Really enjoyed this one especially the performance of Nicholls. He did everything with aggression and every strike he delivered was stiff even busting open Okada's chest in the process. You can tell motivated and had something to prove. Okada for his part was his standard self but was so giving making the crowd actually believe an upset is going to happen. Good stuff.

This was a pretty solid match if nothing you need to go out of your way to see. Nicholls is still really bland to me, but I did like the aggression and his chops are surprisingly hard. Okada also did a really good job selling the damage and appearing to be on the ropes on more than one occasion. I particularly liked the finishing stretch where Okada couldn't get the tombstone and struggled to hit the Rainmaker.

***1/4