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Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

Match

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116.02.2026Khalid Ace8.0 
209.02.2026eetasa28.0 
321.01.2026Connorstubbs127.0 
406.01.2026jaletta10.0 
501.01.2026NJPWFan1810.0 
601.01.2026Garmonbozia  
723.12.2025kitoruby8.0 
811.12.2025AugustBurnsRed7.0 
919.11.2025Fibroptica989.0 
1030.10.2025TriggaHell10.0 
1118.10.2025ET879.0 
1214.10.2025Stallion Peach9.0This is a fantastic match with insane strikes and a fantastic technical battle. Zack used to do so much back then and that might take you off a little bit. Good thing these are two terrific athletes and that problem quickly goes away when they kick each other or when they have a proper submission hold. The stiff shots played a nice part in mixing up with the very cool loking holds and making this match an incredible styles clash.
1315.09.2025FUKUOKAISM9.0 
1414.07.2025RemyLeBeau9.0 
1512.06.2025Strab9.0 
1631.05.2025ColdSpoons8.0 
1729.05.2025Frenchmaker9.0 
1824.05.2025TSwifty9.0 
1923.05.2025god is a myth8.0 
2008.05.2025DaPrice17769.0 
2107.05.2025helgeu8.0 
2207.05.2025Zimbabouix10.0 
2307.05.2025Chefi10.0Great technical masterpiece of a match. They meshed extremely well together and Ibushi did a great job of selling the knee. Good submissions and it was awesome to watch them go back and forth. They kept me entertained throughout the whole match despite me being very tired today.
2414.04.2025ReiEscobar9.0GM56 basically said everything I am about to say right now. The action? Great. Submitions? Great. Limb work? Excellent. The ending? Phenomenal. However, Zack Sabre Jr at that time had a negative thing about him that he happyly don't have anymore, his submissions was confused and in the wrong time. When Ibushi came to execute the Golden Moonsault and Zack for some fucking reason just reversed it into a Heel Hook, that shit pissed me off because it was not a cool reversal and it's indeed memorable, but for the wrong reasons. Anyway, I can't focus only on that part and ignore the chops, the strikes, the mat wrestling itself in that match was incredible. Only that match was better than anyone of the matches from the first day, and this was even the match of the night.
2515.03.2025PontiffMJ9.0 
2608.03.2025bennythegeneral9.0 
2726.01.2025JackM9910.0 
2827.12.2024Porzingi10.0 
2908.10.2024archaplain9.0 
3003.10.2024ImperialUno8.0 
3103.09.2024yanis179.0 
3223.08.2024SethHardy810.0 
3305.08.2024TheSirClarkson8.0Excellent class of styles between these two. Zack really dominated the first bits of this match with Ibushi trying to match him on the technical wrestling. Only offense Ibushi could get was a single strike here and there. But when he got those strikes they did their damage. So many good reversals in this match and some brutally hard strikes.
3426.07.2024GM56 Champion9.0The mat wrestling was insane. Just phenomenal. However, ZSJ's submission offence got me confused at times. Why change the submission Ibushi can't escape from? There was too much of that. Great battle, fantastic finishing stretch, but there was a flaw that irritated me a little bit
3515.07.2024Oswuold10.0This was a great blend of style that went so much under the radar that time. The technical part was of course solid as was the puro part and the Climax toward the end was huge. Only way match could have been better is if it had been 5 minutes longer. ****3/4
3606.07.2024CSTLW10.0 
3729.06.2024CLUCK8.0 
3824.05.2024MaximusBidus9.0 
3912.05.2024njpwawwe9.0 
4018.04.2024somerandommark9.0 
4107.04.2024Tarkovsky10.0 
4224.02.2024Mariano148.0 
4302.02.2024Chudit9.0 
4430.01.2024Thxrstxn8.0 
4527.01.2024Tyler Catalyst9.0 
4622.01.2024AfRotaker8.0 
4710.01.2024rainmakerpunk10.0 
4803.01.2024RyanKras169.0 
4928.11.2023Burner9.0 
5008.11.2023No One9.0 
5103.08.2023Willthe13th9.0 
5220.07.20232violent4tv9.0 
5329.06.2023cddavis339.0 
5425.06.2023winkarningis10.0 
5520.06.2023EternalEpure8.0 
5615.06.2023xHelix10.0 
5707.06.2023MilkDDT8.0 
5821.05.2023Ffddggfddd10.0 
5912.05.2023CMmox8.0 
6012.05.2023Black Sabre Jr10.0 
6126.04.2023coppercowries8.0Commentary does excellent in explaining that this is a match between Zack's superior submission game vs Ibushi's deadly striking. Ibushi struggles to stay out of Zack's grasp, and Zack has to get in close because he cannot withstand Ibushi's powerful blows. Zack is like a damn octopus here, with tremendous grappling work, constantly baiting Ibushi into his grasp. Ultimately Zack falls to a rather anticlimactic kamigoye.
