CMA Festival 2 results, Minowa victorious in return

The second installment of the DEEP co-promoted CMA Festival 2 event took place today in Korakuen Hall, Tokyo. The event, headlined by Ikuhisa Minowa whom also celebrated his 10th year in MMA, saw Japanese fighters pitted against Koreans out of the CMA Korea camp.

Minowa, outweighed by over 20 pounds, defeated Min-Seok Heo in the main event when the Korean's corner threw in the towel after the first round. Other noteworthy results were PRIDE prospect Dong-Hyun Kim's eleven seconds knockout over Maejima from a left straight, and Su-Hi Ham's decision win over Megumi Yabushita, despite being outweighed by 15 pounds (fight was under kickboxing rules).

Full results, winners in bold:

• Ikuhisa "Minowaman" Minowa (Freelance) / Min-Seok Heo (CMA Korea) (TKO, corner threw in the towel, R1)
  
• Kousei Kubota (Sakaguchi Dojo) / Do-Won Seo (CMA Korea) (Judges decision 3-0)
  
• Megumi Yabushita (Tomoegumi) / Su-Hi Ham (CMA Korea) (kickboxing rules) (Judges decision 0-3)
• Takayo Hashi (Wajyutsu Keisyukai Tokyo) / Hi-Jin Ei (CMA Korea) (Judges decision 3-0)
  
• Kazue Matake (Wajyutsu Keisyukai Tokyo) / Yeon-Ju Ei (CMA Korea) (Submission, 4:07 R2)
  
• Ken Hamamura (CMA Kyoto Seikeikan) / Dong-Ho Han (CMA Korea) (TKO, 3:37 R1)
  
• Jyunpei Hamada (Makoto Gym) / Yang-Dong Lee (CMA Korea) (TKO, 3:14 R1)
  
• Naoki Matsushita (MB3z) / Su-Han Han (CMA Korea) (Judges decision 0-3)
• Yoshiyume Chodo (CMA Ikusa Gym) / Yoon Ho (CMA Korea) (Judges decision 2-1)
  
• Takanori Onda / Ji-Hun Kim (CMA Korea) (TKO, 3:36 R1)
  
• Yukiharu Maejima (CMA Ikusa Gym) / Dong-Hyun Kim (CMA Korea) (KO, 0:11 R1)
  
• Hisashi Kudo / Yuhan Quoniam (CMA Korea) (Heel hook, 0:30 R1)
  

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Fights announced for DEEP 31 IMPACT and CMA Festival 2

The busiest promotion at the moment in Japan, DEEP, is keeping a hectic schedule and announced fights for their CMA Festival 2 and DEEP 31 IMPACT cards.

DEEP 31 IMPACT
Returning to action is resident leglocker Mazukazu Imanari who faces Korean Kim Jon Man out of CMA Korea.

Also on the card, defending her lightweight title (which in this case is somewhere around 110 lbs), is Hisae Watanabe who puts her belt on the line against Miku Matsumoto. In Hisae's last DEEP appearance she was on the losing end against Su Hi Ham in a non-title bout, Miku later defeated Ham which is probably why she is getting the title shot and not Ham.

CMA Festival 2
Speaking of Su Hi Ham, Ham' fighting Yu Tsumiki at CMA Festival 2. The biggest attraction on that card is the return of Ikuhisa "Minowaman" Minowa who is headlining the card with a fight against Ho Min Soo.

Check out all the announced fights for DEEP 31 IMPACT and CMA Festival 2 after the jump.

CMA Festival 2 full card:

• Ikuhisa "Minowaman" Minowa (Freelance) / Ho Min Soo (CMA Korea)
• Kousei Kubota (Sakaguchi Dojo) / Su Do Won (CMA Korea)
• Yu Tsumiki (CMA Center Japan) / Su Hi Ham (CMA Korea)
• Takayo Hashi / I Heui-Jin (CMA Korea)
• Matake Kazue / I Yeon-Ju (CMA Korea)
• Naoki Matsushita (MB3z) / Kom Don Jon (CMA Korea)
• Jyunpei Hamada / Yan Don (CMA Korea)
• Tsuyoshi Onda Toku / Kim Ji-Hun (CMA Korea)
  
• Ken Hamamura (CMA Kyoto Seikeikan) / Han Don Ho (CMA Korea)
• Yoshiyume Chodo (CMA Ikusa Gym) / Ho Yun (CMA Korea)

DEEP 31 IMPACT announced fights:

• Masakazu Imanari (Team-ROKEN) / Kim Jon Man (CMA Korea)
• Yoshihiro "Barbaro44" Tomioka (Club Barbarian) / Makoto Ishikawa (PUREBRED Omiya)
• Takeshi Yamazaki (Team Grabaka) / Yoshisuke Kitada (Paraestra Chiba)
• Yusuke Kawaguchi (Blue Dog Gym) / Irozeki (Freelance)
• Hisae Watanabe (Freelance) / Miku Matsumoto (Club Barbarian)

Also scheduled to participate:

• Hidehiko Hasegawa (SK Absolute)
• Kazunori Yokota (Team Grabaka)
• Sojiro Orui (SK Absolute)
• Keigo Takamori (Samurai Sword)

CMA Festival 2 is taking place on July 23rd in Kourakuen Hall, Tokyo, and DEEP 31 IMPACT on August 5th in Kourakuen Hall, Tokyo.

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