PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcello Sosa (ranked 392 p4p, 945 weight class) and Roberto Soldic (ranked 52 p4p, 116 weight class). Soldic has chosen Come With Me as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sosa
vs
Soldic

175 cm
22
151
9 - 1 - 1

175 cm
22
150
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcello Sosa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roberto Soldic!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Sosa.
Soldic has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sosa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Marcello Sosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soldic scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sosa works Soldic's body with a nice hook.
Soldic lands a nice hook to Sosa's body. Sosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Soldic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice body kick from Soldic.
Sosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Soldic scores with a head kick. Sosa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Soldic avoids the body shot from Sosa.
Sosa wants to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sosa connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sosa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sosa slips a jab from Soldic.
Sosa lands a glancing blow to the side of Soldic's head.
Sosa on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sosa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Soldic counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sosa thinking.
Sosa throws a hook but Soldic avoids it easily.
Soldic goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sosa throws a series of punches but Soldic avoids them all with ease.
Sosa throws a hook but Soldic avoids it easily.
Soldic clobbers Sosa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Soldic lands a nice hook to Sosa's body. Sosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Soldic works the jab nicely.
Sosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Soldic.

Sosa darts in and clinches Soldic up against the cage.
Soldic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sosa has him pressed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Sosa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Sosa on the inside.
Sosa misses with the head strike.
Soldic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sosa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sosa lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soldic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Soldic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Soldic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sosa misses with a hook. Soldic ducked under it nicely.
Soldic let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sosa misses with a looping left.
Sosa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soldic.
Soldic throws a shot from downtown. Sosa moves away and avoids it.
Soldic throws a hook but Sosa avoids it easily.
Soldic is looking to land body kicks.
Soldic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sosa ducks under a wild hook from Soldic.
Soldic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soldic throws a body shot but no joy.
Soldic ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Soldic throws out a counter right but Sosa avoids it with no problem.
Sosa lands a jab to the nose.
A telegraphed right hand from Soldic misses the target.
Sosa connects with a right hand. Soldic shakes it off.
Sosa throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soldic takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Soldic lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sosa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sosa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sosa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Soldic doesn't seem bothered though.
Soldic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sosa with a hook.
Sosa is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Soldic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Soldic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sosa.
Sosa throws a jab when Soldic was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Soldic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sosa misses with a straight right.
A telegraphed right hand from Sosa misses the target.
Soldic misses with a looping left.
Soldic takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sosa moves in looking to clinch but Soldic pushes him off.
Soldic lands with a hook. Sosa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sosa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa moves away from the strike by Soldic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Sosa misses.
Soldic moves out of range as Sosa strikes.
Soldic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Soldic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sosa.
Decent striking displayed by Sosa there.
A jab from Soldic misses.
Sosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Soldic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab lands there for Sosa.
Soldic misses with a body shot.
A jab from Sosa misses.
Sosa scores with a nice strike.

Sosa instigates a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Soldic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sosa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sosa lands the left hand.
Soldic on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcello Sosa dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Soldic throws a hook but Sosa blocks it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Soldic darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Soldic lands a nice shot that snaps Sosa's head back.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Soldic, as that shot connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sosa. Soldic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marcello Sosa is winning the standup battle so far.
Sosa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sosa throws a right hand that misses
letting Soldic counter with a right hand.

Sosa closes the distance and clinches.
Soldic wants to break free but Sosa has control.
Soldic is trying to break the clinch but Sosa has him pressed against the cage.
Soldic is trying to push Sosa away but Sosa has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sosa has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.

Soldic breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soldic lands a glancing blow to the side of Sosa's head.
Sosa throws the left hand but Soldic avoids the punch easily.
Soldic let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sosa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Soldic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Soldic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Soldic misses with a hook
and Soldic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Sosa misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sosa tries to clinch up.
Soldic just misses with a punch to the body.
Soldic moves out of range as Sosa strikes.
Soldic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Sosa drives through and clinches with Soldic against the cage.
Soldic is trying to break the clinch but Sosa has him pressed against the cage.
Sosa tries to land knees in the clinch but Soldic avoids the damage to the body.

