[1998-08-29-BattlARTS] Ryuji Yamakawa vs Katsumi Usuda

[cactus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsbfL1U4sqQ

 

The infamous barbed wire kickpad incident. Shoot style meets hardcore in a brilliant bizarre pairing.

 

Usuda schools Yamakawa in anything technical, so Yamakawa has to get crafty. He turns to brawling which works into his favor. His luck runs out of luck when he tries to bring barbed wire into the mix. Usuda manages to get his hands on it and wraps it around his kickpad and proceeds to kick the living crap out of poor Yamakawa, who is cut to shreds. That punt kick is particularly nasty. Usuda has a grin on his face as he's now schooling this garbage hardcore wrestling at his own game. Usuda gets dumped on his head in a sickening way when Yamakawa finally gets his wind back and lariats his opponent HARD. I can't remember the last time I cringed some many times in a single match.

 

A brutal hybrid of a match. More of this please.

 

★★★★