Rob Emerson vs Keita Nakamura — UFC 81: Breaking Point Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC 81: Breaking Point
Rob Emerson vs Keita Nakamura

Lightweight · 3 rounds · Card

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UFC 81: Breaking Point

Saturday, February 2, 2008 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Rob Emerson def. Keita Nakamura

Split Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Steve MazzagattiAdalaide Byrd · 27-30Al Lefkowitz · 27-30Jeff Collins · 29-28Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Split Decision · R3 · 5:00

Rob EmersonRound 3Keita Nakamura

26 / 73Sig. strikes32 / 68

36%Accuracy47%

31 / 78Total strikes39 / 76

0Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns2 / 2

0Sub. attempts0

0:00Control0:47

5.2Pace / min6.4

0%Control share100%

Rob Emerson

Targethead 65% · body 8% · leg 27%

Phasedistance 81% · clinch 12% · ground 8%

Keita Nakamura

Targethead 91% · body 9% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 81% · clinch 19% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeKeita Nakamura landed 32 significant strikes to 26.Striking edgeKeita Nakamura struck at 47% accuracy to 36%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Target shiftRob Emerson's head share of landed strikes moved +15 pts, to 65% head with 8% body and 27% leg.
Defensive driftRob Emerson absorbed significant strikes +146% faster than in R2, 6.4 against 2.6 per minute.
Pace upKeita Nakamura's significant-strike pace moved +146% from R2 to R3, 6.4 against 2.6 per minute.
Accuracy shiftKeita Nakamura's significant-strike accuracy moved +26 pts, 47% against 21%.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Rob Emerson

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Keita Nakamura

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

81Rob Emerson sig. strikes

57Keita Nakamura sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+146%largest pace swing, R2 to R3 (Keita Nakamura)