Congratulations to the Shinashi family! As her fans know, DEEP female featherweight champion Satoko Shinashi has been sidelined as she was pregnant. On July 5 at 13:24 she gave birth to the latest addition to the family. Her son weighed in at 2486 grams.
Both mother and baby are doing well, and Satoko Shinashi will is already planning her return to the ring (no word on when).
DEEP have announced that their female flyweight champion, Satoko Shinashi, is out until December.
And I am happy to hear that it is NOT due to injury. She is 4 months pregnant, and congratulations are in order to the young family. From memory she got married a while back, and this is very good news!
She is due in July, and is planning to a return to the ring in December.
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
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
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
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
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
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
DEEP announced an additional 2 fights for their event on October 23.
Worth noticing in the addition of Masayuki Okude, this fight is pitted as one or the ZST vs. DEEP challenges and should be interesting. Okude has turned a bad run lately and racked up 3 straight wins in ZST. He will be facing "ISE" or Toshikazu Iseno, who has actually lost his only DEEP fight. "ISE" did have a decent run in GCM (Cage Force) though and this should be a competitive fight.
In the other fight, 2 DEEP fighters will square off. Sojiro Orui has had 2 ZST fights, but the rest of his 11 fights are all in DEEP. He will face the very experienced Ryuta Sakurai. Both of these guys lost in the first round of the DEEP middleweight tournament. I would still favor Sakurai in this one.
This is the card as it looks now, there should be lots more fights to be announced.
Added:
Toshikazu Iseno "ISE" 5-4-2 vs. 5-4-5 Masayuki Okude
Sojiro Orui 5-2-4 vs. 17-14-4 Ryuta Sakurai
Previously announced:
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
Yasuhito Namekawa 24-16-3
Yusuke Kawaguchi 7-0-0
Eiji Ishikawa 16-14-3
DEEP has announced the first fights for their DEEP Impact 38. It looks like it will be a very good card again. There are no title-fights so far (looks like the Satoko Shinashi fight is a non-title fight), but there are some good fights and with the participants announced it looks very promising.
Yusuke Kawaguchi went through the MegaTon GP without much trouble (one fight was a split decision, the rest were mismatches). After winning the title, he said that fighting in DREAM was the... well, dream... Lets see what Saeki has planned for him. I hope it is someone good.
Also participating are Ryuta Sakurai and Riki Fukuda.
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:
Ryuta Sakurai 17-14-4
Riki Fukuda 11-4-0
Yasuhito Namekawa 24-16-3
Yusuke Kawaguchi 7-0-0
Eiji Ishikawa 16-14-3
Toshikazu Iseno "ISE" 5-4-2
Sojiro Orui 5-2-4
DEEP is holding an event in Korakuen Hall today, there were no less than 4 champions in action and 3 title fights!
At the end of the night, we had 3 NEW champions!!!
RESULTS:
DEEP Middleweight Tournament Final:
Yuichi Nakanishi Def. Riki Fukuda by Decision 3-0
DEEP Featherweight title fight:
Dokonjonosuke Mishima Def. Masakazu Imanari by Decision 2-0
DEEP Lightweight title fight:
Pang Sung Hwan Def. Kazunori Yokota by KO Round 1, 3:38
Hidehiko Hasegawa vs. Hiroki Nagaoka DRAW
Mai Ichi Def. Satoko Shinashi by decision 2-0
Jutaro Nakao Def. Shigetoshi Iwase by decision 3-0
Middleweight Tournament Reserve Fight:
Ryuta Sakurai Def. Young “RYO” Choi by Decision 3-0
Middleweight Tournament Semi-Finals
Riki Fukuda Def. Yuya Shirai by Decision 2-1
Yuichi Nakanishi Def. Daijiro Matsui by Decision 3-0
Non-Tournament/Title fights:
LUIZ Def. Toshikazu Iseno “ISE” by KO Round 2, 0:41
Koichiro Matsumoto Def. Yuki Ito by Decision 2-0
イムヒョンギュ（ＣＭＡ ＫＴＴ） Def. Noboru Onishi “The Nob-Rock” by TKO Round 2 0:48
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
Some pictures from the DEEP event last night. Will be more later, once Cliff gets his stuff sorted. Anyway, some of the highlights.
Riki Fukuda drew Ryuta Sakurai. These 2 fighters were way better than the rest in the tournament. To add to the list of resons this draw was a bad idea, the fight was drawn to be the first of the tournament fights (there were 3 more fights after this). Sakurai vs. Fukuda was the main event in DEEP 34.
And the DEEP champion will be.... Riki Fukuda, he won a tough fight by decision.
In the female final, Satoko Shinashi met SACHI. This went was predicted.
And Satoko Shinashi won the DEEP Female Flyweight belt.
I just came back from the DEEP event tonight. As always, I enjoyed the night. The main event was chosen by draw... And I think Saeki (DEEP Promotor) wished it went differently... In the first round we saw Ryuta Sakuraigi vs. Riki Fukuda. This is what I expected the final to be.
