Miyata, Kanehara confirmed for DEEP Haleo Impact

DEEP president Shigeru Saeki has announced some of the fighters that will compete at Haleo Impact, which will feature the retirement bout of Kazuo Misaki.

Former DREAM Featherweight contender Kazuyuki Miyata will make his first appearance for DEEP since 2009. Former Sengoku Featherweight Champ Masanori Kanehara has also been confirmed for the event. Neither men’s opponents have been announced.

Ryuta Sakurai will look to bounce back after his recent defeat to Kazuhiro Nakamura when takes on The Smiley Killer, Hiromitsu Kanehara, in a rematch of their 2009 bout which went to a draw. Also, coming off his brutal bare knuckle contest with Sanae Kikuta, Yuji Sakuragi returns to DEEP to take on Daiju Takase.

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Nice, just hope there is a way to see it shortly after the event.

Kind of sucks we won't be able to see Miyata on NYE, but if they give him a good fight, I won't mind too much.

wekka wrote:Kind of sucks we won't be able to see Miyata on NYE, but if they give him a good fight, I won't mind too much.

True, as long as there is a way to watch this. That is one thing about DEEP, they do not stream the event themselves, do not post it on their site, and there is no way to find it on the web for months. Hard to follow an org. when it's like that.

Some hopeful bouts:

*Miyata/Choi, unless Choi is out indefinitely, then I could see Mishima taking his spot.
*Kanehara/Wada
*Razmadze/Kawaguchi
*Misaki/Shirai for the DEEP WW title