7/3 DEEP 48 Impact - Participants Announced

DEEP have announce 7 fights today for their 48 Impact event to be held in Differ Ariake. There are some very interesting fights between some talented fighters here.

In particular I like the Tatsunao Nakakura vs. Tomoya Kato matchup, but also Yoshiki Harada vs. Masato Kobayashi is a very good and interesting fight between 2 talented fighters.

Also participating at this event will be Eiji Ishikawa and Yusuke Kawaguchi.

Announced:
Shigetoshi Iwase 9-12-3 vs. Jung Hwan Cha
Seigo Mizuguchi 7-6-0 vs. 5-1-1 Kazuhisa Tazawa
Tomohiko Hori 11-8-5 vs. 9-4-5 Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura
Tatsunao Nagakura 5-1-0 vs. 8-2-0 Tomoya Kato
Yuki Ito 8-5-9 vs. 5-1-1 Yasuhiro Kawasaki
Sadao Kondo 5-0-1 vs. 8-8-3 Kosuto Umeda
Yoshiki Harada 3-0-0 vs. 4-1-0 Masato Kobayashi

Participants:
Yusuke Kawaguchi 11-2-0
Eiji Ishikawa 19-16-2

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1/24 DEEP 45 Impact - RESULTS

DEEP 45 was held yesterday in Osaka, and the main event was a title fight between 2 DREAM welterweight GP participants in Seichi Ikemoto and Yuya Shirai. Ikemoto won the title in the same arena in July 2008. This time he continue building on his losing streak, in a fight that went all the way to a decision. DEEP employs 5 judges in a title with and all voted for Yuya Shirai to be the new champion.

Tatsunao Nagakura expends his undefeated record to 5 with a very decisive win in the 1st round. Winning by KO over an experienced opponent in Yusuke Kagiyama.

DEEP Welterweight Title Fight:
Yuya Shirai Def. Seichi Ikemoto by Decision 5-0

Seigo Mizuguchi Def. Ryota by armbar Round 1 2:08
Jutaro Nakao Def. Yuki Ito by Decision 3-0
Tomomi "TAISHO" Iwama Def. Makoto Kamaya by Decision 3-0
Rikuhei Fujii Def. Young "RYO" Choi by Decision 3-0
Tatsunao Nagakura Def. Yusuke Kagiyama by KO Round 1 3:28
Yasuaki Kishimoto Def. Akihiko Mouri by Decision 3-0
Koji Nakamura vs. Shinichiro Tanaka Draw (1-0)
Yusaku Nakamura Def. Hiroto Hattori by TKO Round 1 4:21

Next-Level Kick Rule:
Mori 翔之 Def. Takeshi Kai by Decision 3-0
Davis Def. James by Decision 3-0
Hiroto Yamaguchi Def. 義悟Inoue by Decision 3-0
Koki Nakagawa Def. Hirohira Matsuura by Decision 2-0
Akira Sakurai Def. 顕吾 Kishimoto by Decision 3-0
Sho Koike Def. Takeshi Harada by Decision 3-0

Future Fight:
Sho Nonaka Def. Keita Yoshikawa by heel-hold Round 1 2:45
Koji Tomita Def. Yuji Sato by TKO Round 2 4:21

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1/24 DEEP 45 Impact - Fights Announced

DEEP have announced some fights for their Impact 45 event which will be held in Zepp Osaka. The main event will probably be the title fight between 2 DREAM welterweight tournament participants in Seichi Ikemoto and Yuya Shirai.

But there are some more interesting fights on the card as well, Korean "Ryo" is taking on Rikuhei Fujii and "Taisho" is taking on Makoto Kamaya.

Also a fight I am looking forward to is Jutaro Nakao vs. Yuki Ito.

