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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinichi Fuujin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fuujin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Soilwork - Rejection Role. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Shinichi Fuujin acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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159 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryo Nakamura!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinichi Fuujin!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuujin works Nakamura's body with a nice hook.
Fuujin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fuujin motions for Nakamura to come forward. Fuujin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Nakamura misses.
Fuujin looks to throw the jab but Nakamura is out of range.
Fuujin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fuujin lands a nice looking body shot.
Fuujin throws a right hand that Nakamura ducks under and follows up with a left that Nakamura also avoids with ease.
Nakamura avoids a punch combination nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Fuujin scores with a four punch combination!
Nakamura lands a body shot.
Fuujin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nakamura counters by moving into the clinch.
Fuujin successfully pulls guard.
Fuujin looking to control.
Nakamura won't allow Fuujin to sweep him here.
Fuujin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nakamura defends well.
Fuujin wants to control but Nakamura passes easily into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuujin works his way to full guard. Good work.
Nakamura has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Fuujin is proving hard to escape from.
Fuujin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nakamura can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Fuujin looks gassed!
Nakamura tries to stand but Fuujin is controlling from the bottom.
Fuujin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nakamura looking to pass the guard.
Nakamura is looking to stand up but Fuujin won't let him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fuujin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fuujin tries to bum rush Nakamura with a series of wild strikes but Nakamura uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fuujin misses with the combination.
Fuujin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nakamura scores with a shot to the body.
Nakamura takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nakamura ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nakamura clinches up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nakamura creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nakamura.
Nakamura presses Fuujin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fuujin.
Fuujin fails to pull guard.
Fuujin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fuujin lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fuujin.
Fuujin has a couple of punches blocked by Nakamura.
Fuujin misses with a punch on the inside.
Nakamura prevents a body shot from Fuujin.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nakamura goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fuujin throws a head punch that misses.
Fuujin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nakamura smiles and moves away.
Fuujin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nakamura moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fuujin connects with a body shot.
Nakamura thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fuujin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fuujin misses the body punch
and Nakamura cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fuujin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nakamura counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fuujin misses with a shot to the body
and Nakamura counters by clinching up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin lands a body punch.
Nakamura lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fuujin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nakamura effectively controlling the action here.
Nakamura tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nakamura keeps control of Fuujin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Fuujin.
Nakamura looking to slow down the pace here.
Nakamura lands a body shot.
Fuujin lands a nice uppercut.
Nakamura taking a breather.
Fuujin manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nakamura gets to his feet - Fuujin follows without any prompting.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fuujin cracks a nice hook into Nakamura's ribs.
Nakamura keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fuujin.
Shinichi Fuujin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakamura lands with a hook. Fuujin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fuujin circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shinichi Fuujin dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Fuujin takes a swing at Nakamura's ribcage but misses.
Nakamura lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nakamura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fuujin.
Fuujin misses with an uppercut. Nakamura saw that one coming.
Nakamura closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nakamura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fuujin.
Fuujin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nakamura's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nakamura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fuujin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good exchange - Nakamura coming out on top.
Nakamura avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fuujin looks to score with a jab to the body but Nakamura is just out of range.
Fuujin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice jab there from Fuujin.
Nakamura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuujin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nakamura sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nakamura bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fuujin's head.
Nakamura tries to clinch there but Fuujin circles away.
Fuujin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nakamura makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nakamura tries to clinch up.
Fuujin lands with a shot to the body.
Fuujin misses with a hook. Nakamura ducked under it nicely.
Fuujin is breathing heavily.
Nakamura doesn't manage to clinch there - Fuujin circles away.
Fuujin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nakamura uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fuujin.
Fuujin throws a sloppy body shot
and Nakamura counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nakamura tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fuujin blocks a body shot from Nakamura.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakamura. Fuujin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nakamura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fuujin.
Fuujin throws a jab but it's blocked by Nakamura.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nakamura connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fuujin looks to land a combination but Nakamura avoids it well.
Fuujin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fuujin misses with a looping left.
Fuujin misses with a combination
and Nakamura counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nakamura lands with a left to the head.
Nakamura is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nakamura scores with a hook to the body.
Nakamura lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fuujin.
Nakamura misses with a punch on the inside.
Nakamura lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nakamura.
Fuujin jumps guard but Nakamura stands there with Fuujin around his waist. Fuujin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Fuujin has a couple of punches blocked by Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin tries to throw a body punch but Nakamura avoids it by throwing Fuujin back against the cage.
Nakamura lands a right hand.
Nakamura scores with a shoulder strike.
Nakamura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nakamura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Nakamura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nakamura gets through Fuujin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fuujin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nakamura blocks it with crossed arms.
Fuujin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Nakamura just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nakamura lands a body punch.
Nakamura lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fuujin.
