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Zepp
Deep Osaka, Official Weigh-Ins
by Hody
Jae Huh, IronLife.com Staff Writer & Mod
Official
Poster
A
unique event will be held tomorrow (Sunday the 06th) in Osaka, Japan
– Zepp Deep. Deep is an up and coming Japanese MMA event that
has notable fighters like Jutaro Nakao, Seichi Ikemoto, Mishima, and
Chonan. While Chonan will not be fighting in tomorrows event, Nakao,
Ikemoto, and Mishima will be. This event will be different than past
ones. The event is being geared towards non MMA fans. I’ve been
told that it will be a cross between a rock concert, music video, and
MMA event. Confused? So am I. Unfortunately, there’s not much
information available. I was hard pressed to even get the names of
the fighters. I did learn that the rules will be similar to Pride,
however, inactivity on the ground will result in the fighters being
stood back up. They are hoping that this event will be faster paced
and more action packed, as to appeal to non MMA fans.
Here’s
an unofficial fight card list. All the names have been translated*
as best as possible with the limited information that was provided.
The names may or may not be spelled correctly. All information was
originally in Japanese and Kanji (Chinese characters).
1.
Anthony Metzler (Team Boon) vs. Chae Jhun Gyu (Spirits MC)
2.
Terada, Isao (G Squared) vs. Takinishi (CMA Kyoto)
3.
Tsuyoshi Kurihara (Team Roken) vs. Mitsutaka Tanimura (S-Factory Kobe
Okamura gym)
4.
Ken Hamamura (CMA Kyoto) vs. Binishus Takahashi (Team Mugen)
5.
Mishima vs. Suji Yuka (female) (Exhibition match)
6.
Jutaro Nakao (Freelance) vs. Kyosuke Sasaki (U-file camp.com)
7.
Seichi Ikemoto (Lailutsu Conan) vs. Daisuke Nakamura (U-file camp.com)
Weigh
in Pics:
(I
tried to identify as many of the fighters as possible. No press
packet was available and no pictures were available on the promotions
homepage). *Mishima and Suji Yuka were not present at the weigh ins
since their match is an exhibition.
Anthony
Metzler
Seichi
Ikemoto
Daisuke
Nakamura
Jutaro
Nakao
Kyosuke
Sasaki
Glove
Check:
Daisuke
Nakamura
Seichi
Ikemoto
Kyosuke
Sasaki
Jutaro
Nakao checks his glove size
Nakao
makes sure his glove fits
Nakao
throws a punch
Chonan:
Chonan
was in attendance to support his team mate Isao Terada.
Chonan
taking a pic of one of the posters
Some
random pics:
Pic
taken during the rule meeting
Taken
during the rule meeting
Nakao
re-hydrates following weigh ins
Photographs
by Hody Jae Huh
*Translation
by Scott Laking (http://www.bushinjuku.com/)
**
Video by David Moskowitz (http://www.englishsociety.info/)
Hody
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Article by Hody Jae Huh, IronLife.com Staff Writer & Mod.
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