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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cooper Roos (ranked 725 p4p, 660 weight class) and Shinnosuke Nakagawa (ranked 109 p4p, 100 weight class). Roos comes to the cage accompanied by EASY MONEY. The crowd seem to be enjoying Nakagawa's choice of entrance music: Koto - CloZee. 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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cooper Roos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shinnosuke Nakagawa!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Summer Carpenter and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakagawa throws a body shot but no joy.
Roos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nakagawa.
A little feinted left hand from Roos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Roos has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Convicted Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Nakagawa throws a looping overhand right but Roos ducks down to avoid it.
Nakagawa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Roos circles away.
Nakagawa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Roos's hands.
Nakagawa fails with a takedown attempt.
Cooper Roos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinnosuke Nakagawa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roos throws a head kick that misses.
Shinnosuke Nakagawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakagawa shoots and misses
and Roos counters with a straight right hand.
Nice cross by Nakagawa.
Nakagawa looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Roos is fending him off so far but Nakagawa persists. Nope, Roos circles away and we're back to standing.
Roos quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Nakagawa has his takedown stuffed
and Roos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Roos tries to sprawl but Nakagawa drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Nakagawa wants to pass to mount but Roos is defending the position.
Roos is positioning himself well to prevent Nakagawa advancing to mount.
Nakagawa seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Roos does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roos holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Nakagawa is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Roos is just riding it out for now. Nakagawa eventually gives up the hold.
Roos is controlling Nakagawa's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Roos tries to get to full guard but Nakagawa has control of the leg.
Roos is defending against the submission attempts here by Nakagawa.
Roos tries to get to full guard but Nakagawa has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Nakagawa is working away from the top position though.
Roos is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Roos is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Nakagawa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nakagawa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nakagawa wants to take a breather but Roos is having none of it.
Nakagawa is working for a submission of some sort.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nakagawa is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Roos is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Shinnosuke Nakagawa!
A very excited looking Shinnosuke Nakagawa made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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pop
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