Judoka makes it to finals in AD!!??

[E1am]

In the 77 - 87 Kg class they have a Japanese judo player named Kikuta Sanae scheduled to go against Saulo Ribeiro in the finals. Does anyone know who this guy is? Is he strictly a judoka?

[Oberleutnant]

Isn't that the same guy that fought Renzo in pride 2 ? (PS, Saulo is a judoka too...so either way, it's a victory for judo)

[E1am]

Ok. He's a Pancrase fighter. That makes more sense.

[TracyKarate]

A lot of your instructors probably don't tell you this, but the Brazillian brand of jujutsu is not alltogether different from judo. I think this is proving to be true by the high placement of this judoka in this competition.

[Karlinhos]

e... i'm shocked you don't know who he is! I even know who sanae is! (hehehe)

[E1am]

Karl,

I think it was a brain fart. I still seem to be suffering from jet lag. I'm sure the exhaustion I'm feeling has nothing to do with the drinking I've been doing since I got back. I noticed that Yano-san, the guy that runs the jiu-jitsu club you visited here, lost to Soca again this year. Must be his arch enemy. LOL.

TracyKarate,

He's a Pancrase fighter so it proves nothing. Not that one fighter's performance proves anything anyway. And the Brazilian brand of JIU-JITSU is quite different from judo. I know, I know, same origin, many of the same techniques, but the rules of each made the two sports evolve in different directions.

[Karlinhos]

you're back in japan...??????? i thought you were coming to the states (seattle) for a while. i know you went to dallas, but...

is yano-san the guy who triangled me...??? (lol)

[Mr. Miyagi]

In any case, Kikuta won his division and upset Saulo, this is a huge upset.