Currently
ranked as the No.
5 featherweight fighter in the world, Masakazu Imanari failed to live up to
expectations as he dropped a decision and his featherweight title at Monday’s
DEEP 35 to unranked Dokonjonosuke Mishima.
Imanari had
been on a five-fight winning streak entering the bout. In defeating him,
Mishima ended a two-fight skid that saw him lose bouts to Kenny Florian and Joe
Stevenson in the UFC’s lightweight division. The drop in weight to face Imanari
proved a wise choice for Mishima, as he walked away with the DEEP belt.
Yuichi
Nakanishi went the distance twice on Monday winning back-to-back bouts against
Daijiro Matsui and Riki Fukuda to win the DEEP Middleweight Tournament.
In the
lightweight division, Pang Sung Hwan knocked out Kazunori Yokota, securing his
spot as the new DEEP champion.
DEEP
Middleweight Tournament Final:
Yuichi
Nakanishi def. Riki Fukuda by Decision 3-0
DEEP
Featherweight title fight:
Dokonjonosuke
Mishima def. Masakazu Imanari by Decision 2-0
DEEP
Lightweight title fight:
Pang Sung
Hwan def. Kazunori Yokota by KO Round 1, 3:38
Hidehiko
Hasegawa drew with Hiroki Nagaoka
Mai Ichi
def. Satoko Shinashi by decision 2-0
Jutaro
Nakao def. Shigetoshi Iwase by decision 3-0
Middleweight
Tournament Reserve Fight:
Ryuta
Sakurai def. Young Choi by Decision 3-0
Middleweight
Tournament Semi-Finals
Riki Fukuda
def. Yuya Shirai by Decision 2-1
Yuichi
Nakanishi def. Daijiro Matsui by Decision 3-0
Non-Tournament/Title
fights:
LUIZ def.
Toshikazu Iseno by KO at 0:41, R2
Koichiro
Matsumoto def. Yuki Ito by Decision 2-0
Hyun Gyu
Lim def. Noboru Onishi by TKO at 0:48, R2
Results
courtesy of www.Japan-MMA.com
