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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Harper (ranked 373 p4p, 605 weight class) and Yuri Nagasaki (ranked 27 p4p, 41 weight class). Harper comes to the cage accompanied by Al Compás De Mi Caballo. Nagasaki has chosen Dead Souls - Joy Division as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miguel Harper!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuri Nagasaki!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper jabs at Nagasaki's body.
Harper takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nagasaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harper.
Nagasaki fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harper on the side of the head.
Harper definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Harper lands with a nice body punch.
Harper connects with a right hand. Nagasaki shakes it off.
Harper throws an overhand right that lands on Nagasaki's shoulder, as Nagasaki tries to avoid the shot.
Nagasaki on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nagasaki takes a swing at Harper's ribcage but misses.
Harper fires out a quick counter leg kick but Nagasaki just manages to avoid it.
Harper slips under a jab from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki throws a shot to the body.
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!
Harper misses with a left hand
and Nagasaki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nagasaki gets a clinch.
Nagasaki's coach down at Golden Harvest was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Nagasaki's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A nice left hand lands by Harper.
Nagasaki misses with a body punch.
Nagasaki misses with some punches.
Harper is leaning against Nagasaki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nagasaki bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Harper's head backwards.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harper.
A little feinted left hand from Harper on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Good standup being displayed there by Nagasaki as he connects with a hook.
The fighters circling - Harper throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nagasaki now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nagasaki digs a good body shot into Harper's ribs.
Nagasaki throws a big shot that misses.
Harper takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nagasaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harper.
Nagasaki connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A swing and a miss from Harper.
Nagasaki misses with a hook
and Harper counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A clash of legs there as Nagasaki blocks the low kick.
Harper misses with a shot to the body
and Nagasaki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Harper.
Harper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harper throws a hook to the side of Nagasaki's head but Nagasaki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nagasaki connects with a solid leg kick.
Harper swings widly with a right hand
and Nagasaki counters with a stiff right hand.
Harper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nagasaki with a nice cross.
Nagasaki lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harper at a distance.
Nagasaki lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harper at a distance.
Nagasaki thuds a left hand into Harper's body.
Nagasaki blocks a jab.
Nagasaki throws a head kick that misses.
Harper looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Harper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki avoids the body shot from Harper.
Nagasaki misses with a hook.
Harper with a hook.
Harper avoids the head kick by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki scores with a nice right hand.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot.
Nagasaki throws a sloppy head kick and Harper moves out of range easily.
Nice body punch from Nagasaki.
Harper digs a good body shot into Nagasaki's ribs.
Nagasaki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harper.
Nagasaki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Harper misses with a left hand
and Nagasaki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nagasaki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harper gets caught napping as Nagasaki dives in and scores a takedown. Harper manages to retain guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harper is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nagasaki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harper works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Harper is trying to keep Nagasaki in close.
Nagasaki wants to control from the top but Harper keeps moving.
Nagasaki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harper works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harper looking for a sweep. Not yet Harper, not yet.
Nagasaki wants to control from the top but Harper keeps moving.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yuri Nagasaki dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Harper fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nagasaki scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nagasaki lands the left hand.
Harper throws a looping overhand right but Nagasaki ducks down to avoid it.
Harper misses with a right hand
and Nagasaki counters with a left to the body.
Jab from Harper.
Harper throws a lazy uppercut
and Nagasaki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nagasaki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nagasaki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harper looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A shot to the body from Harper misses
and Nagasaki counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harper blocks a head kick by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Harper throws the left hand but Nagasaki avoids the punch easily.
Nagasaki connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Good shot there by Harper.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Harper enables Nagasaki to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Harper manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Harper is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nagasaki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harper keeping moving, preventing Nagasaki from controlling successfully.
Nagasaki lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nagasaki working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Harper's head.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Harper is on top in guard.
Nagasaki can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Harper controls the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nagasaki is on top in guard.
Nagasaki stopping the sweep attempt from Harper.
Nagasaki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nagasaki being controlled here momentarily.
Nagasaki wants to pass the guard but Harper is keeping the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harper is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Harper tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Harper wants to sweep here but Nagasaki controlling him for the moment.
Nagasaki landing some decent shots from guard.
Nagasaki wants to control from the top but Harper keeps moving.
Harper has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Nagasaki has passed into side control.
Harper tries to improve position but can't.
Nagasaki working the head with strikes.
Harper tries to buck Nagasaki off but Nagasaki is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki controlling from side mount.
Harper is not content to let Nagasaki control the position.
Nagasaki looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Harper is avoiding damage well.
Nagasaki in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Nagasaki wants to control but Harper is keeping him busy.
Nagasaki in side control lands a decent elbow.
Harper is looking to reverse the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yuri Nagasaki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nagasaki throws a nice head kick!
Nagasaki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice shot by Harper.
Harper looks to land a right hand but Nagasaki moved out of range.
Nagasaki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nagasaki throws a hook but Harper avoids it easily.
Nagasaki instigates a clinch.
Harper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Good body shot from Nagasaki.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nagasaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Harper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nagasaki.
Harper's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nagasaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nagasaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nagasaki misses with a body punch.
