6/28 DEEP Impact Toyama - Results

DEEP impact in Toyama had a very interesting main-event. Miku Matsumoto was taking on Lisa Ward in what was a rematch from 3 years ago. Miku revenged that loss and Megumi Fuji has been pictured with her in the ring as she celebrates. I have not seen any indication that they will fight, but it would be a fight worthy of a DREAM card...

In front of a crowd of 1,318 the home stars delivered, and it turned out to be an event packed with exciting fights.

You can see pictures and Japanese commentary from the event here.

Main-Event - Female Lightweight Title Fight:
Miku Matsumoto Def. Lisa Ward by arm-bar Round 3 2:53

Co-main event:
Yoshihiro "Barbaro44" Tomioka Def. Takafumi Ito by TKO Round 2 4:07

Kenji Arai Def. Kunihiro Watanabe by rear-naked choke Round 2 1:13
Seigo Mizuguchi Def. Tokuzo by neck-crank Round 1 1:04
Yuichi Ikari Def. Takaaki Aoki by decision 3-0
Shinobu Aoyama Def. Hiroshi Sakamoto by decision 3-0
Takahiro Kajita Def. Yuya Osugi by KO Round 1 3:36
Takita Tetsu Def. Masahiro Shinto by KO Round 1 1:43

Under-Card:
Akimitsu Tsuchiya Def. Tamotsu Kitada by TKO Round 1 1:34
Takafumi Fuji Def. Kazuki Taira by TKO Round 1 3:21
Tomoaki Miyamoto Def. Passion Nakamura by Triangle Choke Round 1 0:39
Harushige Shinokawa Def. Kazumi Nakane by TKO Round 1 1:23
Toshu Himeno Def. Taiki Nakahara by Brabo-choke Round 1 4:20
Toshio Shibata Def. Shotaro Sato by KO Round 1 0:46

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6/28 DEEP Toyama Impact - Fight Order

DEEP have put together a good card for their DEEP Toyama Impact event. With 2 events in 3 days, it is impressive what they have managed. This will be a rare occation to see a title fight in the Toyama area, and it should be a good one too. The champion Miku Matsumoto will get a chance to revenge her loss to Lisa Ward, a loss that dates 3 years back and the only loss she is yet to revenge. This should be an awesome fight between 2 of the world's top female fighters.

Toyama's own Club Barbarian is of course putting in their stars on this card, and the co-main event will feature one of their best fighters in Yoshihiro Tomioka who will take on Pancrase super veteran Takafumi Ito.

The event is being held in Toyama TechnoHall and doors open at 14.00.

Main-Event - Female Lightweight Title Fight:
14. Miku Matsumoto 20-4-0 vs. 12-4-0 Lisa Ward

Co-main event:
13. Yoshihiro "Barbaro44" Tomioka 12-7-4 vs. 34-28-10 Takafumi Ito

12. 65.8kg: Kenji Arai 13-13-3 vs. 4-3-0 Kunihiro Watanabe
11. Open: Seigo Mizuguchi 5-4-0 vs. Tokuzo
10. 70.3kg: Yuichi Ikari 10-6-3 vs. 4-4-0 Takaaki Aoki
9. 60kg: Shinobu Aoyama 5-3-0 vs. 3-5-0 Hiroshi Sakamoto
8. 70.3kg: Takahiro Kajita 9-9-3 vs. 4-3-1 Yuya Osugi
7. Kick - 64kg: Takita Tetsu vs. Masahiro Shinto

Under-Card:
6. 77kg: Tamotsu Kitada 4-5-1 vs. 3-1-1 Akimitsu Tsuchiya
5. 67kg: Takafumi Fuji vs. 0-1-0 Kazuki Taira
4. 67kg: Passion Nakamura 0-1-0 vs. Tomoaki Miyamoto
3. Kick-65kg: Harushige Shinokawa vs. Kazumi Nakane
2. 60kg: Toshu Himeno vs. Yu Nakahara
1. 65kg: Shotaro Sato vs. Toshio Shibata

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4/16 DEEP 41 - RESULTS

An action packed event in Korakuen Hall earlier today. The main event was for the DEEP lightweight title between Katsunori Kikuno and Koichiro Matsumoto. Alliance's Kikuno won a decisive victory by KO.

Kazuyuki Miyata returned to the ring and also won got a good win in his fight.

The female fight of the night lasted only 21 seconds, a front kick and knees to the body secured the win for the DEEP female lightweight champion.

Main-Event - Lightweight Title Fight:
11. Katsunori Kikuno Def. Koichiro Matsumoto by KO Round 1 4:32

10. Miku Matsumoto Def. Nicdali "The Nightqueen" Calanic by TKO Round 1 0:21
9. Kazuyuki Miyata Def. Jae Hyun So by Guillotine choke Round 1 2:31
8. Ryuki Ueyama Def. Kousei Kubota by Decision 3-0
7. Hiromitsu Kanehara Def. Kenji Nagai by TKO Round 2 3:02
6. Yuji Sakurai Def. Minoru Kato by KO Round 2 0:59
5. Toshiaki Kitada Def. Joe Taimanglo by Guillotine choke Round 1 1:29
4. Seigo Mizuguchi Def. WakaArashi by necklock Round 1 0:19
3. Tomoya Miyashita Def. Crazy Hiru by Spinning choke Round 1 2:39
2. Baek Won Sik (?) Def. Naoki Matsushita by TKO (doctor stop) Round 1 3:59

Opening Fight:
1. Yasuhiro Kawasaki Def. Shun Yagi (?) by TKO Round 1 3:02

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4/16 DEEP 41 - Fight Order

It will be a very interesting event in Korakuen Hall on Thursday. For me, I am looking forward to seeing Miyata returning to the ring, but there are other very good fights on the card.

