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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Musan Zaintashara (ranked 860 p4p, 1009 weight class) and Shinnosuke Nakagawa (ranked 128 p4p, 145 weight class). Zaintashara comes to the cage accompanied by The Art of War. Nakagawa has chosen Koto - CloZee as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Musan Zaintashara!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shinnosuke Nakagawa!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakagawa throws the left hand but Zaintashara avoids the punch easily.
Zaintashara scores with a sloppy right hand. Nakagawa should have avoided that one.
Nakagawa throws a lazy uppercut
and Zaintashara counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nakagawa closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Zaintashara to the mat! Zaintashara manages to get full guard.
Zaintashara working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nakagawa.
Nakagawa controls from within his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nakagawa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nakagawa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakagawa got a little sloppy there for a moment and Zaintashara has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Nakagawa has managed to get both his arms back between Zaintashara's legs - danger averted.
Zaintashara seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Zaintashara looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakagawa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zaintashara can't keep his opponent in guard - Nakagawa advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Zaintashara is trying to maintain the position but Nakagawa is very close to passing his half guard.
Zaintashara trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Nakagawa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Nakagawa is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zaintashara can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Nakagawa working Zaintashara over with strikes here.
Zaintashara is looking to improve his position but Nakagawa isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaintashara tries to lock up and control but Nakagawa gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Nakagawa tries to control but Zaintashara wriggling away.
Zaintashara is trying desperately to improve position.
Zaintashara is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Zaintashara tries to hold on but Nakagawa pushes him away.
Nakagawa looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Nakagawa looking to control but Zaintashara is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakagawa tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Zaintashara is in all sorts of trouble here.
Nakagawa lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Nakagawa landing strikes, looking to finish!
Nakagawa raining down hammerfists from mount.
Zaintashara is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nakagawa cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaintashara is trying desperately to improve position.
Nakagawa lands a nice shot to the head.
Nakagawa can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Zaintashara is looking to escape.
Zaintashara is desperately trying to improve his position but Nakagawa has a good base and remains in mount.
Nakagawa looking to finish Zaintashara with some ground and pound. This is bad for Zaintashara!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nakagawa with good strikes from the mount here!
Nakagawa sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Zaintashara wants to control but Nakagawa is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Shinnosuke Nakagawa dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nakagawa.
Zaintashara explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nakagawa misses with a takedown attempt
letting Zaintashara counter with a right hand.
Zaintashara misses the shot to the body.
Nakagawa takes one to the side of the head.
Zaintashara thumps Nakagawa with a low kick.
Nakagawa swings for the body but Zaintashara moves out of range.
Zaintashara on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nakagawa clinches with his opponent.
Nakagawa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A short left from Nakagawa.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nakagawa.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakagawa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nakagawa has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Zaintashara is trying to keep an underhook but Nakagawa manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Nakagawa slips a nice elbow through Zaintashara's hands, connecting with Zaintashara's forehead.
Nakagawa prevents Zaintashara from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaintashara looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Zaintashara has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Nakagawa. Oh but Zaintashara has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Nakagawa goes limp - he's gone! Zaintashara jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Musan Zaintashara!
Musan Zaintashara retains his middleweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Musan Zaintashara thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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