Here's the match video of Loma Lookboonmee vs Elise Reed from last night's UFC show in Perth, Australia. This fight is at Strawweight. Loma is 27 years old from Phuket, Thailand. George Hickman is her coach. She grew up training Muay Thai and now she is adapting to MMA. That's an uphill climb. But she is also small for a Strawweight. She probably should be an Atomweight. She's gone 4-2 in the UFC and there has been no indication that she can finish fights. Elise is 30 years old. She trains at Kickside Martial Arts in Princeton, NJ. She has gone 2-2 in the UFC. She is mainly a striker. So both fighters are at similar places. Round one was fairly even until Elise got Loma's back at the end of the round. She didn't get close to a finish but I still scored it 10-9 for Elise. In round two, Loma did something we hadn't seen before. She went for a takedown. It must have surprised Elise too because when Loma took her back, she didn't defend the rear naked choke properly. So Loma got her first UFC finish. I still think she will have problems with ranked Strawweights because of her size. I wish the UFC would start an Atomweight division. Enjoy the video!
That was very quick on her part. Ans she did go for a finish no wasting time or energy. I wish her luck in her future fights Frank. We will see what happens. Thanks so much for the video. David.
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