G1 Climax 31 Betting: Night 15

It's the fifteenth night of the G1. As noted, in yesterday's post, betting markets for the four A Block contests were published a couple of days ago. Therefore - in this post - I'll take a look over the early and closing markets as the results unfold over the next few hours.

Tomohiro Ishii (8 points) .vs. Yujiro Takahashi (4 points)

Betting favourite - Tomohiro Ishii - beat Yujiro Takahashi in the first match of the night. He was 1/4 over Takahashi's 5/2.

KENTA (10 points) .vs. Tanga Loa (4 points)

KENTA won against Tanga Loa in their meeting. The victor entered as a 1/8 favourite over Loa's 4/1.

The decision now places KENTA at the top of the block alongside his Night 17 opponent - Kota Ibushi, who already gained two points from what would have been tonight's meeting with Tetsuya Naito.

Toru Yano (8 points) .vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (10 points)

Zack Sabre Jr. has also reached twelve points following a submission win over Toru Yano.

Sabre was installed as a 1/4 favourite when the market was published a couple of days ago. However, following Yano's odds moving in from 5/2 into 19/10 (I was one of the Yano punters), ZSJ was pushed to 7/20.

Now, it's onto the main event. I initially thought this would be a tie, but not as confident in that result now.

Shingo Takagi (10 points) .vs. Great-O-Khan (8 points)

Well, it went close to a time limit draw, but Shingo Takagi ended up getting the win and an additional two points to be the fourth wrestler to head into the final night of A Block on twelve points.

Going by the betting, Takagi started at 2/13 but was moved up to 1/5 when Great-O-Khan's odds were reduced from 7/2 into 3/1 yesterday morning.