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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nicodemo Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bart Bunga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romero comes to the cage accompanied by Lords Of Salem . Nicodemo Romero has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 lbs
30 - 21 - 1 |
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166 lbs
24 - 6 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 21 - 1, fighting out of London, Nicodemo Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bart Bunga!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero gets a clinch.
Romero throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Romero just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bunga's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Romero.
Bunga misses with a punch to the body.
Bunga throws a punch but it's blocked by Romero.
Romero looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Romero takes a shot to the head.
Bunga takes an elbow to the temple.
Romero cracks Bunga with a nice body shot.
Romero looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Romero tries a body shot but Bunga blocks it.
Romero throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Romero pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Romero working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bunga pushes Romero back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bunga tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bunga goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bunga avoids a wild elbow strike from Romero.
Bunga breaks the clinch.
Romero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bunga swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bunga on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Romero. Romero obviously looking to wear him down.
Romero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bunga on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jab from Bunga.
Bunga blocks a head kick by Romero.
Romero keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bunga.
Bunga misses with an uppercut. Romero saw that one coming.
Bunga swats away the attempt to clinch by Romero.
Romero slips a jab from Bunga.
A solid leg kick lands there for Romero.
Bunga misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Romero connects with a right hand. Bunga shakes it off.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bunga swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bunga lands with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bunga connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunga ducks under a wild hook from Romero.
Romero moves in looking to clinch but Bunga pushes him off.
Bunga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bunga.
Romero tries to close the distance and clinch but Bunga swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Romero uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bunga.
Bunga circles away from the clinch attempt.
Romero walks into a straight right hand from Bunga.
It looks like Nicodemo Romero has been cut.
Romero fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bunga looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bunga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Romero.
Bunga takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bunga looks to land a left hand but Romero moved out of range nicely.
Romero moves into the clinch successfully.
Romero tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bunga's elbow.
Romero pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Romero throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bunga swings wildly with an uppercut but Romero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero can't find room to land a body shot as Bunga controls the action.
Romero pushes off an throws an elbow but Bunga leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Romero creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bunga's defenses.
It looks like Bart Bunga has been cut.
Romero throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Romero lands an elbow inside.
Romero looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Bunga.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bunga.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romero throws an elbow but misses.
Bunga avoids a wild elbow strike from Romero.
Bunga misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bunga tries a body shot but Romero blocks it.
Good body shot from Bunga.
Romero misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romero.
Bunga misses with a punch to the body.
Bunga escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Romero drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Romero tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bunga was well out of range. Poor timing from Romero.
Romero keeps the fight on the outside.
Romero takes one to the chin there.
Bunga is looking to clinch.
Bunga staying out of range there.
Romero throws a right hand that misses
and Bunga cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Romero checks a leg kick nicely.
A big left from Bunga misses.
Bunga just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromRomero.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Romero.
Romero feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bungas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bunga throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Romero gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bunga.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bart Bunga will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bunga works the jab nicely.
Bunga misses with a head kick.
Romero throws a leg kick which misses Bunga's front leg but catches the back leg as Bunga tries to avoid it.
Romero looks to clinch
and Bunga cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bunga drops Romero with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Romero looks back up at him and smiles so Bunga waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Romero is rocked!
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bunga in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romero is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Bunga Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Romero is out cold, face down on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Bart Bunga!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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