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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nobuhiro Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrique Tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tavares comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Devour the Day - Get Out of My Way kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Nobuhiro Nakamura has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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209 lbs
9 - 0 - 0 |
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210 lbs
14 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nobuhiro Nakamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Henrique Tavares!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Russell Pearce and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tavares lands a jab-cross combination.
Tavares gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nakamura has been working on his boxing with his coaches at School of Hard Knocks (Elite Training for $225) in the buildup to the fight.
Tavares tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nakamura was well out of range. Poor timing from Tavares.
Nakamura clinches up with Tavares and pushes him back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nakamura.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tavares.
Nakamura lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Nakamura.
Still in the clinch, Nakamura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tavares blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nakamura struggles to land a body shot inside as Tavares controls his hands.
Tavares blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Nakamura on the inside.
Tavares is rocked!
Nakamura lands a big right hand that drops Tavares! The killer instinct kicks in and Nakamura finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Nakamura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nobuhiro Nakamura!
An out of breath Nobuhiro Nakamura thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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