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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Masato Nakamura (ranked 3820 p4p, 2638 weight class) and Koa Yagan (ranked 409 p4p, 311 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Granite chin
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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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Masato Nakamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Koa Yagan!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick from Nakamura.
Nakamura misses with a hook
and Yagan counters with a good low kick that Nakamura was not able to check.
Nakamura throws a leg kick
and Yagan counters with a good low kick that Nakamura was not able to check.
Nakamura just misses with a punch to the body.
Yagan is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nakamura throws a front kick aimed at Yagan's knee but Yagan avoids it well.
Nice jab there from Yagan.
Yagan with a nice cross.
Nakamura scores with a jab to the jaw.
That kick from Yagan tenderised Nakamura's leg. Nakamura is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nakamura misses with a wild body shot.
Nakamura misses with the body kick
and Yagan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nakamura explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nakamura misses with a low kick.
Nakamura looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakamura throws a lazy uppercut
and Yagan counters with a left to the body.
Yagan lands an overhand right.
Yagan moves into the clinch successfully.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yagan lands an uppercut.
Yagan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nakamura misses with a punch to the body.
Nakamura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Yagan.
Yagan scores with a shoulder strike.
Yagan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yagan presses Nakamura against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Yagan lands an uppercut.
Nakamura has a couple of punches blocked by Yagan.
Nakamura misses with a punch to the body.
Yagan prevents Nakamura from breaking the clinch.
Yagan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yagan.
Yagan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nakamura or not.
Nakamura is breathing heavily.
Yagan cracks Nakamura with a nice body shot.
Yagan crunches a lovely knee into Nakamura's ribcage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yagan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Yagan.
Yagan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nakamura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Yagan.
Yagan lands a left hand.
Nakamura's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good body shot from Yagan.
A left hand lands to the body for Yagan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yagan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yagan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yagan lands a nice knee to the body.
Yagan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nakamuras head.
Yagan cracks Nakamura with a nice body shot.
Yagan has Nakamura pressed against the cage.
A short right from Yagan.
Nakamura misses with a body punch.
Yagan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nakamura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yagan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nakamura lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yagan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nakamura backwards.
Yagan gets through Nakamura's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yagan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nakamura tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yagan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Yagan.
Still in the clinch, Yagan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yagan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yagan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Yagan scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yagan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Yagan.
Yagan pushes Nakamura back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Yagan.
Yagan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nakamura is rocked!
Yagan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Oh Nakamura is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yagan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yagan scores with a shot to the side of Nakamura's head.
A right handed body shot lands from Yagan.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yagan.
Yagan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nakamura in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yagan scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Yagan.
Nakamura seems to have got his legs back now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yagan.
Yagan lands a nice uppercut.
Yagan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yagan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yagan.
Yagan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yagan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nakamuras head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Yagan.
Yagan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yagan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yagan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yagan works on Nakamura's body with a couple of short punches.
Yagan gets through Nakamura's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yagan leaning against his opponent.
Yagan lands a good knee to the midsection. Nakamura won't want to take too many of those.
A short left from Yagan.
Nice body punch from Yagan - that landed with a thud.
Yagan crunches a lovely knee into Nakamura's ribcage.
Yagan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Yagan.
Nakamura misses with the head strike.
Yagan scores with a shoulder strike.
Yagan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yagan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nakamura has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yagan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nakamura backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Yagan.
Yagan lands with a right to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Koa Yagan dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Yagan clinches up with Nakamura and pushes him back against the cage.
Nakamura's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yagan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yagan lands with a right to the head.
Yagan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Yagan.
Yagan lands an uppercut.
Yagan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nakamura's face.
Yagan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yagan tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Yagan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yagan lands with a light punch inside.
Yagan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nakamura backwards.
Yagan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yagan lands a right hand.
Yagan lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Yagan.
Yagan creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Nakamura crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Nakamura face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Yagan takes it with a brutal technical knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Koa Yagan!
A victorious Koa Yagan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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