Historic Event: Deep 50 features Aoki, Misaki and Minowaman

[dirk5]

After years in the fight game, becoming one of the corner stones for Japanese MMA, mixed martial arts promotion Deep will hold its 50th event on October 24, celebrating it’s 10 year anniversary at the Tokyo JCB Hall, in Tokyo, Japan.

A bevy of some of the most notable fighters will grace the card, including DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki, who will be returning to Deep after a 6 year absence from the promotion that gave him his start as a professional mixed martial artist.

Among Aoki, Deep 50 will also feature the current DREAM Super Hulk Champion and all around Japanese Icon, Ikuhisa Minowa–whom is affectionately more so recognized as simply “Minowaman”.

Both Aoki and Minowa last competed at DREAM 16 last Saturday, though reached different results. Aoki was featured in a non-title bout against former PRIDE and UFC veteran Marcus Aurelio. A dangerous Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, Aurelio has recently left American Top Team to train under Team Nogueria out of his native Brazil. Aoki seemed to be the more versed grappler, however, as he was able to easily control Marcus on the ground, mounting him on several occasions and eventually secured the unanimous decision victory towards the bouts end.

Shinya is now riding a two fight win streak since a loss to current Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez, which began with a victory over rival Tatsuya Kawajiri in defense of his DREAM title last July.

Minowaman, meanwhile, witness a five-fight win streak snapped when he met the 1-1 and Judo Olympic Gold medalist, Satoshi Ishii. The bout was largely decided by Ishii’s effective ground skills, where he was able to position himself in dominant positions all throughout the bout. Ikuhisa threatened with a leg lock early, however Ishii was in no imminent danger, and the Olympian walked away with his second win in a row, a victory over a legend, and his first in DREAM.

The line up, which will also feature Sengoku and Pride veteran Kazuo Misaki in action, Aoki in a bout against a former Pro Boxer making his MMA debut, and two title fights on the line, is as follows:

Katsunori Kikuno vs Nobuhiro Obiya (LW Title)
Yuya Shirai vs Shigetoshi Iwase (WW Title)
Shinya Aoki vs Yokthai Sithoar (confirmed)
Sanae Kikuta vs TBA
Ikuhisa Minowa vs TBA
Takafumi Otsuka vs Yoshiro Maeda
Ryo Chonan vs Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Toshikazu “ISE” Iseno vs Won Sik “Parky” Park
Kazuo Misaki vs Akira Shoji
Daiki “DJ Taiki” Hata vs Tomomi “Taisho” Iwama
Shoji Maruyama vs Tatsunao Nagakura
Hidetaka Monma vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Isao Terada vs Yoshiki Harada
Ryuta Noji vs Hiroshi Nagao

[YoMarK]

Gewoon een erg vette card.

[wrestler_nl]

IMO moet Aoki naar de USa om te vechten , In Japan heeft hij vrijwel iedereen verslagen @ de LW divisie. Maar in de US zijn er een hoop leuke matchups voor hem. Denk aan Huerta vs Aoki , melendez rematch , Alvarez rematch dat is allemaal buiten de ufc .

[dirk5]

IMO moet Aoki naar de USa om te vechten , In Japan heeft hij vrijwel iedereen verslagen @ de LW divisie. Maar in de US zijn er een hoop leuke matchups voor hem. Denk aan Huerta vs Aoki , melendez rematch , Alvarez rematch dat is allemaal buiten de ufc .

En dan kunnen ze niet naar Japan komen?

Aoki-Melendez word het met NYE in Japan, let maar op.
Huerta en Alvarez moeten in october bij bellator tegen elkaar... Huerta zal daarna weer stoppen met mma en Eddie komt weer naar dream....

het is zo voorspelbaar allemaal...

[wrestler_nl]

mij maakt het niet waar de gevechten plaats vinden als Aoki maar tegen betere competitie staat dan Yokthai Sithoar.
Gevechten als heurta vs aoki , melendez vs aoki 2 , alvares vs aoki 2 , aoki vs thomson etc wil ik zien!!!