Both fighters spilled blood, but it was Keita Nakamura who made his home fans happy in Japan. Nakamura (33-8-2 MMA, 3-5 UFC) took a split decision from Alex Morono (13-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC), taking a pair of 29-28 scores to a dissenting 29-28 for Morono, in yet another back-and-forth slugfest on the prelims in Japan. The welterweight bout closed out the preliminary card of today’s UFC Fight Night 117 event at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, near Tokyo.
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