Coming up, the main event of the night, a tag contest, Miyato and Sano against Silva and Yamazaki.
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In today's 6th round, we will have a 30-minute one-man show
In the red corner, No.205, Miyato Yuko
No.220, Sano Aoki
Naoki Sano from Hokkaido, 28 years of age
He's a real trier, an ideal companion in this duo
Where he fights with Yuko Miyato from Kanagawa
Known as an all-rounder, certainly a small man in a big man's sport
No.230, Akul Silva
No.225, Kazuo Yamazaki
Kazuo Yamazaki from Tokyo, a huge favorite with the crowd
Arguably the No.2 in Japan
Again, an intriguing combination
With Mark Silva, the new boy from the USA, only 23, still learning
And with the ideal teacher
So, as these two teams square off, apprehensively
Silva, Yamazaki in the red corner
Sano, Miyato in the blue corner
The crowd, really looking forward to this
And the popularity, Ted, for Yamazaki was quite incredible
Yeah, you heard everybody cheering him on as he walked in
And it's pretty intense in there, they're trying to decide who's going to go up first
You see the look in the eyes, they're ready to go
It might be cold, as I said earlier, but there's plenty of heat under those lights
And it's not just coming from those lamps
No, I'd have to say it's pretty hot in there right now
Look at that flying kick opening from Yamazaki
This will be an interesting confrontation
These two excellent all-round stylists, the new WFI
Ooh, belly-to-belly suplex by Yamazaki and Miyato
Miyato, the smallest man in this tag team tonight
We see Yamazaki right now, he's trying to apply a clock-head scissor hold
And he's doing a pretty good job right now
Miyato could possibly be in trouble
I think the face said it all there
Miyato showing a lot of pain, but on his feet
Moving around, showing no effect
I don't know about no effect, but he's ready to go
And it's going to take a lot more than that to put him away tonight
Yamazaki, Miyato, similar tides
Yamazaki with the light blue, royal blue
You see Yamazaki with a crescent kick, then a rolling savate
Which happens to be one of Yamazaki's specialties, as well as Miyato's
Yamazaki waving Miyato off
Almost arrogantly saying away, and Miyato saying, you come to me
Miyato's telling the referee to do something about that
He's upset that he wasn't coming out
Although these fighters meet one another regularly, there certainly is no apathy when they meet
They really want to go for one another
But as you said, that ladder's there, and they all want the number one spot, held by Takada
It doesn't matter who they're going up against
They know that whoever's any kind of adversary who's standing in front of them
Is somebody they have to climb over to get on the top
And everybody, believe me, everybody
Any profession you're in, you always want to be at the top, at the pinnacle
I'll agree with that
Yamazaki tags Mark Silver
Silver, a very much improved fighter
Yeah, and you notice how much bigger Mark Silver is than Miyato
Ooh, nice suplex takes Miyato over, and I'm sure he felt that
Look at the size difference between Silver and Miyato
Yes, and I think Miyato's noticed the size difference
And it's handed over to Sano
Who should fare a little better
You notice Mark Silver's gotten really bigger
Yes, I was about to comment on that, Ted, I mean
Seems to be needing the extra weight, because here's the advantage
Well, you notice he's been doing better in his last couple of matches
And he's picked up a lot of techniques
And he's one of the few American fighters to pick up some striking techniques
And we see him from time to time throw a lot of knees and low kicks
And he tries to do some open hand blows as well
It's a good effect
Sano in the gray trunks
Also giving a good account of himself
Ooh, face lock
It's an interesting shoot sign for Silver
Silver knows where the ropes are and has found them
Well, even though young Mark Silver might have the size and weight advantage
Experienced speed and technique would have to go to Sano tonight
And he's not exactly intimidated going up against a larger adversary
As Mark Silver's trying to set up an ankle lock and a face lock on Sano
I think Sano's advantage was having a baptism by fire in fighting Takada
For his very first fight
Seems to have developed, experienced his overall abilities
Concentrating it into UWFI standings
