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Nathaniel Wood returned from a nearly two-year absence at UFC London and put on a dominant display against Charles Rosa.
Fighting in front of his hometown crowd, Wood got to work with leg kicks early and quickly compromised Rosa’s lead leg. “Boston Strong” briefly threatened a submission at the end of the first round, but the opening frame quite clearly went to Wood.
Things only got worse for Rosa as the fight went on, as Wood largely battered him on the feet. Rosa was certainly game and showed no signs of quitting, but without being able to land takedowns he never really had a chance to establish any momentum. Wood was awarded a clear unanimous decision with a pair of 30-26 scorecards and one 30-27.
The 28-year-old impressed in his first fight at featherweight, and the MMA world took notice of the performance as well as the toughness displayed by Rosa.
Well, no one can ever say that Charles Rosa isn’t tough. Seems like he was actually disappointed that he only got to take a semi-inhuman amount of punishment.— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) July 23, 2022
Target practice for Wood. Beautiful performance— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) July 23, 2022
30-26 Wood. Wood's calf kick was a huge weapon for Wood as he kept kicking Rosa leg out of his leg and his striking looked crisp#UFCLondon— Jason Hagholm (@JHagholm1) July 23, 2022
Lovely performance by Nathaniel Wood at 145. Rosa is never an easy out. Classy stuff.— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 23, 2022
Nathaniel Wood has spent his whole life dreaming about a performance like that as a UFC fighter in London. Amazing! Looks really fast at 145. #UFCLondon— Peter Carroll (@PetesyCarroll) July 23, 2022
With this win, Nathaniel Wood rebounded from a 2020 loss to Casey Kenney and improved his record in the UFC to 4-2.
MMA News has all of the results and highlights from UFC London.
Nathaniel Wood returned from a nearly two-year absence at UFC London and put on a dominant display against Charles Rosa.
Fighting in front of his hometown crowd, Wood got to work with leg kicks early and quickly compromised Rosa’s lead leg. “Boston Strong” briefly threatened a submission at the end of the first round, but the opening frame quite clearly went to Wood.
Things only got worse for Rosa as the fight went on, as Wood largely battered him on the feet. Rosa was certainly game and showed no signs of quitting, but without being able to land takedowns he never really had a chance to establish any momentum. Wood was awarded a clear unanimous decision with a pair of 30-26 scorecards and one 30-27.
The 28-year-old impressed in his first fight at featherweight, and the MMA world took notice of the performance as well as the toughness displayed by Rosa.
Well, no one can ever say that Charles Rosa isn’t tough. Seems like he was actually disappointed that he only got to take a semi-inhuman amount of punishment.
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) July 23, 2022[/quote]
Target practice for Wood. Beautiful performance
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) July 23, 2022[/quote]
30-26 Wood. Wood's calf kick was a huge weapon for Wood as he kept kicking Rosa leg out of his leg and his striking looked crisp#UFCLondon
— Jason Hagholm (@JHagholm1) July 23, 2022[/quote]
Lovely performance by Nathaniel Wood at 145. Rosa is never an easy out. Classy stuff.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 23, 2022[/quote]
Nathaniel Wood has spent his whole life dreaming about a performance like that as a UFC fighter in London. Amazing! Looks really fast at 145. #UFCLondon
— Peter Carroll (@PetesyCarroll) July 23, 2022[/quote]
With this win, Nathaniel Wood rebounded from a 2020 loss to Casey Kenney and improved his record in the UFC to 4-2.
MMA News has all of the results and highlights from UFC London.
Click here to view the article.
Fighting in front of his hometown crowd, Wood got to work with leg kicks early and quickly compromised Rosa’s lead leg. “Boston Strong” briefly threatened a submission at the end of the first round, but the opening frame quite clearly went to Wood.
Things only got worse for Rosa as the fight went on, as Wood largely battered him on the feet. Rosa was certainly game and showed no signs of quitting, but without being able to land takedowns he never really had a chance to establish any momentum. Wood was awarded a clear unanimous decision with a pair of 30-26 scorecards and one 30-27.
The 28-year-old impressed in his first fight at featherweight, and the MMA world took notice of the performance as well as the toughness displayed by Rosa.
Well, no one can ever say that Charles Rosa isn’t tough. Seems like he was actually disappointed that he only got to take a semi-inhuman amount of punishment.— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) July 23, 2022
Target practice for Wood. Beautiful performance— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) July 23, 2022
30-26 Wood. Wood's calf kick was a huge weapon for Wood as he kept kicking Rosa leg out of his leg and his striking looked crisp#UFCLondon— Jason Hagholm (@JHagholm1) July 23, 2022
Lovely performance by Nathaniel Wood at 145. Rosa is never an easy out. Classy stuff.— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 23, 2022
Nathaniel Wood has spent his whole life dreaming about a performance like that as a UFC fighter in London. Amazing! Looks really fast at 145. #UFCLondon— Peter Carroll (@PetesyCarroll) July 23, 2022
With this win, Nathaniel Wood rebounded from a 2020 loss to Casey Kenney and improved his record in the UFC to 4-2.
MMA News has all of the results and highlights from UFC London.
Nathaniel Wood returned from a nearly two-year absence at UFC London and put on a dominant display against Charles Rosa.
Fighting in front of his hometown crowd, Wood got to work with leg kicks early and quickly compromised Rosa’s lead leg. “Boston Strong” briefly threatened a submission at the end of the first round, but the opening frame quite clearly went to Wood.
Things only got worse for Rosa as the fight went on, as Wood largely battered him on the feet. Rosa was certainly game and showed no signs of quitting, but without being able to land takedowns he never really had a chance to establish any momentum. Wood was awarded a clear unanimous decision with a pair of 30-26 scorecards and one 30-27.
The 28-year-old impressed in his first fight at featherweight, and the MMA world took notice of the performance as well as the toughness displayed by Rosa.
Well, no one can ever say that Charles Rosa isn’t tough. Seems like he was actually disappointed that he only got to take a semi-inhuman amount of punishment.
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) July 23, 2022[/quote]
Target practice for Wood. Beautiful performance
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) July 23, 2022[/quote]
30-26 Wood. Wood's calf kick was a huge weapon for Wood as he kept kicking Rosa leg out of his leg and his striking looked crisp#UFCLondon
— Jason Hagholm (@JHagholm1) July 23, 2022[/quote]
Lovely performance by Nathaniel Wood at 145. Rosa is never an easy out. Classy stuff.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 23, 2022[/quote]
Nathaniel Wood has spent his whole life dreaming about a performance like that as a UFC fighter in London. Amazing! Looks really fast at 145. #UFCLondon
— Peter Carroll (@PetesyCarroll) July 23, 2022[/quote]
With this win, Nathaniel Wood rebounded from a 2020 loss to Casey Kenney and improved his record in the UFC to 4-2.
MMA News has all of the results and highlights from UFC London.
Click here to view the article.
