[2000-08-09-NJPW-G1 Climax] Takashi Ilzuka vs Yuji Nagata

[soup23]

This was a much stronger showing for Nagata than the previous night. He led Ilzuka through an exciting final segment and threw his barrage of kicks and submissions with more accuracy. In fact, of all the match clips we have seen so far, this was probably up there along with Fujinami vs Liger as the two matches I ould most like to see in full. Overall this show looks pretty weak and Nagata getting the win felt well deserved. NR

[AstroBoy]

This was pretty good action with Nagata looking one step ahead of Iizuka. His counter throw to the rear naked choke was pretty slick and he uses some pretty doggedly applied submissions to pick up the win in what looked like a decent match from what is shown here.