PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Huerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sosa
vs
Huerta

193 cm
22
269 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
23
270 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Max Huerta!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Huerta tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Huerta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Huerta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sosa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Huerta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Huerta tries to clinch up but Sosa circles away and keeps his distance.
Sosa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Huerta tries to clinch up.
Huerta tries to close the distance and clinch but Sosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sosa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Huerta plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Huerta fails with an attempt to clinch.

Huerta clinches up with Sosa and pushes him back against the cage.
Sosa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Huerta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Carlos Sosa has been cut.
Huerta has had enough of the clinch but Sosa keeps him there for the moment.
Huerta presses Sosa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Huerta blocks an elbow strike from Sosa.

Sosa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Huerta tries to close the distance and clinch but Sosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sosa throws a right hand that Huerta ducks under and follows up with a left that Huerta also avoids with ease.
Huerta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Huerta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Huerta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sosa paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Huerta fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sosa, pushing him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Huerta.
Huerta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sosa takes a shot to the head.
Huerta avoids the elbow strike from Sosa, against the cage.
Sosa throws an elbow that misses.
Huerta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sosa has him pressed against the cage.
Huerta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Huerta lands an elbow inside that Sosa shrugs off.
Huerta is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sosa is breathing heavily.

Huerta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Huerta tries to clinch up.

Huerta has taken the fight to the clinch.
Huerta lands an elbow that stopped Sosa in his tracks for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A knee to the head by Huerta.
Sosa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sosa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Huerta's efforts to push away.
Huerta lands a knee to the head.
Huerta gets through Sosa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Huerta lands a good knee to the midsection. Sosa won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Huerta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Huerta with a knee to the head.
Huerta lands an elbow inside that Sosa shrugs off.
A right handed body shot lands from Huerta.
Huerta lands a knee to the body.
Huerta lands a knee to the head.
Huerta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Huerta lands an elbow inside that Sosa shrugs off.
Huerta lands a body punch.
Huerta digs a right hand into Sosa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sosa's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huerta lands with a right to the head.
Huerta utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Huerta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Huerta scores a nice knee to the body.
Huerta lands an elbow inside that Sosa shrugs off.
Huerta tries to break free but Sosa pushes him back against the cage.
Sosa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sosa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Huerta avoids it.
Huerta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Huerta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Huerta.
Huerta avoids the elbow strike from Sosa, against the cage.
Huerta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sosa pushes off an throws an elbow but Huerta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sosa is looking to break free of the clinch but Huerta has double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Huerta scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sosa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Huerta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Huerta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Huerta scores with a knee to the head.
Sosa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sosa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Huerta's brow.
Huerta scores with a knee to the head.
Sosa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Huerta lands a hook that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
Huerta has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sosa lands an elbow inside.
Sosa pushes Huerta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huerta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Huerta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sosa misses with a jab, cross combination.

Huerta rushes Sosa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Huerta blocks an elbow strike from Sosa.
Sosa pushes off an throws an elbow but Huerta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Huerta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sosa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Huerta.
Nice body punch from Huerta.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Huerta obliges.
Sosa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Huerta's defenses.
Huerta is working Sosa over against the cage.
Sosa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sosa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Huerta is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Huerta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Huerta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Huerta tries to clinch there but Sosa circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Huerta doesn't manage to clinch there - Sosa circles away.
Huerta tries to clinch but Sosa moves out of range.
Huerta is looking to clinch.
Sosa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sosa throws a series of punches but Huerta avoids them all with ease.
Sosa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Huerta tries to clinch up.
Huerta doesn't manage to clinch there - Sosa circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Max Huerta has been cut.
Huerta tries to clinch up but Sosa circles away and keeps his distance.

Huerta instigates a clinch.
Sosa gets through Huerta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Huerta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
Huerta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sosa gets through Huerta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Huerta dodges an elbow strike from Sosa.
Huerta dodges an elbow strike from Sosa.
Sosa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A body shot lands from Huerta.
Huerta working Sosa over with knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sosa is trying to break free.
Huerta connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sosa's face.
Sosa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sosa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Huerta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Huerta scores a nice knee to the body.
Huerta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Sosa breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Huerta closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sosa dodges an elbow strike from Huerta.

Sosa manages to break the clinch.
Sosa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Huerta tries to clinch up.
Huerta lands with an uppercut that bounces Sosa off the cage and back into rage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Huerta dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Huerta throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Huerta closes the distance and clinches.
Huerta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Huerta avoids the elbow strike from Sosa, against the cage.
Sosa jumps guard but Huerta stands there with Sosa around his waist. Sosa gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Huerta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Sosa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sosa misses with a two punch combination.
Sosa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Huerta moves in looking to clinch but Sosa pushes him off.
Sosa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Huerta connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Huerta throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sosa swats away the attempt to clinch by Huerta.
Huerta stalks Sosa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sosa's face. Sosa staggers backwards, shaken.
Huerta doesn't manage to clinch there - Sosa circles away.
Sosa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Huerta is able to avoid easily.
Some wild striking there from Sosa.
Huerta wants to clinch.
Huerta is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huerta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Huerta tries to clinch up but Sosa circles away and keeps his distance.
Huerta doesn't manage to clinch there - Sosa circles away.
Sosa misses with the combination.
Sosa misses with a series of wild punches.

