[DEEP 46]: risultati (28/02/2010)

DEEP 46 took place on Sunday from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with a card highlighted by two main events and the opening round of the DEEP Light-Heavyweight Tournament. Some interesting announcement made at the show. The big announcement was that one of the best woman at 106 pounds, Miku Matsumoto is retiring. She leaves the ring as the DEEP Women's Lightweight (106-Pound) Champion with an impressive 23-4-0 record. Ryo Chonan addressed the crowd and talked about his upcoming fight with Andrews Nakahara in DREAM. Katsunori Kikuno announced his intent to protect Deep's house when he faces Cage Force champ Kuniyoshi Hironaka next month. Yuya Shirai announced himself that he'll be participating in Hidehiko Yoshida's farewell event, Astra. And finally, Bernard Ackah said that he broke his hands as he was suppose to participate in the tournament. Although he asked Saeki to let him fight on April's Deep card (perhaps as a reserve).

DEEP Featherweight Champion and one of Japan's most underrated talents, Takafumi Otsuka (10-4-1) took a 3-0 decision over Takeshi Yamazaki (14-11-3) in the first of two main events. After the match Otsuka said that he was hunting for the KO, but as it didn't come, he apologizes to the fans. He promises to start hunting for the ever elusive knockout victory this year, however.

DEEP Middleweight Champion Riki Fukuda (16-4-0) won his tune-up fight over Hiromitsu Kanehara (18-23-2) by 3-0 decision. Fukuda played a conservative game on the feet (but was still getting hit), catching kicks from a tired Kanehara to take him down and grind him up on the mat.

In the opening round of the DEEP Light-Heavyweight Tournament Ryuta Noji (9-5-0) defeated Katsuhisa Fujii (9-18-1) after dropping down punches forcing the ref to jump in. After congratulating Noji on his win, Fujii got on the mic and announced his retirement. Noji followed him on the mic and pays his respect to his Kyokushin peers and his "teacher," in particular. Yoshida Dojo's Shunsuke Inoue (8-4-2) won a 5-0 deicision over Minoru Kato (3-8-3). As Inoue was leaving he made his way to the VIP seats where none other than J-Rock president and former World Victory Road PR director Takahiro Kokuho is sitting. Inoue gets to his knees and bows deeply to Kokuho, who smiles paternally, pats him on the back, and shakes his hand. Christian “Tonton” M’Pumbu (15-2-1) defeated Yuji Sakuragi (11-16-1) with a TKO stop at 2:29 of the first round after a flurry of knees. Interestingly, Sengoku FW champ Masanori Kanehara was in Sakuragi's corner. In the opener of the tournament, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (6-1-0) faced Outsider veteran Tomoaki Hata (3-1-1). In the last minute, Nakanishi passes to side, threatening with the keylock and locks it in. Hata taps at 4:30 of the first.

Deep 47 Impact will be held at Korakuen Hall on April 17, and is being billed as "DEEP LHW GP SEMI FINALS & FINALS, AND MATSUMOTO'S RETIREMENT COMMEMORATION EVENT. The winner of the tournament might just secure a birth in the DREAM tournament later this year.

RESULTS

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

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

DEEP Lightheavyweight Tournament Opening Round:
11. Ryuta Noji (8-5-0) Def. Katsuhisa Fujii (9-17-1) - R1 3:18 TKO
10. Shunsuke Inoue (7-4-2) Def. Minoru Kato (2-8-3) - 5-0 Decision
9. Christian “Tonton” M’Pumbu (14-2-1) Def. Yuji Sakuragi (11-15-1) - R1 2:29 TKO
8. Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (5-1-0) Def. Tomoaki Hata - R1 4:30 Armlock

Non-Tournament Fights:
7. FW: Yoshihiro "Barbaro44" Tomioka (14-7-6) Def. Toshiaki Kitada (10-4-3) - 2-0 Decision
6. WW: Taisuke Okuno (8-4-2) Def. Hidehiko Hasegawa (18-12-6) - R1 4:09 TKO
5. WW: Shigetoshi Iwase (8-12-3) Def. Eiji Ishikawa (18-15-2) - R1 2L07 Anaconda Choke
4. BW: Isao Terada (7-9-4) Def. Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura (9-3-5) - R1 1:11 KO
3. BW: Yoshiki Harada (2-0-0) Def. Takashige "Crazy Hill" Hirukawa (2-1-0) - R1 2:23 TKO
2. WW: Yuta Watanabe Def. Yasushi Kitazaki (10-6-1) - 3-0 Decision

Future Fight:
1. 63kg: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1-3-0) Def. Takahiro Masuda (1-2-0) - R1 3:15 TKO