[Dreago]

Naka would make Forrest cry worse than Jardine did.

[Mithra]

I think Forrest will outstrike Shogun...straight jabs and crosses "pwn" Chute Boxe looping hooks

[HughesIs2OneDem]

i dont know. Nakamura never got KTFO by a TUFer. that might have something to do with it

[MMAchine419]

Ummmm when did Nakamura become such an inferior fighter to Forrest?

He has wins over Igor Vovchanchyn, Kevin Randleman, Daniel Gracie, Chalid Arrab (K-1 fighter), Stefan Leko (K-1 fighter who he TKO'd in less than a minute), Murilo Bustamante, Yuki Kondo and Evangelista Santos.

Truthfully, if Nakamura fought Forrest I would bet on Nakamura.

[Pastafarian]

Nakamura outstruck Shogun.



His punching was crisper and he put together combinations that had Shogun backpedalling and clinching up.

[JKS]

Originally Posted by Translucent

Indeed Cyrille Diabate blasted him a few times and made Shogun take him to the ground.

If you think that Diabate did anything in that fight your a fool, or havent even seen the fight. I can't believe how delusional people are on here. The guy attempted, and I said attemped a few high kicks and knees that did not connect and were blocked. All he did was land one jab the whole fight. Shogun at least landed a few punches.

Please watch the fight instead of going by the opinions of people on here.

[Andre_the_Great]

what are you trying here? Im not saying Shogun is going to walk through Forrest, but Nakamura is a PHENOMENAL, underlooked fighter. He's stood and done very, very well against great strikers like Wanderlei, Kondo, lil Nog, and Shogun. I dont think Forrest can hurt Shogun substantially in standup, if he's crisp enough he WILL outstrike Shogun but still, Shogun's not too sloppy plus he's got the mauythai that Forrest has not faced yet and his takedowns and groundgame are surprisingly strong.
Shogun by decision via dominating GnP.

[JalacoJones]

Originally Posted by Tarantino

Because Nakamura is better Griffin

Keep it down. A lot of people would rather not know that.

People use the same type of arguement for a Silva fight too , and say that he couldn't finish the "can" Yoshida.

[Kind Herb]

Shogun's fight with Nakamura was an anomaly. He was still recovering from his arm injury as well as under the weather due to the flu/traveling/both. I would look at his last fight against Overeem as a better example of the fighter Forest is facing.

I do not expect this fight to make it out of the 1st Rd.

[numnum]

You guys are really underrating Nakamura here. He's a very good fighter.

And yes, he did outstrike Shogun. It wasn't a fluke. He did it because he has very good stand up that is underrated.