Simeon left for Japan on thursday the 16.th of october. His been training hard for his first fight in Deep, against Eiji Ishikawa (16 - 15 - 2 )



Pic by Simen Kjellin


Of course his trainer and friend Joachim Hansen went with him and he will be standing strong in Simeon's corner! 



Pic by Simen Kjellin

Japan.MMA.com writes:

On the card, Norwegian Simeon Thoresen is putting his undefeated status on the line, and I am picking him to get a submission win, but Ishikawa is very hard to put away and very good at avoiding submissions. It might go to the 2nd round. 

We wish Simeon the best of luck in Japan!

Update:

Monday 20.october 

A filmcrew came to the Gym filming Simeon and Joachim traing. 








Japan-MMA.com writes:

Thoresen had his toughest opponent yet, and it showed. He faced a guy that is VERY good at avoiding submissions, but very good at staying on top. The end result? Ishikawa got all the take downs and stayed on top all the fight... He also got most of the damage and the majority win. Simeon had most of the submission attempts, but was forced to work from his back. Eiji Ishikakawa won by Decision.

Sherdog.com after the fight:

Grabaka veteran Eiji Ishikawa handed Simeon Thoresen the first loss of his professional career, exploiting the top Norwegian prospect’s defensive wrestling weaknesses for a majority decision.

“I had the wrong game plan,” Thoresen said. “It was trying to knock him out standing, and if not, just sprawl on him, but it didn’t work out so well.”

After taking Thoresen down at will, Ishikawa peppered him with shots from inside the Norwegian’s guard and avoided every attempt made by Thoresen for armbars and triangles.

“He kept Simeon down with good control in guard, stressing Simeon out, making him try too many submission attempts,” said Dream lightweight champion Joachim Hansen of Thoresen, his fighter. “Simeon won most of his fights by submission before, so he got stuck in that submission mode instead of trying to kick him away and use his feet to get some distance.”

Thoresen’s only moment came in the final seconds of the second round, when after finally stuffing a takedown attempt, he took Ishikawa’s back and punched at the side of his head. The damage was done, however, as two judges ruled the bout for Ishikawa, with the remaining judge ruling the bout a draw.

“I need to train more wrestling so I can decide more on where the fight ends up,” Thoresen said. “I’ll be back stronger.”

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Despite Simeon's lose in Japan, his performance has now moved him up to No.7 in Europe.