DEEP News

DEEP has a busy February coming up with two shows planned.

DEEP X, the grappling series will run “DEEP X 05″ this Saturday February 6th, 2010 from the Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo. Some of the top grapplers in the world will be participating.

2009 ADCC World Championship semi finalist K-taro Nakamura will meet Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championship 3rd place Paul Schreiner in the main event. The 2007 ADCC Women's World Champion, Sayaka Shioda will face  Rikako Yuasa and Takashi Yamada meets the 2009 ADCC World Championship 3rd place Ryan Hall.

 #18 ranked Heavyweight K-1 fighter and 2009 K-1 World Grand Prix Asia Champion, Singh Jaideep will meet Hideki Sekine. Could this mark the entrance into the MMA world for Singh Jaideep?

DEEP has also announced the match-ups for their Light-Heavyweight tournament which takes place on February 28th @ DEEP 46 (the semifinals and final of the tournament will take place on April 17th) Here are the quarterfinal brackets:

Ryuta Noji (8-5-0) vs. Katsuhisa Fujii (9-17-1)
Minoru Kato (2-8-3) vs. Shunsuke Inoue (7-4-2)
Christian "Tonton" M’Pumbu (14-2-1) vs. Yuji Sakuragi (11-15-1)
Carlos Toyota (3-3-1) vs. Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (5-1-0)

Check out the full lineups and more after the jump.

BULL TERRIER presents DEEP X 05
Place: Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo, Japan
Date: Sunday, February 6th, 2010

[ ★ 81.5kg ★ 1R 4 minutes, 2R 4 minutes, 3R 2 minutes ]
K-taro Nakamura (18-4-2) (Japan / Wajiutsu Keishukai) vs. Paul “El Technico” Schreiner (USA / Claudio Franca)

[ ★ 68kg ★ 1R 4 minutes, 2R 4 minutes, 3R 2 minutes ]
Baret Yoshida (5-6-1)  beat Kouhei Yasumi (6-7-2)  

[ ★ 73kg ★ 1R 4 minutes, 2R 4 minutes, 3R 2 minutes ]
Keitaro Yamada (Japan / Brave) vs. Ryan Hall (USA / Lloyd Irvin)

[ ★ 56kg ★ 2R +2 mins ]
Sayaka Shioda (3-1-0) (Japan / AACC) vs. Ricaco (Japan / Pogona Club Gym)

[ ★Openweight ★ 1R 4 minutes, 2R 4 minutes, 3R 2 minutes ]
Marquinhos Souza (Brazil / Bonsai Jiu-Jitsu) vs. KOTETSU (Free)

[ ★ 85kg ★ 1R 4 minutes, 2R 4 minutes, 3R 2 minutes ]
Motoki Miyazawa (6-0-1) (Japan / Wajutsu Keishukai Tokyo) vs. Yuji Arai (0-1-0) (Japan / MAX Jiu-Jitsu Academy)

[ ★ Openweight ★ 2R - 1.2 R4 minutes ]
Yuichi Ozono vs. Taijiro Ui

[ ★ Openweight ★ 2R - 1.2 R4 minutes ]
Hideki Sekine (1-0-0) (Japan / (Bonsai Jiu Jitsu) vs. Singh “Heart” Jaideep (India)

DEEP 46
Place: Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Date: February 28th, 2010

[ ★ Featherweight ★ 3R x 5Min ]
Hidehiko Hasegawa (18-12-6) (SK Absolute) vs.Taisuke Okuno (8-4-2) (Freelance)

[ ★ Middleweight ★ 3R x 5Min ]
Riki Fukuda (15-4-0) (Grabaka) vs  Hiromitsu Kanehara (18-22-2) (UKR)

[ ★ DEEP Light-Heavyweight Tournament ~ Quarter Finals - 2R x 5Min ]
Ryuta Noji (8-5-0) vs. Katsuhisa Fujii (9-17-1)

[ ★ DEEP Light-Heavyweight Tournament ~ Quarter Finals - 2R x 5Min ]
Minoru Kato (2-8-3) vs. Shunsuke Inoue (7-4-2)

[ ★ DEEP Light-Heavyweight Tournament ~ Quarter Finals - 2R x 5Min ]
Christian "Tonton" M’Pumbu (14-2-1) vs. Yuji Sakuragi (11-15-1)

[ ★ DEEP Light-Heavyweight Tournament ~ Quarter Finals - 2R x 5Min ]
Carlos Toyota (3-3-1) vs. Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (5-1-0)

[ ★ Featherweight ★ ]
Yoshihiro "Barbaro44" Tomioka (14-7-6) (Club Barbarian) vs. Toshiaki Kitada (10-4-3) (Paraestra Chiba)

[ ★ Welterweight ★ ]
Eiji Ishikawa (18-15-2) (Grabaka) vs. Shigetoshi Iwase (8-12-3) (T-Blood)

[ ★ Bantamweight ★ ]
Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura (9-3-5)  (Yellow Mans) vs. Isao Terada ( 7-9-4) (Alliance-Square)

[ ★ Welterweight ★ ]
Yasushi Kitazaki (10-6-1) (Zendokai Hiroshima) vs. Yuta Aoyama (0-1-1) (Alliance-Square)

[ ★ Featherweight ★ ]
Takashige "Crazy Hill" Hirukawa (2-1-0) (Bungeling Bay) vs. Yoshiki Harada (2-0-0) (Mach Dojo)