Nothing bad, nothing outright wonderful. I wanted a little more hatred in this but there wasn't any. Suzuki with an uncharacteristic clean break at the outset set the tone for this match. They work the mat a bit, tease some stomps, trade kicks in the ring and on the apron. It's more or less a Suzuki-dominant match, with him forcing Sakaguchi back to the ropes time and time again. Sakaguchi comes back, controls a bit with strikes, Suzuki comes back, controls again with submissions. I liked Sakaguchi's management of the cobra clutch, trapping Suzuki's arm as he struggles and looking like he was trying to also trap the leg. Suzuki gets a little crazy after a dropkick counter and locks in the sleeper hold. When he tries to transition to the Gotch piledriver, Sakaguchi back bodydrops his way out of it but gets caught right back in the sleeper hold. Suzuki hits the Saka Otoshi to stun him and then re-asserts the sleeper hold for the submission V. Decent!
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