Nakamura lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nakamura lands a body punch.
Fuujin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ryo Nakamura has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinichi Fuujin.
Nakamura lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nakamura lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Still in the clinch, Nakamura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fuujin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin throws a head punch that misses.
Nakamura blocks a body shot from Fuujin.
Nakamura blocking some punches.
Fuujin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nakamura smiles and moves away.
Nakamura fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fuujin, pushing him back against the cage.
Nakamura lands a hook that snaps the head of Fuujin backwards.
Nakamura lands a hook that snaps the head of Fuujin backwards.
Nakamura misses with the head strike.
Nakamura throws a punch but it's blocked by Fuujin.
Nakamura digs a right hand underneath Fuujin's ribcage. Fuujin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nakamura.
Nakamura scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Nakamura.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fuujin blocks an uppercut.
Fuujin has a couple of punches blocked by Nakamura.
Nakamura is looking to control Fuujin's arms but Fuujin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nakamura has his back to the cage.
Nakamura blocks a body shot from Fuujin.
Fuujin throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryo Nakamura dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Fuujin looks to land a left hand but Nakamura moved out of range nicely.
Nakamura tries to clinch up but Fuujin circles away and keeps his distance.
Fuujin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fuujin throws a nice looking combination but Nakamura bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fuujin swats away the attempt to clinch by Nakamura.
Fuujin misses with a combination
and Nakamura counters with a left to the body.
Nakamura fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shinichi Fuujin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nakamura takes the fight into the clinch.
Fuujin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuujin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Nakamura just stands there and leans against the cage.
Fuujin lands with a short shot to the head.
Fuujin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fuujin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Fuujin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fuujin blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fuujin misses with a punch to the body.
A body shot lands from Nakamura.
Fuujin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Nakamura.
Fuujin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nakamura digs a right hand underneath Fuujin's ribcage. Fuujin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nakamura is struggling to control the position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nakamura creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nakamura lands with a light punch inside.
Fuujin letting Nakamura take a breather here.
Good body shot from Nakamura.
Nakamura stalls.
Fuujin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fuujin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nakamura lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nakamura lands with a right to the head.
Nakamura misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fuujin tries to pull guard but Nakamura won't allow it.
Ryo Nakamura has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinichi Fuujin.
Nakamura softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fuujin tries to throw a body punch but Nakamura avoids it by throwing Fuujin back against the cage.
Nakamura lands with a short shot to the head.
Nakamura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nakamura blocking some punches.
Nakamura stalling in the clinch.
Nakamura keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fuujin's efforts to push away.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nakamura.
Fuujin misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nakamura.
Nakamura is pushing Fuujin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fuujin prevents a body shot from Nakamura.
Fuujin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nakamura lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nakamura blocks an uppercut.
Nakamura is working Fuujin over against the cage.
Nakamura leaning his opponent against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nakamura is trying to maintain a safe position but Fuujin gets an underhook and turns Nakamura into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fuujin.
Nakamura has a couple of punches blocked by Fuujin.
Fuujin manages to break the clinch.
Nakamura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fuujin throws out the jab.
Nakamura misses with an uppercut. Fuujin saw that one coming.
Nakamura connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nakamura, as that shot connected.
Fuujin throws the left hand but Nakamura avoids the punch easily.
Nakamura throws a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fuujin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fuujin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nakamura misses with a straight right.
Nakamura lands a body shot.
Fuujin cracks Nakamura with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fuujin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nakamura.
Good exchange - Nakamura coming out on top.
Nakamura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fuujin throws out the jab.
Nakamura lands a two punch combo.
Fuujin stalks Nakamura and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nakamura's face. Nakamura staggers backwards, shaken.
Nakamura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fuujin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nakamura avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nakamura ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fuujin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nakamura counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryo Nakamura clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nakamura closes the distance and clinches.
Nakamura is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fuujin is keeping busy.
Nakamura lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fuujin backwards.
Fuujin blocks an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakamura. Fuujin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fuujin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nakamura.
Fuujin misses with a leg kick.
Fuujin throws a looping overhand right but Nakamura ducks down to avoid it.
Fuujin thows a body shot but no joy.
Fuujin throws a leg kick but Nakamura sees it coming and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuujin misses with a series of wild punches.
Fuujin misses with a straight left.
Fuujin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fuujin is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Nakamura closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuujin blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nakamura creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fuujin throws a punch but it's blocked by Nakamura.
Fuujin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Still in the clinch, Fuujin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nakamura lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fuujin misses with the head strike.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Nakamura fails to land.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura works on Fuujin's body with a couple of short punches.
Fuujin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Nakamura as the two fighters clinch.
Fuujin is looking to control Nakamura's arms but Nakamura gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fuujin has his back to the cage.
Fuujin lands a left hand.
