I once read an article about junk food, and it said that 30 years ago, people were perfectly happy with just old fashioned nachos. Then they added beans and meat and shit to them and people needed more and more on their nachos. The release of opiates from the brain from eating such fatty food couldn't be pleased with just junk cheese any more. That is what Kimbo Slice is to the 18-34 year old male; Nachos covered in tons of meat and then more cheese. And then salsa. And yeah, there's more healthy choices, but your average meathead will just ignore them. MMA is the same.
I say this long intro because this event, held in the nightclub Shinjyuku FACE in front of about 500 people, is the alpha and omega of freakshows. All fat Japanese dudes in shirts. All fighting. Anyone who comes to the show over 100KG got free booze. This is the world we inhabit. You can't trade it for another. The opening montage is of small dudes throwing punches over the sounds of Japanese metal legends Outrage. This two hour special was aired by the folks at Samurai TV and is basically one hour of the GP and one hour of ClubDEEP and its, well, normal fights.
1) Guy Delameau vs. Hideo Matsui: No idea who either is or what the weight class is for the opener.
FIGHT: Delameau TKO Rnd 1. Clipped, I think. It shows on fightfinders as being a second round TKO, but the fight was only a 2 round bout, so that might screw it up a little. Delameau gets down Matsui, ends up taking his back, and punches him when a RNC can't be sunk. (0)
2) Sadao Kondo vs. Shingo Matsuda: HEAVILY clipped. He looks like he defended takedowns and went for a head and arm choke. (0)
3) Tetsuya Yoshioka vs. Kenji Ushioda: Yoshioka Unanimous Decision. Heavily clipped. Had a couple takedowns??? (0)
GRAPPLING EXHIBITION~ between dudes who's names I can't find. Someone wins with a Sakuraba style Kimura. Rad? Yes. When I find out who it was, I will say.
4) Tomoya Miyashita vs. Tatsumitsu Wada: Back to normal MMA action. Expecting this to be clipped because, hey, I expect lots of that and there's not enough time in the program.
FIGHT: Miyashita TKO Rnd 2. Clipped, but not outrageously so. (1)
Miyashita: Miyashita is actually getting beaten up pretty much the whole fight. Outstruck EVERYWHERE with low kicks, punches, etc. In the second round he gets hit with a head kick tha fells him, and as he gets up, he sorta throws his right hand out at a charging Wada. Wada runs right into it and lands his own shot, so both men drop. Wada doesn't get up though. He's out cold.
Wada: Decent fighter, smaller than Miyashita, and did a lot of showing off during the second round of the fight as he was lacing up his opponent with shots. But he came in real sloppy when he went for the kill and paid for it in almost cartoonish fashion. KO of the decade candidate.
5) Ippo Wantanuki vs. Isao Tereda: Tereda has a mohawk. That is what I can tell you about this fight.
FIGHT: Watananuki Unanimous Decision. Clipped again. (0)
Watannuki: Smaller man who likes to wrestle. Top control grappler. And since Tereda doesn't seem good at defending the shot or takedowns, this works well for him. He spends most of round 1 on top inside the guard giving it up only at the end of the round for a heel hook attempt. He gets to mount in the second but Tereda bucks him and lands some effective blows. Watanuki seems to steal the round in the closing 30 seconds or so by landing stout punches, getting a takedown, the back, and nearly an armbar.
Tereda: Bigger guy, likes to strike, but not much of a grappler. Guys who aren't really grapplers don't go far in MMA.
At this point we see fighters getting brought out for a lightweight tournament. I think. Then I think Imanari is out there with a DEEP belt and talks some. Then Mishma comes out and talks some. Oh! Hey! They are gonna fight at DEEP 35! I needs me that card.
6) Yoshitomo Watanabe vs. Yuki Inoue: Dudes.
FIGHT: Inoue Majority Decision. Clipped. Shock. Inoue comes forward and that's about it in terms of angles. One speed too. He gets more time on top than does his opponent, which basically gets him the win. Watanabe shows the ability to block takedowns sometimes. (0)
7) Teruhiko Kubo vs. Kousei Kubota: Wrestling shoes! I love DEEP. Kubota is wearing them and he is like so old in this sport.
FIGHT: Kubota Unanimous Decision. Dana White special breaks out in round one with both men just throwing leather...and Kubota actually gets the better of it. Same in the second as Kubota also gets a double leg takedown. Tough to take away much from Kubo - had physical advantages in size, but wide punching and middling takedown defense means he loses to a .500 fighter. (0)
8) Yasusi Kitazaki vs. Tseuneyoshi Kashimura: Mystery men to me.
FIGHT: Kitazaki Split Decision. (0)
Kitazaki: Early on when he has his legs, he throws shots coming inside and then bounces out before there can be an answer. But Kitazaki gets him down in the second and that sucks some of the energy out of him. He gets up out of half guard way too easily, and Kashimura pays big. Kitazaki gets top control after another takedown attempt leads into the night's second attempt at a Sakuraba Kimura. Not much happens there but it sorta locks the fight up for Kitazaki.
Kashimura: Grappler, OK standup that he doesn't trust enough because he doesn't throw (until late in the fight), can't counter, just covers up to defend. Gave the fight away when he had Kitazaki on his back in half guard and just postured up and basically set him free to stand.
9) Naoki Matsushita vs. Ryan Bow: Bow does reporting for Japan-MMA I think.
