Saturday, January 18, 2020

Utami Hayashishita vs. Maika (JTO, 1/14/2020)

JTO - Hatsu (1/14/2020)

Future of Stardom Championship: Utami Hayashishita (c) vs. Maika

First time watching a Maika match at full-length. She seemed very good for someone with less than 15 matches. She had a clear and focused gameplan, showing little signs of inexperience. These two are similar in that they're both tall, chunky power fighters with judo backgrounds and red costumes, but the wrestling was surprisingly not samey. It was intense, with some great physicality in the strikes, slams and submission holds.

***1/4