[2011-02-27-BattlARTS] Yuki Ishikawa & Hideki Suzuki vs Daisuke Ikeda & Super Tiger II

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Pretty good match. Suzuki is the least experienced of the bunch and he’s largely overshadowed by the Ishikawa/Ikeda exchanges. Those two know each other so well, throwing their stiff as day old catshit strikes. Super Tiger seems motivated but still only lands about five out of every ten kicks. I thought Suzuki's matwork was solid and he does a good job of transitioning and modifying his holds as need be. He gets bullied by kicks and doesn’t really have much of a chance to show off his striking ability but gets in a couple of decent throws, including the double arm suplex into the double wristlock. In the end, he gets clobbered by Ikeda's short-arm lariat and eats a nasty solebutt to end the match.