The 4th installment of the Shooto Tradition series was headlined by
several veterans including Lion Takeshi Inoue recapturing the 143lbs
Shooto Featherweight title from Hideki Kadowaki. Headlining the card
was, Hatsu Hioki of Alive Academy vs. Rumina Sato of K'z Factory
月狼(Moon Wolf). The TKO Featherweight champ made easy work of Shooto
pioneer veteran Rumina Sato. The end game arrived when Sato was
overpowered by Hioki's over under middle clinch bating Sato into a
underhook fight then immediately offbalancing into a kosoto gari leg
trip into a side mount take down. The disparity in Hioki's ability to
pass a virtually non existent rubber guard of Sato is perplexing
despite Sato's decade long experience as a grappler, or it may speak
volumes of Hioki's ground top game, half, side and mount positioning
and basing capabilities. The stoppage came at 3:32 of Round 1, when
Sato was unable to scramble or recover from a full mount to a half or
full guard position absorbing insurmountable damage from Hioki's
pounding hooks, reminiscent of Kenny Florian's pounding stoppage of
Joe Lauzon at UFN 13 earlier this year.
Shooto Tradition 4 11/28/08
Keywords: Mixed Martial Arts
