"Tamura is one of those guys who are very dangerous. Sakuraba was knowledge-wise a lot better (heart was equal, condition was equal), but you never knew what Tamura would do, and Tamura beat one of the Gracies, as well. The thing of Tamura was that on any given day, he could beat anybody."
"Tamura, that was another tough bastard. Lou Thesz thought he was the best of the whole bunch. He was the toughest shooter. He wrestled and he was not a very big guy. He weighed about 220 at the most. But, he was in shape and he wrestled, he wrestled on the mat. And Lou said he was the best wrestler we had of them all."
—Mark Fleming, former UWFI wrestler
"He had legit skills. He wasn’t that strong but was very fast and technical. His kicks stood out the most. They were blazing fast. Didn’t hurt but not sure if that was due to the shinpads or him sacrificing power for speed."
—Elvis Sinosic
