Red Blue - Ch. 169 - Time to Move to the Finals

[MangaDex]

 

[Kireato]

Ah that's rough. That judoka really is a superhuman.

 

[HippoPilot]

I am really excited to see Nobukishi's development since the time skip. His revenge jiu jitsu match with Aoba will be hype.

 

[michaelgoman01]

aww hell yeah i predict we're gonna have another exciting match soon..

Nobukichi (grappler + striker Mix) vs Aoba (The one who left everything but grappling behind)

 

[Henryvolt]

Just practice counter striking Aoba it's the perfect compromise. You don't even need that much punching strength for that.

It won't really promise a a K.O win but it's a good deterrent against strikers.

 

[LostBoyHere]

I hope Aoba puts at least a bit of striking into his game. It'd be nice to see him make use of dominant positions and get some ground and pound going

 

[HippoPilot]

Just practice counter striking Aoba it's the perfect compromise. You don't even need that much punching strength for that.

It won't really promise a a K.O win but it's a good deterrent against strikers.

Nah it's gotta end with him punching in the face or it just wouldn't be right

 

[0takuDragonSlayer]

I hope Aoba puts at least a bit of striking into his game. It'd be nice to see him make use of dominant positions and get some ground and pound going

Agreed it would be really depressing if he just gave up entirely on actually being a real mixed martial artist and never again trying to enhance his ground game with the added sub weaponry of striking.

Plus, it would just feel kind of stupid, considering he literally just saw an Olympic level grappler get pissed up for not understanding striking fundamentals enough. As a joke it just comes off weak and from a tactical perspective, it just feels lazy af imo

I hope to be proven dead wrong in the future tho and we get a Japanese Charles Oliveria 🙏

 

[0takuDragonSlayer]

Nah it's gotta end with him punching in the face or it just wouldn't be right

It be so disappointing if we don’t get a “full circle” moment with Aoba landing the same counter punch Ken landed on him