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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Muenster Romano (ranked 954 p4p, 1139 weight class) and Gerrad Skolz (ranked 130 p4p, 158 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Muenster Romano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gerrad Skolz!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romano tries to clinch up.
Romano looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Skolz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Romano takes a swing at Skolz's ribcage but misses.
Romano wants to clinch.
Romano clinches up against the cage.
Skolz blocks an uppercut.
Skolz takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skolz struggles to land a body shot inside as Romano controls his hands.
Skolz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Romano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Skolz tries to circle away but Romano has him pinned against the cage.
Romano lands a hook that snaps the head of Skolz backwards.
Skolz tries to work over Romano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skolz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Skolz is looking to break free of the clinch but Romano has double underhooks.
A hook to the body from Romano.
Skolz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Skolz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Skolz blocking some punches.
Skolz tries a body shot but Romano blocks it.
Skolz can't find room to land a body shot as Romano controls the action.
Skolz swings wildly with an uppercut but Romano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Skolz is trying to force a seperation but Romano has the dominant position.
Skolz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Skolz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Skolz misses with the head strike.
Skolz tries to circle away but Romano has him pinned against the cage.
Romano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Romano scores with a hook to the body.
A shot in the inside from Skolz.
Skolz has had enough of the clinch but Romano keeps him there for the moment.
Skolz misses with a punch on the inside.
Skolz blocking some punches.
Skolz throws a punch but it's blocked by Romano.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romano misses with a punch on the inside.
Skolz lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romano.
Romano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skolz misses with a punch on the inside.
Skolz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skolz has had enough of the clinch but Romano keeps him there for the moment.
Skolz prevents a body shot from Romano.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Skolz.
Romano can't find room to land a body shot as Skolz controls the action.
Romano lands a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romano lands a shoulder strike.
Romano gets through Skolz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Romano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Skolz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romano's elbow.
Romano misses with a body punch.
Skolz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Romano tries to clinch up.
Skolz is looking to chop away at Romano's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skolz swats away the attempt to clinch by Romano.
Gerrad Skolz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Skolz misses with a double jab.
Skolz connects with a leg kick.
Skolz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Romano doesn't seem bothered though.
Skolz has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Romano is looking to clinch.
Skolz throws a good cross that connects.
Jab by Romano.
A good leg kick by Skolz.
Romano closes the distance and clinches.
Good body shot from Skolz.
Romano throws a punch but it's blocked by Skolz.
Skolz misses with the head strike.
Skolz is trying to push Romano away but Romano has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Skolz cracks Romano with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skolz lands a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Skolz misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Skolz.
Romano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romano stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Skolz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Skolz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skolz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skolz has a couple of punches blocked by Romano.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Romano.
A short right from Romano on the inside.
Romano blocks a body shot from Skolz.
Romano lands with a light punch inside.
Romano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Romano.
Romano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Skolz backwards.
Romano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Skolz.
Romano misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gerrad Skolz will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Skolz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Romano slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Romano moves into range and clinches up with Skolz.
Romano lands a hook that snaps the head of Skolz backwards.
Romano lands an uppercut.
Skolz misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Romano.
Romano prevents Skolz from breaking the clinch.
Skolz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Skolz's elbow.
Skolz has had enough of the clinch but Romano keeps him there for the moment.
Romano blocks a body shot from Skolz.
Skolz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romano tries a body shot but Skolz blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Romano.
Romano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Skolz's elbow.
Skolz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Skolz breaks the clinch.
Romano tries to clinch but Skolz moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romano closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Skolz takes a swing at Romano's ribcage but misses.
Skolz throws out a leg kick but Romano moves out of range and Skolz only half commits.
Skolz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
An attempted straight right counter from Romano misses the target.
Skolz misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from Romano on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Romano lands with an overhand left.
Skolz misses with a two punch combination.
Skolz misses with a looping right.
Skolz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Romano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Skolz manages to avoid it.
Romano fails in his attempt to clinch.
Skolz keeps the fight on the outside.
Skolz scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skolz throws a hook to the side of Romano's head but Romano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little feinted left hand from Romano on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Romano moves in looking to clinch but Skolz pushes him off.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big right from Skolz misses.
Skolz takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Romano fails in his attempt to clinch.
Romano has closed the distance and engaged Skolz in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Romano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Romano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Skolz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Romano pushes Skolz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Skolz prevents a body shot from Romano.
Skolz breaks from the clinch.
Romano clobbers Skolz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Skolz takes a swing at Romano's ribcage but misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Romano misses the target.
Skolz keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romano is looking to clinch.
Skolz shapes to counter with a head kick.
Skolz throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A jab from Romano does it's job there.
Romano tries to clinch but fails miserably
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Skolz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Romano. That did some damage!
Skolz looks to score with a jab to the body but Romano is just out of range.
Romano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Skolz.
Romano clobbers Skolz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Skolz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Romano has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Romano misses with a straight right.
Skolz is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A right-left combo lands from Skolz.
Skolz throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Romano to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Romano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skolz misses with a two punch combination.
Romano with a jab.
Skolz avoids the body shot from Romano.
Skolz unleashes a big counter combination but Romano bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Skolz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Romano.
Romano has taken the fight to the clinch.
Romano working aggressively here.
Romano throws a punch but it's blocked by Skolz.
Nice body punch from Skolz - that landed with a thud.
Romano tries a body shot but Skolz blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Romano fails to land.
Romano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Romano.
Skolz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Skolz cracks Romano with an open hand slap.
Skolz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Romano under the eye.
Gerrad Skolz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Skolz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Gerrad Skolz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Romano connects with a body shot.
Skolz thows a body kick. Romano tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Romano moves into the clinch.
Skolz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Skolz breaks from the clinch.
Romano gets a clinch.
Skolz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Romano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Romano misses with a body punch.
Skolz breaks from the clinch.
Skolz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skolz moves out of range as Romano strikes.
Skolz tries to land a front kick but Romano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A little feinted left hand from Romano on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Skolz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice cross by Romano.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skolz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Romano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A quick step to the side and Romano tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Skolz loads up on a big right hand but Romano slips the punch.
Skolz misses with a straight left.
Skolz misses with a low kick.
Jab by Romano.
Romano smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Skolz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Romano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Skolz scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters circling a little - Skolz finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Skolz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Skolz swinging wildly here.
Skolz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Romano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Skolz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Skolz is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Muenster Romano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Skolz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Skolz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Skolz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Skolz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Skolz throws a head kick but Romano moves out of range.
Romano sends Skolz crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Romano is motioning to the referee to let Skolz up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Skolz is rocked!
Romano jabs Skolz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Skolz is still on wobbly legs! Can Romano finish him?
Skolz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Skolz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Romano lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Skolz at a distance.
Romano lands a right hook to the body.
Romano has managed to clinch.
Romano lands with a right to the head.
Romano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Romano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Romano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Romano gets through Skolz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Romano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Romano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Romano.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Romano lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Romano throws a big uppercut that drops Skolz! More strikes from Romano and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Skolz lies dazed against the cage as Romano celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Muenster Romano!
Muenster Romano decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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