Friday, January 30, 2009

Back in Time: Shooto Gig West 9 - Tamura Hibiki vs Gypsy Taro

Shoot Gig West 9

Tamura in the white trunks. Gypsy with the Mullet.

Shoot Gig West 9

Shoot Gig West 9

My write-up at the time:

Next up was Tamura Hibiki from Paraestra Osaka Vs. Gypsy Taro from Shooting Gym Osaka. Tamura is a south paw and fought very intelligently. He worked good kicks into his combos and threw in several back straight kicks. He was able to get several trip takedowns and had an interesting strategy of grasping his opponents lead hand with his lead right and throwing a straight left. It worked well for him. Gypsy Taro was able to get top position several times, but showed no ability to do anything from it. His punches were strong but always followed the same pattern of countering of Tamura's right kick. He worked his shoulders well from the clinch in the corner, both to create space, and to batter Tamura. In the end, Taro simply ran out of gas, and Tamura ran away with the fight.

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