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2002 in Deep

The year 2002 was the second year in the history of Deep, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2002 Deep held 6 events beginning with, Deep: 4th Impact.

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2002 in Deep
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First dateMarch 30, 2002
Last dateDecember 8, 2002
Events
Total events6
Fights
Total fights76
Chronology
2001 in Deep 2002 in Deep 2003 in Deep

The year 2002 was the second year in the history of Deep, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2002 Deep held 6 events beginning with, Deep: 4th Impact.

Title fights

Title fights in 2002
Weight class Method Round Time Event Notes
Middleweight Ryuki Ueyama def. Eiji Ishikawa Submission (Toe Hold) 2 0:48 Deep: 5th Impact a
  1. For the Deep Middleweight Championship.

Events list

# Event title Date Arena Location
9 Deep: 7th Impact December 8, 2002 Differ Ariake Tokyo
8 Deep: clubDeep Ozon November 10, 2002 Club Ozon Nagoya
7 Deep: 6th Impact September 7, 2002 Ariake Coliseum Tokyo
6 Deep: clubDeep Ozon July 14, 2002 Club Ozon Nagoya
5 Deep: 5th Impact June 9, 2002 Differ Ariake Tokyo
4 Deep: 4th Impact March 30, 2002 Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium Nagoya

Deep: 4th Impact

Deep: 4th Impact1 was an event held on March 30, 2002 at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Kengo Watanabe def. Dos Caras, Jr. Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 2 3:52
Yuki Kondo def. Nestor Martinez Submission (Armbar) 1 1:58
Wataru Sakata def. Toro Irison Submission (Armbar) 1 4:05
Minoru Suzuki def. El Solar DQ (Groin Strikes) 1 2:26
Hirotaka Yokoi def. Memo Diaz Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Joao Roque def. Takehiro Murahama Submission (Armbar) 1 2:13
Gustavo Machado vs. Yuki Sasaki Draw 3 5:00
Yasuhito Namekawa def. Daisuke Watanabe Decision (Majority) 3 5:00
Ryo Chonan def. Kenji Akiyama TKO (Submission to punches) 1 4:22
Mitsuhisa Sunabe def. Rambaa Somdet Decision (Majority) 3 5:00
Kyosuke Sasaki def. Tatsuharu Doi Submission (Kimura) 1 2:51
Ryogaku Wada def. Asteka Asteka KO (Punches) 1 2:54
Mario Sergio Yokoyama def. Hitoyo Kimura TKO 1 5:00
Tomomi Iwama def. Keichi Enami KO (Punch) 1 1:07
Tomoaki Nagai def. Tatsuya Kurahashi Submission (Kimura) 1 3:44
Yoshinari Asano vs. Naoki Kimura Draw 1 5:00

Deep: 5th Impact

Deep: 5th Impact2 was an event held on June 9, 2002 at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Ryuki Ueyama def. Eiji Ishikawa Submission (Toe Hold) 2 0:48
Makoto Miyazawa def. Ryogaku Wada KO (Punch) 1 3:23
Kosei Kubota def. Eiji Ishikawa Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Darren Uyenoyama def. Rambaa Somdet Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Ryuki Ueyama def. Takaharu Murahama Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 3 1:44
Takafumi Ito def. Ikuto Hidaka Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 1 1:54
Eiji Ishikawa def. Ryo Chonan Decision (Majority) 2 5:00
Kosei Kubota def. Yuji Hisamatsu Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Ryuki Ueyama def. Seiki Ryo Decision (Majority) 2 5:00
Takaharu Murahama def. Yuji Hoshino Technical Submission (Leg Scissor Choke) 2 1:23
Masayuki Demise vs. Minoru Tsuiki Draw 2 5:00
Taku Aramaki def. Hirotaka Miyakawa Submission (Armbar) 1 3:36

Deep: clubDeep Ozon

Deep: clubDeep Ozon3 was an event held on July 14, 2002 at the Club Ozon in Nagoya, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Tomoaki Nagai def. Hitoyo Kimura TKO (Punches) 1 3:13
Yoshinobu Ota def. Noriyuki Takeuchi Submission (Guillotine Choke) 1 0:42
Keita Inayoshi def. Riki Kanesada Submission (Armbar) 1 1:31
Masato Okawa def. Hiroki Noritsugi TKO (Corner Stoppage) 1 1:50
Toshihiko Ono vs. Mario Sergio Yokoyama Draw 2 5:00
Mitsuhiro Ito def. Shiro Takai TKO (Punches) 2 1:21

