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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fiji Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meguru Takayanagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meguru Takayanagi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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181 cm
25
154 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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171 cm
20
150 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Prefers standup |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fiji Nakamura! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Meguru Takayanagi! The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nakamura misses with a wild body shot. Takayanagi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nakamura can pounce on him.
Nakamura on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Takayanagi. Takayanagi obviously looking to wear him down.
Nakamura cracks the inside of Takayanagi's front leg. Takayanagi thumps Nakamura with a low kick. Takayanagi throws a nice inside leg kick. Takayanagi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Nakamura walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Takayanagi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. Nakamura has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Mega Gym - Capacity 35 in the buildup to the fight. Nakamura checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nakamura punishes Takayanagi's body with a nice straight punch. A nice inside leg kick there by Takayanagi. That's going to slow Nakamura down. Nakamura misses with a hook
and Takayanagi counters with a nice double leg into half guard. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Nakamura is trying to stand.
Takayanagi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's one minute gone in the round. Takayanagi stalling. Let's hope that Takayanagi has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight. Nakamura tries to kick Takayanagi off in order to stand up. Takayanagi Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control. Takayanagi is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nakamura has escaped the position, nice work there. Takayanagi controlling from side mount. Nakamura explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nakamura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Takayanagi.
Nakamura listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Good leg kick by Nakamura there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Takayanagi tries to land a leg kick but Nakamura saw it coming and moves away.
Takayanagi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Takayanagi throws a low kick but Nakamura moves out of range easily. Takayanagi takes a jab right on the kisser.
A big right from Takayanagi misses. A decent looking cross lands there for Nakamura. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Nakamura throws a hook but Takayanagi avoids it easily. Takayanagi only half commits to the counter leg kick. Nakamura jabs Takayanagi right on the nose. Takayanagi blinks but takes it well. Takayanagi tries a head kick but it misses.
Takayanagi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nakamura. Nakamura uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Takayanagi has time to react.
Takayanagi is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nakamura cracks Takayanagi on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Takayanagi falls backwards against the cage. Nakamura follows up with more strikes that drop Takayanagi to his knees. Nakamura keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Takayanagi! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fiji Nakamura! During a confident post fight interview, Fiji Nakamura thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
49% |
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