Soldic breaks the clinch.
Soldic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Soldic misses with a leg kick.
Sosa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Soldic misses.
Soldic connects with a single shot there.
Soldic just misses with a punch to the body.
Soldic misses with an uppercut.
Sosa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sosa throws a lazy uppercut
and Soldic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sosa misses with a body shot
and Sosa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa misses with a looping left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sosa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sosa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Soldic.
Soldic misses with a series of wild punches.
Sosa defending well as Soldic loads up on a big left hand.
Sosa scores with a shot to the body.
Soldic on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sosa throws a body shot but no joy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Soldic! But no joy.
Sosa swings away with a body shot that misses
and Soldic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sosa throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A left lands for Soldic.
Sosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sosa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sosa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Soldic lands a leg kick that knocks Sosa off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soldic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soldic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soldic moves away.
Sosa misses with a looping right.
Soldic walks into a jab.
Sosa misses with an uppercut. Soldic saw that one coming.
Sosa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sosa checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sosa checks the leg kick nicely there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Soldic misses with a punch on the inside.
Sosa has Soldic pressed against the cage, preventing Soldic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sosa has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.
Soldic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Soldic breaks from the clinch.
Sosa looks to land a right hand but Soldic moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soldic lands a body shot.
Sosa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soldic.
Sosa appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sosa misses with a hook. Soldic ducked under it nicely.
Sosa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soldic scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sosa cracks Soldic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sosa throws a hook to the side of Soldic's head but Soldic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big left from Soldic misses.
Soldic has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sosa finds it's way round the side to connect with Soldic's head.
Nice shot lands for Sosa.
Soldic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good shot there by Sosa.
Sosa avoids the head kick by Soldic.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sosa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Soldic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sosa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Soldic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Roberto Soldic will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sosa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sosa lands the left hand.
Soldic tries to score with a low kick but Sosa moves his leg out of the way.
Soldic throws a big shot that misses.
Sosa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Soldic.

Sosa has closed the distance and engaged Soldic in a clinch.
Sosa scores with a shoulder strike.
Soldic is trying to force a seperation but Sosa has the dominant position.
Soldic is looking to break free of the clinch but Sosa has double underhooks.
Soldic has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sosa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Soldic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Soldic pushes Sosa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sosa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Soldic fails to land.
Sosa misses with a body punch.
Soldic wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice left hand lands by Sosa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Soldic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sosa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Soldic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sosa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldic slips under a jab from Sosa.
Sosa is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jab by Sosa.
Sosa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Soldic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sosa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Soldic finds it's way through Sosa's defenses.
Sosa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Soldic counters with a good low kick that Sosa was not able to check.
Sosa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Soldic.
Soldic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sosa.
Soldic misses with a right hand
and Soldic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Soldic ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.

Sosa has closed the distance and engaged Soldic in a clinch.
Sosa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sosa landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa tries to land knees in the clinch but Soldic avoids the damage to the body.

Soldic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sosa scores with a jab. Soldic acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Soldic takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Soldic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sosa moves away.
Sosa misses the jab.
Soldic moves out of range as Sosa strikes.
Soldic tries a quick counter leg kick but Sosa is wise to it.

Sosa clinches.
Marcello Sosa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sosa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Soldic's efforts to push away.
Sosa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sosa trying to land knees to the body.
Sosa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soldic.
Soldic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sosa has Soldic pressed against the cage, preventing Soldic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sosa works on Soldic's body with a couple of short punches.
Sosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sosa lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Soldic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Sosa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sosa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sosa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Soldics head.

Soldic breaks from the clinch.
Sosa throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like Soldic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Soldic misses with a wild body shot.
Sosa tries to clinch there but Soldic circles away.
Soldic ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Soldic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Soldic avoids the body shot from Sosa.
Sosa throws a lazy uppercut
and Soldic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sosa digs a good hook to Soldic's body.
Soldic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Soldic tries to land a front kick but Sosa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Soldic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soldic avoids the body shot from Sosa.
Soldic moves out of range as Sosa strikes.
A little jabbing left from Soldic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soldic drops his hands momentarily and Sosa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sosa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Soldic counters with a straight right hand.
Soldic lands a nice hook to Sosa's body. Sosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Soldic lands a lovely overhand right.
Sosa swings widly with a right hand
and Soldic counters with an outside leg kick.
Soldic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Soldic on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sosa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Soldic's head backwards.
Sosa throws a looping overhand right but Soldic ducks down to avoid it.
Soldic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Soldic misses with a looping right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Soldic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sosa.
Soldic slips a jab from Sosa.
Sosa lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Soldic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcello Sosa clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Soldic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Soldic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sosa throws out the jab.
A big right from Sosa misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Soldic misses the target.
Soldic scores with a jab. Sosa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sosa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Sosa instigates a clinch.
Soldic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Soldic breaks from the clinch.
Sosa tries to clinch there but Soldic circles away.
Sosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa slips a jab from Soldic.
An attempted straight right counter from Sosa misses the target.
Sosa fails to land with a series of punches.
Soldic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters circling - Soldic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Soldic lands a nice hook to Sosa's body. Sosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sosa throws a looping overhand right but Soldic ducks down to avoid it.
Sosa moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSoldic.
Sosa throws a jab but it's blocked by Soldic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldic ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Sosa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Soldic throws out a counter right but Sosa avoids it with no problem.
Soldic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Soldic scores with a jab to the head.
Sloppy strikes from Soldic. Those never looked like landing.
Sosa slips a straight right by Soldic.

Sosa has closed the distance and engaged Soldic in a clinch.
Sosa blocks an uppercut.
Sosa can't find room to land a body shot as Soldic controls the action.
Sosa scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Roberto Soldic has been cut.
Soldic avoiding damage as Sosa throws knees to the body.
Sosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sosa blocks a body shot from Soldic.
Soldic wants to get back to striking at distance but Sosa won't allow it.
Sosa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Soldic or not.
Sosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sosa scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soldic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sosa lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa gets through Soldic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sosa missing with knees to the body.
Soldic throws a head punch that misses.
Sosa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Soldic managing to block the knees to the body from Sosa.
Sosa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sosa has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.