Nakamura throws a head punch that misses.
Fuujin misses with a body punch.
Nakamura lands a body punch in the clinch.
Come on Nakamura - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nice body punch from Nakamura - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin jumps guard but Nakamura stands there with Fuujin around his waist. Fuujin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Fuujin tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nakamura lands a hook that snaps the head of Fuujin backwards.
Nakamura is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fuujin is keeping busy.
Fuujin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nakamura scores with a hook to the body.
Nakamura misses with the head strike.
Fuujin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura blocking some punches.
Nakamura presses Fuujin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nakamura cracks Fuujin with a nice body shot.
Nakamura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nakamura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nakamura takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Fuujin throws a punch but it's blocked by Nakamura.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fuujin avoids it.
Fuujin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nakamura's elbow.
Nakamura misses with a body punch.
Nakamura'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.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fuujin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Nakamura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fuujin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fuujin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nakamura counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nakamura.
Fuujin tries to pull guard but Nakamura holds him up against the cage and eventually Fuujin drops back down to his feet.
Nakamura can't find room to land a body shot as Fuujin controls the action.
Nakamura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nakamura displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fuujin up against the cage.
Nakamura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fuujin breaks the clinch.
Fuujin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Fuujin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nakamura wants to clinch up but Fuujin keeps it at a distance.
Nakamura drives through and clinches with Fuujin against the cage.
Fuujin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fuujin blocking some punches.
Nakamura stalling.
Fuujin scores with a shoulder strike.
Ryo Nakamura has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice left hand lands by Nakamura.
Fuujin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fuujin jumps guard but Nakamura stands there with Fuujin around his waist. Fuujin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ryo Nakamura has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinichi Fuujin.
Nakamura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fuujin fails to pull guard.
Nakamura prevents a body shot from Fuujin.
Fuujin scores with a shoulder strike.
Nakamura presses Fuujin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fuujin trying to land knees to the body.
Fuujin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryo Nakamura had his way with Shinichi Fuujin in 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. This is the final round!
Fuujin sizes up Nakamura with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nakamura checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nakamura is looking to clinch but Fuujin is avoiding it.
Nakamura misses with a straight left.
Nakamura throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fuujin on the side of the head.
Fuujin just misses with a punch to the body.
Nakamura moves out of range as Fuujin strikes.
Nakamura wants to clinch.
Fuujin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuujin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nakamura on the side of the head.
Fuujin is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A slow jab from Fuujin misses its intended target.
Fuujin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuujin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fuujin tries to keep at a distance but Nakamura has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nakamura is leaning against Fuujin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nakamura stalling in the clinch but Fuujin improves position.
Fuujin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short body shot lands from Fuujin as the two fighters clinch.
Fuujin blocks an uppercut.
Nakamura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nakamura pushes Fuujin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fuujin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fuujin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Nakamura walks away with a smile on his face. Fuujin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Fuujin looks to land a combination but Nakamura avoids it well.
Fuujin lands with a hook. Nakamura tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fuujin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nakamura.
Nakamura has Fuujin up against the cage in a clinch.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura is leaning against Fuujin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fuujin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nakamura lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nakamura lands a body shot.
Nakamura lands a left hand.
Nakamura tries to work over Fuujin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nakamura lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nakamura can't find room to land a body shot as Fuujin controls the action.
Fuujin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nakamura is defending well for now.
Nakamura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fuujin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fuujin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fuujin taking a breather.
Nice body punch from Nakamura.
Nakamura scores with a shoulder strike.
A body shot lands from Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a hook that snaps the head of Fuujin backwards.
Nakamura scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nakamura cracks Fuujin with a nice body shot.
Nakamura scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nakamura is working Fuujin over against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nakamura.
Nice body punch from Nakamura.
Nakamura effectively controlling the action here.
Nakamura works on Fuujin's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice left hand lands by Nakamura.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nakamura.
Nakamura lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Nakamura.
Fuujin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nakamura holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nakamura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fuujin tries a body shot but Nakamura blocks it.
Nakamura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura has Fuujin pressed against the cage, preventing Fuujin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nakamura lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nakamura dodges an elbow strike from Fuujin.
Nakamura lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fuujin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fuujin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ryo Nakamura is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura connects with a looping right hand.
Nakamura works Fuujin's body with a nice hook.
Fuujin throws a sloppy body shot
and Nakamura holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fuujin tries to pull guard but Nakamura won't allow it.
Fuujin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nakamura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fuujin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ryo Nakamura has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinichi Fuujin.
Fuujin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nakamura smiles and moves away.
Shinichi Fuujin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nakamura rushes Fuujin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fuujin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryo Nakamura showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nakamura has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 49:46
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 49:46
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryo Nakamura!
Ryo Nakamura retains his featherweight title!
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