[2011-11-05-BattlARTS] Yuki Ishikawa vs Daisuke Ikeda

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[superkix]

Not a classic per say, nor the most violent of their series, but a fitting swansong to their story. At this point, Ikeda doesn’t even want to shake hands, he just dropkicks Ishikawa and hits the lariat. It’s mostly a struggle on the ground early on, with Ikeda sometimes doing these nasty headbutts and Ishikawa completely no selling them. Then Ishikawa starts fighting for suplexes with Ikeda bat-batting his way out getting suplexed. A much more sluggish match, slower than anything before, which comes with age and brain smashing. Ikeda's still uber-stiff with some of his headbutts. He'll walk up to Ishikawa, kick him in the face or head, before they go through some of their usual spots. But in the end, Ishikawa takes the series, dumping him with a pair of backdrops and submitting him with the rear naked choke.