Bas Rutten's Career MMA Fight #20 vs. Katsuomi Inagaki 

Things I love about these Pancrase fights, the no-time-outs (education/strategy games), the no talking from audience, I like the boxing ring with escapes, breaks to get fighters back on feet. all great ideas.

List of things no one expects: 1. The Spanish inquisition. 2. Liver kicks to the head.

Fuck it's 6 am, I need to sleep but I can't stop watching these fights.

Bas ruins more livers than alcohol

God he just puts so much torque on those kicks its ridiculous. Still my no. 1 favorite fighter of all time

13:56 So nobody gonna talk about the funny awesome grasshopper jump....!! Ok great!

Serious props to Inagaki. Most humans wouldn't be able to get back up after that first kick, takes a super human to recover twice.

God damn those kicks and that final knee.

That smack sound is intense

Bas is one tough ass fighter. This is my favorite matches. Great job

12:30 Jesus listen to that kick.

beautiful fight Bas, all your fights are very interesting to watch.

Once again another technical fight...awesome

Bas truly was a gentlemen fighter. Considerate of the crowd and his opponents. He could have ended some of these fights allot earlier if he really worked on a particular spot after he hurt them. Class act all the way. MMA is so different from this now. Even the ref let the guy rest when he was clearly on his way out. Can you imagine if this was done in a boxing match? We certainly have lost some of the sportsmanship we had back just a few years ago.

“…and I felt really bad about it.” ::proceeds to do Bas jumps:: 😂

Legend Bas!

«thats a front choke it is used to distract” haha, nobody knew of Eizekel choke back then, first applied in ufc by Alexei Oleinik (much to his mounted opponent’ surprise)

U hammered that dude his facial expressions where so painful,he looked like a helpless baby against a boa constrictor

Dam these rope escapes are brutal :(

Those liver kicks were NASTY!!! Would hate to get hit like that!

He really is though as hell, most certainly kicks like peter "the lumberjack" aerts!

12:30 was awesome

Is it me or did his fight ending submissions get interrupted 5 times lol

Bas is definitely my favourite now. Gotta love the iceman and gsp tho.

I have never seen anyone so proficient at targeting the liver! Why isn't it done more often these days? Are there rules against it?

never knew bas wanted people's approval so much. Completely restrains himself from pummeling people on the ground because the audience doesn't like it.

Out of curiosity are there any long term side effects from taking liver shots like that?

5:45 Bas looking for a crocodile pit to throw him into.

Train using open hand or closed

4:13 OHHHHHHH

Strange fight. It's like theyre only focused on submissions. Where's the face pounding ? Where's the punches and GNP? Apart from the brief stand up exchanges , when they're on the ground looks like they agreed to keep it wrestling rules or something

Ich bin der Bär!!! ᕙ(●￣(ｴ)￣●)ᕗ

Man, these Japanese opponents are true warriors. They take extreme beatings but still soldier on.

For as much as Bas' submission game improved over his career to this point, his take down defense did not...

well de- livered

Bas Rutten has been banned from participating in war by the Geneva Convention.

"man I'm like a fortune teller, eh?"

00:55 That guy in the front row has some sort of reptilian eye seizure Δ

Man, this Inagaki guy is tough as fuck. So many fighters would have been taken out by a single one of those liver shots but he just kept standing up!

"he's in my guard... I'll probably go for an armbar; no I don't" lol Bas iss great

Bas Rutten you are awesome I'm going through these fights with my son and he thinks you're a super hero. He points at your opponents and says bad guy then points to you and goes yayy good tussle. Thank you for the entertainment and education you're the master.

Holy shit, Inagaki is a certified badass motherfucker.

The Japanese competition and competitors are the complete opposite of the crass, loud, disrespectful, and thuggish atmosphere of American MMA, but that's not in the least bit surprising as it's just a projection of both cultures.

8:50 King of Pancreas? Bas, you're definitely the King of Liver!

