PeteF3 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Report Posted December 24, 2014 Halme wears boxing gloves, as befitting his supposed background, but it looks kind of silly in this setting, particularly when he attempts cross armbreakers and such. This is a study in contrasts--the standup portions are awesome and heated, as Halme is basically a big monster base for Nagai to try to chop down. It's the most over Halme has probably ever been. On the mat is a different story--Nagai has a huge advantage there and Halme comes off as very tentative (or clueless, to put it more bluntly). This climaxes with a great false finish as Nagai furiously rains kicks down on a standing Halme, who suddenly Hulks Up and floors Nagai with one uppercut to the midsection for a hot 9-count. Nagai quickly and somewhat anticlimactically takes him down and puts him away with a figure four anklelock. Not a high-end shootstyle/RINGS match by any means but probably the high watermark for Tony Halme's career. He's still not a good worker but he's a believable enough monster and Nagai was able to carry this the rest of the way. Quote
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