The main event is the DEEP lightweight title fight, fighting for the vacant title are Katsunori Kikuno and Kichiro Matsumoto. It should be a very good fight.

The female fight on the card is between DEEP champion Miku Matsumoto, who is taking on Nicdali Calanic. The Japanese media has had a bit of focus on this fight, and I expect it to be a good fight for the fans of female MMA.

To get you a bit more excited about the event GoForkYouself have put together this preview of this event:



Main-Event - Lightweight Title Fight:
11. Katsunori Kikuno 10-1-1 vs. 7-1-0 Koichiro Matsumoto

10. Miku Matsumoto vs. 5-2-0 Nicdali "The Nightqueen" Calanic
9. Kazuyuki Miyata 5-7-0 vs. 2-5-0 Jae Hyun So
8. Ryuki Ueyama 9-11-4 vs. 24-29-10 Kousei Kubota
7. Hiromitsu Kanehara 16-22-1 vs. 5-7-2 Kenji Nagai
6. Yuji Sakurai 9-14-1 vs. 2-6-1 Minoru Kato
5. Toshiaki Kitada 7-4-2 vs. 5-3-0 Joe Taimanglo
4. Seigo Mizuguchi 4-4-0 vs. 2-3-0 WakaArashi
3. Tomoya Miyashita 9-5-5 vs. Crazy Hiru
2. Naoki Matsushita 9-10-9 vs. Baek Won Sik (?)

Opening Fight:
1. Yasuhiro Kawasaki 1-0-1 vs. Shun Yagi (?)

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4/16 DEEP 41 - Fights Added

DEEP have announced 3 more fights for their DEEP 41 card, and the card should be close to final now.

The most interesting addition is the fight between Toshiaki Kitada and Joe Taimanglo. Taimanglo is following the trend of exchanges between Japanese organizations and PXC, the Guam based organization.

Also added is Kenji Nagai to face Hiromitsu Kanehara and Crazy Hiru to face Tomoya Miyashita.

Crazy Hiru is a fighter I know from Shoot Boxing and it will be interesting to see how he does in DEEP. I am not sure that this is his MMA debut, as Crazy Hiru is obviously not his real name...

Added:
Hiromitsu Kanehara 16-22-1 vs. 5-7-2 Kenji Nagai
Toshiaki Kitada 7-4-2 vs. 5-3-0 Joe Taimanglo
Tomoya Miyashita 9-5-5 vs. Crazy Hiru

Previously 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 Arash
Kazuyuki Miyata 5-7-0 vs. 2-5-0 Jae Hyun So
Naoki Matsushita 9-10-9 vs. Baek Won Sik (?)

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4/16 DEEP 41 - Miyata Returns!

Saeki has announced that Kazuyuki Miyata is set to make his return at DEEP 41 taking place in Korakuen Hall April 16. Miyata has not fought since his loss in the DREAM lightweight tournament last year. It is over a year since Miyata lost to Luiz "Buscape" Firmino. Since then, he has opened his own gym.

He is taking on the very young (20) Jae Hyun So, in a fight neither fighter wants to lose. Jae Hyun So is a veterean of Korean organization Spirit MC, and though his record is not good there are lots of Korean fighters coming up.

Miyata promised me to go for a KO in his next fight, he has been working hard on his striking so look for an even more agressive Miyata to enter the ring this time! This fight will be at 67kg, and Miyata is hoping to get down to featherweight at 65kg.

Also announced is the fight between Naoki Matsuchita and Korean Baek Won Sik (?)

Kazuyuki Miyata 5-7-0 vs. 2-5-0 Jae Hyun So
Naoki Matsushita 9-10-9 vs. Baek Won Sik (?)

Previously 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 Arash

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

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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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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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10/23 DEEP 38 Impact - Additional Fights Announced

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

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10/23 DEEP 38 Impact

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

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7/27 DEEP 36 Impact ZEPP Osaka

DEEP started selling tickets for DEEP 36 today. The event will be held in ZEPP Osaka and 5 fighters have been announced as participants.

Some very experienced DEEP fighters on this card! As always, Seichi Ikemoto fights in his hometown. It will be a great week for MMA fans in Osaka.

Participants:
Hidehiko Hasegawa 14-9-5
Seichi Ikemoto 16-14-5
Young "RYO" Choi 9-5-0
Jutaro Nakao 21-13-4
Seigo Mizuguchi 2-3-0

http://www.deep2001.com/news/article.php/20080615125316445

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