Deep: 6th Impact

Deep: 6th Impact4 was an event held on September 7, 2002 at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan. Going into his fight, Shoichi Ichimiya was the holder of the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, a comedic professional wrestling title promoted by Dramatic Dream Team (now DDT Pro-Wrestling) which is defended 24/7. As the result of his loss to Kazuki Okubo, Okubo was officially recognized as the champion by DDT.5

Results

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Kiyoshi Tamura def. Ikuhisa Minowa Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Dokonjonosuke Mishima def. Takafumi Ito Submission (Armbar) 1 0:53
Antônio Rogério Nogueira def. Tsuyoshi Kosaka Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Ryuki Ueyama def. Gilson Ferreira Submission (Armbar) 3 3:49
Fabio Mello def. Takumi Yano Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Dos Caras, Jr. def. Tatsuaki Nakano Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 1 4:05
Joao Roque def. Ryan Bow Decision (Majority) 3 5:00
Yasuhito Namekawa def. Makoto Miyazawa Submission (Guillotine Choke) 3 2:37
Ryo Chonan def. Katsumi Usuta TKO (Flying Knee and Punches) 1 0:05
Kazuki Okubo def. Shoichi Ichimiya Submission (Armbar) 1 2:41
Naoki Seki vs. Shunichi Akimoto Draw 2 5:00
Tomomi Iwama def. Shinobu Tsukikage Submission (Armbar) 1 1:10

Deep: clubDeep Ozon

Deep: clubDeep Ozon6 was an event held on November 10, 2002 at the Club Ozon in Nagoya, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Takao Yamamoto vs. Hiroyuki Ito Draw 2 5:00
Toshihiko Ono vs. Naoki Kimura Draw 2 5:00
Mitsuhiro Ito def. Keita Inayoshi TKO (Punches) 1 0:00
Atsushi Uozumi def. Riki Kanesada TKO (Corner Stoppage) 2 0:00
Yasuhiro Konno def. Yukihiro Hioki Submission (Kimura) 1 0:00
Hiroki Isagi def. Kenji Takeshige TKO (Punches) 2 0:00
Tatsuya Kawano def. Ryuichi Kawai Submission (Armbar) 2 0:00
Shiro Takai def. Kochi Shimizu TKO (Punches) 2 0:00

Deep: 7th Impact

Deep: 7th Impact7 was an event held on December 8, 2002 at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Hirohide Fujinuma def. Dai Moriyama TKO (Corner Stoppage) 1 2:22
Tomoyuki Fukami def. Koichi Watanuki TKO (Corner Stoppage) 1 4:50
Dai Moriyama def. Daisuke Nakamura Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Hirohide Fujinuma def. Ryo Tanaka TKO (Punches) 1 1:52
Daisuke Nakamura def. Hitoyo Kimura Submission (Armbar) 2 0:50
Yuki Kotake def. Hiroyuki Masuzawa KO (Kick) 1 3:16
Dai Moriyama def. Kei Ichikawa Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Ryo Tanaka def. Kochi Shimizu Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Masanori Suda def. Ryo Chonan Decision (Split) 3 5:00
Hirohide Fujinuma def. Jun Kito TKO (Punches) 1 1:54
Yasuhito Namekawa def. Yuki Ishikawa TKO (Submission to punches) 1 3:46
Tomoyuki Fukami def. Masayoshi Aida Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 1 2:08
Takeshi Yamazaki def. Nalupon Tackhornthin Submission (Armbar) 1 1:34
Koichi Watanuki def. Yuki Kotake Submission (Armbar) 1 2:08
Rambaa Somdet def. Takeyasu Hirono Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Tomoyuki Fukami def. Kazuto Kawagoe TKO (Punches) 1 1:27
Tomomi Iwama def. Tupperyar Crosspointgym Submission (Armbar) 1 4:36
Masayoshi Aida def. Tomoya Miyashita TKO (Punches) 1 4:56
Makoto Miyazawa def. Hiroyuki Ito Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Asteka Asteka vs. Shoichi Ichimiya Draw 3 5:00
Koichi Watanuki def. Takashi Iga Submission (Armbar) 2 3:11
Manabu Hara def. Kaze Kaze TKO (Punches) 1 2:40
See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Deep: 4th Impact". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013.
  2. "Deep: 5th Impact". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013.
  3. "Deep: clubDeep Ozon". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013.
  4. "Deep: 6th Impact". Sherdog. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023.
  5. 鉄人の帰還　(11･9) [Return of the Iron Man (11.9)]. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). November 9, 2002. Archived from the original on February 13, 2003.
  6. "Deep: clubDeep Ozon". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013.
  7. "Deep: 7th Impact". Sherdog. Archived from the original on March 8, 2014.