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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gurizuri Nakamura (ranked 687 p4p, 991 weight class) and James Kirk (ranked 87 p4p, 129 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 24 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gurizuri Nakamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Kirk!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nakamura staying out of range there.
Kirk connects with a leg kick.
Kirk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kirk misses with a head kick.
Nakamura takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kirk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kirk throws a hook but Nakamura avoids it easily.
Nakamura cracks a nice hook into Kirk's ribs.
Nakamura takes a swing at Kirk's ribcage but misses.
Nakamura scores with a jab to the body.
Kirk scoring well with a low kick there.
Nakamura connects with a right hand. Kirk shakes it off.
Nakamura throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kirk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice body kick from Kirk.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakamura throws a body shot but no joy.
Kirk lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nakamura circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirk takes a swing at Nakamura's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Nakamura does it's job there.
Kirk throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nakamura.
Kirk lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kirk. Nakamura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nakamura misses the shot to the body.
Nakamura jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nakamura cracks Kirk with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've been hearing reports that Nakamura has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Nakamura looks to throw the jab but Kirk is out of range.
Kirk moves out of range as Nakamura strikes.
As Nakamura backs off Kirk throws a huge counter combo but Nakamura manages to avoid it all.
Nakamura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nakamura misses with a hook. Kirk ducked under it nicely.
Nakamura misses with an uppercut.
Kirk throws a big counter head kick but Nakamura avoids it with no problem.
Kirk misses with a leg kick
and Nakamura counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Kirk!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakamura looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kirk is avoiding damage well.
Kirk is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nakamura in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kirk taking a bit of punishment here - Nakamura scoring with strikes.
Nakamura tries to score with some ground and pound. Kirk controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Nakamura lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kirk defending against the ground and pound.
Nakamura in side control, throwing shots but Kirk defends.
Kirk takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Nakamura lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kirk down.
An elbow from Nakamura crashes against the mat.
Nakamura tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura grinds an elbow into Kirk's temple.
Kirk is looking to reverse the position.
Kirk takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Nakamura works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Nakamura throws a strike aimed at the side of Kirk's head but Kirk avoids it well.
Nakamura lands an elbow.
You can see the frustration on Kirk's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Nakamura in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kirk can't do much from the bottom here.
Nakamura in side control, throwing shots but Kirk defends.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kirk keeps working.
Kirk takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Sloppy strikes there by Nakamura.
Nakamura cracks Kirk with a big right hand but Kirk just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Kirk avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nakamura.
Kirk is looking to reverse the position.
Nakamura lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kirk down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakamura is working Kirk over with some ground and pound from side control.
Check out the look on Nakamura's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Nakamura in side control lands a decent elbow.
Kirk is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gurizuri Nakamura dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nakamura lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kirk at a distance.
Nakamura wants to clinch up but Kirk keeps it at a distance.
Nakamura misses with a body shot.
Kirk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nakamura throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nakamura ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kirk moves away.
Nakamura throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kirk swats away the attempt to clinch by Nakamura.
Kirk fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A cross from Nakamura lands.
Kirk missing with a left hand there. Nakamura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kirk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nakamura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Nakamura.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura looks to throw the jab but Kirk is out of range.
Kirk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Nakamura misses the target.
Nakamura throws out a loose jab but Kirk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kirk gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kirk can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nakamura got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kirk has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Nakamura has managed to get both his arms back between Kirk's legs - danger averted.
Kirk looking to control.
Kirk is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Kirk wants to stand but Nakamura is controlling the position.
Nakamura slips nicely into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirk is looking for a sweep. Nakamura is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nakamura throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Kirk to regain full guard.
Nakamura lands a couple of digs.
Nakamura trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nakamura throwing strikes from guard but Kirk blocks nicely.
Nakamura has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nakamura missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kirk controlling the position.
Nakamura throwing strikes from guard but Kirk blocks nicely.
Nakamura advances position into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirk is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Nakamura looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nakamura trying to control the action but Kirk is working from the bottom.
Nakamura thows a huge punch but Kirk dodges it nicely.
Nakamura missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nakamura passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Kirk!
Nakamura with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kirk is still in real trouble! Can Nakamura finish him?
Kirk really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nakamura. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Nakamura! Kirk is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gurizuri Nakamura!
The defeated James Kirk had this to say: 'KHAAAAAAN!'.
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