[1996-05-27-UWFi vs WAR] Hiromitsu Kanehara vs Akira Nogami

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I did not know Nogami ever worked shoot style. Or this approximation of it, at least. They don't use the points system and there's a nearfall off a German suplex, so I guess it's a mishmash of shoot/pro. For five minutes I thought this was pretty tidy. Kanehara has big time strikes and tries to kick Nogami's leg in half and Nogami sells it like he has half a leg. Kanehara goes for a big KO shot, but Nogami ducks it and hits a German for a nearfall,which is about the most headway he'd been able to make up to that point. He then tried to follow up with another, because why wouldn't he, I guess? but Kanehara rolls through into a kneebar and Nogami has no choice but to tap. Perfectly fine.