All fighters made weight, though Dokonjonosuke Mishima (above left, with challenger Takafumi Otsuka) needed two tries. Photos via Sportsnavi.
DEEP 43rd Impact
August 23, 2009
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
#10 – 77.1kg (170 lbs.) – 3R x 5 min.
Ryo Chonan (15-10 / Team M.A.D.) – 77.0kg / 169.7 lbs.
vs.
Jutaro Nakao (22-14-4 / freelance) – 77.0kg / 169.7 lbs.
#9 – DEEP Featherweight (65.8kg) Title Match – 3R x 5 min.
Dokonjonosuke Mishima (19-6-2 / Cobra Kai / champion) – 66.0kg / 145.5 lbs. → 65.8kg / 145 lbs.
vs.
Takafumi Otsuka (8-4-1 / AACC / challenger) – 65.4kg / 144.1 lbs.
#8 – DEEP Bantamweight (62kg) Title Match – 3R x 5 min.
Masakazu Imanari (16-7-1 / Team ROKEN / champion) – 61.9kg / 136.4 lbs.
vs.
Tomohiko Hori (10-4-3 / freelance / challenger) – 62kg / 136.6 lbs.
#7 – 93kg (205 lbs.) – 2R x 5 min.
Bernard Ackah (2-3 / freelance) – 92.4kg / 203.7 lbs.
vs.
Ryushi Yanagisawa (24-23-9 / Sakaguchi Dojo) – 91.1kg / 202.6 lbs.
#6 – 65.8kg (145 lbs.) – 2R x 5 min.
Toshiaki Kitada (8-4-2 / Paraestra Chiba) – 65.3kg / 143.9 lbs.
vs.
Zach Makovsky (5-1 / Fight Factory) – 63.9kg / 140.8 lbs.
#5 – 65.8kg (145 lbs.) – 2R x 5 min.
Koichiro Matsumoto (7-2 / Imada Dojo) – 65.7kg / 144.8 lbs.
vs.
Shunichi Shimizu (14-4-5 / Uruno Dojo – Team ZST) – 65.3kg / 143.9 lbs.
#4 – 93kg (205 lbs.) – 2R x 5 min.
Yuji Sakuragi (10-14-1, 1 NC / Seikendo) – 91kg / 200.6 lbs.
vs.
Hans Stringer (8-4-1 / Team Beast of the East) – 92.6kg / 204.1 lbs.
#3 – 70.3kg (155 lbs.) – 2R x 5 min.
Yuichi Ikari (11-6-3 / P’s Lab Tokyo) – 70.0kg / 154.3 lbs.
vs.
Won Sik “Parky” Park (6-1-1 / CMA Korea) – 69.5kg / 153.2 lbs.
#2 – 77.1kg (170 lbs.) – 2R x 5 min.
Yoshitomo Watanabe (6-9-2 / AACC) – 76.7kg / 169 lbs.
vs.
Pat “Zuzu” Ayuyu (1-0-1 / Purebred Osaka) – 76.6kg / 168.8 lbs.
#1 – 77.1kg (170 lbs.) – 2R x 5 min.
Yuki Ito (7-3-3 / Alliance-Square) – 70.2kg / 154.7 lbs.
vs.
Sadao Kondo (4-0 / Blue Dog) – 69.8kg / 153.8 lbs.
DEEP Future Fight #3 – 70kg (154 lbs.) – 2R x 5 min.
Yasuhiro Kawasaki (2-1-1 / R-Blood)
vs.
Tomoya Kato (4-0 / BONDS)
Deep Future Fight #2 – 67kg (147 lbs.) – 2R x 5 min.
Makoto Kataoka (Reversal)
vs.
Hideyuki Noro (Team Grachan)
Deep Future Fight #1 – 62kg (136 lbs.) – 2R x 5 min.
Tatsuya Tsuchida (3-3 / Dobuita MMA)
vs.
KZ (1-0 / Team Grachan)