[2008-11-16-BattlARTS] Katsumi Usuda vs Keita Yano

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[dawho5]

I didn't think this was as good as the tag on the same night. But it was still up there as far as the whole of the 2000s go. Yano is a clear underdog here, but he holds his own on the mat. Usuda starts in with strikes just to drive the point home that he doesn't have to play Yano's game and takes a big lead. Yano manages to get it back to the mat and then does some pro wrestling style striking to get his own standing ten count on Usuda. Once Usuda gets over the shock of that he starts taking Yano apart with kicks. Vicious kicks. Please don't let that ever happen to me kicks. Can Yano capitalize on the damage to Usuda's arms before the kicks take their toll? Finish is....well, it looks like something to avoid anyway.