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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shuya Nanahara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Karkmananis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nanahara comes to the cage accompanied by Sail. Shuya Nanahara could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nicolas Karkmananis's chin.
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215 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shuya Nanahara!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicolas Karkmananis!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karkmananis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nanahara counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Karkmananis thinking.
Karkmananis wants to clinch up but Nanahara keeps it at a distance.
Karkmananis has managed to clinch.
I was talking to Nanahara's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nanahara breaks the clinch.
Nanahara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karkmananis lands a really nice looking cross but Nanahara seems unphased.
Karkmananis darts in and clinches Nanahara up against the cage.
Karkmananis pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nanahara can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nanahara tries to break free but Karkmananis pushes him back against the cage.
Nanahara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sloppy strikes from Nanahara. Those never looked like landing.
Karkmananis tries to clinch but Nanahara moves out of range.
Nanahara tries to keep at a distance but Karkmananis has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nanahara wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Karkmananis has him pressed against the cage.
Karkmananis misses with the head strike.
Karkmananis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nanahara avoids it.
Karkmananis lands a hook that snaps the head of Nanahara backwards.
Nanahara breaks from the clinch.
Karkmananis rushes Nanahara and presses him up against the cage.
Nanahara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karkmananis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Karkmananis wants to clinch up but Nanahara keeps it at a distance.
Karkmananis throws a right hand that Nanahara ducks under and follows up with a left that Nanahara also avoids with ease.
Nanahara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karkmananis moves away.
Karkmananis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A combination from Karkmananis does no damage.
A slow jab from Karkmananis misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Karkmananis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nanahara swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nanahara misses with a straight right.
Karkmananis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Karkmananis tries to clinch but Nanahara is having none of it.
Nicolas Karkmananis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nanahara thows a leg kick but Karkmananis checks it
and Karkmananis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nanahara tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karkmananis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nanahara.
Karkmananis lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Karkmananis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nanahara dodges the punch combination from Karkmananis.
Nanahara throws a head kick but Karkmananis moves out of range.
Karkmananis wants to clinch
and Nanahara counters with a series of strikes. Karkmananis will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nanahara misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nanahara walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nanahara misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Karkmananis misses with a two punch combination.
Nanahara appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Karkmananis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Karkmananis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oooh a lovely combination from Karkmananis sends Nanahara down but not out. Karkmananis dives into side control looking to finish.
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!
Nanahara is pushing Karkmananis's head away, looking to escape. Karkmananis manages to hold on to the position though.
Karkmananis decides to stand back up.
Karkmananis darts in and clinches Nanahara up against the cage.
Karkmananis misses with the head strike.
Nanahara wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Karkmananis tries to land a knee to the head but Nanahara blocks with his arms.
Karkmananis prevents Nanahara from breaking the clinch.
Karkmananis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nanahara backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Karkmananis.
Karkmananis'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.
Nanahara tries to circle away but Karkmananis has him pinned against the cage.
Nanahara looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Karkmananis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karkmananis lands a two punch combo.
Karkmananis darts in and clinches Nanahara up against the cage.
Karkmananis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karkmananis misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karkmananis misses with a double jab.
Nanahara misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicolas Karkmananis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Good shot there by Nanahara.
Nanahara throws a looping overhand right but Karkmananis ducks down to avoid it.
Nanahara keeps the fight on the outside.
Nanahara misses with a wild combination.
Karkmananis tries to clinch but Nanahara is having none of it.
Nanahara throws a looping overhand right but Karkmananis ducks down to avoid it.
Karkmananis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nanahara moves out of range of the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karkmananis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nanahara throws a big counter combination but Karkmananis scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nanahara avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karkmananis shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nanahara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nanahara moves out of range of the body kick from Karkmananis.
Karkmananis misses with a body kick.
Karkmananis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Karkmananis closes the distance and pushes Nanahara back into the cage.
Karkmananis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nanahara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karkmananis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nanahara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karkmananis slips a jab from Nanahara.
Karkmananis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Karkmananis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nanahara misses with a body shot.
Nanahara swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nanahara misses with a left hand
and Karkmananis counters with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nanahara misses with a two punch combination.
Nanahara lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nicolas Karkmananis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karkmananis scores with a nice body kick.
Karkmananis throws a head kick that misses.
Nanahara throws a jab when Karkmananis was well out of range.
Karkmananis tries to clinch but Nanahara moves out of range.
Nanahara lands with a slapping head kick.
Karkmananis takes a swing at Nanahara's ribcage but misses.
Karkmananis throws a nice looking combination but Nanahara bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd cheers as Karkmananis lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nanahara doesn't seem phased though.
Karkmananis moves into the clinch.
Nanahara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karkmananis throws a head kick that misses.
Karkmananis looks to land a combination but Nanahara avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nanahara throws a nice looking combination but Karkmananis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Karkmananis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nanahara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some wild striking there from Karkmananis.
Nanahara avoids a punch combination nicely.
Karkmananis tries to clinch up but Nanahara circles away and keeps his distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Nanahara misses the target.
Nanahara fails to land with a series of punches.
Karkmananis appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Karkmananis avoids the body shot from Nanahara.
Nanahara tries to score with a low kick but Karkmananis moves his leg out of the way.
Shuya Nanahara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karkmananis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Nanahara misses the target.
Karkmananis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nanahara falls off balance throwing a combination
and Karkmananis counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nanahara lands a head kick!
Karkmananis wants to clinch
enabling Nanahara to counter with a crisp jab.
Nanahara with a jab.
Karkmananis slips under a jab.
Nanahara lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Karkmananis can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Nanahara and Karkmananis drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Nanahara.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shuya Nanahara!
Shuya Nanahara retains his light heavyweight title!
Shuya Nanahara decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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