto 75.6kg
Hidetaka Monma 75.7kg

Next DEEP Middleweight Challenger:
Riki Fukuda 83.9kg
Ryuta Sakurai 83.7kg

Lightweight Tournament:
Katsunori Kikuno 70.0kg
Bu Kyung Jung 69.7kg

Lightweight Tournament:
Jutaro Nakao 70.3kg
Koichiro Matsumoto 69.8kg

8. 77.1kg:
Hidehiko Hasegawa 77.1kg
Makoto Ishikawa 77.1kg

7. Open:
Kazuhisa Tazawa 123kg
Tim "Big Perm" Persey 134kg

6. 93kg:
Shunsuke Inoue 92.1kg
Minoru Kato 92.3kg

5. 77.1kg:
Hiroki Nagaoka 76.5
Yoshitomo Watanabe 76.9kg

4. 70.3kg:
Yuki Ito 70.3kg
Kota Okazawa 70.1kg

3. 65.8kg:
Hiroto 65.5kg
Naohiro Mizuno 65.3kg

Future Fights:
2. Hideto Sato vs. 2-3-0 Hiroshi Kobayashi
1. Muneyuki Sato 2-2-0 vs. 0-2-0 Yasuhiro Motomura

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2/20 DEEP Impact 40 - Fight Order

DEEP have announced the fight order for DEEP 40. For the 2nd year running, I will celebrate my birthday (even though it is not on the day) at DEEP. It looks like a very good card, not as many fights as normal but the quality is very high. I will be doing live updates, while taking pictures and drinking beers (will be a busy one).

This card is full of good fights, but the main event will be the DREAM welterweight GP qualifier between DEEP welterweight champion Seichi Ikemoto and Hidetaka Monma.

Before that, Riki Fukuda and Ryuta Sakurai (the two guys that were the favorites to win the tournament last year), will fight to deceide who gets to challenge the champion Yuichi Nakanishi next. It is almost a year, to the day since they met in the DEEP middleweight tournament. On that occation, Riki Fukuda came out on top.

In addition to that, there is a lightweight tournament on the card (final will be in April), and the former welterweight champion Hidehiko Hasegawa will also fight.

Main Event - DREAM Welterweight GP Qualifier:
12. Seichi Ikemoto 17-14-5 vs. 15-8-3 Hidetaka Monma

Next DEEP Middleweight Challenger:
11. Riki Fukuda 12-4-0 vs. 18-14-4 Ryuta Sakurai

Lightweight Tournament:
10. Katsunori Kikuno 9-1-1 vs. 0-3-0 Bu Kyung Jung
9. Jutaro Nakao 22-13-4 vs. 6-1-0 Koichiro Matsumoto

8. 77.1kg: Hidehiko Hasegawa 15-11-5 vs. 11-9-1 Makoto Ishikawa
7. Open: Kazuhisa Tazawa 3-0-1 vs. 9-2-0 Tim "Big Perm" Persey
6. 93kg: Shunsuke Inoue 4-3-1 vs. 2-6-0 Minoru Kato
5. 77.1kg: Hiroki Nagaoka 12-13-8 vs. 6-8-2 Yoshitomo Watanabe
4. 70.3kg: Yuki Ito 7-2-3 vs. 4-1-2 Kota Okazawa
3. 65.8kg: Hiroto 6-1-0 vs. 4-2-0 Naohiro Mizuno

Future Fights:
2. Hideto Sato vs. 2-3-0 Hiroshi Kobayashi
1. Muneyuki Sato 2-2-0 vs. 0-2-0 Yasuhiro Motomura

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2/20 DEEP Impact 40 - Bu Kyung Jung Added

DEEP have announced another couple of fights for DEEP 40 which will take place in Korakuen Hall on Friday February 20.

I am really excited about the lightweight tournament! The match-ups were announced today and the winner will be the DEEP Lightweight Champion (forget everything I said about Obiya earlier!).

Korean Bu Kyung Jung, the guy that almost submitted Aoki at Yarennoka a little over a year ago, returns. In spite of his record, I am really excited to see the former olympic medalist. The rest of the participants were announced earlier, and this is looking like a very good tournament.

Former DEEP welterweight champion, Hidehiko Hasegawa returns to the DEEP ring and will face Makoto Ishikawa. If it is the Makoto Ishikawa I think it is, he must have gained a bit of weight to be in the same weight division as Hasegawa... Or maybe Hasegawa has lost some...

The last fight added today is Alliance talent Yuki Ito who will face ZST fighter Kota Okazawa. This should be a very good fight.

