2003 in Deep

The year 2003 was the third year in the history of Deep, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2003 Deep held 8 events beginning with, Deep: 8th Impact.

2003 in Deep
Information
First date	March 4, 2003
Last date	December 7, 2003
Events
Total events	8
Fights
Total fights	79
Title fights	1
Chronology
2002 in Deep 2003 in Deep 2004 in Deep

Title fights

Title fights in 2003
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Middleweight	Masanori Suda	vs.	Ryuki Ueyama (c)	Draw	3	5:00	Deep: 12th Impact	[a]

1. For the Deep Middleweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of Deep events

#	Event title	Date	Arena	Location
17	Deep: clubDeep Osaka	December 7, 2003	Delfin Arena	Osaka
16	Deep: clubDeep West Chofu	November 24, 2003	West Chofu Combat Sports Arena	Tokyo
15	Deep: 12th Impact	September 15, 2003	Ota Ward Gymnasium	Tokyo
14	Deep: 11th Impact	July 13, 2003	Grand Cube	Osaka
13	Deep: 10th Impact	June 25, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo
12	Deep: clubDeep: Challenge in Club Ozon	May 25, 2003	Club Ozon	Nagoya
11	Deep: 9th Impact	May 5, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo
10	Deep: 8th Impact	March 4, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo

Deep: clubDeep Osaka

Deep: clubDeep Osaka^[1] was an event held on December 7, 2003, at the Delfin Arena in Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Seichi Ikemoto	def.	Hitoyo Kimura	TKO (Cut)	1	5:00
	Tomoyuki Fukami	vs.	Atsuhiro Tsuboi	Draw	2	5:00
	Daisuke Hanazawa	vs.	M.S. Kobayashi	Draw	2	5:00
	Daichi Fujiwara	def.	Kunihiro Watanabe	TKO (Punches)	1	0:34
	Ken Hamamura	def.	Toshihiko Ono	TKO (Punches)	1	0:12
	Naoji Fujimoto	def.	Kyosuke Akabane	Submission (Armbar)	2	0:29
	Masahito Kawamoto	def.	Keita Inayoshi	TKO (Punches)	1	2:55
	Takuo Miyata	def.	Masaki Yagyu	TKO (Punches)	1	1:12
	Isao Terada	vs.	Akihiro Yamasaki	Draw	2	5:00
	Hiromitsu Bito	vs.	Keichi Enami	Draw	2	5:00

Deep: clubDeep West Chofu

Deep: clubDeep West Chofu^[2] was an event held on November 24, 2003, at the West Chofu Combat Sports Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kyosuke Sasaki	vs.	Kosei Kubota	Draw	2	5:00
	Hiroki Nagaoka	def.	Akihiro Nagai	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:51
	Yasunori Yamada	vs.	Masaki Yokoyama	Draw	2	5:00
	Shinya Aoki	def.	Yasutoshi Ryu	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:51
	Ryuhei Sato	def.	Motohiro Tachihara	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Chikara Sato	def.	Miki Takiguchi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Isamu Sugiuchi	def.	Masaya Horinochi	TKO (Strikes)	1	2:09
	Shinya Aoki	def.	Dai Okimura	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:14
	Yasutoshi Ryu	def.	Daichi Matsuda	Submission (Kimura)	2	2:12
	Motohiro Tachihara	def.	Kenju Abe	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	0:43
	Ryuhei Sato	def.	Yohei Miyako	KO (Punches)	1	0:58
	Miki Takiguchi	def.	Kazunari Nemoto	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:30
	Chikara Sato	def.	Masatoshi Ryu	Submission (Achilles Lock)	1	1:55
	Isamu Sugiuchi	def.	Ryo Numata	KO (Punches)	1	2:00
	Masaya Horinochi	def.	Ippo Watanuki	KO (Head Kick)	1	0:33

Deep: 12th Impact

Deep: 12th Impact^[3] was an event held on September 15, 2003, at the Ota Ward Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Masanori Suda	vs.	Ryuki Ueyama (c)	Draw	3	5:00	[a]
	Ryo Chonan	def.	Hayato Sakurai	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	3	2:10
	Dos Caras, Jr.	def.	Brad Kohler	TKO (Shoulder Injury)	1	1:25
	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	def.	Tetsuji Kato	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Makoto Miyazawa	vs.	Yoshinori Momose	Draw	3	5:00
	Ryuta Sakurai	def.	Hirohide Fujinuma	Submission (Kimura)	1	3:46
	Koji Kanechika	def.	Jun Ishii	TKO (Punches)	3	2:11
	Tadahiro Hosaka	def.	Toshi Endo	TKO (Punches)	1	3:53
	Yuya Shirai	def.	Toshimitsu Kai	TKO (Punches)	2	3:48
	Isamu Sugiuchi	def.	Masanori Kanehara	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	1:44

