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• ▸ Nakamura's recorded run is a hard-luck one on paper: 8 wins against 28 losses across 36 matches, so the sample here is mostly tough draws against the field.
• ▸ He is almost entirely a gi competitor in these records, with 34 of his matches in the gi and just 1 in no-gi.
• ▸ Of his 8 recorded wins, 4 came by points, which fits the profile of a grinder who wins positional battles rather than hunting the finish.
• ▸ His submission win rate sits at 25 percent on record, below the site average submission win rate of 40 percent, and his 2 submission wins came from different worlds: a Gi Choke From Back and a Calf Slicer.
• ▸ 2018 was his busiest recorded year at 13 matches, and it produced some of his better results, including a points win over Carlos Alberto Oliveira da Silva at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Los Angeles.