Post by tetsujin on Jan 26, 2024 15:49:23 GMT -5
From the Northern Navigation show, in Toronto.
This might be the best match I've seen from these two. While you can see some overchoreographed sequences at the beginning, the hot crowd makes them mucho more enjoyable to watch, and most of the match is still awesome. They give us a little bit of everything in twenty minutes: cool matwork with depth and details, limbwork and limb selling, a bit of comedy, some stiff strikes, smooth and unexpected reversals (THAT finishing spot, my god that is brilliant!)... They had a lot of chemistry this night.
It's a match that highlights both guys' strengths and doesn't relay on fanservice, filler or clichés to appeal the crowd. It's short, it's compact, it's smooth, it's smart and it's full of character. It lacks in ambition, but it's as good of a showcase match as anyone can ever ask for.
****. I can see this being on a few lists if people give it a try; it's not an all timer but the pieces are definitely there, a great match for sure.
youtu.be/5nx0eSnMS44?si=naetp0uqE8y8Zj7K
This might be the best match I've seen from these two. While you can see some overchoreographed sequences at the beginning, the hot crowd makes them mucho more enjoyable to watch, and most of the match is still awesome. They give us a little bit of everything in twenty minutes: cool matwork with depth and details, limbwork and limb selling, a bit of comedy, some stiff strikes, smooth and unexpected reversals (THAT finishing spot, my god that is brilliant!)... They had a lot of chemistry this night.
It's a match that highlights both guys' strengths and doesn't relay on fanservice, filler or clichés to appeal the crowd. It's short, it's compact, it's smooth, it's smart and it's full of character. It lacks in ambition, but it's as good of a showcase match as anyone can ever ask for.
****. I can see this being on a few lists if people give it a try; it's not an all timer but the pieces are definitely there, a great match for sure.
youtu.be/5nx0eSnMS44?si=naetp0uqE8y8Zj7K
