DEEP 74 – 12/20/2015: Ochi at 115 lbs, Inoue’s Opponent Changed to Shimabukuro
Haruo Ochi is going down to 115 lbs division for the first time in his career and will take on Joo Ho Son from Korea in DEEP 74. Ochi has […]
Haruo Ochi is going down to 115 lbs division for the first time in his career and will take on Joo Ho Son from Korea in DEEP 74. Ochi has […]
Two top veterans in DEEP's featherweight division, Kazunori Yokota and Masakazu Imanari, will collide in DEEP 74. Although Yokota is the current DEEP featherweight champ, this is going to be […]
RIZIN held a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday and announced 4 additional fights. TUF Japan / Road to UFC Japan veteran DJ taiki is going to face Hiroyuki Takaya. […]
On Friday, DEEP announced first set of fight cards of DEEP 74. Out of eight fights revealed, the most interesting fight has got to be a flyweight bout between two […]
Another interesting prospect from judo is entering into the world of MMA. Well, technically, not in a full motion yet because she is confirmed for a grappling bout in the […]
Yuki Motoya dominated Sota Kojima to defend his DEEP flyweight title, and Nobuyuki Sakakibara from RIZIN, who was at the show, told the reporters after this fight, "I would like […]
DEEP held a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday and announced the followings. DEEP Mega-ton (open-weight) champ Ken Hasegawa relinquished his belt. This was not a big surprise because Hasegawa signed with […]
On Saturday, DEEP announced the opponent of Yoshiyuki "Zenko" Yoshida in DEEP 73. UFC / Bellator veteran is going to face Kimihiro Eto. Eto is an up and comer from […]
Dominique Robinson's opponent is confirmed. Last Friday, Pancrase revealed that Eiji Ishikawa will be taking on Bass Rutten's student. Ishikawa is a veteran with 51 pro MMA fights on his […]
This is what Kazunori Yokota said after defeating Keijiro Takahashi in the headliner of the show, "Next, I want to fight in a bigger place. But not UFC." Also, Tatsumitsu […]
DEEP confirmed two veterans, Tatsuya Mizuno and Yoshiyuk "Zenko" Yoshida for DEEP 73. In June of this year, Tatsuya Mizuno fought in Japan for the first time in four years. […]
Motoya's first title defense is going to be against Sota Kojima from Yoshida Dojo. Kojima basically spent most of his pro MMA career in DEEP. Sure he has fought for […]
Satoru Kitoka and Kazuki Tokudome will fight for the vacant King of Pancrase lightweight title. This is going to be the headliner of Pancrase 271. Tokudome is signed with UFC […]
Usually in Japan, the promoter has to do everything in their power to make the fight. That's just their culture. Once you promise something to the public then you just […]
On Saturday, August 29th, at Differ Ariake, DEEP is going to promote two MMA shows. The afternoon is the DEEP CAGE IMPACT 2015 followed by DEEP JEWELS that kicks off […]
Yuuki Okano used to fight at the welterweight division until he lost to Yuya Shirai and K-taro Nakamura last year. These two consecutive losses made Okano to go down down to […]
DEEP lightweight champion Satoru Kitaoka will defend his belt against Yuuki Okano in the headliner of DEEP CAGE IMPACT 2015. The champion is currently riding on a four-fight win streak. […]
This is the fight Takafumi Otsuka really needed to win. Especially after losing to the bantamweight King of Pancrase Shintaro Ishiwatari in just little over three minutes. He knew this […]
After winning in the headliner of Funabashi Bom-Ba-Ye, DEEP featherweight champion Kazunori Yokota told the fans, "To promote Funabashi, I am going to continue fighting but only for about year […]
This was a huge opportunity for Kota Shimoishi. In the Japanese MMA, for a fighter like Shimoishi who does not live near Tokyo area, its not so easy to get […]
DEEP added three fights for DEEP 72. Former DEEP lightweight champ Daisuke Nakamura is going to take on Yuki Okano from Mach Dojo. Okano is a 28-year old that used […]
Kiyotaka Shimizu defended his King of Pancrae titles six times. More than anyone in the history of Pancrase. Yet when he fights in the other promotions such as DEEP and […]
Ever since the retirement, Ryo Chonan has been quite active in both training fighters and promoting MMA event. Besides running his own gym named TRIBE TOKYO M.M.A., Chonan first promoted […]
Nine fights in 20 months. That is almost fighting once every two months. Since he was released from UFC this is how often Motonobu Tezuka has been fighting. During this […]