The Lords of the Ring: The Two Wrestlers

The Two Wrestlers captures the essence of Katsuyori Shibata's warrior spirit. Puroresu!

The American Creep's words regarding Shibata:

"There's a lot to be learned from him. Not only does he embody the warrior spirit of Puroresu, but he is also like a link to the past of such shoot style pro wrestlers turn mixed martial artists such as Mas Funaki, Minoru Suzuki, Satoryu Sayama, Kiyoshi Tamura, etc etc. People tend to forget that it all started with shoot style pro wrestling. Before there was BJJ mania and the "flawless" Gracie system, there was Catch Wrestling which was around 2,000 years before BJJ ( around the same time the Thunder God gave the American Creep his Cowl of Creepiness) better known as Pankration. Before board shorts and stupid tribal tats, there were speedos and Puroresu boots. That's why I respect and admire Shibata so much. He not only is a warrior, but a living link to the days once forgotten...to the beginning when fighting spirit was pure."

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[Xnake]

Incredibily fucking epic!!! (Rikidozan smiling in the sky)

[frankrock108]

a true mma masterpiece

i can not wait for the third installment

[joemontjapan]

Would love to see these 2 studs lose the gloves and go after one another puroresu style.

[TrunxAndBoots]

@nashleigh79 They just don't get any hotter than this!!!

[japanpro1]

awesome.

[1NorfBoyz]

@GravityEyelids wwe is better than thunderslam even dow its pg shit

[1fletch]

Gravity delivers

[BOFH2]

Video stops at 2:04

[rgs2654321]

Epic Lord of the rings vid man...In the end he got the ring!

[jibok007]

dang.. i wantd minowaman to win :(

[buzzkick]

the fact that he took a 'fake' wrestling move and used it in a legitimate MMA fight makes it a legitimate move. It's been used by loads of other MMA fighters (Randleplex anyone?)

the Flashback thing was a nice touch. Nice video well done.

[nashleigh79]

very sexy fight