[1995-07-18-RINGS] Yoshihisa Yamamoto vs Dick Leon-Vrij

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Yamamoto takes an absolute thrashing from Dick Fly but so he's damn persistent with those double leg takedowns and Vrij, of course, is always within a foot of the ropes so Yamamoto has 7% chance of actually submitting him. But boy oh boy, Vrij destroys Yamamoto with the knees and palm strikes. When Yamamoto's down, Vrij kills him with a knee to the head and the ref admonishes Vrij while Hans Nijman is up on the apron, trying to get the ref to call Yamamoto down. Vrij keeps attacking Yamamoto until Yamamoto stuns him with a shotei and then peppers him in the corner with open hands. But that only pisses Vrij off, who comes at him twice as hard, and again, Yamamoto pummels Vrij in the corner with open hands. Vrij is actually bleeding now and he's used up all his rope escapes - Yamamoto can do it! Once again, Vrij big ass knees Yamamoto when he's down on the ground and the fans aren't happy about it but Yamamoto forces Vrij to the ropes and wins by TKO...so the fans leave happy. Brutal match. 

[Superstar Sleeze]

Yoshihisa Yamamoto vs Dick Vrij - RINGS 7/18/95

Imagine instead of being a lame spooky ass Aleister Black was a Dutch Kickboxing Badass like Dick Vrij! I’d be his biggest fan. 
 

This fucking ruled so hard. Dick Vrij is allergic to the mat. As soon as Yamamoto grabs a leg; he grabs the ropes. There is literally no grappling or submission work because Vrij is scared shitless of it. His whole strategy is to swing for the fences and knock out Yamamoto. In RINGS you charged for rope escapes so Yamamoto just needs to get 10 to win the match. There is one Shoot Knee that is BRUTAL~! Yamamoto shoots for the takedown BANG~! Knee Right to the Face! I don’t know how he was not legit knocked out. RED CARD~! Damn never seen that before charged a Down! Yamamoto tags Vrij pretty good causing a mouse under the eye which eventually opens up a the blood trickle adds so much. Besides one Down by Vrij, Yamamoto is just running up the score. I love Vrij’s selling down the stress. He looks like a worn down Terminator just hell bent on knocking out Yamamoto but knows he doesn’t have it in him. A yellow card and one last rope break wins the day for Yamamoto. Wicked entertaining match! Wish more wrestling was like this! **** 1/4