6224.04.2023MHAK13818.0 
6321.04.2023Iustinas8.0 
6406.04.2023randomstaircase9.0 
6515.02.2023Mad Ricky9.0 
6609.01.2023thebodes9.0 
6710.11.2022GriffithWhite9.0 
6806.11.2022Arashvares10.0 
6901.09.2022CodenameAnteiku9.0 
7009.07.2022MMGoose9.0 
7114.05.2022ShineyxDiver9.0A magnificent match and perhaps their very best. Just magical work between Ibushi and Sabre. ****1/2
7220.04.2022k9thagod19.0 
7315.04.2022Caas8.0 
7410.04.2022Axinte8.0 
7503.04.2022TheArtOfTheRing9.0 
7627.03.2022Reinhard Lohengramm9.0 
7722.02.2022Dragon Master Adam10.0 
7807.02.2022Tagir9.0 
7904.01.2022azureblueworld10.0 
8012.09.2021Judestar9.0Still a fantastic match on rewatch, and easily the best out of their rivalry. ZSJ's legwork is vicious, there's so many exciting counters and impactful strikes from Ibushi, just the best hits from these two packed into 20 minutes that felt like much less ****1/2.
8119.06.2021Ofir9.0 
8215.06.2021Davor Megacidal8.0 
8320.05.2021pierreMinne8.0It was a very good match where ZSJ and Ibushi shows how much they have chemistry, the submissions are very fluide from ZSJ and Ibushi has great counters. Unfortunately, this match doesn't reach the level of some of their bests encounters, because the selling of Ibushi was not very good by times, even no selling a neckbump for nothing at the middle of the match, and also because of the not built Kamigoye at the end. ***3/4
8421.03.20212189.0 
8523.12.2020Funk Muncher9.0 
8628.08.2020The Beholder9.0Another great grappling display from Zack Sabre Jr. but things tended to be a bit less fluid than he usually seems to be. Despite that they still have a great match. ****1/4-****1/2
8711.04.2020LatinoHeat938.0 
8816.03.2020HudE8.0Dieses Match wäre an sehr vielen Abenden das Match of the Night gewesen und doch ist es eines der besten Matches von NJPW in diesem Jahr gewesen. Technisch war das selbst für die Verhältnisse dieser beiden Wrestler ein Leckerbissen und bis zum Schluss konsequent auf einem hohen Niveau geworkt. Es war eine tolle Mischung aus der Intensität Ibushis und dem Submission Wrestling für das Zack Sabre Jr. in der Wrestling-Szene mittlerweile weltbekannt ist. Das Match war nie langweilig und der Schluss war hervorragend gemacht. **** 1/4
8915.02.2020Knight200610.0 
9014.12.2019Jacek200210.0 
9120.08.2019AndoCommando8.0 
9216.08.2019TOUGH AND HARD8.0 
9308.08.2019nachodvt10.0 
9422.07.2019MaveDeltzer8.0 
9517.07.2019kaaanbay9.0 
9611.07.20197OEA77.07. 35/10 - #17 Best of G128 : Come on guys, why over-rate this ? It was simply good, like more than decent, enjoyable to a certain extent but that's it. There was nothing wrong with the wrestling, the psychology or the storytelling but I guess my beef with this match is that at end of the day, it was boring for most of it, sure it contained some great moments but it just bored me at multiple instances especially in the first half. I would call this, two incredible wrestlers simply going through the motions.
9701.07.2019owenc51010.0The match was a great clash of styles. it was great how they forced the other to work their styles as well as how both men hung with each other as Ibushi was great with matching the technical wrestling and Sabre trading strikes. There was an awesome moment when Ibushi kicked Sabre to the ground while in a knuckle lock and the camera got close showing Ibushi taunting Sabre. Ibushi frequently went on the offensive with intense strikes. He also sported some strong one hits that took Sabre down like a single punch that knocked Sabre to the mat as one of many examples. Sabre returned some great strikes and the two had some really excellent exchanges. Ibushi's striking was amazing in the match, same with Sabre's grappling being amazing. A fantastic moment by Sabre was when he caught Ibushi before he hit a triangle moonsault and locked in a heel hook on the apron. Sabre was great how he kept going back to the legs and twisted Ibushi in knots. I'll say Ibushi's selling of his legs was also really good. There were a lot of really great, creative counters, sequences, and moves by both men that really made a difference in the match. The final stretch was really excellent before Ibushi finished with a Kamigoye. This will easily be one of the best matches in the tournament and it was truly excellent.
9820.06.2019Loki Hipster God8.0 
9931.05.2019BongStroman9.0 
10020.04.2019TheFrenchDisaster9.0I usually don't like technical wrestling matches because i think it's slow and boring, but this match is an exception, and what an exception. Ibushi and Sabre Jr. really put a technical classic here and i liked the stiffness from these two. The botch of the fall at the end was funny. ****1/2