The rematch I'm thrilled for, but wish would not happen. Kazuto is a legend in his country, and a fight against similarly aged Estrada might make more sense than taking punishment against the fresh and rising Pumita. This content is protected Ioka's scream before the 12th was inspiring when watching the bout live. Made me think of a quote by Yamamoto Tsunetomo: “Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning.” 11th of May, rematch. Hoping for Ioka win, but seriously doubt it.
Ioka needs to actually try dodging Pumita's uppercuts this time Ioka is bordering on shot imo. If he pulls this off it will be incredibly impressive. Always liked watching him ever since I saw him against Yaegashi.
Ioka is pretty past it and just couldn’t keep up with Pumita’s activity but I am curious to see if he can pull it off this time, especially seeing that he does better in rematches. Just hoping to see a good two way scrap and a better showing from Ioka. We’ll see what happens. Winner of this fight should take on Bam Rodriguez next.
