The first and second round was just standing.
Nobuhiro Obiya, with his senior mentor, Takanori Gomi, has been practicing at a karate dojo called Bushin juku and apparently what he learned there was a sharp low kick and with this new weapon, Obiya initiated early.
But Ryan Bow is a smart fighter and knew that this is an "away match" for him so he also countered it with striking. It was obvious that Ryan had more power in each shot, and with his one right straight Obiya's left eye was a meatball. But just like he said after the fight, he was being too cautious, "looking" too much at the opponent.
In the second round Obiya's hooks to the body and left kick to the midsection cornered Bow, "He was on top of my guard but it didn't give a good impression to the judges."
Finally in the third round Bow changes his strategy.
He shot in and took the fight to the ground, and it became a seesaw battle. Bow took the back a few times and went for an armbar but Obiya also landed a few fists from Bow's half-guard. The crowd really got into it at this point.
At the last minute of the fight, Obiya screamed and went for a judo throw but Bow defended this well, instead taking the back, and started to land a series of punches to Obiya's head. But Obiya was saved by the bell.
He was in a danger at the end of the fight but all three judges scored more points to Obiya, and a unanimous decision was announced.

Obiya, with a swollen eye, battled through and captured DEEP lightweight title.

Obiya, after winning rookie of the year in Shooto, left Gutsman Shooto dojo, took a year off, then joined Kiguchi Dojo, made a comeback at the DEEP Future King Tournament. From that day Obiya has "not even a day, I never forget about the DEEP belt." He is planning on capturing the DEEP title as end of his first chapter.
Now there is a high possibility that his stage in the second chapter is going to be PRIDE. In the ring, he told fans, "As a representative of Japan, and a representative of DEEP, I will fight a stronger fighter" and that could mean that he is moving up. Obiya was always know for putting up a good fight so we can expect to see him fight in that same white mat as Gomi very soon.

DEEP almost couldn't come up with an opponent for Satoko Shinashi but at the end, the promotion squeezed out a special match with no punches to the head on the ground, against Shiho Yamato from Zendo-kai Hiroshima branch.
Shinashi dominated from the beginning. Went for a heel lock, a rear naked choke, and an armbar but somehow Yamato escaped so fans went wild, but at the end Shinashi's second armbar attempt sealed the deal.
Although DEEP came up with Shinashi's opponent, the promotion couldn't come up with appropriate gloves for the Milton Vieira and Kazunori Yokota fight.
DEEP ordered an open finger glove with a bow that tightens around the wrist but the gloves they got on the day of the fight didn't have a bow.
So during this fight, more than a few times, the referee had to intervene in the fight to fix the gloves. And at one point, it took nearly three minutes to fix Vieira's glove. It must have been quite frustrating for the fighters because it sure was for the fans.
In this fight, Vieira took the back went for an armbar at the end of the first round, but Yokota also landed a few punches from half-mount position. The second round was almost even. Maybe a slight edge to Vieira because he took Yokota's back a few times initiating more attacks but all three judges called it a draw.

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