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28 febbraio 2010

[DEEP 46]: LHW Tournament Opening Round Preview (28/02/2010)


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DEEP 46 takes place this Sunday February 28th, 2010 from the Tokyo Korakuen Hall. It's a hefty card with 13 matches including the Featherweight and Middleweight champs in action along with the opening round of the DEEP Light-Heavyweight Tournament plus a host of standard fights. To also note, the DEEP blog had a post saying a big, historic announcement will be made at the show. There is some speculation that it could be something to do regarding Shinya Aoki fighting in the US, but we'll have to wait and see.

In the main event, DEEP Featherweight Champion Takafumi Otsuka (9-4-1) will face Grabaka's Takeshi Yamazaki (14-10-3) in a non-title fight. Otsuka beat Dokonjonosuke Mishima at DEEP 43 back in August to win the title. Before that he put in a valiant effort against DREAM Featherweight champ Bibiano Fernandes in the opening round of the Grand Prix last year. His opponent, Takeshi Yamazaki, picked up a win over Shoji Maruyama at DREAM.3 but is winless since in his last four fights. Yamazaki will be in tough against the champ but you can be sure he'll be hungry for a victory.

DEEP Middleweight Champion Riki Fukuda (15-4-0) will be in action against former pro-wrestler Hiromitsu Kanehara (18-22-2) in what is also a non-title match. Fukuda fought at DREAM.8 as a late replacement for Yoon Dong-Sik, where he defeated Murilo Rua by decision. He has an impressive 15-4 record. At DEEP 42 he defeated Yuichi Nakanishi by decision to win the DEEP Middleweight crown. Hiromitsu Kanehara holds notable wins over Masayuki Naruse, Wataru Sakata, Jeremy Horn and a knockout victory over Valentijn Overeem. He was undefeated in '09 with a 2-0-1 record.

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DEEP will run an 8-man Light-Heavyweight Tournament to crown a Light-Heavyweight Champion. Ryuta Noji (8-5-0) who spent the last couple years in the HEAT promotion, won his DEEP debut over Ryan Goodman late last year. He will face veteran Katsuhisa Fujii (9-17-1) who will try and halt a dismal five fight loosing streak dating back to July 2007.

Minoru Kato (2-8-3) will meet Shunsuke Inoue (7-4-2) in another first round tournament match. Kato had a very busy 2009 but did not come away with any victories dropping to 0-3-3. One of these three draws came against his first upcoming round opponent, Shunsuke Inoue. Inoue also had eventful 2009 and found more success going 3-1-1. His only loss came at the hands of Ryo Kawamura this past December in Pancrase.

The French fighter Christian “Tonton” M’Pumbu (14-2-1) will make his DEEP debut when he faces Yuji Sakuragi (11-15-1) in the opening round. M’Pumbu has an impressive record with only two losses in seventeen appearances but his opponents have been less then top class. Yuji Sakuragi is coming off a victory in the main event of the WAFC - Impact League 2 show in Russia last October. Last year he defeated fellow tournament participant Minoru Kato at DEEP 41.

The final first round fight will see Brazilian Edison Mishio (2-1-0) return to DEEP after being absent from MMA for over a year. He will meet Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (5-1-0) who comes into the match on a two fight winning streak with his last win coming against Akim Assenine at M-1 Challenge 18.

There are a few notable non-tournament fights on the undercard, Club Barbarian fighter Yoshihiro "Barbaro44" Tomioka (14-7-6) meets Toshiaki Kitada (10-4-3). Hidehiko Hasegawa (18-12-6) put's his multi-fight win streak on the line against Shooto's Taisuke Okuno (8-4-2) and Eiji Ishikawa (18-15-2) will look for his fourth straight win in DEEP when he meets Shigetoshi Iwase (8-12-3).



DEEP 46 IMPACT
February 28, 2010 (Sun)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Main Events:
13. FW: Takafumi Otsuka (9-4-1) vs. Takeshi Yamazaki (14-10-3)
12. MW: Riki Fukuda (15-4-0) vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (18-22-2)

DEEP Lightheavyweight Tournament Opening Round:
11. Ryuta Noji (8-5-0) vs. Katsuhisa Fujii (9-17-1)
10. Minoru Kato (2-8-3) vs. Shunsuke Inoue (7-4-2)
9. Christian “Tonton” M’Pumbu (14-2-1) vs. Yuji Sakuragi (11-15-1)
8. Edison Salman Mishio (2-1-0 vs. Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (5-1-0)

Non-Tournament Fights:
7. FW: Yoshihiro "Barbaro44" Tomioka (14-7-6) vs. Toshiaki Kitada (10-4-3)
6. WW: Hidehiko Hasegawa (18-12-6) vs. Taisuke Okuno (8-4-2)
5. WW: Eiji Ishikawa (18-15-2) vs. Shigetoshi Iwase (8-12-3)
4. BW: Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura (9-3-5) vs. Isao Terada (7-9-4)
3. BW: Takashige "Crazy Hill" Hirukawa (2-1-0) vs. Yoshiki Harada (2-0-0)
2. WW: Yasushi Kitazaki (10-6-1) vs. Yuta Aoyama (0-1-1)

Future Fight:
1. 63kg: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1-3-0) vs. Takahiro Masuda (1-2-0)


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