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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yusuke Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiroyuki Okamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Nakamura might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Movado - Neva Believe U. The crowd seem to be enjoying Okamoto's choice of entrance music: Feel the Drive. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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152 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yusuke Nakamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiroyuki Okamoto!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura lands with a cross.
Nakamura gets a takedown into half guard.
Nakamura is controlling the pace.
Okamoto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nakamura scores with a couple of nice shots.
Okamoto tries to get to full guard but Nakamura has control of the leg.
Okamoto keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nakamura throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nakamura not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nakamura is trying to control. Okamoto wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Okamoto is looking for a sweep. Nakamura is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Okamoto wants to control but Nakamura is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nakamura working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nakamura is just content to waste time from the top position. Okamoto takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Nakamura throws a strike but Okamoto rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Okamoto advances to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura is refusing to be controlled, as Okamoto sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Okamoto throws a strike but Nakamura avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Nakamura looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nakamura is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
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!
Okamoto throws a strike but Nakamura rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Nakamura landing with the ground and pound.
Nakamura cracks Okamoto with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura throws an elbow that misses. Okamoto uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nakamura's guard. Nice move by Okamoto!
Okamoto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nakamura is keeping the position for now.
Okamoto showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Okamoto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nakamura is keeping the position for now.
Nakamura can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Okamoto controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura is looking to stand up but Okamoto isn't so interested in that idea.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Okamoto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nakamura. That did some damage!
Okamoto misses with a body shot.
Okamoto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Okamoto lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Okamoto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hiroyuki Okamoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Okamoto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nakamura shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Okamoto defends it nicely.
Nakamura looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nakamura is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Okamoto is just riding it out for now. Nakamura eventually gives up the hold.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Okamoto is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Nakamura is keen to just control but Okamoto is a slippery customer.
Nakamura is really struggling to control Okamoto but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Okamoto trying to control from the bottom.
Okamoto is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Nakamura is staying active.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Nakamura throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Nakamura there.
Nakamura looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nakamura throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nakamura not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nakamura missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nakamura throwing shots but Okamoto is blocking nicely.
Nakamura trying to control the action but Okamoto is working from the bottom.
Okamoto regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nakamura working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura looking to sit in guard and control but Okamoto gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Okamoto trying to move into half guard but instead Nakamura has managed to sweep!
Nakamura loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Okamoto keeping full guard, as Nakamura tries to pass.
Okamoto wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Nakamura is now in half guard.
Okamoto works his way to full guard. Good work.
Okamoto keeping moving, preventing Nakamura from controlling successfully.
Okamoto pulls Nakamura in to control the position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Nakamura throwing strikes but missing.
Nakamura trying to control but Okamoto is working from the bottom.
Nakamura controls from within his opponent's guard.
Yusuke Nakamura has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Okamoto fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nakamura checks it well.
Okamoto lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Okamoto there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nakamura fails with a takedown attempt.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura drives through with a takedown into guard.
Okamoto managing to control the position.
Okamoto controls Nakamura momentarily but Nakamura frees himself.
Okamoto is pulling down on Nakamura's head. It's preventing any offense from Nakamura, at least for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nakamura controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yusuke Nakamura dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Nakamura fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Okamoto is out of range.
Nakamura throws a series of strikes that have Okamoto backpedaling.
Okamoto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nakamura moves away.
Nakamura lands a jab to the head.
Okamoto swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nakamura counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nakamura.
Okamoto is stalling here.
Okamoto digs a right hand into Nakamura's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nakamura's gas tank.
Okamoto just leaning against Nakamura, taking a breather.
Okamoto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nakamura has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Okamoto working aggressively here.
Okamoto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nakamura lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Okamoto can't get the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okamoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Okamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nakamura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Okamoto dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Okamoto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nakamura backwards.
Okamoto is trying to stall.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Okamoto.
Okamoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Okamoto has Nakamura pushed against the cage.
Nakamura avoiding damage as Okamoto throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nakamura fails to pull guard.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Okamoto obliges.
Okamoto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nakamura shoots in for a takedown but Okamoto shows good takedown defense.
Nakamura checks a low kick from Okamoto.
Okamoto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Okamoto lands a head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Okamoto misses with a kick to the body.
Okamoto stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yusuke Nakamura. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura closes this distance looking for a takedown but Okamoto circles away.
Okamoto throws a leg kick that misses.
Nakamura thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nakamura shoots for a takedown but Okamoto saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Okamoto will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Okamoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nakamura.
Okamoto throws a body kick that misses.
Okamoto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A leg kick checked by Nakamura.
A lazy left from Nakamura finds it's target.
Jab, jab by Nakamura - just one landing.
Okamoto thows a body kick. Nakamura tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Yusuke Nakamura is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nakamura checks the leg kick nicely there.
Okamoto throws a sloppy head kick and Nakamura moves out of range easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Nakamura checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Okamoto to the ground. Nakamura is now in Okamoto's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nakamura wants to control from the top but Okamoto keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nakamura loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nakamura preventing the sweep.
Nakamura throwing strikes from guard but Okamoto blocks nicely.
Okamoto is controlling Nakamura's posture.
Yusuke Nakamura overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nakamura seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nakamura accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
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.
Okamoto is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nakamura drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Nakamura is trying to ground and pound but Okamoto uses the momentary lack of control by Nakamura to regain half guard.
Nakamura looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Okamoto wants to get back to full guard.
Nakamura content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Nakamura trying to control the action but Okamoto is working from the bottom.
Okamoto is trying to maintain the position but Nakamura is very close to passing his half guard.
Ground and pound from Nakamura.
Nakamura is thwarting Okamoto's attempts to control the position.
Okamoto moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Okamoto controls Nakamura momentarily but Nakamura frees himself.
Okamoto manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Nakamura is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nakamura avoids a series of strikes thrown by Okamoto.
Nakamura suckers Okamoto into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Nakamura is now in Okamoto's guard!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura postures up in Okamoto's guard and throws a big left but Okamoto blocks it.
Nakamura won't allow Okamoto to sweep him here.
Nakamura controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Okamoto avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nakamura scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nakamura trying to control the position from guard on top but Okamoto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nakamura controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura wants to control from the top but Okamoto keeps moving.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Yusuke Nakamura has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Okamoto will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hiroyuki Okamoto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Okamoto throws a half hearted mid kick.
Okamoto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nakamura tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Okamoto swivels and escapes.
Okamoto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hiroyuki Okamoto.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Hiroyuki Okamoto!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Yusuke Nakamura!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Yusuke Nakamura!
Yusuke Nakamura wins by split decision!
Yusuke Nakamura thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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