DEEP Cage Impact 2013 mega-card announcements

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DEEP rolls out a massive event with its next Cage Impact card on November 24, 2013. Featherweight Champ Kazunori Yokota and Middleweight Champ Kaz back in action, plus Yoshida, Parky, and Iron Nakamura all back in Japan.

It seems that The Big Man needs no time to sleep, as mere days after a successful Tribe Tokyo event, DEEP’s Shigeru Saeki releases news of a DEEP versus Pancrase collaboration fight, and the players for the next cage event. Determining which matches are actually headlining the event is proving impossible because there are a half-dzen or more deserving of the honor. Along with two Champions on the bill and a title challenger match, several big names are set to come back in action, and some very strong prospects will be on display. Then there’s more DEEP-Japan versus ROAD FC-Korea action. Plus, as if 17 fights weren’t enough, the DEEP Future King 1-day 16 Man Tournament will be held, possibly across 3 divisions.

Featherweight Champion Kazunori Yokota will take on Mach disciple Harada Yoshiki in a non-title event while a ‘next contender’ match for the belt is waged between Tatsunao Nagakura and Tsuda Katsunori. DEEP Middleweight Champ King Kaz takes on the man who doesn’t know the meaning of ‘give up’, Yuji Sakuragi. Yoshiyuki Yoshida makes his first fight back in Japan since leaving for the UFC against top prospect from Korea, Team MAD’s Parky. And Gono  has discovered his proper weight class is welterweight, and he’ll make his first go against Yuki Okano.

Stellar-ity doesn’t end there. Takafumi Otsuka apparently has quickly recovered from his war in ROAD FC with Lee YunJun in which he cracked his orbital, since he’s taking on Paraestra submaster Toshiaki Kitada. In a female bout, up and comer Sugiyama will take on a new Korean fighter Kim JiYoung. Hideki Kadowaki will face one of the hottest prospects in JMMA, Kleber Koike. The card starts to round out with Hiroshi Nakamura fresh out of Bellator, and big men Seigo and Kim JongWang throwing down.

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