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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tatsuo Nakano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Remedios Verzosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nakano comes to the cage accompanied by Disturbed - Decadance. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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203 lbs
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190 lbs
35 - 12 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tatsuo Nakano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Remedios Verzosa!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verzosa lands a right hook to the body.
Nakano has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nakano there as he acknowledges the shot.
Verzosa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Verzosa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nakano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Verzosa scrambles back to his feet.
Verzosa clinches with his opponent.
Verzosa misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Verzosa.
Verzosa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nakano backwards.
Our sources have told us that Nakano has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Nakano is looking for a takedown.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Verzosa.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Verzosa lands an uppercut.
Verzosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Verzosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nakano successfully pulls guard.
Verzosa in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Verzosa trying to control but Nakano is working from the bottom.
Verzosa throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakano has momentary wrist control but Verzosa slips an elbow through the middle.
Verzosa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nakano works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Verzosa wants to pass the guard but Nakano is keeping the position.
Verzosa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nakano's head.
Nakano is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Verzosa passes Nakano's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ground and pound from Verzosa.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Verzosa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nakano gets back to full guard.
Nakano can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Verzosa controls the pace.
Verzosa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakano keeping moving, preventing Verzosa from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verzosa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Verzosa trying to control but Nakano is working from the bottom.
Nakano has his foot on Verzosa's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Verzosa works his way back into a safe position though.
Nakano pulls Verzosa in close to his closed guard and prevents Verzosa from doing any damage or advancing position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nakano has his foot on Verzosa's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Verzosa works his way back into a safe position though.
Verzosa wants to control from the top but Nakano keeps moving.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Verzosa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Verzosa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nakano is keeping the position for now.
Verzosa pushing down on Nakano's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Nakano tries to roll over but Verzosa keeps him under control.
Well, if Verzosa is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakano looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Verzosa scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Verzosa lands a nice short elbow.
Nakano trying to control here.
Nakano wants to get back to full guard.
Nakano is working hard here to advance position.
Verzosa working the head and body with strikes.
Nakano keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Verzosa lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verzosa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nakano with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Verzosa wants to work for an arm triangle but Nakano is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Verzosa thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Verzosa is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Verzosa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nakano slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Nakano looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Nakano has momentary wrist control but Verzosa slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Verzosa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nakano keeping full guard, as Verzosa tries to pass.
Verzosa scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Remedios Verzosa dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Verzosa misses with a head kick.
Nakano is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Verzosa's half guard.
Nakano is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Verzosa sees it coming and defends easily.
Nakano is keen to just control but Verzosa is a slippery customer.
Verzosa trying to control from the bottom.
Nakano throwing shots but Verzosa is blocking nicely.
Nakano looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Nakano wants to control but Verzosa is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakano is trying to work for a kimura but Verzosa is defending well.
Nakano wants to lay and pray for a moment but Verzosa keeps working.
Verzosa desperately trying to maintain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nakano is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Verzosa doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Nakano.
Nakano is looking to advance position but Verzosa won't allow it.
Verzosa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verzosa controlling the position well.
Nakano tries to pass the half guard into mount. Verzosa knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nakano is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Verzosa moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verzosa keeping full guard, as Nakano tries to pass.
Nakano throwing strikes but missing.
Verzosa working a defensive guard here.
Verzosa is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tatsuo Nakano dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Verzosa scores with a hook.
Nakano looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Verzosa is fending him off so far but Nakano persists. Nope, Verzosa circles away and we're back to standing.
Verzosa moves into range and connects with a jab.
Verzosa lands with an uppercut that bounces Nakano off the cage and back into range.
Verzosa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Verzosa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Verzosa instigates a clinch.
Verzosa scores with a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Verzosa.
Verzosa working aggressively here.
Verzosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Nakano controls his hands.
Verzosa tries to work over Nakano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nakano pulls Verzosa into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verzosa with a nice head shot there.
Verzosa wants to control from the top but Nakano keeps moving.
Nakano tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Verzosa scoring with some ground and pound.
Verzosa passes Nakano's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Nakano actively working from the bottom here.
Verzosa wants to work for an arm triangle but Nakano is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Verzosa throwing shots but Nakano is blocking nicely.
Nakano is looking to improve his position.
Verzosa is working for a submission of some sort.
Nakano is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Verzosa pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakano is trying to control but can't.
Nice strikes from Verzosa there.
Verzosa lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nakano wants to get back to full guard.
Verzosa is looking for a kimura here.
Verzosa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Verzosa winds up and cracks Nakano with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nakano slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Verzosa stands up over Nakano, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakano working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Verzosa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Verzosa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Nakano working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Verzosa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Verzosa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Verzosa seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Verzosa scoring with punches to the head and body.