In the other tournament of the night, Satoko Shinashi took home the Flyweight title. It should be mentioned that she got through the first fight with some good advice from Shinya Aoki (when she gave up her back), but as the night progressed she was the best fighter, by far.
My (and most of my friends') favorite fight of the night (except Sakurai vs. Fukuda) was the heavyweight battle between Inoue and Nakanish, lets just call it slugfest 2008.
Ryoji Suzuki Def. Kenta Okuyama by rear-naked choke, Round 2, 2:08
SACHI Def. Kayoko Nagashima by arm-bar, Round 2, 2:01
Satoko Shinashi Def. Fukuko Hamada by decision 3-0
Yoshiyuki Nakanishi Def. Shunsuke Inoue by decision 3-0
Shigetoshi Iwase vs. Ken Hamamura DRAW
Toshiaki Kitada vs. Isao Terada DRAW
Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" vs. Seigo Inoue DRAW (1-0)
Yasuhito Namekawa Def. Carlos Toyota by Achillies-hold, Round 1, 2:58
Shinashi Satoko Def. Sachi by arm-bar, Round 1, 2:58
Riki Fukuda Def. Ryuta Sakurai by Decision 3-0
Yuichi Nakanishi Def. Eiji Ishikawa by decision 2-1
Daijiro Matsui Def. Ryo by decision 2-1
Yuya Shirai Def. Sojiro Orui by decison 3-0
From what you can see here... Riki Fukuda is now the CLEAR favorite to win this title.
DEEP has announced the fight order for their event on Friday. I am looking forward to this for several resons, firstly, I think the middleweight tournament should give us some very entertaining fights. Secondly, I will be celebrating my birthday there. That means that if you see a very drunk foreigner, its probably one of my friends (I can hold my drink).
The tournament fights are yet to be set, they will draw the opponents on Friday (picture a hat).
Fight 13: Middleweight Tournament fight 4
Fight 12: Middleweight Tournament fight 3
Fight 11: Middleweight Tournament fight 2
Fight 10: Middleweight Tournament fight 1
Fight 9: Winner fight 2 vs. Winner fight 3
Fight 8: Yasuhito Namekawa 19-15-3 vs. 1-2-1 Carlos Toyota
Fight 7: Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" 10-4-3 vs. 3-1-1 Seigo Inoue
Fight 6: Toshiaki Kitada 7-3-0 vs. 4-4-2 Isao Terada
Fight 5: Shigetoshi Iwase 7-9-2 vs. 12-4-3 Ken Hamamura
Fight 4: Yoshiyuki Nakanishi 2-0-0 vs. 1-1-0 Shunsuke Inoue
Female Flyweight 1-Day tournament Semi-finals:
Fight 3:Satoko Shinashi 26-1-2 vs. 4-1-0 Fukuko Hamada
Fight 2: SACHI 3-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Kayoko Nagashima
Openeing fight:
Fight 1 Future fight: Kenta Okuyama 7-4-0 vs. 1-2-0 Ryoji Suzuki
Middleweight Tournament Participants (match-ups will be drawn on the day):
-Ryuta Sakurai (15-13-4)
-Yuichi Nakanishi (6-7-3)
-Riki Fukuda (8-3-0)
-Daijiro Matsui (9-18-4)
-Eiji Ishikawa (14-14-2)
-Yuya Shirai (9-5-0)
-Young Choi "RYO" (9-3-0)
-Sojiro Orui (5-1-4)
I am looking forward to this event, in particular, I think the middleweight tournament should give us some very good fights. I have been looking through Youtube and DailyMotion for the fights they have posted there for the Middleweight and the female Flyweight tournaments.
Personally, I really enjoyed the Satoko Shinashi highlights video. I will be very surprised if she doesnt win this tournament.
Unfortunately, I was not able to find videos for all the fighters. If there are some out there that I've missed, let me know!
Middleweight Tournament:
-Ryuta Sakurai (15-13-4)
vs. Professor X (Xavier Foupa-Pokam - DEEP 25)
vs. Murilo Bustamante (DEEP 29)
vs. Ryo Chonan (DEEP 23)
-Riki Fukuda (8-3-0)
vs. Oleg Bazayev
-Daijiro Matsui (9-18-4)
vs. Carlos Newton (Pride 6)
vs. Rodrigo Gracie (Pride 19)
-Eiji Ishikawa (14-14-2)
vs. Hector Lombard (DEEP 28)
-Yuichi Nakanishi (6-7-3)
-Yuya Shirai (9-5-0)
-RYO (ZERO-ONE MAX)
-Sojiro Orui (5-1-4)
Female Flyweight 1-Day tournament:
Satoko Shinashi 26-1-2
Highlights
vs. Caloline Hoebercts
vs. Tae Kyung Kim
vs. SACHI
vs. Pamela Vitz
vs. Hisae Watanabe
vs. Mari Kaneko
vs. Noriko Okamoto
-Fukuko Hamada 4-1-0
-SACHI 3-2-0
vs. Megumi Imagawa (not part of her record)
-Kayoko Nagashima 0-1-0
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