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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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
I pick Tokoro by chairshot in the second
"It's like a flying knuckle sandwich." --Rogan
"And many men have eaten it." -- Goldy
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
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
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
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
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
…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
Awesome. How long until the Royal Rumble?
by Derek Suboticki on Nov 25, 2008 1:32 PM EST reply actions
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..
Zuluzhino/Butterbean!
No, wait – Luke Thomas and Matt Brown! End the rumors!
by Derek Suboticki on Nov 25, 2008 8:13 PM EST up reply actions
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
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
Dana White might just do it out of sheer principle – after all, McMahon’s worth about as much as the entire UFC is.
by Derek Suboticki on Nov 25, 2008 8:31 PM EST up reply actions
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.
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.
I am also surprised about how many people didn’t know about the Imanari butt scoot to leg lock routine
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.
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.
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