DEEP Welterweight Title Fight:
(Champion) Seichi Ikemoto 18-16-5 vs. 17-8-0 Yuya Shirai

Young "RYO" Choi 12-7-1 vs. 5-3-0 Rikuhei Fujii
Tomomi "TAISHO" Iwama 7-5-1 vs. 13-7-1 Makoto Kamaya
Jutaro Nakao 22-15-4 vs. 8-4-8 Yuki Ito
Seigo Mizuguchi vs. Ryota
Tatsunao Nagakura 4-0-0 vs. 8-2-1 Yusuke Kagiyama
Akihiko Mouri 8-6-1 vs. 8-3-2 Yasuaki Kishimoto
Hiroto Hattori 8-4-1 vs. Yusaku Nakamura
Koji Nakamura 1-2-0 vs. 2-4-2 Shinichiro Tanaka

NEXT LEVEL - Kick Rule
Mori 翔之(M-BLOW) vs. Takeshi Kai
Koki Nakagawa vs. Hirohira Matsuura
Hiroto Yamaguchi vs. 義悟Inoue
Shinpei Hayashi vs. 顕吾 Kishimoto
Sho Koike vs. Takeshi Harada
James vs. Davis

Future Fight:
Yuji Sato vs. Koji Tomita
Keita Yoshikawa vs. Sho Nonaka

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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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10/10 DEEP 44 Impact - Fight Order

DEEP have announced the complete fight card for DEEP 44. The headline will be the Megaton Title fight between the champion Yusuke Kawaguchi and Seigo Mizuguchi. The co-main event will be female fight between DEEP queen Miku Matsumoto and the experienced "Windy" Tomomi.

Kleber Koike continues to meet tough opponents, this time its Paraestra Chiba's Toshiaki Kitada.

Main Event - DEEP Megaton Title Fight:
11. Yusuke Kawaguchi 9-1-0 vs. 6-4-0 Seigo Mizuguchi

10. 51kg: Miku Matsumoto 21-4-0 vs. 12-10-1 "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba
9. 77.1kg: Hidehiko Hasegawa 17-12-6 vs. 10-11-4 Ryuki Ueyama
8. 83.9g: Ryuta Sakurai 18-16-4 vs. 4-1-0 Hosea Ware
7. 87kg: Hiromitsu Kanehara 18-22-1 vs. MAX Tozawa
6. 77.1kg: Yuya Shirai 16-8-0 vs. 8-11-3 Shigetoshi Iwase
5. 65.8kg: Kleber Koike 1-2-0 vs. 9-4-2 Toshiaki Kitada
4 62kg: Hiryu Okamoto 3-2-1 vs. 0-1-0 Takashige "Crazy Hill" Hirukawa
3. 65.8kg: Tatsunao Nagakura vs. 2-2-1 Fuhito Hasegawa

Future Fight:
2. 70kg: Tomoya Kato 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Ryota Minawa
1. 63kg: Tatsuhito Satsuma 1-2-0 vs. 1-1-0 Hiroyuki Kobayashi

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10/10 DEEP 44 Impact - Title Fight Announced

DEEP 44 Impact is a return to Korakuen Hall, after having Impact events in Osaka and Hamamatsu.

And they have already announced a title fight, it is the megaton title that will be on the line here. The champion Yusuke Kawaguchi will take on Seigo Mizuguchi in what is a rematch. The first time they met was to the day 2 years ago. On that occation it took just above 2 minutes for Kawaguchi to put away Seigo.

Also announced is former champion Hidehiko Hasegawa, he will take on Pride and HERO's veteran Ryuki Ueyama who returned to the ring with a win, after over 2 years away earlier this year.

DEEP Megaton Title Fight:
Yusuke Kawaguchi 9-1-0 vs. 6-4-0 Seigo Mizuguchi

Hidehiko Hasegawa 17-12-6 vs. 10-11-4 Ryuki Ueyama
Yuya Shirai 16-8-0 vs. 8-11-3 Shigetoshi Iwase
Hiryu Okamoto 3-2-1 vs. 0-1-0 Takashige "Crazy Hill" Hirukawa
Tatsunao Nagakura vs. 2-2-1 Fuhito Hasegawa

Future Fight:
Tatsuhito Satsuma 1-2-0 vs. 1-1-0 Hiroyuki Kobayashi

Paricipants:
Miku Matsumoto 21-4-0
Ryuta Sakurai 18-16-4
Toshiaki Kitada 9-4-2
Hiromitsu Kanehara 18-22-1
Akira Hiju
Tomoya Kato

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