Asian Bantamweight Grand Prix semi-final: Shunichi Shimizu defeated Manabu Inoue via unanimous must decision (20-19, 19-19, 20-20). The two judges that scored the bout a draw gave their must decision to Shunichi Shimizu.
Asian Bantamweight Grand Prix semi-final: Shunichi Shimizu defeated Manabu Inoue via unanimous must decision (20-19, 19-19, 20-20). The two judges that scored the bout a draw gave their must decision to Shunichi Shimizu.
In the first round Inoue got a takedown and spent most of the round landing pittypat shots from Shimizu's guard. During the brief time they spent standing it looked like Shimizu had the better striking.
In the second round Shimizu took Inoue down and spent most of the round threatening with a handful of submissions.
R:1 A:3 S:3 T:2+