Added:
Hidehiko Hasegawa 15-11-5 vs. 11-9-1 Makoto Ishikawa
Yuki Ito 7-2-3 vs. 4-1-2 Kota Okazawa

Lightweight Tournament:
Jutaro Nakao 22-13-4 vs. 6-1-0 Koichiro Matsumoto
Katsunori Kikuno 9-1-1 vs. 0-3-0 Bu Kyung Jung

Previously Announced:
Seichi Ikemoto vs. 15-8-3 Hidetaka Monma
Riki Fukuda 12-4-0 vs. 18-14-4 Ryuta Sakurai
Kazuhisa Tazawa 3-0-1 vs. 9-2-0 Tim "Big Perm" Persey
Hiroto 6-1-0 vs. 4-2-0 Naohiro Mizuno
Shunsuke Inoue 4-3-1 vs. 2-6-0 Minoru Kato
Hiroki Nagaoka 12-13-8 vs. 6-8-2 Yoshitomo Watanabe

Future Fights:
Muneyuki Sato 2-2-0 vs. 0-2-0 Yasuhiro Motomura
Hideto Sato vs. 2-3-0 Hiroshi Kobayashi

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2/20 DEEP 40 - Lightweight Tournament Announced

DEEP have announced that they are holding a lightweight tournament, with 4 fighters to deceide the next challenger for the lightweight title. From memory, I think Obiya was awarded the title at DEEP 39 (I might be wrong about that though, not able to find confirmation now). Either way, 4 fighters will participate in this tournament and 3 were announced today.

The tournament is looking very strong!! Announced so for are Jutaro Nakao, Katsunori Kikuno ad Kichiro Matsumoto. I dont care how they match these guys up, it will be good. One more fighter is going to be announced for this tournament. I suspect someone pulled out...

Announced today:
Jutaro Nakao 22-13-4
Katsunori Kikuno 9-1-1
Koichiro Matsumoto 6-1-0
+ 1 Fighter TBA

Hiroki Nagaoka 12-13-8 vs. 6-8-2 Yoshitomo Watanabe

Future Fights:
Muneyuki Sato 2-2-0 vs. 0-2-0 Yasuhiro Motomura
Hideto Sato vs. 2-3-0 Hiroshi Kobayashi

Previously Announced:
Seichi Ikemoto vs. 15-8-3 Hidetaka Monma
Riki Fukuda 12-4-0 vs. 18-14-4 Ryuta Sakurai
Kazuhisa Tazawa 3-0-1 vs. 9-2-0 Tim "Big Perm" Persey
Hiroto 6-1-0 vs. 4-2-0 Naohiro Mizuno
Shunsuke Inoue 4-3-1 vs. 2-6-0 Minoru Kato

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2/20 DEEP 40 - First Fight and Participants Announced

DEEP have announced the first fight for what should be a very good event on February 20. I am predicting that this will be one of the better DEEP cards for a while, just from what I am hearing, but already it looks good.

Announced today is the match-up between DEEP welterweight champion Seichi Ikemoto and Hidetaka Monma. Monma has only fought once since losing to "Mach" Sakurai in DREAM 1, that was a win in Cage Force - Eastern Bund in November. He won that fight against debutant Andre Mafetoni in the first round.

Monma and Ikemoto have fought before, in DEEP 13. On that occation Monma won in the 2nd round. Now, Ikemoto is the DEEP welterweight champion, and this should be good fight.

Also announced as participants are some very good fighters in Katsunori Kikuno, Hiroto and Koichiro Matsumoto.

Announced:
Seichi Ikemoto vs. 15-8-3 Hidetaka Monma

Participants:
Jutaro Nakao 22-13-4
Katsunori Kikuno 9-1-1
Koichiro Matsumoto 6-1-0
Hiroto 6-1-0

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10/23 DEEP 38 Impact - AWESOME Fights Added

DEEP have added 4 fights to their event on October 23. There is a lot to be excited about here, but for me (as a Norwegian), I look forward to seeing Simeon Thoresen.

He is a great talent and now making a move into the Japanese Market. This is a huge opportunity and I cant wait to see him fight here. Thoresen has 9 fights, finishing all within the distance and only 3 have gone to the 2nd round. Eiji Ishikawa should be his biggest test by far, Ishikawa is a very experienced fighter with fights against opponents such as Ryo Chonan, Ryuta Sakurai, Satoru Kitaoka, Hidetaka Monma and Hector Lombard. My tip is still for Thoresen to finish this, but it should be a good fight. I wrote about Thoresen as a future prospect here, you can also see a highlight video.

Ok, so now that its mentioned… They have also added a main event. Katsuyori Shibata will take on Yasuhito Namekawa. This is something that should draw the crowd. Just a speculation from my side, but I have been expecting more cooperation between DEEP and DREAM, I think that is what we are seeing with this card.

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
Yusuke Kawaguchi 7-0-0 vs. Seryu (星龍)

Previously announced:
Toshikazu Iseno "ISE" 5-4-2 vs. 5-4-5 Masayuki Okude
Sojiro Orui 5-2-4 vs. 17-14-4 Ryuta Sakurai
Daiki Hata "DJ Taiki" 8-5-3 vs. 15-7-2 Naoya Uematsu
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

Participating:
Riki Fukuda 11-4-0

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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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