Takeshi Ono Documentation Project #16

 

Takeshi Ono vs. Yuki Ishikawa, BattlARTS 4/6/1996 - FUN

This is from that weird psychedelic background studio TV show they ran. This was these guys going at each other for 5 minutes, and these two are going to give you something good when given 5 minutes. Mostly Ono being pesky, trying to outgrapple Ishikawa and absorbing his size advantage. Though Ono does connect with a brutal face kick at one point because he is Ono. Sick finish where Ishikawa reverses an Ono leg lock and just tries to rip his foot off. Good stuff but gee, 2 or 3 minutes more of this couldn‘t have hurt.

Takeshi Ono & Daisuke Ikeda vs. Yuki Ishikawa & Naohiro Hoshikawa, BattlARTS 10/2/1996 - GREAT

I think the earliest showing of Ikeda and Ono teaming, and they are already a unit. This wasn‘t an all out brawl like many of these matches, but the opening Ikeda/Ishikawa work was tough as nails. These guys locking in submissions look like they‘re trying to bend iron bars. Hoshikawa was solid, and got punched in the face for his troubles by Ono when he tried going for an Irish Whip. Ono and Ikeda eventually cracked up the violence attacking people two on one, Ono kicking people in the face hard and both guys landing some brutal saves. It ended a bit early as Ikeda bloodied Hoshikawas nose and dispatched him like a piece of trash so you didn‘t get a grandstand final, but the match delivered everything you want from Team Taco.

Takeshi Ono vs. Ryuji Hijikata, BattlARTS 3/1/2001 - GREAT

Hijikata always has better matches against Ono than anyone else, and this was no exception. They settle out for a really stiff undercard brawl. Hijikata was really laying in his lariats and kicks, and Ono was firing back hard trying to kick his head off and doing slick submission grabs. No trained monkey show for sure. Hijikata is limited but the match ends up being great anyways due to Onos selling and aggression. There was one exchange where Ono ate a lariat to the face and sold it in a real jump out of your seat way. Pretty great 7 minutes.

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