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Romans Skiba is a Latvian-Russian

History of Russians in Latvia

Russians have been the largest ethnic minority in Latvia for the last two centuries.-Ancient Latvia:The Latvian word krievi for "Russians" and Krievija for "Russia" is thought to have originated from Krivichs, one of the tribal unions of Early East Slavs...

Light Heavyweight

Light heavyweight

In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...

mixed martial artist. He made his MMA debut in 2007 at POS - Planet of Sport 6 against Dimitry Shipulin. In this fight Romans lost by Submission (Armbar) to Latvian athlete Dimitry Shipulin. Romans Skiba competed in WFCA, BoP and many others European MMA promotions. He is famous for fighting Finnish MMA

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

star Marcus Vanttinen

Marcus Vänttinen

Marcus Vänttinen is a Finnish professional mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, Vänttinen has mostly competed in Finland, most notably for M-1 Global....

and Lithuanian mixed martial artist Tomas Pakutinskas.

Biography and career

Romans began training in mixed martial arts in 2006, when he joined the K-Sport team. His mixed martial arts debut was at June 16, 2007 against Dimitry Shipulin.
Skiba trains in his hometown Liepāja

Liepaja

Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...

at K-Sport gym with Latvian kickboxer Kristaps Zile

Kristaps Zile

Kristaps Zile is a Latvian heavyweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist. Zile is a former Latvian and Lithuanian kickboxing champion . He also had won bronze medal in European Muy-Thai championship in 2008., currently competing in K-1. He made his professional K-1 debut in 2008...

. Romans Skiba works as MMA coach in the gym.

Skiba's last fight was against Mihails Levickis. After short stand-up performance Skiba take-down Levickis and started raining punches. Levickis was unable to protect himself and referee

Referee

A referee is the person of authority, in a variety of sports, who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view and making on the fly decisions that enforce the rules of the sport...

stopped the fight. That was his third win via (T)KO.

Mixed martial arts record

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Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

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Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

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Liepaja

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Latvia

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Marcus Vanttinen

Marcus Vänttinen

Porvoo

Porvoo is a city and a municipality situated on the southern coast of Finland approximately east of Helsinki. Porvoo is one of the six medieval towns in Finland, first mentioned as a city in texts from 14th century...

, Eastern Uusimaa

Eastern Uusimaa

Eastern Uusimaa was a region in Finland, until it was consolidated with the region of Uusimaa on January 1, 2011. It bordered to the regions Uusimaa, Päijänne Tavastia, and Kymenlaakso.- Municipalities :...

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Kuldiga

Kuldīga is a town in western Latvia. It is the center of Kuldīga municipality with a population of approximately 13,500.Kuldīga was first mentioned in 1242. It joined the Hanseatic League in 1368...

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Latvia

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Klaipeda

Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania situated at the mouth of the Nemunas River where it flows into the Baltic Sea. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County....

, Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

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Riga

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Latvia

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Klaipeda

Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania situated at the mouth of the Nemunas River where it flows into the Baltic Sea. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County....

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Lithuania

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Riga

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Latvia

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Cesis

Cēsis , is a town in Latvia located in the northern part of the Central Vidzeme Upland. Cēsis is on the Gauja River valley, and is built on a series of ridges above the river overlooking the woods below...

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Latvia

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Riga

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Latvia

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Liepaja

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Latvia

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