Soru Hamaguchi says he is cleared after retinal detachment surgery and fights Onigiri-kun in the DEEP Fight Challenge 2026#03 main event on Oct. 30 in Tokyo.
What we know
- Hamaguchi fights Onigiri-kun in a 58 kg bout over three five-minute rounds in the DEEP Fight Challenge 2026#03 main event on Oct. 30 at Ebisu Garden Room in Tokyo.
- Hamaguchi says he had a retinal detachment, had surgery and was cleared by doctors after about a month and a half.
- Hamaguchi withdrew from a September DEEP Osaka bout with Ryosuke Honda; the promotion cited a training injury.
- Hamaguchi stopped Yuma Matsui in March and Kato Sunada in May at RIZIN Kobe.
- Hamaguchi moved his training base to Nagoya and wants four fights this year, aiming for New Year's Eve.
Soru Hamaguchi headlines DEEP Fight Challenge 2026#03 on Friday, Oct. 30 at the Ebisu Garden Room in Meguro, Tokyo, against Onigiri-kun in a 58 kg contract bout over three five-minute rounds.
Hamaguchi told MMAPLANET he developed a retinal detachment about a week after the September DEEP Osaka fight with Ryosuke Honda was set, and had surgery right away. The promotion had announced only that he was out with a training injury. He said doctors cleared him after about a month and a half, and he accepted the October bout at short notice.
He stopped Yuma Matsui in March and Kato Sunada in May at RIZIN Kobe, and has since moved his base to Nagoya to train under Kanten Kasugai. He wants four fights this year and is looking at New Year's Eve. He said he won't trash talk: "I'm a fighter, so [I'll show it] in the fight" (translated).
Hamaguchi told MMAPLANET he developed a retinal detachment about a week after the September DEEP Osaka fight with Ryosuke Honda was set, and had surgery right away. The promotion had announced only that he was out with a training injury. He said doctors cleared him after about a month and a half, and he accepted the October bout at short notice.
He stopped Yuma Matsui in March and Kato Sunada in May at RIZIN Kobe, and has since moved his base to Nagoya to train under Kanten Kasugai. He wants four fights this year and is looking at New Year's Eve. He said he won't trash talk: "I'm a fighter, so [I'll show it] in the fight" (translated).
- Summary
- Soru Hamaguchi says he is cleared after retinal detachment surgery and fights Onigiri-kun in the DEEP Fight Challenge 2026#03 main event on Oct. 30 in Tokyo.
- Key points (one per line)
- Hamaguchi fights Onigiri-kun in a 58 kg bout, three five-minute rounds, on Oct. 30 at Ebisu Garden Room in Tokyo
He says he had retinal detachment, had surgery and was cleared by doctors after about a month and a half
The injury forced him out of a September DEEP Osaka bout with Ryosuke Honda
He wants four fights this year and is aiming at New Year's Eve
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- MMAPLANET | https://mmaplanet.jp/242304
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