[2018-07-15-Soul Mode] Yuki Ishikawa vs Manabu Hara

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Hey, it's a Yuki Ishikawa match in 2018. The 51-year old can still go, although he's obviously slowed down. This was a pretty fun match with some cool spots. Ishikawa's ground game is still better than guys half his age, and it looked like he was having a lot of fun in there rolling around the mat. I liked how he elbowed Hara in the back of the head to set up the Fujiwara armbar and he hits his always great grapevine German suplex. Also liked the arm control late in the match. Hara's sold enough, which has kind of been his entire career, with some decent strikes. He gets a cool flying armbar takedown to Ishikawa's slap attempt and after he dumps Ishikawa with a release German, he kicks him in the head for the win.