1) Masanori Suda vs. Ray Cooper: Cooper represents the long lost and beloved JESUS IS LORD fight team from Hawaii. Suda is a future Shooto champ.
FIGHT: Suda Submission Rnd 1. Cooper is a smaller man and works fast to get the takedown and prevent standup exchanges he believes he can't win. On the mat Suda proves to be superior in technique as well as in size, going for a triangle and then transitioning into an armbar after several attempts to escape by Cooper, none of which really allowed him to separate. (2)
2) Jutaro Nakao vs. Jay R. Palmer: I can barely express my interest in this. Jay R. Palmer was outrageously dangerous once.
FIGHT: Nakao Submission Rnd 1. Okay, not surprised by this. Nakao closes the distance at the very start, eventually gets a takedown, and Palmer gives his back in this long, boring version of the classic RNC finished standard issue KOTC bout. (0)
At this point, clips of other fights are shown from earlier in the night after an interlude with the studio crew. Included in this? Dokonjonosuke Mishma's bout with Fujisaki that ends in a draw (looks like a good fight via clips), Tetsuji Kato submitting Kohichi Tanaka, and Jin Akimoto dropping a decision to Hikeo Ikeda. (0) for all three combined in spite of Mishma being something later on. 45 seconds of footage isn't enough.
3) Masao Fujiwara vs. Ricky Botelho: First time I can remember seeing Botelho since getting beaten by Rumina.
FIGHT: Botelho Unanimous Decision. Also clipped up for the first two but I give this its own listing because, hey, it got a prefight video package and I do see the full third. God does it suck. Want to see 5 minutes of a brazilian with a ridiculous stance stopping a single leg? This is the fight for you. (0)
4) Noboru Asahi vs. Dennis Hall: Hall represents RAW team and so you imagine that Rico Chiaparelli is around there too. 65KG.
FIGHT: Asahi Submission Rnd 2. This wasn't a title defense. (4)
Asahi: He has a tough time with Dennis Hall's takedowns as you might expect given the pedigree that Hall brings in. But he's active off the bottom and actually the better striker. When he lands a low kick on Hall in round 2, it looks realy clear that Hall's defense for that is "walk through them". Hall goes for a takedown in the second round that Asahi defends and actually ends up taking the back of Hall during. This, after a long period of time, leads to an armbar.
Hall: ProtoWrestleboxer. Provides some pressure on Asahi but his most devastating offensive technique is to lay on his opponent. Really. Its like the only real tip given by Chiparelli ("Put weight on him!") in an offensive fashion. Most anything else is begging him to defend things that the ProtoAoki does.
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Asahi/Hall
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Suda/Cooper
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 3 out of 10. Lots of clipped stuff, a couple full fights that suck, one that's long but not very good. Seeing Asahi act as an early blueprint for nerdy, stringy submission guy who can't stand at all is pretty interesting. I'm surprised some old dudes haven't seen him in Aoki's style?
D&R Rating: 30% (6/20)
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