Snapshot of the Day: Tag Team Grappling
by Luke Thomas on Nov 25, 2008 1:30 PM EST
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From ZST 18 at Differ Ariake in Tokoyo, Japan on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008:
6th Match - GT-F Tag Team Title Bout (total weight 135 kg) Bout 15 min
Hideo Tokoro (Japan / Team ZST) & Masakazu Imanari (Japan / Team-ROKEN) vs. Takumi Yano (Japan / Koppou Ugokai Yano Takumi Dojo) & Daisuke Yokoyama (Japan / X-ONE GYM Shonan)
Winner: Hideo Tokoro and Masakazu Imanari by Decision (2-1)
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WTF? when did they start doing this? Anybody got a video of it?
by asmiley420 on Nov 25, 2008 12:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Whats the name of the Promotion? Differ Ariake?
by asmiley420 on Nov 25, 2008 12:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ZST. Pronounced like the soap Zest. Differ Ariake is the venue.
by Luke Thomas on Nov 25, 2008 12:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
youtubeftw. I guess it’s an older one, and it looks kind of silly to me, but here ya go.
by mythbuster on Nov 25, 2008 12:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
oops
Didn’t see Luke posted this below. Same fight too… I’m more than a little scared.
by mythbuster on Nov 25, 2008 12:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Someone has to find a video of this.
by EazyEismydad on Nov 25, 2008 12:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
i thought i missed the boat on this one, good to see im not the only one whos never seen this stuff before, where the hell is the video!!!
by Chuntsman949 on Nov 25, 2008 12:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Here's some video
It’s not of this event, but to give you an idea of what tag team MMA looks like:
by Luke Thomas on Nov 25, 2008 12:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I pick Tokoro by chairshot in the second
"It's like a flying knuckle sandwich." --Rogan
"And many men have eaten it." -- Goldy
by thetakeover on Nov 25, 2008 12:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
what's that weird butt move?
At 2:05 dude looks like he’s proofferring his rectum for a different kind of tag team action. Is this an actual fighting style?
"It's like a flying knuckle sandwich." --Rogan
"And many men have eaten it." -- Goldy
by thetakeover on Nov 25, 2008 12:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
to clarify: this is in response to the video Luke posted
"It's like a flying knuckle sandwich." --Rogan
"And many men have eaten it." -- Goldy
by thetakeover on Nov 25, 2008 12:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Imanari is known for butt scoop to leg ties. He’s mastered it.
by Luke Thomas on Nov 25, 2008 12:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
would love to see a Judo Chop on that
"It's like a flying knuckle sandwich." --Rogan
"And many men have eaten it." -- Goldy
by thetakeover on Nov 25, 2008 12:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t just because seeing his heel hooks make me cringe and I don’t want multiple gifs of them ruining my day.
by Simco on Nov 25, 2008 1:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think this match officially makes tag team matches more relevant in MMA than in Pro Rasslin.
by Brett Jones on Nov 25, 2008 12:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Tag team matches?
no thanks. If I want tag team ‘matches’ I’ll watch WWF. Which I’d never do anyways, even if you paid me
by Discman2 on Nov 25, 2008 12:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
…he said while using a PRIDE logo for his avatar.
by Brett Jones on Nov 25, 2008 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 8 recs
Nothing wrong with
watching WWE and being a Hardcore MMA fan. I myself have watched UFC since the beginning, why? Because of Ken Shamrock. When he went to WWF and I heard about UFC I went out and rented every single show once it hit video. Been watching UFC and MMA since. I don’t understand what it is with some people having heart attacks over wrastlin’.
Growing up I loved wrestling and then loved it even more when wrestling got HUGE. This is known as the Stonecold, nWo, Brock, Hollywood Hogan, If ya smell what Im cookin Rock, HHH, Latino Heat, ManKind, Hell in the Cell, Chris Benoit, Booker T, WcW Nitro, RAW, Kurt “You Suck” Angle, Big Bad Booty Daddy Scott Steiner, DX, Wolfpac, Y2J, Trish Stratus, Lita, Sable, Chyna, DDP and his gal Kimberly, Stacey Kiebler, WWF ‘Tough Enough’ Reality Show, Big Show, man the list goes on…
Honestly whats being put on right now by Vince McMahon isnt as good as it used to be. So thats why I don’t watch anymore but theres nothing wrong with liking both.