FIGHT: Draw. (0)
Bow: Goes for takedowns, gets them in the second round, otherwise mostly a clinch stalemate where he's pushing Matsushita. Of course, the judges make it a draw in spite of Bow controlling the bout.
Matsushita: Seems to be able to throw low kicks, engage with a closed guard when on his back, and prevent takedowns sometimes. How's that for a scouting report?
10) Luiz Andrade vs. Seung Hwan Bang: If Bang's name sounds familiar, its because he lost to Takanori Gomi and Masvidal in Sengoku. Andrade is Brazilian and living in Japan. Even fought for Japan's M-1 squad in 2009.
FIGHT:Bang Unanimous Decision. Bang goes for the takedown a lot here, which honestly surprises me. Does a really good job timing Andrade, in fact - takedowns off low kicks and punches come with instinct and someone for whom the sport has slowed down a good deal. Too bad he got out of the sport after the losses in Sengoku. Coulda been a prospect if he weren't used up so fast. (0)
MEGATON GP TIME! Even the ring girls are fat.
11) Yoshito Takahashi vs. Hiroshi Kiyohara: Not fat dudes. One in rash guard, the other in thai shorts.
FIGHT: Takahashi TKO Rnd 1. Takahashi might be the dude in the rash guard, but Kiyohara is disposed of fast. He has a big set of bandages on his knee that are probably slowing him. Just wild striking. (0)
12) Muneyuki Suzuki vs. Katsumi Yamada: YES. Fat dudes time. One is from U-File.
FIGHT: Yamada TKO Rnd 1. Suzuki is rushed at the start in spite of being the U-File guy and is dropped while running away with a right hand. He gets pounded out and Yamada keeps punching after the ref tries to break them. (0)
13) Tadahiro Hosaka vs. Shunji Kosaka: Hosaka is in gi pants and a tank top.
FIGHT: Kosaka Unanimous Decision. Kosaka uses actual technique in the fight and that makes the difference. Early on Hosaka just throws leather and actually goes into a counter punching mode, attacking when Kosaka throws leg kicks. But by the second round as both are winded, Hosaka starts to fall victim to the kicks, straighter punching of Kosaka, and also a pancake sprawl of sorts. (0)
14) Ken Orihashi vs. Kazuki Nojiri: Wow. One of these guys looks like Ryo Chonan in a fat suit.
FIGHT: Orihashi Unanimous Decision. Two fighters just standing and trading. Wild crazy brawl between two tough men. Nojiri takes the worst of it though and gets dropped in the second but hangs on and keeps throwing leather back. Nojiri seems to have some basic understanding about kickboxing. (0)
15) Katsuhiko Kumano vs. Itomo Ariyama: This fight is the symbol of the tournament: Kumano is ridiculously fat. Ariyama is even fatter. He is weighing what appear to be Pumas. He is also wearing a red long sleeve shirt and overalls. Ariyama also looks facially to perhaps have Down's.
FIGHT: Kumano Split Decision. Incredible collision of fatties who throw the worst punches. Ariyama is in trouble early taking blows, runs across the ring, but weathers an early storm. The fight then falls into a pattern of two men staring at each other and then unloading lead overhand rights. Kumano is clearly the stronger man and he shoves Ariyama around the ring in the early part of the first and second. This is a fight I'm pleased to see was cut and edited. (1)
16) Ryosuke Kojima vs. Shinsuke Inoue: Neither fighter is really that huge in this fight. In fact, they are downright svelte for this tourney.
FIGHT: Inoue Unanimous Decision. Watching this makes me feel like I accidentally exited out of the DVD and are watching random Americans in some ISKA Muay Thai tournament on Altitude TV. Lots of technigally not terrible MMA. Inoue wins a unanimous decision and its deserved. He lands a lot of low kicks and also does a solid job throwing punches and leading the action. Kojima is sorta a grizzled vet kickboxer as best I can tell here. (0)
17) Yoichi Babaguchi vs. Kintaro Tsurukame: Dudes are HUGE. Babaguchi in shoes.
FIGHT: Babaguchi TKO Rnd 1. Babaguchi wins with strikes after cornering a running Tsurukame. He drops him after a chopping right and finishes the job on the man. (0)
18) Muscle Hiranuma vs. Mamoru Nakamura: One fighter hails from MUSCLE JUNGLE GYM; guess which?
FIGHT: Nakamura Unanimous Decison. Nakamura is wide, but wider yet with punches is Hiranuma. Hiranuma can't stop takedowns very well either, but can power his way out of a kimura attempt. Muscle is all done in the first, and Nakamura pours it on in the second with punches and takedowns. He's close to finishing with a RNC when the bell rings for the end of the fight at the conclusion of the second round. Hiranuma can throw his fists around. Clipped. (0)
19) Yusuke Kawaguchi vs. Nobuyoshi Takahara: Kawaguchi is the big favorite here in the tourney.
FIGHT: Kawaguchi TKO Rnd 1. Kawaguchi comes right out and tags Takahara, then takes him down. Punching is a bit robotic, but these guys suck so its not like its a shock. He pounds out Takahara from top control in 40 seconds. (0)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Andrade/Bang? I guess?
KO OF THE NIGHT: Wada/Miyashita
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: that grappling exhibition. Is that unfair?
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 5 out of 10. Too much clipping. Boo on clipping. However, the fat men fights were generally entertaining. None of it felt too serious, which I appreciated when watching fat men fight. Shame about the clipping though.
D&R Rating: 2% (2/95)
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