It's so cool all these are up. When I was a kid, there was no knowledge of Pancrase here. So many early heroes of MMA made their bones there. It's fun watching Bas slowly evolve as he walks us through his career. It's an interesting window of time as well. I regard his generation of fighters to be really the first that came into UFC competition with complete skillsets. I dunno. Thanks for making this available.

Wow this guy is tough. Those looked so painful. No need for the body punches but still good fight.

Only Bas liverkicks to the head!

Inagaki was like 98% defense, 2% offense in this fight, how did he expect to win? He never really attacked.

amazing fight Basito. liver shot! :)

Deserves so many more likes ! One of the best content ever ;) Thank you Bas !

11:00 bas ruttens secret weapon: liverkick to the head

Really start to feel bad inagaki at the end haha Mooie beelden bas!

My favourite move of the fight is the referee at 13:55

The silence in the room allows you to hear the breathing you only hear in a gym role

holy fuck that dude is tough

those knees! OUCH

Awesome fight! I also admire the ref because he's really professional and is actually up close not like Steve Mazagati or how ever you spell his last name.

kyokushin Karate strongest in bare hands

The difference in confidence from the last fights is very evident. It's good to see Bas not on his back so much.

man what a great fight!

13:55 Anime the reff

The crowd doesn't like it when he hits on the ground (although legal), but they love it if you break their knees. A little strange.

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Won by strikes, not too much striking action however but a very entertaining and technical fight; Bas got better with each fight. I would have loved to see a rematch between Bas and Ken Shamrock.

As Bas mentions in his commentary, his submissions technique improves significantly between fights. Does anyone know how much time passed between each fight?

"Liver kick to the head." Bas....smh.

Liver kick just sounds horrendous.

much articulation hit.

eerily quiet on this one

Bas is the best.

Who cares what the audience likes or dislikes? Why would that even be an issue? Perhaps they don't want to see a Japanese fighter lose. Do you refuse to win because "they don't like it"?

Amazing

Enjoy the commentary much more than the talking heads at UFC, et al.

12:20

Doctor doctor, my liver is in my lungs.

Bas probably does this in one take

That kick sounds like a shotgun

Bas, you were the best.

this looks like a work.

12:23 is what you came here for.

Bas Rutten HATES LIVER!!!!!!

While we're all at home I would like to share a story, when I was a young juvenile I went to the big city to go to an underground nightclub already high I walked up but at the entrance there was a man . He asked if I'd like to get high with him and that sounded good to my juvenile self so like a idiot I walked down the street cause he suggested that the police might see us so the idiot juvenile I was agreed . We turned the corner which is like 50 feet away so no alarm yet for my young juvenile self . Then he doesn't stop confusing yet alarming my idiot juvenile self still followed even when he turned down a hella dark alley with no light. The alarm in my idiot juvenile brain went off but it was to late. He turned around with a needle filled with what ever he was on. Like an idiot I didn't run right away but asked what he was going to do with it , yes people I asked what are you going to do with it , a stranger in a dark alley. He then grabbed my shirt with one arm and raise the needle up to my face. Ooooooo shit is right I was so scared but in a split second I came up with the best idea I told him the only way we could use the needle is we needed cotton . His eyes changed from evil to confusion he said cotton I was like yeah man your socks are made of them. He looked confused but convinced and let go of my shirt lowering his needle arm and I started helping him lifting up his pants leg always saying cotton man it's right here. Then like lightning I ran and this dang dude chased me like a block or two screaming I'm going to get you but he never did. This is all true hope it helps you

I really don't understand this distaste for ground striking, especially their _particular_ distaste for a _striker_ using ground strikes. Isn't that exactly who should be expected to utilize ground strikes? Bizarre. Definitely one of those strange rules I would not have enjoyed when I was younger... martial arts organizations usually have a few I really don't like, and UFC is certainly no exception.

Fake fight!

The ol liver kick to the head, works every time lmfao