1. For the Deep Middleweight Championship.

Deep: 11th Impact

Deep: 11th Impact^[4] was an event held on July 13, 2003, at the Grand Cube in Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	def.	Masakazu Imanari	TKO (Punches)	2	2:58
	Ana Michelle Tavares	def.	Yuka Tsuji	Submission (Triangle Armbar)	1	3:55
	Ryo Chonan	def.	Yuji Hisamatsu	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Eiji Mitsuoka	def.	Gleison Tibau	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	3:41
	Seichi Ikemoto	def.	Kyosuke Sasaki	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Hiroyuki Ito	def.	Koji Okuyama	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Tomoyuki Fukami	def.	Masashi Kameda	KO (Punch)	2	3:46
	Young Choi	def.	Toshihiko Ono	TKO (Punches)	1	4:46
	Ken Hamamura	def.	Tatsunori Tanaka	TKO (Punches)	1	0:59
	Isao Terada	vs.	Takashi Kinukawa	Draw	2	5:00
	Takashi Hasegawa	vs.	Noriyuki Takeuchi	Draw	2	5:00

Deep: 10th Impact

Deep: 10th Impact^[5] was an event held on June 25, 2003, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Hayato Sakurai	def.	Dave Menne	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	2	2:02
	Tomomi Iwama	def.	Noboru Asahi	TKO (Punches)	3	0:42
	Makoto Miyazawa	vs.	Yoshinori Kawakami	Draw	3	5:00
	Hidetada Irie	def.	Hirohide Fujinuma	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Tetsuya Onose	def.	Kazuki Okubo	KO (Punches)	1	1:32
	Hidehisa Matsuda	def.	Shoichi Ichimiya	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:39
	Anthony Wayne	def.	Masaki Sawa	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:16
	Kunihiro Watanabe	def.	Yasuhiro Konno	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:36
	Tadahiro Hosaka	def.	Yuichi Otsuka	Submission (Kimura)	1	2:47

Deep: clubDeep: Challenge in Club Ozon

Deep: clubDeep: Challenge in Club Ozon^[6] was an event held on May 25, 2003, at Club Ozon in Nagoya, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Atsushi Uozumi	def.	Riki Kanesada	TKO (Retirement)	1	5:00
	Tatsuya Kurahashi	def.	Toshiya Fujii	KO (Punch)	1	4:00
	Takuo Miyata	def.	Daiki Nagasako	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:00
	Ryuichi Kawai	vs.	Motoyuki Takinishi	Draw	2	5:00

Deep: 9th Impact

Deep: 9th Impact^[7] was an event held on May 5, 2003, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Hiroyuki Ito	def.	Dos Caras, Jr.	DQ (Grabbing the Ropes)	1	3:21
	Takumi Yano	def.	Brazo de Plata	Submission (Heel Hook)	2	0:24
	Takayuki Okada	vs.	Memo Diaz	Draw	2	5:00
	Hikaru Sato	def.	Electroshock	Submission (Heel Hook)	2	0:57
	Kazuki Okubo	def.	Kato Kung Lee Jr.	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:28
	Eiji Ishikawa	def.	Ryuta Sakurai	TKO (Punches)	2	4:22
	Hirohide Fujinuma	def.	Kengo Mashimo	TKO (Punches)	1	2:09
	Tomoyuki Fukami	def.	Nariatsu Iwasaki	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:25
	Ryu Echigo	def.	Hidehisa Matsuda	TKO (Punches)	2	0:13
	Kazutaka Omigawa	def.	Atsushi Sugano	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:30
	Yuichi Otsuka	def.	Etsuya Kimura	Submission (Armbar)	2	4:33
	Toshi Endo	vs.	Kosaku Shikimasu	Draw	2	5:00

Deep: 8th Impact

Deep: 8th Impact^[8] was an event held on March 4, 2003, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Hayato Sakurai	def.	Ryuki Ueyama	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	def.	Fabio Mello	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Osami Shibuya	vs.	Yasuhito Namekawa	Draw	3	5:00
	Hidetada Irie	vs.	Makoto Miyazawa	Draw	2	5:00
	Koji Takeuchi	vs.	Tashiro Nishiuchi	Draw	3	5:00
	Tomomi Iwama	def.	Masashi Kameda	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Moriyuki Yamada	vs.	Tomoki Kanuka	Draw	3	5:00
	Tony Nelson	def.	Koichi Ota	DQ (Kick to Groin)	1	5:00

See also

• Deep
• List of Deep champions
• List of Deep events