Nicolae Negumereanu changed his mind and shifted his focus to MMA after seeing one of his friends compete at an RXF show.
22 Facts About Nicolae Negumereanu
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Nicolae Negumereanu made his pro-MMA debut on October 10,2016, against Alexandru Gavrila.
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Nicolae Negumereanu was victorious in his first MMA bout via a TKO.
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Nicolae Negumereanu went undefeated fighting mostly in Real Xtreme Fighting, with some of the opponents that he defeated being Marius Pislaru, Constantin Padure, Robert Orbocea, Yuri Gorbenko, and Kovacs Kalman.
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Nicolae Negumereanu stated that he accepted the fight with Safarov only three weeks before, and he fought with a cracked hand and a cold.
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Nicolae Negumereanu faced Aleksa Camur at UFC on ESPN: The Korean Zombie vs Ige on June 19,2021.
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Nicolae Negumereanu faced Ike Villanueva on October 23,2021, at UFC Fight Night: Costa vs Vettori.
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Nicolae Negumereanu won the fight via knockout in round one.
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Nicolae Negumereanu was scheduled to face Ihor Potieria on March 5,2022, at UFC 272.
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Nicolae Negumereanu was scheduled to face Alonzo Menifield on June 4,2022, at UFC Fight Night 207.
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However, Nicolae Negumereanu was removed from the event for undisclosed reasons and he was replaced by Askar Mozharov.
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Nicolae Negumereanu faced Ihor Potieria on July 30,2022 at UFC 277.
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Nicolae Negumereanu won the fight via technical knockout in the second round.
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Nicolae Negumereanu faced Carlos Ulberg on November 12,2022, at UFC 281.
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Nicolae Negumereanu lost the fight via knockout in the first round.
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Nicolae Negumereanu has 3 brothers, their father died when Nicolae was 10 years old.
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Nicolae Negumereanu declared that if he had had better performances in wrestling than being national champion, he probably would not have started MMA.
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Nicolae Negumereanu said that MMA is not developed in Romania, unlike the much more popular kickboxing, and that it has only been practiced for 5 years.
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At one point, Nicolae Negumereanu trained only on the striking part of kickboxing, and the former coach did not manage to improve his ground part.
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Nicolae Negumereanu said his idol is Lucian Bute, and that he was inspired by Leonard Dorin Doroftei and Alexandru Lungu.
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Nicolae Negumereanu says that he is passionate about Dacian culture and listens to Subcarpati's music.
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Nicolae Negumereanu worked for many years as a security guard.