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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akira Nakumura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nakumura comes to the cage accompanied by heroes come back/nobody knows. Akira Nakumura has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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195 cm
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250 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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185 cm
25
275 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Nakumura! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazushi Sakuraba! The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sakuraba lands a nice shot to the body.
Nakumura looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this! Horrible takedown by Sakuraba or perhaps it was just good defense by Nakumura which made him look bad. Sakuraba ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Sakuraba connects with the punch. Nice uppercut there from Sakuraba.

It looks like Akira Nakumura has been cut. Nakumura takes a body punch but keeps moving. Nakumura takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sakuraba drives through with a takedown into Nakumura's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Sakuraba works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sakuraba maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Nakumura could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Sakuraba has cracked it and Nakumura is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Sakuraba!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kazushi Sakuraba! Kazushi Sakuraba decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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