Fighting Ken Shamrock, Takahashi suffered a broken jaw from a palm strike and knee and ankle damage from a heel hook, but refused to give up.
Unwilling to stop the match, Takahashi stood up and continued to fight until, upon kicking Rutten with his broken leg, his shin bone completely snapped in half.
Minutes into the match, Yoshiki knocked down Wallid with a right hook that seemed to end the fight, but the Japanese fighter stood waiting instead of following up, believing his opponent would receive a 10 count like in Pancrase.
[3] Takahashi was better informed about the rule allowing low blows, however, and he demonstrated it by shockingly sliding his hand on Ismail's trunks, tearing away his protective cup and hitting multiple knee strikes to the groin.
New miscommunications would arise at the overtime when Ismail eye-gouged Kazuo, as the Japanese fighter asked for time to check it out, which was refused due to referee Big John McCarthy not noticing the foul.