Tenshin Nasukawa wasn’t thrilled with the way he landed his first career stoppage earlier this year.
Saturday’s performance delivered a far more satisfying outcome.
The wildly popular combat sports star stopped Jonathan Rodriguez in the third round of their ESPN+ aired co-feature. Rodriguez was floored and deemed unfit to continue at 1:49 of round three Saturday at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
“Finally, I got my knockout,” Nasukawa exclaimed through in-ring translator Mizuka Koike.