A welterweight fight has been added to the Deep 100 card. Daichi Abe will face Gota Yamashita in Tokyo on February 21st.
Abe (8-4) is a former welterweight King of Pancrase. After unsuccessful spells with the UFC and ONE Championship he is coming off back to back wins at Deep 95 and Deep 98.
Yamashita (15-10-1) is coming off a split decision defeat to Ryuichiro Sumimura at Rizin 25. Like his opponent he is a former welterweight King of Pancrase and he has also held the Gladiator 170lbs strap.
Also added to the card this week was a flyweight bout pitting Tomohiro Adaniya (15-13-3) against Takashi Matsuba (12-3-1). The latter is the Grachan 125lbs champion and is riding a four fight winning streak.
Headlining this historic card is a lightweight bout between Satoka Kitaoka and Juri Ohara. The event is set for TDC Hall on February 21st and will serve as a celebration of the promotion’s 20th anniversary.
Meanwhile featherweight champion Juntaro Ushiku will be back in action at Deep 100. He faces Daisuke Nakamura in a non title fight.
The event will take place in front of a limited live audience although restrictions could get tighter if the Covid-19 situation in Japan continues to deteriorate.
Deep 100, Tokyo, February 21st
Satoka Kitaoka vs. Juri Ohara (Lightweight)
Gota Yamashita vs. Daichi Abe (For interim welterweight belt)
Yuki Motoya vs. Shoji Maruyama (Bantamweight)
Hideki Sekine vs. Seigo Mizuguchi (Openweight)
Shunsuke Miyabi vs. Hiroya (Bantamweight)
Kosuke Terashima vs. Shuhei Higashi (Bantamweight)
Shizuka Sugiyama vs. Aoi Kuriyama (Flyweight)
Juntaro Ushiku vs. Daisuke Nakamura (Featherweight)
Daiki Hata vs. Kouya Kanda (Featherweight)
Rikiya Matsuzawa vs. Sho Sekihara (Bantamweight)
Tomohiro Adaniya vs. Takashi Matsuba (Featherweight)
Yusuke Hatakeyama vs. Ayumu Yamamoto (Featherweight)
Taisei Nishitani vs. Yuto Inoue (Featherweight)
Tsuruya vs. Tatsuki Okano (Flyweight)
