List of Deep champions

This is a list of DEEP champions at each weight class. DEEP is a Japan-based mixed martial arts(MMA) promoting and sanctioning organization.

Contents

Men

Megatonweight

No Weight Limit
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Yūsuke Kawaguchi
(def. Shunsuke Inoue)		 August 2, 2008
(Club DEEP Tokyo "Megaton GP 2008 Final")		 Tokyo, Japan
  • def. Baru Harn on October 23, 2008 in Tokyo (DEEP 38 Impact)
  • def. Seigo Mizuguchi on October 10, 2009 in Tokyo (DEEP 44 Impact)
  • def. Roque Martinez on December 19, 2009 in Tokyo (DEEP Cage Impact 2009)
Yusuke Kawaguchi vacated the title in January 2011.
2 Kazuhisa Tazawa
(def. Yuji Sakuragi)		 February 25, 2011
(DEEP 52 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
3 Levan Razmadze August 26, 2011
(DEEP 55 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan

Light Heavyweight

186 to 205 lbs (84 to 93 kg)
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
(def. Ryuta Noji)		 April 17, 2010
(DEEP 47 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan

Middleweight

171 to 185 lbs (77 to 84 kg)
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Ryuki Ueyama
(def. Eiji Ishikawa)		 June 9, 2002
(DEEP 5 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
  • def. Masanori Suda on September 15, 2003 in Tokyo (DEEP 12 Impact)
2 Ryuta Sakurai December 8, 2004
(DEEP 17 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
3 Ryo Chonan
 February 5, 2006
(DEEP 23 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
  • def. Ryuta Sakurai on February 16, 2007 in Tokyo (DEEP 28 Impact)
Ryo Chonan vacated the title on December 12, 2007.
4 Yuichi Nakanishi
(def. Riki Fukuda)		 May 19, 2008
(DEEP 35 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
5 Riki Fukuda June 30, 2009
(DEEP 42 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
  • def. Ryuta Sakurai on August 27, 2010 in Tokyo (DEEP 49 Impact)

Welterweight

156 to 170 lbs (70 to 77 kg)
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Jutaro Nakao
(def. Daisuke Nakamura)		 October 30, 2004
(DEEP 16 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
2 Hidehiko Hasegawa February 16, 2007
(DEEP 28 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
3 Seichi Ikemoto July 27, 2008
(DEEP 36 Impact)		 Osaka, Japan
4 Yuya Shirai January 24, 2010
(DEEP 45 Impact)		 Osaka, Japan
  • def. Shigetoshi Iwase on October 24, 2010 in Tokyo (DEEP 50 Impact)

Lightweight

146 to 155 lbs (66 to 70 kg)
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Dokonjonosuke Mishima
(def. Tomomi "Taisho" Iwama)		 February 12, 2005
(DEEP 18 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
Dokonjonosuke Mishima vacated the title in February 2006.
2 Nobuhiro Obiya
(def. Ryan Bow)		 April 11, 2006
(DEEP 24 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
3 Kazunori Yokota
 February 16, 2007
(DEEP 28 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
4 Seung-Hwan Bang May 19, 2008
(DEEP 35 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
Seung-Hwan Bang vacated the title in October 2008.
5 Katsunori Kikuno
(def. Koichiro Matsumoto)		 April 16, 2009
(DEEP 41 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
  • def. Nobuhiro Obiya on October 24, 2010 in Tokyo (DEEP 50 Impact)
6 Mizuto Hirota August 26, 2011
(DEEP 55 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan

Featherweight

136 to 145 lbs (61 to 66 kg)
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Masakazu Imanari
(def. Yoshiro Maeda)		 December 2, 2005
(DEEP 22 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
  • def. Tsuyoshi Yamazaki on October 10, 2006 in Tokyo (DEEP 26 Impact)
2 Dokonjonosuke Mishima May 19, 2008
(DEEP 35 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
3 Takafumi Otsuka August 23, 2009
(DEEP 43 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
4 Koichiro Matsumoto July 3, 2010
(DEEP 48 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
  • def. Tatsunao Nagakura on August 26, 2011 in Tokyo (DEEP 55 Impact)

Bantamweight

126 to 135 lbs (57 to 61 kg)
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Masakazu Imanari
(def. Hiroshi Umemura)		 August 17, 2008
(DEEP 37 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan
  • def. Tomohiko Hori on August 23, 2009 in Tokyo (DEEP 43 Impact)
  • def. Tomoya Miyashita on August 27, 2010 in Tokyo (DEEP 49 Impact)
Masakazu Imanari vacated the title on May 31, 2011.
2 Takafumi Otsuka
(def. Hiroshi Nakamura)		 June 24, 2011
(DEEP 54 Impact)		 Tokyo, Japan

Women

Lightweight

105 lb (48 kg)
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Hisae Watanabe
(def. Satoko Shinashi)		 August 4, 2006
(DEEP 25 Impact)		 Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
2 Miku Matsumoto August 5, 2007
(DEEP 31 Impact)		 Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Miku Matsumoto Vacated the Title on April 17, 2010
Title Vacant

Flyweight

100 lb (45 kg)
No. Name Date Location Defenses
1 Satoko Shinashi
(def. Sachiko Yamamoto)		 February 22, 2008
(DEEP 34 Impact)		 Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan

See also

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