[1996-08-17-UWFi-Mid-Summer in Jingu] Masahito Kakihara vs Kazushi Sakuraba

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It’s a beautiful day for a fun shoot-inspired pro-wrestling bout between two equally matched friends/rivals. There was a lot of back-and-forth on the mat, until Sakuraba decides to German suplex Kaki but when he gets greedy, Kaki takes him down with the Fujiwara armbar. Kakihara’s FINALLY able to connect with his big spinning heel kick, following it up with a high kick and a slough of palm strikes. He delivers an awesome suplex throw but Sakuraba immediately grabs an arm upon impact, trying to work his way down into an ankle hold. The finish was pretty cool, with Kaki coming at him with a combo of strikes and a suplex to set up the sleeper but in a terrific counter, Sakuraba flips him over and quickly taps him with the armbar.