Watching DOA matches outside Japan feels kinda.....boring....slow....and rough. I dunno why I feel that way but Japanese players always have these rapid fast solutions to counter everything while exchanging blows, and it makes matches look more fluid as well. They focus a lot more on poking than trying to stun each other and less random hold attempts coming after a stun, and not moving around for more than 3 seconds.
Then you get to see who's better at Adapting