00:00I mean, G-Man?
00:02Ladies and gentlemen, Denver, Colorado welcomes the nation
00:06to the Ultimate Fighting Championship Part 2
00:09at the Mammoth Events Center.
00:11Please welcome the contestants for bout number eight
00:15of our preliminary fight matchups.
00:17A national hero in Japan fighting out of the red corner.
00:21This second-degree black belt in karate,
00:23Deido Jeku, is the winner of more than 60 full contact matches.
00:31Although only 5'7 and 178 pounds,
00:35he has the heart of a giant.
00:36Give a big American welcome to Minoki Ichihara!
00:45Ichihara!
00:50And please welcome back the Rio de Janeiro native,
00:54a fourth-degree black master in the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
01:006'1", 176 pounds.
01:04He's 27 years old.
01:06The winner of last year's Ultimate Fighting Championship
01:09and $50,000.
01:12Welcome back from Brazil,
01:15Hoist Gracie!
01:19Gracie!
01:23Good luck, gentlemen.
01:25All right, we're going to go take a look at both fighters right now.
01:28They are sizing each other up.
01:29Minoki Ichihara, 5'7", 178.
01:31Heavy guy, not that tall.
01:33Hoist Gracie, 6'1", 176.
01:35And they're about to engage.
01:37Hoist is going to want to go to a clinch quickly.
01:38He does not want to get hit.
01:40And the reverse punches and thrust punches
01:42are really strong from Ichihara.
01:43Is Ichihara in trouble if he's on the ground?
01:45Oh, definitely.
01:46Definitely.
01:47And he's down.
01:48Yes, he is.
01:48He's down on the ground.
01:49Yes.
01:49Watch the horse.
01:50He'll take his left leg and go over the top.
01:52There it is.
01:53We'll get him in a hook position.
01:54Now he'll rest.
01:55He'll get a good mounted base.
01:56And he'll just rest.
01:57He'll get his hand over to block that.
01:59Jim, does this look familiar?
02:01Yes, it does.
02:02He may end it up pretty quickly.
02:03What he'll do is he will grind this into his face and neck.
02:06And Ichihara will release that left hand just like that.
02:11Hey, wait a second.
02:12Did we script this for this guy?
02:14Do you think he studies the grace of jiu-jitsu or just luck out?
02:17Sorry, guys.
02:17That's my instructor over there.
02:20Sorry about that.
02:21How is he playing into his hands?
02:24Oh, he'll just keep hitting him until he lets go.
02:26Are they harmless punches?
02:27Are they hurting punches?
02:28Oh, sure.
02:28They're right into the ribs.
02:29Ichihara will let go.
02:30He'll let go.
02:31So now he'll palm strike him a little bit to the side.
02:32There it is, to the side of the head.
02:34How unfamiliar is this to Ichihara being on the ground, being in an inferior position?
02:39I'm not sure.
02:39I don't have that data on Ichihara.
02:41But right now, he's in a very vulnerable position.
02:45You just had to be at the press conference.
02:46When these two were paired up in the preliminary round, you heard the oohs and ahs.
02:50Yes, the whole room oohed and ahs.
02:51The way we understand it, this easily could have been the finals.
02:54Yes.
02:56The hand is in place.
02:56That's what he's trying to do, is get that elbow just to get over the side.
03:00Now he's going to push his head over.
03:02Hoist will take his left hand and hold the side of his head.
03:05He'll just work them over, hopefully.
03:07He may go to an arm lock or an arm bar.
03:09Hoist does not want to win this with an arm lock.
03:11Why?
03:11He wants to win this with a choke.
03:13He cares how he wins?
03:14Oh, certainly.
03:15Certainly.
03:15He doesn't want to win this with an arm lock.
03:16He will, if he's losing endurance or if he's having a problem getting the guy in anything else.
03:21He will do that.
03:22But he's really, if I know Hoist, he's going to go for the choke.
03:26It's more dramatic.
03:27You've got to think about the emotions going in.
03:28He won't talk about it, but he's representing the whole Gracie family as a member.
03:32He loses.
03:33I mean, he's got the whole family to face and to live up to in that whole name.
03:38I think so, too.
03:40In this particular position that Hoist is in, I don't think he's going to lose this match.
03:44He's rolling him over on his side now, and he'll go through the choke.
03:47Ichihara has a good lock on that shoulder.
03:49Really?
03:50Yeah.
03:50But that's okay.
03:50Hoist is in good position.
03:52Why?
