Takanori Gomi looked nervous before his bout with Bang Ludwig and had trouble finding his range as the long armed American landed some shots and one good one that spun Gomi around. "The Fireball Kid" settled in and with one good blast Bang's nose busted apart blood flying as he fell on to the canvas. Back to his feet quickly he charged at Gomi and blood quickly covered his face. Gomi and he traded for but a moment and the doctors were called in to check Ludwig. The bloody, most likely shattered and cut nose of Bang caused the doctors to stop the fight. Gomi promised his opponent a rematch and was visibly upset winning in such a way. He graciously thanked the crowd and left.
Josh Barnett was not that much bigger than Hidehiko Yoshida who came in seemingly out of shape and very heavy. Though he almost caught Barnett in a armbar, it was Josh's German style suplex that wowed the crowd. In the 3rd the game Yoshida had nothing left and Josh got the ankle lock for the win. It is the 1st time in the gold medal career of Yoshida that he has been submitted (a verbal submission loss to Cro Cop was via strikes).
Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos came into the fight much larger than Takimoto and much more calm and improved. His leg kicks to Taki were just brutal and began to spin the judoko around and cause him to run away after each direct hit. The legs then went high and low over and over again as Cyborg controlled the game and when he tackled Takimoto he grabbed the heel hook and tapped the over matched Japanese fighter out. Man Cyborg looked so much improved and gets his 3rd legitimate submission out of his 16 wins.
Kazou Misaki got the rear naked choke over Siyar Bahadurzada while Fujita had no problem taking Peter Graham to the floor for a north-south choke submission, and Kawamura got the decision win over Braga Neto. Now for the controversy. Nick Thompson seemingly got his ass handed to him by Fabricio Monteiro but here is a prime example of why you "never let fights go to the score cards." Thompson was given the victory when he clearly lost and everyone was scratching their heads.
Josh Barnett was not that much bigger than Hidehiko Yoshida who came in seemingly out of shape and very heavy. Though he almost caught Barnett in a armbar, it was Josh's German style suplex that wowed the crowd. In the 3rd the game Yoshida had nothing left and Josh got the ankle lock for the win. It is the 1st time in the gold medal career of Yoshida that he has been submitted (a verbal submission loss to Cro Cop was via strikes).
Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos came into the fight much larger than Takimoto and much more calm and improved. His leg kicks to Taki were just brutal and began to spin the judoko around and cause him to run away after each direct hit. The legs then went high and low over and over again as Cyborg controlled the game and when he tackled Takimoto he grabbed the heel hook and tapped the over matched Japanese fighter out. Man Cyborg looked so much improved and gets his 3rd legitimate submission out of his 16 wins.
Kazou Misaki got the rear naked choke over Siyar Bahadurzada while Fujita had no problem taking Peter Graham to the floor for a north-south choke submission, and Kawamura got the decision win over Braga Neto. Now for the controversy. Nick Thompson seemingly got his ass handed to him by Fabricio Monteiro but here is a prime example of why you "never let fights go to the score cards." Thompson was given the victory when he clearly lost and everyone was scratching their heads.
5-2 on the picks and it's nice to have a card in Japan again albeit a little one. The shows will get bigger, the roster fuller, and hey, they sold out the house for the event.
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