DEEP 38 ‘Impact’ took place earlier today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
The main event brought in the crowds but ended disappointingly when Katsuyori Shibata battled Yasuhito Namekawa to a draw.
Shibata is well known in Japan for his professional wrestling despite having a mixed martial arts record that borders on abysmal (2-5 with five straight losses).
In fairness he has battled some tough competition like Yoshihiro Akiyama, Ralek Gracie & Kazushi Sakuraba, but at this stage of his MMA career he really needs to pull in a “W”.
Riki Fukuda (who some fans may recognize from his previous stint with EliteXC) had a fast paced brawl with Dutch export Jason Jones. Even though it went to a decision it was one of the more exciting fights of the night with Fukuoda coming out on top.
This fight was not without controversy however when Jones did not hear the bell at the end of the second round and continued to pummel Fukuda with some vicious ground and pound.
Both corners stormed the ring and one fan even threw a cup of ice into the ring which ironically seemed to cool things down. All was quickly forgotten and Jones & Fukuoda payed respect to each other after the fight.
It was rumored that Jones was in an altercation with a fan after the event, but no further details have been provided.
Eiji Ishikawa was successful at derailing the freight train which is Simeon Thoresen. The Norwegian sensation had won all nine of his mixed martial arts fights before Isikawa bested him with a majority decision win.
No doubt Thoresen will be back. He has a incredible amount of potential but Ishikawa proved to be the better man on this night.
In the only women’s bout of the night, Sakoto Shinashi looked impressive when she submitted Yukiko Seki just 90 seconds into the first round.
Here are the DEEP 38 ‘Impact’ complete results:
Main Card
Katsuyori Shibata (2-5-1) fought Yasuhito Namekawa (24-16-4) to a draw
Ryuta Sakurai (18-14-4) defeated Sojiro Orui (5-3-4) via split decision
Yusuke Kawaguchi (8-0) defeated Seryu (0-1) via majority decision
Satoko Shinashi (29-2-2) defeated Yukiko Seki (4-14) by armbar (1:32-R1)
Riki Fukuda (12-4) defeated Jason Jones (7-4) via unanimous decision
Takafumi Otsuka (7-3-1) defeated Masanori Kanehara (10-5-5) via split decision
Eiji Ishikawa (17-14-3) defeated Simeon Thoresen (9-1) via majority decision
Toshikazu Iseno (6-4-2) defeated Masayuki Okude (5-5-5) via unanimous decision
Shunji Kosaka (3-1) defeated Seigo Mizuguchi (3-4) via TKO (3:30-R1)
Koichiro Matsumoto (6-1) defeated Ryan Bow (17-9-2) via unanimous decision
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Tumbleweed alert…where are you Mr. Breen? We need some comments.
I tried to comment but it hasn’t come up yet. I am hoping that my comment hasn’t disappeared into the depths of cyber space.
Hurray! My comment made it!
The record for Shooto was 9 comments…let’s go people. Kevin, please make yourself useful and say something relevant.
you are asking WAY too much from kevin.
This must be how Henry Bemis felt in “Time Enough at Last”
I’m here for you.
*sigh*
I guess I’ll comment Jesse. Fighting Road???? Thats my comment, I’ve never heard of that Org.
DEEP is the org, I’m pretty sure “Fighting Road” is just a sponsor of DEEP.
Oh! thanks for the info. Still, never heard of Deep either?
boobies!
Thats better than “Fighting Road”
i saw DEEP throat one time. ok more than one time.
Damn, i thought that Thoresen was a lock for sure and that Ryuta would have blown out orui.
As soon as 100 lb women’s mma becomes popular in the US, Satoko Shinashi is gonna be a star. She has 23 career submissions, all by armbar or heel hook. But until then . . .
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A record!
I haven’t heard of any japanese female fighters. That’s interesting. That sort of makes me wonder if Gina could potentially compete in DREAM? I am sure that the above organization isn’t all that big but it shows that the competition is certainly out there.
I don’t think dream will have any females. Maybe once Valkyrie is up and running, she might be able to do that, but i doubt they can afford her or have a lot if any quality opposition at her weight. Also why would she fight on a DEEP organized card. No one knows them.
I agree that it is highly unlikely that Gina would fight for DEEP. I just wasn’t aware of any female fights going on under any Japanese banners. If DREAM were to pick up Cyborg vs. Gina, that could help them. I kind of doubt that will happen being as Affliction seems to be interested in making that match up happen. I still wonder if Zuffa will make a female division in the WEC. It would be a smart business move in my opinion.
I would love to see the WEC make a female division. As far as Gina fighting in Japan, I just can’t see it happening. She fights at 140, which is bigger than a lot of the male japanese fighters. I don’t think they have the pool for her weight class.
Yeah. Hopefully the boys at Zuffa are considering this. WEC already consists of weight classes that the UFC doesn’t consist of, so I don’t see why female MMA can’t be used as a source of revenue for Zuffa. I really don’t agree with how Zuffa handles the WEC. I think that they have a lot more experience than me in the business world, but if they put more thought and effort into it, the WEC could make them a lot more money than it has thus far. I would even go as far as to say that the WEC should get a network TV deal.
Yeah Japanese Women’s mma is on the up, it’s not huge but it’s getting bugger. There’s even an all Women’s org called Smack Girl and also another one that NNR just mentioned Valkyrie, who have their first show November 8th.
They could at least be on a better station. VS. is basically hunting, hockey, and the WEC.
Weird results, out of ten fights seven went to decision… even one draw.
Hopefully there were some wars, eh?