BTW, on the subject, Tag Team MMA sounds awesome….
by xFenixKnightx on Nov 25, 2008 2:19 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
ManKind
He’s hardcore! He’s hardcore! He’s hardcore!
by mythbuster on Nov 25, 2008 3:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
How does this even work? You can tag like in rasslin? Is there any sort of scoring based on tags? Why is that small asian man attempting to attack with his @ss? I am so confused and my mind is blown.
Being on the internet gives me a right...nay a responsibility to bitch about things
by beery_pbr on Nov 25, 2008 1:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I’m slipping. Thanks for catching it. Fixed.
by Luke Thomas on Nov 25, 2008 3:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Rothwell and Nelson... at last, a platform to shine!!!
They come out to the ring on Harley’s with porkchops hanging out of their mouths…
Sponsorships by PBR, Sara Lee, and of course CondomDepot.com on their teeny tooshies..
by Gunslinger20 on Nov 25, 2008 3:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Wow. That would be amazing. I would pay to see that. In a few years when MMA is better established as a legitimate sport to the general public, we need more pro-wrestling tie-ins. Seriously. Let’s book Lee Murray v. Stone Cold in a Hell in a Cell. Whose with me?
by dropkick101 on Nov 25, 2008 7:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Zuluzhino/Butterbean!
No, wait – Luke Thomas and Matt Brown! End the rumors!
by subo on Nov 25, 2008 8:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No Triple Threats or TLC matches...
I mean, we want to legitimize the sport, right?
by Gunslinger20 on Nov 25, 2008 8:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Better yet...
Make Dana White join the Vince McMahon “Kiss My Ass” club…
by Gunslinger20 on Nov 25, 2008 8:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dana White might just do it out of sheer principle – after all, McMahon’s worth about as much as the entire UFC is.
by subo on Nov 25, 2008 8:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm actually quite disturbed by what I've just watched
via the links provided above. The butt-guy really seemed pretty good at sinking heel hooks and leg locks. though.
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
by misterjonez on Nov 25, 2008 3:45 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
The ‘Butt-Guy’ lol. I think we found a nickname to rival ‘KenFlo’.
by mythbuster on Nov 25, 2008 3:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
lol
glad someone liked it. That’s actually a ‘title’ my sister and I devised a few years ago, and it became part of our pet nomenclature. I thought it fit the situation appropriately.
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
by misterjonez on Nov 25, 2008 4:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I like watching Imanari fight. He always does this tag team stuff too
by Yasnian on Nov 25, 2008 5:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I am also surprised about how many people didn’t know about the Imanari butt scoot to leg lock routine
by Yasnian on Nov 25, 2008 5:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Considering he did it to defeat current WEC featherweight champ Mike Brown, you are correct.
by Luke Thomas on Nov 25, 2008 5:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe I’m just ignorant of the Japanese sub-grappling scene but Imanari & Tokoro vs. some guys I’ve never heard of sounds a little mismatched.
by George Lucas on Nov 25, 2008 5:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Why are people calling it the the butt scoot to leg lock? It’s called a baseball slide, dammit!
by ilostmydog on Nov 25, 2008 6:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
So now I’m a bit confused: does Tag-Team MMA actually exist or just this weird hybrid grappling situation? I can’t imagine real tag team MMA. I think it would cut down on some of the action. A guy could be in trouble or gassing and the action would stop for a minute if he made a tag to allow his partner to come in the ring. It’s just silly. It only works in a staged situation where the referee magically doesn’t see you cheat half the time and no one told him about instant replay.
by dropkick101 on Nov 25, 2008 7:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Tag team MMA does exist. ZST has featured it in the past and there are videos of it posted on this thread. I suppose you were confused about whether it was weird hybrid grappling because ZST has strange rules. You can choose not to wear gloves in ZST MMA (as Yano and Imanari did in the one match that was posted), but if you do you are not allowed to punch with a closed fist. There are also no strikes to the head while on the ground, much like the rules in RINGS.
The match that Imanari & loser Janitor just won was tag team grappling, not MMA.
by ilostmydog on Nov 25, 2008 7:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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