Friday, October 7, 2016

Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Takuya Nomura (BJW, 9/19/16)

This is everything I love about Takuya Nomura, coupled with Sekimoto's solid backwork and BJ Strong intensity. Right out of the gate, Nomura tries the overwhelm strategy, hitting a dropkick, elbowing away in the corner, snapping off kicks to the chest. Sekimoto quickly squashes this and clobbers away at Nomura. But Nomura is that birthday candle you can't quite blow out on the first couple of tries. The crowd's in his corner so he keeps on bringing the fight to Sekimoto. Sekimoto starts working over his back with kicks, elbow drops, scoop slams, a camel clutch, trying to immobilize Nomura. Nomura's strikes look really good here, especially the kicks. The home stretch was a lot of fun, with the two trading elbows -- Sekimoto with his clobbering shots and Nomura throwing elbows as hard as he can. When Sekimoto catches the leg, Nomura lets loose with the slaps but as he comes off the ropes, Sekimoto catches him with a Rock Bottom-style backbreaker before slapping on his shitty Sharpshooter. Nomura holds out for a bit but the referee ultimately calls for the bell. Good stuff!

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