03:52He'll just, because he stays on you just like a crab or an anaconda.
03:55He gives you no space to get up or move.
03:59All of his weight is on him.
04:00He'll headbutt him.
04:01He'll maneuver him.
04:05Now, you'll see Hickson, Hoiler, Hoist, Hoker, all of his brothers are right in front of him.
04:10That's the whole Jiu-Jitsu clan just talking to him right now.
04:12I guarantee you, Hoist is not using any energy right now, hardly at all.
04:15You watch Hickson right there in the Guru.
04:17He's being blocked right now.
04:17But Hickson is the Guru.
04:19He's the man that Hoist looks up to.
04:21That's correct.
04:21He's the man that really does a lot of training with Hoist.
04:24That's correct.
04:24And after training with Hickson all this time, Hoist says anything will be a welcome change.
04:28Yeah, one of his quotes.
04:30Yeah.
04:31See the whole Gracie family there.
04:34That's Horian.
04:35They're just on Lord from Horian.
04:38And again, it's not Gracie Jiu-Jitsu by mistake.
04:41It just isn't a coincidence.
04:42They invented this art.
04:43They perfected their style of Jiu-Jitsu.
04:46Originally came from Japan.
04:49How different is it from anything we've seen in other Jiu-Jitsu?
04:52Slightly?
04:52Tremendous amount?
04:54I personally think tremendously amount because of the finishing holes and how technical they are.
04:59And they'll just wear the opponent down and wear the opponent down.
05:01Ishihara is in a tough position to be in right now.
05:04Is Ishihara expending a lot of energy?
05:06Oh, definitely.
05:07Definitely.
05:08Just laying there.
05:09Just laying there.
05:11Because not only is he on the bottom, he doesn't want to be on the bottom because Hoist has him
05:15in a mounted position.
05:16And any time he tries to roll or get up or move, he exerts all this energy.
05:21Hoist is just taking his time.
05:22This is a lot longer, Jim, than we remember last time.
05:25That's a shot on Hoiler, the smallest of the Gracie.
05:30Now, also, any time Ishihara will move or roll or try to get over, Hoist will just go with him
05:37on top of him like a little crab.
05:38He'll just stay right on top of him.
05:41Hoist can crank this up at any minute he wants to.
05:43He can dictate this fight.
05:44See how he's moving?
05:45And Hoist just stays on him just like a crab.
05:47And then, Oki Ishihara says his best punch, his best weapon is the lunge punch.
05:52That's not going to help him.
05:53Lunge punch is a real strong technique using the reverse hand.
05:57If you're standing with your left foot in front and you throw a reverse punch, it would be your right
06:02hand coming forward.
06:03Real strong technique.
06:04And Hoist is...
06:05And I see Ishihara again showing more light.
06:07Hoist is really, really punishing Ishihara right now.
06:14Man, you talk about a game face.
06:16Hoist has it.
06:17He does.
06:17He does.
06:22Hoist is probably going to want to end this up pretty quickly now.
06:25How could he?
06:26Well, he could do an arm lock real easily right now.
06:28But I think he's going to let him turn and go for the choke.
06:30Here it is.
06:32He's letting him turn.
06:33Yeah.
06:39He's close.
06:40He tapped.
06:41Was that an arm lock?
06:42Yes.
06:42No, no.
06:43I think he choked him out.
06:45He couldn't turn.
06:45Oh, he did.
06:47Arm lock.
06:48It looked like an arm lock.
06:49He probably broke his arm.
06:52You think that arm could be broken?
06:54I knew he was going to finish it pretty quick because he doesn't want to spend all this energy because
06:57he has other fights.
06:58He very possibly could have snapped it.
06:59Still, that was close to a five-minute fight.
07:01He probably popped the capsule in his arm.
07:03I couldn't really tell from this angle.
07:05Okay, he has him in a choke.
07:07He has him in a choke.
07:08That's not working.
07:08Is your heart slipping out?
07:09Let me see if I can see what he's doing here.
07:11He reaches.
07:12Oh, he gives him his arm.
07:13Goes in the wrong way.
07:14Watch him raise his hips.
07:16Yes.
07:16Okay.
07:17Right there.
07:17Yes.
07:18See, the crowd was responding to the reversal in Fortune.
07:21Yes.
07:21With, it looked like Hoist was being dominated, but you said no.
07:24It's just leverage, yes.
07:25Absolute leverage.
07:26It's just leverage.
07:28It's just leverage, yes.
07:28Real easy and low resistance.
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