[2016-12-29-Hard Hit] Hideki Suzuki vs Takutoshi Matsumoto

[superkix]

Hard Hit misses a lot but it's fun to see Hideki show up. He's just so much bigger than most of his opponents and while Matsumoto gets in a couple of neat takedowns and reversals, this is mostly Suzuki dominating the mat and submitting him with the double arm suplex hold. Fun stuff but Matsumoto didn't look like he was trying too hard.

[Edwin]

This match is a ton of fun. This is BJJ vs. CACC. Matsumoto is a legit BJJ brown belt and Suzuki was trained by Billy Robinson. BJJs philosophy is position before submission and CACCs philosophy is submission before position and that's exactly what we get here and is why it seems like Suzuki dominates for the most part. No strikes are necessary here and luckily none are thrown as this is just two high level grapplers rolling. Suzuki really catches Matsumoto with some cool stuff such as a modified north-south choke and a toe hold and Matsumoto just does an incredible job of scrambling and survivng.