Pictures: Deep '55 Impact' Mizuto Hirota made his return following a gruesome arm injury inflicted by Shinya Aoki to put away the respected Katsunori Kikuno at Deep “55...

Hirota Takes Kikuno’s Crown; Matsumoto Retires at Deep 55 TOKYO -- Mizuto Hirota is back.

In his first bout since suffering a gruesome arm break at the hands of Dream lightweight champion Shinya Aoki 20 months ago in 2009's K-1 Dynamite, the former Sengoku Raiden Championship and Cage Force lightweight champion rebounded with a...

Kikuno to Defend Lightweight Strap Against Hirota at Deep 55 Two of the top lightweights currently operating in Japan appear set to collide Aug. 26 in Tokyo.

Featherweight, Megaton Title Fights Added to Deep ‘55 Impact’ Next month, Koichiro Matsumoto will put his Deep featherweight belt on the line against once-beaten Tatsunao Nagakura. It will be Matsumoto’s...

Otsuka Crowned; Chonan, Nakanishi Score KOs at Deep ‘54 Impact’ TOKYO -- In his return to the Deep ring for the promotion’s “54 Impact” card, Dream veteran and former Deep featherweight kingpin Takafumi Otsuka fought tooth-and-nail with...

Pictures: Deep '52 Impact' Kazuhisa Tazawa became Deep's second Megaton champion at "52 Impact" on Feb. 25. Sherdog.com's Taro Irei captured the action inside Tokyo's...

Tazawa is Megaton King, 'Iron' Upsets Imanari at Deep '52 Impact' TOKYO -- Deep's Megaton heavyweight division is oft-mocked, but Friday at Korakuen Hall, Kazuhisa Tazawa was undeterred, as he submitted Yuji Sakuragi to become the second Megaton champion in the headliner of Deep's...

Deep Postpones ‘Mayhem in Macau’ Four days before it was to occur, Japanese promotion Deep has announced the postponement of its first-ever show in China. In a Tuesday press...

Imanari, Shirai Booked for ‘Mayhem in Macau’ Japanese promotion Deep has finalized the nine-bout lineup for “Mayhem in Macau,” the company’s first ever trip to China, set to take...

Fukuda Captures Deep Middleweight Title TOKYO -- EliteXC veteran Riki Fukuda captured the Deep middleweight title from Yuichi Nakanishi in the main event of Deep 42 Impact