MartialNarrative's Review

Brady Hiestand vs Rinya Nakamura

They start at a nice at a nice pace and are trying to get a read on each other. Heili looks like he will be mostly boxing throughout the fight. Castaneda is bouncing in and out throwing nice combos with his hands and feet. No clinch or grappling initiation from either fighter. Heili really starts to find his range and confidence, he moves forward with aggressive strikes. Castaneda gains his own confidence and finds his mark. Both guys have given and taken some damaging shots. Both guys are getting tired and hurt but push forward still. They’ve really been throwing some high numbers and have had some heated exchanges. Finally about mid way through the third Heili shoots in on a double, he doesn’t get it but controls Castaneda on the fence for a while. Castaneda is able to deter with some nice grappling reversals and submission attempts and the fights ends there. Good performance from both guys. Castaneda was active and Heili hurt him multiple times. Could go either way. Split decision win for Heili