1) Isao Tanimura vs. Saburo Kawakatsu: Tanimura is already 30 at this point making his debut. Kawakatsu is some guy also debuting.
FIGHT: Kawakatsu Unanimous Decision. This is deserved - Kawakatsu got repeated takedowns and was on top in dominant positions most of the fight. He also came closest to finishing with going from side cotnrol with a straight armbar as well, though Tanimura fought his way out. (0)
2) Mitsuo Matsumoto vs. Masakazu Kuramochi: Matsumoto is a NEW FACE.
FIGHT: Kuramochi Unanimous Decision. This shown is shown as highlights - Matsumoto is taken down over and over, nearly taps due to a RNC on the chin, eats a high kick, and gets generally dominated in what is shown. (0)
3) Satoshi Fujisaki vs. Kazumichi Takada: Who? No idea on weight. Fujisaki with Shootboxing trunks.
FIGHT: Takada Unanimous Decision. Highlights only again. Lots of flying submission attempts in this bout. Takada does more of them, so he wins I guess? He can't strike at all. Fujisaki gets him in the thai plumb and while he lands a knee, he should have gone to town. Instead, we get a flying armbar attempt. (0)
4) Yuki Sasaki vs. Yasushi Warita: Warita is terrible, Sasaki still gets relevant bouts.
FIGHT: Sasaki Submission Rnd 1. Easy fight - he takes down Warita instantly, goes from half guard to taking the far leg and turning a heel hook. Warita rolls and taps. That there is a debut! (1)
5) Yoshiyuki Takayama vs. Katsuhisa Akasaki: 62KG! Little dudes!
FIGHT: Takayama Submission Rnd 1. Rear naked finishes this contest - Akasaki is way smaller and when he drops to try and get down Takayama following a clinch started by a Takayama body kick, he's pancaked and gets his back taken. The choke slowly works its way in and he's flattened out. Standing Takayama almost seemed to be playing with him given the way he was juking and feinting. (0)
6) Takuya Kuwabara vs. Takenori Ito: Kuwabara is Mr. Takedowns. Ito, from what little I know, is chiefly a top control grappler and not an active one, either.
FIGHT: Kuwabara Majority Decision. Atrocious decision. (0)
Kuwabara: Kuwabara shoots IMMEDIATELY. I'm shocked. And he keeps on shooting, too. But he's shooting from too far outside. And he isn't doing anything to set up the shot and get closer. Put all that together with the disadvantage he has in size and he is getting stuffed over and over again. And his left leg is getting red from being kicked so much. Its a bad first. The second is a big improvement though - he pushes hard with his first shot and gets down Ito and handles him on the mat the majority of the round. Then he starts taking the stance of a counter puncher and lands some hard right hands when Ito takes the lead foot. This continues into the third round after Kuwabara is forced to trade with Ito - since Ito throws one thing at a time, he tries to time kicks off the back foot with his right hand. Lead foot kicks he has trouble with - eats them at worst, blocks them partially with his forearms at best. He gets very deep penetration looking for a double off a back leg body kick from Ito and takes him down with 15 seconds remaining. Apparently that was enough for a majority decision? Horrible.
Ito: Ito looks to be as much as 6 inches taller than Kuwabara. If only I had taken notes on that! And he just looks much physically larger. Kinda like watching what would have happened if Florian fought Gamburyan. Ito has a bad second round where he loses his mojo and gets taken down and controlled and even hit a few times standing, but gets back to work in the third - he is apparently convinced he can throw leg kicks and not get taken down, and starts throwing them again. And he actually does stop the takedown this time and forces Kuwabara down face first, cutting him. The fight is restarted standing and Ito again has a huge gap between him and his short opponent. Its so big, Ito starts throwing headkicks because Kuwabara can't close the gap. Ito does eventually get a takedown late in the round off a kick, but the decision is obvious. Ito does have a big flaw standing - never throws combinations. Not even two strikes in a row. Should have won this easily under Unifed Rules scoring. In Shooto? Who the fuck knows.
After the show is over, we get a video promo about Rumina Sato showing the loss to Joel Gerson and what I think is Korakuen Hall along with the message "THE GREATEST COMMON MEASURE RULES IN GRAPPLING EQUALS TO COMBAT WRESTLING" for what seems to be a grappling competition for Shooto, Judo, Sambo, etc. Then we see a package of highlights from said grappling competition held on 3/15 of that year. Among the finals matches shown in highlights unless otherwise noted:
58KG: Shoji Masada vs. Masaru Kokita - Kokita wins
63KG: Hiroyuki Abe vs. Kazuhiro Inoue - Abe wins
69KG: Kazuya Abe vs. Takeshi Yamazaki - Note: Caol Uno was participating but didn't get to the semis. Abe wins a decision.
76KG: Yasushi Miyake vs. Rumina Sato - This is shown in full, actually. Sato loses a decision on points.
85KG: Takeuchi Izuru vs. Sunao Terada: Izuru wins by heelhook or something
85+KG: Sadaaki Sugiura vs. Keizo Sakakibara: Sugiura wins decision on points. And its by a shit load (11-0!). Dude is kinda fat.
Women: Yoko Gokita vs. Michiko Takeda: Takeda wins with a choke. She's like, a lot bigger.
After the highlights are shown, so are medal ceremonies and THAT'S ALL FOLKS.
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Ito/Kuwabara
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Sasaki/Warita
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 4.5 out of 10. I can't lie. I kinda enjoyed Ito/Kuwabara and Yuki Sasaki's debut. There were only 4 full fights shown, and if you ignore the grappling tourney, its like an hour long episode of NAAFS from back in the day.
D&R Rating: 3% (1/30)
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