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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Frank Romita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nuuska Muikkunen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romita comes to the cage accompanied by Rollin' Like A Boss. Nuuska Muikkunen has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Frank Romita's chin.
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150 lbs
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160 cm
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153 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Cardio machine |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Romita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nuuska Muikkunen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muikkunen misses with a wild body shot.
Romita looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Muikkunen keeping moving, preventing Romita from controlling successfully.
Muikkunen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Muikkunen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Muikkunen can't keep his opponent in guard - Romita advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Romita seems to be working for a kimura but Muikkunen defends the submission attempt.
Muikkunen is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Romita pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Romita is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Muikkunen sees it coming and defends easily.
Romita is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Muikkunen is looking for a sweep. Romita is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romita throwing shots but Muikkunen is blocking nicely.
Muikkunen is trying to maintain the position but Romita is very close to passing his half guard.
Romita is looking to advance position but Muikkunen won't allow it.
Muikkunen manages to get to full guard.
Muikkunen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Muikkunen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Muikkunen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Muikkunen has his foot on Romita's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Romita works his way back into a safe position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Romita drops back, looking for a kneebar! Muikkunen looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Muikkunen looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Muikkunen!
Muikkunen in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Romita taking a bit of punishment here - Muikkunen scoring with strikes.
Muikkunen misses with the ground and pound.
Romita is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Muikkunen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Romita to see if he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muikkunen lands a few punches from side control.
Muikkunen throws a strike aimed at the side of Romita's head but Romita avoids it well.
Romita is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Muikkunen is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romita is looking to regain half guard here but Muikkunen keeps moving and retains side control.
Muikkunen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Romita down.
Muikkunen tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Muikkunen scores with punches from side control.
Muikkunen working the ground and pound.
Muikkunen in side control, throwing shots but Romita defends.
Romita wants to get back to his feet but Muikkunen drags him back down.
Muikkunen working the ground and pound from side control.
Muikkunen connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Romita some visible discomfort.
Romita is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romita throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Muikkunen.
Muikkunen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Muikkunen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Muikkunen landing strikes.
Romita regains half guard, as Muikkunen was trying to land strikes.
Muikkunen is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Muikkunen trying to mount his opponent but Romita defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nuuska Muikkunen dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Muikkunen defending well as Romita loads up on a big left hand.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Muikkunen.
Muikkunen is trying to get an arm triangle but Romita is defending well.
Muikkunen happy to just control the position for now.
Romita regains half guard, as Muikkunen was trying to land strikes.
Nuuska Muikkunen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Muikkunen working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romita is trying to stand.
Nice strikes from Muikkunen there.
Muikkunen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Romita defending well though.
Romita wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Muikkunen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Romita is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Muikkunen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Muikkunen lands strikes from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muikkunen passes to full mount!
Muikkunen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Oh Romita is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Muikkunen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Muikkunen is landing with some decent strikes but Romita is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Muikkunen lands a big shot to the head and Romita winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Nuuska Muikkunen!
After winning the bout, Nuuska Muikkunen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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