CIMA vs. Masato Yoshino

[7.0] "Not an all-time Dream Gate match, but still very good. It opened up nicely with a few flashes of speed but also some slower submission sequences mixed in, which managed to slowly lure me into interest. Cima's movement and attacks were very fluid and stylish, while Yoshino made great use of his fantastic speed as he fought back, pushing both men towards a mid-sprint pace. Both men ended up bumping very well and speedily lacing together some very cool exchanges and spots. It did feel a bit too much like simple big-bomb trading, but both men still performed well at it. Yoshino's eventual comeback felt a bit ridiculous, considering how much offence he ate and how minimally he sold the long-term effects, but I enjoyed the story of Cima's exhaustion (due to having to hit Yoshino with so much offence) preventing him quite a few times from getting the likely successful pin. Overboard, but still heaps of fun and very impressive technical-wise. ***3/4"

[9.0] "It was a little too slow and a little too tryhard at times, but they created a big match feel before the bell and everything they did made sense. It was a match between two equals for the top prize, and in the end there was a clean finish. ****Œ"

[8.0] "Another great title match between Yoshino and CIMA with the roles reversed this time around. To be honest the chemistry between these two is still not the best I have seen in Dragon Gate, but they still managed to have a pretty great title match. I liked the less limb work this time around as it allowed them to go for big and fast moves without anything holding them back. On the other hand it felt like they were going more for hitting big moves rather than building an urgency to win, but this was mostly on CIMA's part. Great match, but both are still capable of something even better, ****1/4."