I was surprised to see how this match actually looked like, since I
remembered it just as a couple of minutes of awesome striking. On a
rewatch the almost five minutes were still awesome, but their content
and what made it work quite different. It's true that there were strike
exchanges-and they worked for the characters, Nakano is an undercard
shoot wrestler overmatched by Tenryu, who uses sumo-style slapping
shoves to corner Nakano time and time again. Nakano's only chances are
in going for a submission and utilizing kicks-and even in such a short
match they'll take their time in Tenryu recuperating from an Armbar and
setting the pace for their next show-off instead of just going straight
to it, it really makes a difference in how the crowd perceives the match
and reacts to it. It's remarkable how much thought they put into the
finish of a match like this-Tenryu goes for a Hiptoss, Nakano stops it
by palm striking Tenryu's face off, and as he's about to get on top of
him Tenryu kicks his leg out from the bottom, injuring it, and then
quickly takes care of Nakano with a Half Crab. If you think about it
Tenryu's matches vs UWFi guys really were basically Battlarts style. ***1/4
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