Imanari Submits Maeda for DEEP Championship
Non-tournament action
Jason Nowe Dec 2, 2005
Yamazaki’s Grabaka teammate Yuki Sasaki (Pictures) took on Taka Kunou in a relatively short
bout. Kunou caught one of Sasaki’s kicks, scoring the only
takedown. After taking some knees from a bad position on his way
back to his feet, Sasaki landed a big right hand that caught Kunou
on the chin, sending him to his knees. From here the Grabaka
fighter fired more punches until the referee stepped in and stopped
the fight at the 2:20 mark of the first.
Takanori Gomi (Pictures)’s sparring partner and Kikuchi dojo member Nobuhiro Obiya (Pictures) faced off against Brazilian Top Team’s Milton Vieira (Pictures) in a brilliant back-and-forth battle. Vieira had a big reach advantage in this one.
After a fairly even first round, Vieira landed a huge jumping knee
to the head to open the second, followed by a seamless transition
to his staggered opponent’s back, dragging him to the mat. The
Japanese fighter showed his resilience and weathered the storm,
fighting off the choke and an armbar attempt that followed.
The third round saw Obiya land several shots while standing. Vieira would go for the shot whenever he got in trouble, only to end up on his back where the Japanese fighter continued to rain down punches from the top. The fight went the distance and Vieira looked pretty banged up by the end. The judges awarded Obiya the unanimous victory.
SK Absolute fighter Hidehiko Hasegawa (Pictures) put on quite a grappling clinic in his fight against U-file Camp member Daisuki Nakamura. Hasegawa went for a kneebar from the bottom, then shifted around to take his opponent’s back. While Nakamura defended the choke, Hasegawa transitioned to an armbar. The end of the first saw both fighters struggling to apply leg submissions.
The second round saw the SK Absolute fighter controlling his opponent’s back again. Nakumura worked for an Achilles, then a kneebar towards the end of the round but ran out of time. Hasegawa took the unanimous win.
DEEP announced that the main event for their fifth anniversary show on February 5 at Korakuen Hall would pit current champion Ryuta Sakurai (Pictures) against Ryo Chonan (Pictures) in a bout for the title.
Takanori Gomi (Pictures)’s sparring partner and Kikuchi dojo member Nobuhiro Obiya (Pictures) faced off against Brazilian Top Team’s Milton Vieira (Pictures) in a brilliant back-and-forth battle. Vieira had a big reach advantage in this one.
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The third round saw Obiya land several shots while standing. Vieira would go for the shot whenever he got in trouble, only to end up on his back where the Japanese fighter continued to rain down punches from the top. The fight went the distance and Vieira looked pretty banged up by the end. The judges awarded Obiya the unanimous victory.
SK Absolute fighter Hidehiko Hasegawa (Pictures) put on quite a grappling clinic in his fight against U-file Camp member Daisuki Nakamura. Hasegawa went for a kneebar from the bottom, then shifted around to take his opponent’s back. While Nakamura defended the choke, Hasegawa transitioned to an armbar. The end of the first saw both fighters struggling to apply leg submissions.
The second round saw the SK Absolute fighter controlling his opponent’s back again. Nakumura worked for an Achilles, then a kneebar towards the end of the round but ran out of time. Hasegawa took the unanimous win.
DEEP announced that the main event for their fifth anniversary show on February 5 at Korakuen Hall would pit current champion Ryuta Sakurai (Pictures) against Ryo Chonan (Pictures) in a bout for the title.
