What a swanky little contest that really made the rope break/downs system engaging. The sense of struggle between this two was terrific as they vied for submission opening and fought for takedowns, sometimes in desperation. Once again, Fujiwara's bony old man head is a major factor in this match and early on, he lunges in with a nasty headbutt and Takada collapses to the canvas, even with Fujiwara holding onto him. Takada's kicks are his weapons of choice and he keeps chopping out the legs of Fujiwara to keep him down. At one point, Fujiwara executes a fantastic kneebar takedown but Takada is able to slip out into a single leg crab hold to force him to the ropes. Fujiwara's selling post-single leg crab is fantastic. Takada is again able to take him out at the leg and Fujiwara fires up with some big slaps and the two unload on each other in the corner. Fujiwara cranks on a crossface to force Takada to the ropes but Takada again comes back with the kicks and the two start racking up the downs between the kicks, the headbutts, the slaps and the punches. Fujiwara manages on last exhausted headbutt to even the score but in the end, Takada takes him out in beautifully dominant fashion, rocking him with hard sweeps and sweeping the leg to score the TKO victory. Loved this.
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