James Nakashima Discusses Saygid Izagakhmaev Fight at ONE: Heavy Hitters

James Nakashima tests skills with Saygid Izagakhmaev on January 14th at ONE: Heavy Hitters. This lightweight clash takes place inside Singapore Indoor Stadium.

I spoke with Nakashima on Bowks Talking Bouts ahead of this clash and we touched on several subjects such as: -Sticking with the lifestyle facets of being a fighter

-Getting in work at Pedigo Submission Fighting recently

-If Nakashima's daughter has a level of awareness as to what her dad does

-The localized importance of winning in Singapore here and how that reminds him of past competitive stretches

-The main takeaways from his Shinya Aoki fight

-What newer components were added to Nakashima's training methodology

-This bout being another permutation of the Russian wrestling stylings versus American wrestling approach

-If there's any macro focus on the ONE lightweight division overall here

-The 2022 goals for James Nakashima

-If there's any interest in a grappling super fight inside the ONE Circle or if it's solely about MMA

-If opponent Saygid Izagakhmaev has stylistic deviations from his mentor Khabib Nurmagomedov