Verzosa drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Verzosa jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Remedios Verzosa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Verzosa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Nakano trying to keep a closed guard but Verzosa is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakano keeping full guard, as Verzosa tries to pass.
Verzosa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nakano throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Verzosa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nakano is keeping the position for now.
Verzosa is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Verzosa looking to pass the guard.
Verzosa trying to control but Nakano is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Remedios Verzosa.
Nakano blocks a head kick by Verzosa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Remedios Verzosa really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Verzosa misses with a kick to the body.
Nakano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Verzosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Nakano.
Verzosa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nakano takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Verzosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nakano.
Verzosa stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Verzosa wants it to stay on the feet.
Nakano stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Verzosa.
Verzosa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Verzosa bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nakano gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Verzosa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verzosa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Verzosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nakano was well out of range. Poor timing from Verzosa.
Verzosa closes the distance and clinches.
Verzosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Nakano.
Verzosa stops a takedown attempt from Nakano.
Verzosa misses with a body punch.
Nakano blocking some punches.
Verzosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nakano is working for takedown but Verzosa is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tatsuo Nakano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Verzosa lands a right hand.
Verzosa misses with a body punch.
Verzosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Verzosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Verzosa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakano jumps guard.
Verzosa wants to control from the top but Nakano keeps moving.
Verzosa is pushing down on Nakano's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nakano is fighting to maintain full guard but Verzosa has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nakano has hold of Verzosa's hands but Verzosa slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakano is trying to maintain the position but Verzosa is very close to passing his half guard.
Verzosa seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nakano does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Verzosa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nakano trying to hold on to Verzosa's head to control him but Verzosa postures up.
Verzosa perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Verzosa seems to be looking for submissions.
Nakano wants to control but Verzosa is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Verzosa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verzosa is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nakano is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Verzosa scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nakano looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Verzosa slips a nice elbow through Nakano's hands, connecting with Nakano's forehead.
Verzosa trying to control from half guard but Nakano is working away.
Nakano avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Verzosa.
Nakano looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Verzosa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Verzosa connects with a nice short shot to Nakano's temple.
Verzosa scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakano is looking to control Verzosa's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Nakano avoid being mounted?
Nakano is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Verzosa scores with a couple of nice shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Verzosa lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Verzosa wants to take a breather but Nakano is having none of it.
Verzosa is working for a kimura but Nakano is defending it quite comfortably.
Nakano moves into full guard.
Nakano working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Verzosa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Verzosa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Verzosa's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Verzosa preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Remedios Verzosa dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Nice body punch from Verzosa.
Nakano tries to keep at a distance but Verzosa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Verzosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Verzosa has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Verzosa is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Verzosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nakano is looking to take this one to the mat.
A short right from Verzosa on the inside.
Nakano is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tatsuo Nakano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nakano tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Verzosa just stands there and leans against the cage.
Verzosa misses with a body punch.
Verzosa is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Nakano wants a takedown.
Verzosa is trying to stall.
Nakano wants a takedown but no success here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verzosa lands a nice shot to the body.
Verzosa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Verzosa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nakanos head.
Nakano tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Verzosa just stands there and leans against the cage.
Verzosa is pushing Nakano up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nakano as Verzosa tries to tie him up.
Verzosa stops a takedown attempt from Nakano.
Nakano prevents a body shot from Verzosa.
Verzosa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Verzosa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nakano or not.
Verzosa misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Verzosa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Verzosa tries to work over Nakano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Remedios Verzosa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakano jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Verzosa walks away with a smile on his face. Nakano gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Verzosa thuds his shin into the meat of Nakano's side.
Verzosa lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakano misses with a lunging right hand
and Verzosa counters by moving into the clinch.
Nakano jumps guard but Verzosa turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nakano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Verzosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Nakano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nakano tries to pull guard but Verzosa forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Tatsuo Nakano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakano jumps guard but Verzosa turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Verzosa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nakano is trying to drag Verzosa to the mat but Verzosa just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Nakano tries to pull guard but Verzosa holds him up against the cage and eventually Nakano drops back down to his feet.
Verzosa stops a takedown attempt from Nakano.
Nakano jumps guard but Verzosa turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nakano gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Verzosa tries to get to full guard but Nakano has control of the leg.
Nakano thows a huge punch but Verzosa dodges it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nakano is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Verzosa doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Nakano.
Nakano thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that's the end of the fight!
Remedios Verzosa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Verzosa has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Remedios Verzosa!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Remedios Verzosa!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Remedios Verzosa!
Remedios Verzosa wins by unanimous decision!
Remedios Verzosa is the new middleweight champion!
Remedios Verzosa took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Project Mayhem for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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