And he doesn't have too many surprises that he whips out
He pretty much sticks to his game plan
And he's always calm until he finds an opening
Like right there he thought he found an opening
And he immediately goes for the cross lock on the knee
He doesn't waste any energy
He stays calm and when he sees the opening then he explodes
Very intelligent fighter, very focused
But it's Silver that isn't focused at this moment in time
As most of the experienced fighters are, they never waste energy when it's not needed
Keely's tendon hold by Mark Silver
I think Sano will be able to reverse it
I'm sure some of our female viewers will be happy to see
A female photographer there amongst the press crew
Well, she has one of the best seats or best places to watch the fight
From spinning back kick by Sano
That was impressive
Came around with a rolling savate
But he's in danger of being suplexed right now
Mark Silver gives up
Sano was good, he dropped down
And when you drop down forwards it prevents your opponent from getting under your center of gravity
Which makes it possible to take over for suplex
Many people might think it's strength
But suplexes aren't strength
That too, as well as submission holds, are all leverage
Yes, leverage of technique
Gotta get those hips well low
Good leg strength and endurance
And explosive power
Mark Silver with the upper hand position right now
It looks like he's going for a front face lock
A possible takeover with a suplex
Pushes in the corner
Here we go
Here comes in Kazuo Yamazaki
This should be an interesting matchup
As you see Yamazaki just waking up the muscles
It's a little chilly there
But he'll soon warm up
The crowd loving Yamazaki's entrance into the ring
Good kick to the midsection
But Sano's a little bit too fresh
He blocked that
Oh yes
Hey, good stuff from Sano
Nice side suplex
But you notice he took him over with a side suplex
But Yamazaki quickly went on top of him
Reversal after reversal
Excellent all-round fighting here
No, I thought he was going to go for the Achilles tendon hold
But he went for the cross lock on the knee
And once again Sano trying to reverse it on Yamazaki
You see how quick these reversals are
And from the normally expressionless face of Yamazaki
We start seeing some grimaces of pain
This is really an exciting matchup Yamazaki versus Sano
I've been waiting to see this one
And referee Wada with the shooting sign
And actually Sano makes Yamazaki escape to the ropes
21-19 in favor of Miyata and Sano
As we see here
The normally cool Yamazaki makes for the ropes
One thing Sano has to worry about Yamazaki
Besides Yamazaki's excellent open hand blows and kicks and knees
Is Yamazaki's deadly suplexes
But we've seen...oh
There's a good ankle lock
But we've seen Sano in the past with good belly-to-back suplexes
And belly-to-belly suplexes
Like when he fought Yoji Anjo earlier
Sheet sign there
Sano
Straight shoulder arm bar
And he's using his legs with it to get that extra leverage
And it looks pretty stretched out, it looks straight
Once you can straighten out that arm
That applies the pressure
But he's out of it
Yes
And not only do they escape
They think about escaping while catching another limb
And setting up their own submission hold
Yes, for every action there's a reaction
And they think well ahead as you say
They're about two or three moves ahead
And they think that even if they throw a kick
They already think about the case in case they get caught
Miyato watching
That's one thing that we see from Yamazaki a lot
Even though he throws the kick
As soon as somebody grabs the kick and takes him down to the ground
He quickly will reverse it with an arm bar or something
He's thinking in case he messes up those moves
And that's a smart intelligent
That's a sign of an experienced fighter
As you say with this pairing and this tag belt
It seems pretty evenly matched to me
And we can see great technical exchanges
Maiju with attacks like that from Yamazaki
But it's caught again by Sano
Good knee and good kick to the head
But Sano catches it, he kicks him
Here we go, he might take him over
Yamazaki feels it coming
He doesn't need that belly to back suplex
And traps his leg on the back of Sano's knee
To very skillfully avoid
And Sano has his own variation of trying to avoid
Sleeper hold
You notice how Sano defended against