Nagasaki works on Harper's body with a couple of short punches.
Nagasaki has a couple of punches blocked by Harper.
Nagasaki effectively controlling the action here.
A head punch on the inside from Harper fails to land.
Nagasaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nagasaki misses with a punch on the inside.
Yuri Nagasaki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nagasaki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nagasaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harper misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nagasaki scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nagasaki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nagasaki lands a hook that snaps the head of Harper backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nagasaki pushes Harper back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nagasaki.
Harper tries a body shot but Nagasaki blocks it.
Nagasaki misses with the head strike.
Nagasaki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nagasaki throws a head punch that misses.
Nagasaki misses with the head strike.
Nagasaki taking a breather.
Harper blocking some punches.
Harper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harper misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nagasaki.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nagasaki lands an uppercut.
Harper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nagasaki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harper blocking some punches.
Harper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nagasaki backwards.
Nagasaki lands a nice uppercut.
Nagasaki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harper.
Harper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nagasaki is struggling to control the position.
Harper misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nagasaki manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Harper.
Nagasaki lands a right hand.
Harper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nagasaki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nagasaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harper blocking some punches.
Harper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nagasaki backwards.
Nagasaki throws a punch but it's blocked by Harper.
Nagasaki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yuri Nagasaki really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Harper lands with a hook. Nagasaki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Harper takes a swing at Nagasaki's ribcage but misses.
Harper misses with a low kick as Nagasaki jumps back.
Nagasaki let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Yuri Nagasaki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harper throws a hook but Nagasaki avoids it easily.
Harper slips under a jab from Nagasaki.
Harper misses with a body punch
and Nagasaki counters with a straight right hand.
Harper lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Harper swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nagasaki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harper avoids the head kick by Nagasaki.
Harper swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Harper on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki throws a head kick but Harper moves out of range.
Harper misses with a hook.
Harper looks to land a left hand but Nagasaki moved out of range nicely.
Nagasaki swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nagasaki scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Nagasaki misses.
Harper lands with a good body shot.
Harper throws a hook but Nagasaki blocks it.
Harper throws a big shot that misses.
Nagasaki throws a leg kick which misses Harper's front leg but catches the back leg as Harper tries to avoid it.
Harper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harper looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Harper on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Harper lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nagasaki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nagasaki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nagasaki scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harper doesn't seem bothered though.
A low kick from Harper is predictable there
and Nagasaki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Harper closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jab by Nagasaki.
Harper misses with a right hand
and Nagasaki counters with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harper gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Harper is rocked!
Harper throws a big shot that misses.
Nagasaki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Oh Harper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nagasaki connects with a solid leg kick.
Harper seems to have got his legs back now.
Harper scores with a sloppy right hand. Nagasaki should have avoided that one.
Harper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harper swings for the body but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Harper takes a swing at Nagasaki's ribcage but misses.
Nagasaki lands with a right hand.
Miguel Harper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nagasaki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nagasaki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harper throws a body shot but no joy.
Nagasaki misses with a wild body shot.
Nagasaki moves out of range of the body kick.
Nagasaki is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Harper connects with a single shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Harper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nagasaki moves away.
Harper on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nagasaki shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Harper napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Nagasaki looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Harper is avoiding damage well.
Harper manages to work his way to half guard, despite Nagasaki's best efforts.
Nagasaki slows the pace down in half guard.
Harper is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki trying to control from Harper's half guard. Harper has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Harper working a defensive guard here.
Nagasaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nagasaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Harper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nagasaki preventing the sweep.
Harper trying to keep a closed guard but Nagasaki is proving a slippery customer.
Harper can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Nagasaki controls the pace.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yuri Nagasaki dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Nagasaki slips under a jab from Harper.
Harper throws a body kick that misses.
Nagasaki feints the counter takedown.
A lazy left from Nagasaki finds it's target.
Nagasaki lands a slapping body shot.
Nagasaki throws a head kick but Harper moves out of range.
Harper throws out a loose jab but Nagasaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nagasaki moves out of range as Harper strikes.
Harper takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nagasaki.
Harper misses with a jab to the body
and Nagasaki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harper throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nagasaki counters with a thumping low kick.
A swing and a miss from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nagasaki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Harper not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Harper wants to hit a sweep here but Nagasaki passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Harper there!
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.
Harper taking shots to the head.
Nagasaki breaks from Harper's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Harper is desperately trying to improve his position but Nagasaki has a good base and remains in mount.
Harper in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nagasaki trying to control but Harper is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Harper is trying desperately to improve position.
Nagasaki content just to control the position here.
Harper wants to hold on but Nagasaki pushes him away.
Harper taking shots to the head.
Nagasaki is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Harper can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
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!
Nagasaki punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nagasaki punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper is looking to improve his position but Nagasaki isn't that keen on the idea.
Harper is working hard here to advance position.
Nagasaki putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Harper tries to hold on but Nagasaki pushes him away.
Harper really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Yuri Nagasaki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nagasaki unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Harper wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Nagasaki celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuri Nagasaki!
Yuri Nagasaki is the new bantamweight champion!
After winning the bout, Yuri Nagasaki thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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