Soldic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sosa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sosa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sosa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sosa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Soldic finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sosa throws a poor cross that misses
and Soldic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sosa wants to clinch up but Soldic keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soldic moves away from the strike by Sosa.
Sosa lands with a shot to the body.
Sosa jabs at Soldic's body.
Soldic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sosa.
Soldic connects with an inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Sosa misses its intended target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Soldic.
Soldic slips under a jab.
Soldic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sosa.
Sosa looks to throw the jab but Soldic is out of range.
Sosa throws a body punch but Soldic moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Soldic's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Soldic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Soldic scores with a jab to the jaw.
Soldic slips a straight right by Sosa.
Soldic just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa moves to clinch but Soldic breaks away
and Soldic counters with a stiff right hand.
Soldic cracks Sosa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soldic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sosa moves away.
Sosa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A jab from Soldic misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sosa. Soldic does a little dance to reset his feet.

Sosa moves into the clinch.
Sosa keeps control of Soldic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sosa prevents a body shot from Soldic.
Sosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Soldic has had enough of the clinch but Sosa keeps him there for the moment.
Sosa lands a body punch.
Sosa tries to work over Soldic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sosa lands with a short shot to the head.
Sosa connects with a knee to the head.
Sosa misses with some punches.
Sosa lands a knee to the body.
Soldic is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Soldic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcello Sosa had his way with Roberto Soldic in that round.
The cut man is working on Roberto Soldic's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Sosa throws a hook to the side of Soldic's head but Soldic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A bone on bone clash there as Sosa blocks the leg kick.
Soldic misses with an uppercut
enabling Sosa to counter with a crisp jab.
Sosa defending well as Soldic loads up on a big left hand.
Sosa throws a shot to the body.
Sosa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Soldic looks to throw the jab but Sosa is out of range.
Sosa lands a nice looking body shot.
Sosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soldic moves away.
Sosa takes a swing at Soldic's ribcage but misses.
Jab from Soldic.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa misses with a body shot.

Sosa closes the distance and clinches.

Soldic breaks from the clinch.
Sosa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Soldic.
Soldic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A combination from Soldic does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa throws a looping overhand right but Soldic ducks down to avoid it.
Sosa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sosa misses with a hook. Soldic ducked under it nicely.
Sosa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Soldic on the side of the head.
Soldic walks into a straight right hand from Sosa.
Sosa scores with a decent looking hook.
Soldic misses the jab.
Sosa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Soldic jabs Sosa right on the nose. Sosa blinks but takes it well.
Sosa misses with a hook
and Soldic counters with an outside leg kick.
Soldic misses with a straight right.
Sosa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Soldic's head backwards.
Soldic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sosa.
A punch lands to the side of Soldic 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Soldic gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sosa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soldic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Soldic has time to react.
Sosa moves away from the strike by Soldic.
Soldic throws a jab when Sosa was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Soldic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sosa tries to clinch up but Soldic circles away and keeps his distance.
Soldic tries to bum rush Sosa with a series of wild strikes but Sosa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A big left from Soldic misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Soldic.
Soldic avoids the body shot from Sosa.
Soldic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Soldic throws a lazy uppercut
and Sosa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Soldic scores with a nice right hand.
Sosa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Soldic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sosa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Soldic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sosa.
Roberto Soldic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sosa moves out of range as Soldic strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa looks to throw the jab but Soldic is out of range.
Soldic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sosa.
Sosa throws the left hand but Soldic avoids the punch easily.
Sosa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Soldic can do to turn this around?
Sosa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sosa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Soldic moves out of range as Sosa strikes.
Sosa cracks a nice hook into Soldic's ribs.

Sosa forces Soldic back against the cage and clinches.

Soldic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Soldic looks to land a left hand but Sosa moved out of range nicely.

Sosa closes the distance and pushes Soldic back into the cage.
Sosa blocking some punches.
Sosa lands with a short shot to the head.
Soldic wants to get back to striking at distance but Sosa won't allow it.
Soldic tries to break the clinch but Sosa is controlling the position.
Soldic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Soldic controls his hands.
Sosa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Soldic is trying to break free.
Sosa misses with some punches.
Sosa has Soldic pressed against the cage, preventing Soldic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sosa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soldic managing to block the knees to the body from Sosa.
Sosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
A hook to the body from Sosa.
Sosa tries to work over Soldic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Sosa.
Sosa blocks an uppercut.
Soldic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sosa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sosa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Soldic backwards.
Sosa blocking some punches.
Soldic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sosa misses with a body punch.

Soldic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcello Sosa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sosa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 49:46
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 49:46
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcello Sosa!
Marcello Sosa retains his featherweight title!
Marcello Sosa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.