He blocked that suplex
Sano took him over with a one arm drag
But Yamazaki's still not letting go of the sleeper hold
I'm sure Sano's really feeling that
I'm not sure if everyone was checking for an airway then
Wants to make sure that he's not choking or anything
Referee Wada has to be on top of the action
One point is lost
Mark Silva tags
Yamazaki, silver shank
Good flexibility and mobility as well
You notice he shows very good flexibility for a big man
Well Miyata now comes to the stage
I'm sure that Miyata's not going to be intimidated
By Mark Silva's striking techniques
But he better watch out once he gets on the ground
Because of the strength and weight advantage
However, I'd have to say when it comes to submission wrestling
Miyata definitely has to have the experience and technique
Over Mark Silva, the newer fighter
Miyata distinguishable by his height
Silva definitely tearing over him
See how quick Miyata is
Right then Mark Silva tried to go for a hammer lock on the ground
But he saw Miyata just spin right out of it
And he's already up in the standing position
And he has Mark Silva hurt with those kicks
Mark Silva was doing a good job at blocking him
But they're starting to go through
Fireman's carry
Cross lock on the arm, that could be it
No, his arm is a little bit bent
He's going to have to straighten it out
Shoot signed by Wada
That was close
Excellent speed and technique by Miyata
I think you showed there
David and Goliath stuff, look at this
Well that's submission for you
Miyata would have taken a lot of heart from that
He's going for the straight shoulder arm bar right now
The crowd loving this
This would be a major upset if it was won within this particular exchange
Good knee by Mark Silva and Miyata felt that
Trying to take him over but unsuccessful
You notice how Miyata dropped down and he blocked that suplex really well
Miyata talking to the referee saying it's a break
He wants to get back on his feet
Silva doesn't want to allow him that opportunity
Miyata not too happy about that
He thought that the referee should allow him to stand up again
Well in my view with all that extra weight Silva's carrying
It doesn't bay well if Miyata chooses to use his favorite technique
Jumping to that would be devastating I think to Silva's midsection
And I'm sure Miyata has the technique and the ability to be able to set it up
If he just can get his distance in the standing up position
Once again he's going for the face lock
We see chutes signed by Watan
He has a pretty good face lock
He's really twisting Mark Silva's head behind him
I don't know if Mark Silva's ever seen the movie Exorcist
But that kind of reminded me of it
I don't know about that
I'll tell you something, Silva's now beginning to apply
Nice forearm
Yes, beginning to apply that pressure
You notice Mark Silva's a little bit cautious about rushing in
Miyata slapping him and then
He touched out but the referee said you tagged out, go away
Look at this, he clumped him one and then went
Well I might just tag and then he wanted to come back in but it's Sado who's in there
Miyata certainly showing that he's not intimidated by Silva here
Oh that was a nice jumping spinning kick there
A little bit too close in range, he couldn't get it on that
But yet again, Sado showing great ability
And a great adapting to this system
Yeah he definitely has adapted very quickly and he's really holding his own
Even against people like Yamazaki
He showed a great performance against Takada
Now he's going to take Mark Silva over with a double arm suplex from the front
Mark Silva looks a little bit stunned
Well if there was to be the most improved fighter in UWFI
I think that would have to go to Sado
Well in my book either Sado or Gene Lydek, they're the most improved fighters
The newest fighters who are really adapting to the style well
But Mark Silva himself, he's really adapted well
And he's adapted a lot of striking techniques
And I think we're going to see a lot more of those striking techniques
Once Yamazaki walks in the ring and takes on Sado
Yes I think Silva got a little bit out of sorts there
Was beginning to feel a little tired
But Yamazaki goes to work
Caught Sado's kick
Ready to take him over
Oh takes him forwards
Setting up the Boston Crab
Yes that hurts Sado, this will be interesting
Will he be able to hold on?
