Japan-MMA to Stream DEEP/M-1 Challenge Live From Tokyo

by Chris Nelson on Apr 21, 2009 5:09 PM EDT

Big news from one of the finest English-language Japanese MMA blogs on the block: Japan-MMA will stream the DEEP/M-1 Challenge 3rd Edition show live from Differ Ariake in Tokyo next Wednesday, April 29th. It's a great card loaded with some very promising young fighters as well as stars like Hidehiko Hasegawa, and one which I did not expect to be able to watch live, so M-1 and Japan-MMA deserve major dap for this.

Here's the complete 18-fight lineup - the only remaining question mark is which fighter will take Riki Fukuda's place at 84kg on Team Japan (above), but an announcement should be made within in the next few days.

Japan vs UK
70kg: Luiz Andrada 8-6-3 vs. 6-7-0 Ian "M-16" Butlin
76kg: Hidehiko Hasegawa 16-11-5 vs. 6-2-0 Simon Phillips
84kg: TBA vs. 10-7-0 Matt Thorpe
92kg: Tatsuya Mizuno 5-4-0 vs. 7-6-0 Tom Blackledge
Over 92kg: Yusuke Kawaguchi 8-0-0 vs. 8-4-1 Rob Broughton

USA Team West vs Korea
70kg: David Jansen 9-0-0 vs. 8-1-0 Nam Yuichul
76kg: Fabio Negao 8-4-0 vs. 7-3-0 Myeon Ho Bae
84kg: Giva Santana 11-1-0 vs. 4-7-0 Min Suk Heo
92kg: Raphael Davis 5-1-0 vs 12-6-0 Jae Young Kim
Over 92kg: Shane Del Rosario 5-0-0 vs. 11-6-0 Lee Sang Soo

France vs Spain
70kg: Maktar Gueye 4-3-0 vs. 3-2-0 Jose Luiz Zapater Aguirre
76kg: Farouk Lakebir 2-3-0 vs. 8-1-0 Jose Beltran
84kg: Christophe Daffreville 2-3-0 vs. Rayco Zebenzui Romero Silva
92kg: Christian M'Pumbu 11-2-1 vs. 2-0-0 Enoc Solves
Over 92kg: Soufian Elgarne vs. 5-1-0 Rogent Lloret

Superfight:
84kg: Karl "Psycho" Amoussou 9-2-1 vs. 4-5-1 Kazuhiro Hamanaka

Opening Fights:
65kg: Tomoaki Ueyama 0-3-0 vs. 2-1-0 Yu Hosokawa
Kosuto Umeda 5-7-3 vs. 3-2-0 Muneyuki Sato

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Differ Ariake in Tokyo next Wednesday, March 29th

April 29th? Awesome news, whenever it plays.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by Scott C. Broussard on Apr 21, 2009 4:46 PM EDT reply actions

haha, yes, April 29th

by Chris Nelson on Apr 21, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Sweet

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Apr 21, 2009 5:19 PM EDT reply actions

Bob the Bear OMG!

by ilostmydog on Apr 21, 2009 5:36 PM EDT reply actions

Wow!

This is GREAT news! I wanted to somehow see this card!

by MMASuPreMaCy on Apr 21, 2009 5:39 PM EDT reply actions

fights I'm looking forward to on this one:

- All the Japan/England match-ups should be fun, but I’m most looking forward to the big boys, Yusuke Kawaguchi vs. Rob Broughton. Kawaguchi is the 2008 DEEP Megaton GP winner and Broughton is a former Cage Rage heavyweight titlist with wins over James Thompson, “Buzz” Berry, Butterbean and Neil Grove.

- Fábio “Negão” Nascimento vs.Myeon Ho Bae
“Negão” (literally, “big black guy”) looked fairly wretched in his last two fights against Rousimar “Toquinho” and Matt Lindland, but he excels against other mid-tier guys like the MARS vet Bae. This one won’t go the distance.

- I’m expecting the rest of Team USA West to fair pretty well against Korea: they’ve got the nasty undefeated ShoXC prospect Shane Del Rosario going at heavyweight and “The Arm Collector” Giva Santana at MW, who only received his first loss last year in a very close fight with Jaime Jara.

- Don’t know many of the fighters on Teams France or Spain, but 6’2" LHW Christian M’Pumbu has looked very impressive in his last two fights for M-1.

- Karl “Psycho” Amoussou vs. Kazuhiro Hamanaka
Just check out the Psycho’s HL reel and you’ll be stoked for this one. He just signed a management contract with M-1 and dude is going places. IFL vet Hamanaka doesn’t have a great record but he always comes to scrap.

by Chris Nelson on Apr 21, 2009 5:44 PM EDT reply actions

good write up. Team USA West is pretty loaded with the Team Oyama fighters.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Apr 21, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, it’s interesting – USA has Team Oyama fighters, England has mostly Northern Cartel guys, but Japan is all over the place (SK Ab., U-File, Blue Dog, etc.) so the guy who takes Fukuda’s place is kind of a wild card.

by Chris Nelson on Apr 21, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m really interested in M’Pumbu and Amoussou.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Apr 21, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for covering the international MMA beat, Nelson. So many other sites have token reposts of Japanese news stories without really ever explaining why anyone should be interested. But you do a good job with providing analysis and context.

by George Lucas on Apr 21, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs