DEEP 53rd IMPACT Finalized!

Deep's 53rd Impact card featuring the MMA Legend Akira Shoji's retirement bout against the hard hitting Kazuo Misaki is now finalized. Also on the card will be the return of Eiji Mitsuoka vs Jung Gyeong Lee who's said to be the second coming of Dong-Hyun "Stun Gun" Kim. In addition to that submission wiz Satoru Kitaoka will be having his first fight back since choking out the tenacious Kuniyoshi Hironaka back on October 3rd of last year. Kitaoka will be making his come back against another very crafty & well rounded vet in Jutaro Nakao. The card will also feature a super heavyweight scrap between Mamoru Nakamura vs Seigo Mizuguchi to determine the number one contender from DEEP's Megaton GP. Baseball star Katsuaki Furuki will also have his second fight since his debute at Dynamite 2010 last year, where he dropped a decision to a much more experienced kickboxer/mixed martial artist Andy Ologun. For event details & the full fight card Read below.

DEEP 53 IMPACT
Date: April 22nd, 2011
Place: Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan

Akira Shoji Retirement Fight
9. 83.9kg: Akira Shoji vs. Kazuo Misaki

8. 70.3kg: Satoru Kitaoka vs. Jutaro Nakao
7. 70.3kg: Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Jung Gyeong Lee
6. 62kg: Tatsumitsu Wada vs. Yoshiki Harada

DEEP Megaton No.1 Contender Tournament (Annihilate! Cup)
5. Mamoru Nakamura vs. Seigo Mizuguchi

4. 80kg: Katsuaki Furuki vs. Yoshitaka Ebina
3. 77.1kg: Hidehiko Hasegawa vs. Yasushi Kitazaki
2. 70.3kg: LUIZ vs. Yutaka Ueda
1. 62kg: Makoto Kamaya vs. Sakae Kasuya