That's it into push up position
Well as long as he's not sitting on his back
It'll just be the ankles that'll have the pressure applied on him
The crowd gasping there thinking it was all over
Spinning pressing kick but Sado catches that, he sees that
Ineffective there
You notice Sado did a smart move instead of moving away from that kick
Which he would be in danger of catching a heel to the jaw
He moved into the kick so he actually caught the kick with the calf rather than the heel
For anybody who does any martial arts who want to take down the textbook
Way to handle kicks
It's not always the case of moving back, you move straight in and take the balance away
Sado executing excellent defense there
But for many an unexperienced fighter naturally I mean the human tendency is
Your first reaction to a kick is move away from it
But he moved into it and caught it with a calf
And that's what saved him, STF
Oh Yamazaki again showing the expression of pain
Shoot sign from Refuwada, he's tugging his way to that rope
That was a deadly STF right there and Yamazaki's in trouble
19 points
To 17
Front face lock, he's taking him over trying to set up for submission
He's trying to go for that double wrist lock
Just saying, Silvia Yamazaki leading, 19 to 17
Close bout, good action, great atmosphere
Mark Silver really pushing his way with strength into that submission
Only a one point gap now
Good kicks by Sado but Mark Silver's doing a good job at lifting his leg and blocking those
But catches the knee
Sado really has impressed me and he has great technique
He tried to go for that suplex but unsuccessful
Sado tags to Miyato
I'm looking forward to this
Resuming their competition of some minutes ago
Pulled Miyato
Look at that
There it is, no it missed
He's getting a little bit over excited but the kick to the mid, the spinning back kicks missed
But the kick to the midsection took him down
Yes, it opens up the first significant gap in this tag bout, 18 to 14, look at this
Yep, it was that one that took him down, the rolling savants missed but
Oh and Silver passes on to Yamazaki
Silver's going to need some time to recover from that
In the meantime we see Yamazaki with his long powerful legs
You notice Miyato did an excellent job at blocking that high kick but it's still the powers going right through that block
Yes
Double shoot sign
Which has now been left to a shoot sign
Directed only at Miyato
15 minutes into the bout, Yamazaki has a good ankle lock on Miyato
Miyato's in serious trouble, he has the edge
There's no way he's getting out of that, he's going to have to escape through the ropes and he does and loses a point
Back up in the standing position
I'd like to see a little more kicks
Well let's step away and see
For Miyato I don't think he wants to be going up against Yamazaki
Probably skill, technique and experience wise
They're pretty much equal but I'd have to say Yamazaki might have a slight
Upper hand, especially with the size and strength difference
And I'd like to see Miyato get up and start kicking
Yes, he's most definitely the more experienced, dominant and most popular of the quartet tonight
Another point lost, Miyato escapes through the ropes
16 to 14
And here we see these two resume again
It's almost like two single matches in there instead of a doubles match
Nice combination there by Silva
He's really showing some good technique and ability here
Yeah but that spinning back kick really wasn't enough to connect but
It looked nice
But against Miyato I don't know if he's going to be wanting to throw too many striking techniques
Miyato willing to take them on
Normally questions are raised about big fights like this being hosted and staged in outdoor arenas
But once I speak the crowd obviously thought it was something incredibly funny
I was just about to say the atmosphere is electric
They're concentrated, they're attentive and they're enjoying it
Oh definitely everybody's enjoying this one tonight
As they fight it out in the center of the ring
Miyato still looking for that big opening
Miyato really effective with those open hand blows
He's really hitting him with the heel of his hand
That was a nice uppercut
And Mark Silver can't be a stationary target and take too many of those
Once again we see Sano
And there's Miyato tag to Sano
Silver tag to Yamazaki
A tale of two fights
And they're fighting and Sano has got one good low kick and Yamazaki's in trouble
Look at this
Sano dishing out to Yamazaki what he normally dishes out to such great effect
And the crowd loving this
Another rolling savant that kind of missed and slipped over
But Yamazaki in trouble from previous kicks
And every kick he's getting through
That's the amazing thing
But a headbutt to the body
Belly to back
Cross lock
In the middle of the ring
That's it
What a great fighter Yamazaki is
Yamazaki knew he had to end that quickly and he certainly did
And that shows experience
He's been around the block a little bit longer than anybody else in the UWF internet
Look at that picture perfect
Belly to back German suplex
And he sets up the cross lock
And he knew he had to end it
He knew he was in trouble and that shows experience
And he did
Look at Sano in pain
Submitting
Oh what a classic bout and your winners for tonight
Yamazaki and Mark Silver
That was a great bout
Silver congratulating his partner
And Yamazaki really did perform a brilliant escape back there
Look at this
Beautiful SDF
I mean I'm surprised that didn't put Yamazaki out right then and there
But he has a lot of pride and he wasn't about to lose to that
And let me see here Miyato taking on Silver
One of the exciting exchanges in this very, very, very big bout
And here Yamazaki very desperate, didn't hurt
He knew he was losing
He knew he had to pull something out and he pulled out this picture perfect
Belly to back German suplex
And set up that cross lock arm bar
And took it
Amazing
I don't know what to say
I think it pretty much speaks for itself doesn't it Jeff?
Yes
The fighters were great
The techniques were great
And what a finish
Yamazaki
Silver
Arms aloft
Victors
Over Sano
And Miyato