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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cristiano Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sola Romaneiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nascimento's entrance music is Symptom of The Universe (1975) . A fine choice. Romaneiro has chosen Guns of Brixton - The Clash as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Sola Romaneiro enters the ring!
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222 lbs
30 - 16 - 0 |
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218 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cristiano Nascimento!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sola Romaneiro!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nascimento is looking to clinch but Romaneiro is avoiding it.
Nascimento misses with a hook.
Romaneiro flicks out a counter leg kick but Nascimento steps away.
Romaneiro tried to score with a low kick but Nascimento checks it.
Romaneiro looks to throw the jab but Nascimento is out of range.
Romaneiro checks a low kick from Nascimento.
We've been told by Nascimento's head coaches at Lock and Roll Grappling Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Romaneiro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nascimento.
Romaneiro tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Romaneiro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nascimento defending well as Romaneiro loads up on a big left hand.
Nascimento rushes Romaneiro and presses him up against the ropes.
Nascimento tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Romaneiro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nascimento breaks from the clinch.
Romaneiro blocks a jab.
Nascimento fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nascimento throws a body kick that misses.
Jab, jab by Nascimento - just one landing.
It looks like Sola Romaneiro has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Romaneiro.
Romaneiro fails with a takedown attempt.
Nascimento goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And Romaneiro tries to counter it with a takedown but Nascimento pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Romaneiro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Romaneiro manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Nascimento on his heels. He'll look to pass Nascimento's guard now, I'm sure.
Nascimento will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Romaneiro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Romaneiro is fighting to break Nascimento's control of his arms but Nascimento is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Romaneiro tries to free his leg and advance position but Nascimento is retaining full guard.
Romaneiro passes Nascimento's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Romaneiro seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nascimento does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nascimento is positioning himself well to prevent Romaneiro advancing to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento tries to roll over but Romaneiro keeps him under control.
Nascimento keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nascimento keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Romaneiro prevents Nascimento from standing back up.
Romaneiro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nascimento defending well though.
Nascimento gets back to full guard.
Romaneiro looking to pass the guard.
Nascimento is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romaneiro throws a big elbow that misses.
Nascimento keeping moving, preventing Romaneiro from controlling successfully.
Romaneiro pushes down on Nascimento's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Romaneiro throwing shots but Nascimento is blocking nicely.
Nascimento is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nascimento trying to control but Romaneiro postures up.
Romaneiro lands with a punch from half guard.
Romaneiro lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Romaneiro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nascimento defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romaneiro is looking to take a break and control but Nascimento is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Romaneiro is looking to advance position but Nascimento won't allow it.
Nascimento is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Romaneiro is pressing down on Nascimento's thigh, looking to free his foot. Nascimento is holding on for now.
Nascimento is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Romaneiro wants to free his trapped foot but Nascimento is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nascimento is positioning himself well to prevent Romaneiro advancing to mount.
Nascimento is looking for a sweep. Romaneiro is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sola Romaneiro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sola Romaneiro's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Romaneiro throws a low kick but Nascimento moves out of range easily.
Romaneiro missing with a left hand there. Nascimento was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nascimento is looking to clinch.
Nascimento walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Romaneiro.
Romaneiro misses with the combination.
Romaneiro moves out of range as Nascimento strikes.
Romaneiro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nascimento clinches.
Nascimento has Romaneiro pressed against the ropes, preventing Romaneiro from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nascimento tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nascimento blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nascimento misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romaneiro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Romaneiro is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nascimento lands a hook that snaps the head of Romaneiro backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romaneiro blocks an uppercut.
Nascimento goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nascimento prevents a takedown attempt there.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nascimento.
Nascimento lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Romaneiro backwards.
Nascimento misses with some punches.
Nascimento misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romaneiro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nascimento backwards.
Romaneiro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romaneiro misses with a punch on the inside.
Romaneiro misses with a body punch.
Romaneiro misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Nascimento fails to land.
Nascimento is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A short right from Nascimento on the inside.
Romaneiro is trying to trip Nascimento. He has hold of a leg but Nascimento is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Romaneiro persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Romaneiro in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romaneiro looking to pass the guard.
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!
Nascimento pulls Romaneiro in close to his closed guard and prevents Romaneiro from doing any damage or advancing position.
Nascimento looking to control.
Romaneiro works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Nascimento trying to control but Romaneiro postures up.
Nascimento has hold of Romaneiro's hands but Romaneiro slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Romaneiro wants to free his trapped foot but Nascimento is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Romaneiro is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Nascimento doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Romaneiro.
Romaneiro trying to mount his opponent but Nascimento defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romaneiro looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Romaneiro is keen to just control but Nascimento is a slippery customer.
Nascimento avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Romaneiro.
Nascimento avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Romaneiro.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Romaneiro scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Romaneiro works his way into side control.
Romaneiro has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Nascimento!
Nascimento takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Romaneiro's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sola Romaneiro!
Sola Romaneiro is the new light heavyweight champion!
A victorious Sola Romaneiro thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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