Sosa tries to keep at a distance but Huerta has taken the fight into the clinch.
Huerta avoids a wild elbow strike from Sosa.
Sosa wants to get back to striking at distance but Huerta won't allow it.
Sosa working aggressively here.
Sosa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Huerta scores with a shot to the side of Sosa's head.
Sosa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Huerta.
Nice elbow from Huerta.
Sosa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Huerta.
Huerta scores with a shoulder strike.
Huerta lands an elbow inside that Sosa shrugs off.
Huerta lands an elbow that stopped Sosa in his tracks for a moment.
Sosa takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right handed body shot lands from Huerta.
Huerta lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huerta lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sosa has Huerta pressed against the cage, preventing Huerta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees in the clinch landing for Huerta.
Sosa prevents Huerta from breaking the clinch.
Huerta lands with a left to the head.
Huerta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Huerta lands an elbow inside.
Sosa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Max Huerta seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sosa is trying to force a seperation but Huerta has the dominant position.
Huerta lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
Huerta lands a knee to the head.
Huerta lands a body shot.
Huerta has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Sosa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sosa throws a front kick aimed at Huerta's knee but Huerta avoids it well.
Carlos Sosa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Huerta tries to clinch but Sosa moves out of range.
Huerta moves in looking to clinch but Sosa pushes him off.
Sosa takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Sosa clinches up against the cage.
Huerta lands with a right to the head.
Sosa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Huerta.
Huerta lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sosa or not.
Sosa lands an elbow that stopped Huerta in his tracks for a moment.
Huerta avoids a wild elbow strike from Sosa.
Nice elbow from Huerta.
Huerta takes an elbow to the temple.
Huerta lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huerta lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sosa or not.
Sosa takes an elbow to the temple.
Sosa scores with a shot to the side of Huerta's head.
Sosa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sosa misses with an elbow strike.

Huerta manages to break the clinch.
Huerta tries to clinch but Sosa moves out of range.
Huerta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Huerta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Huerta slips a jab and a cross from Sosa.
The fight stays on the outside here - Huerta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slapping leg kick lands for Huerta.
Sosa swats away the attempt to clinch by Huerta.
Sosa is looking to chop away at Huerta's legs.
Sosa throws a nice looking combination but Huerta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Huerta is looking to clinch.
Huerta checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Huerta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sosa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Huerta connects with a high kick.

Huerta closes the distance and pushes Sosa back into the cage.

Huerta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A punch combination from Sosa misses.

Huerta moves into the clinch.
Huerta blocks an elbow strike.
Huerta scores a nice knee to the body.
Huerta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Huerta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Huerta breaks from the clinch.
Sosa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Huerta.
Huerta doesn't manage to clinch there - Sosa circles away.
Huerta lands with a straight right. Sosa didn't see that one coming.
Huerta tries to clinch up.
Max Huerta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sosa fails to land with a series of punches.
Huerta cracks Sosa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Huerta scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Huerta moves into the clinch successfully.
Huerta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sosa's defenses.
Sosa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Huerta takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sosa with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Huerta breaks from the clinch.
Sosa walks into a stiff left hand from Huerta.
Huerta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Huerta wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Huerta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Huerta rushes Sosa and presses him up against the cage.
Sosa lands an elbow that stopped Huerta in his tracks for a moment.
Huerta lands with a light punch inside.
Huerta blocks an elbow strike.
Sosa throws an elbow but it misses.
Huerta managing to block the knees to the body from Sosa.

Sosa manages to break the clinch.
Huerta wants to clinch up but Sosa keeps it at a distance.
Huerta tries to clinch but Sosa moves out of range.
Sosa drops his hands momentarily and Huerta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Huerta tries to clinch

and Sosa counters by moving into the clinch.
Sosa lands an elbow inside that Huerta shrugs off.
Sosa lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Huerta.
Huerta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
Huerta lands an elbow inside.
Huerta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Sosa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Huerta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Huerta moves in looking to clinch but Sosa pushes him off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Huerta moves into the clinch.
Huerta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Huerta blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huerta crunches a lovely knee into Sosa's ribcage.
Huerta lands an elbow that stopped Sosa in his tracks for a moment.
Huerta lands an elbow inside that Sosa shrugs off.
Huerta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sosa's defenses.
Huerta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Huerta is looking to break free of the clinch but Sosa has double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Huerta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sosa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Huerta's defenses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Huerta obliges.
Huerta scores a nice knee to the body.
Huerta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Huerta lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
Sosa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sosa lands a nice elbow.
Huerta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sosa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Huerta's brow.

Sosa breaks from the clinch.
Sosa keeps the fight on the outside.
Huerta tries to clinch but Sosa moves out of range.
Sosa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab lands there for Huerta.
Huerta tries to clinch up.
Some wild striking there from Sosa.

Huerta has Sosa up against the cage in a clinch.

Huerta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Huerta circles away quickly and effectively.
Sosa swats away the attempt to clinch by Huerta.
Huerta uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Huerta tries to clinch there but Sosa circles away.
Huerta doesn't manage to clinch there - Sosa circles away.
Huerta is looking to clinch.
Sosa lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Huerta backs up against the cage.
Sosa fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from Huerta does it's job there.
Sosa swats away the attempt to clinch by Huerta.
The fight stays on the outside here - Huerta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Huerta tries to clinch up.

Sosa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Huerta, pushing him back against the cage.
Huerta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sosa pushes off an throws an elbow but Huerta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sosa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Huerta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sosa lands an elbow just above Huerta 's eye.
Huerta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Huerta.
Huerta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sosa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Huerta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Huerta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sosa throws an elbow that misses.
Huerta is trying to force a seperation but Sosa has the dominant position.
Sosa lands an elbow just above Huerta 's eye.
Nice elbow from Huerta.
Huerta lands an elbow inside.
Sosa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Huerta lands with a left to the head.
Sosa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sosa is trying to break free.
Huerta lands a nice elbow.
Huerta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sosa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sosa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees in the clinch landing for Huerta.
Huerta dodges an elbow strike from Sosa.
Sosa is trying to break free.

Sosa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sosa swinging wilding here.
Sosa looks to land a combination but Huerta avoids it well.
Huerta tries to close the distance and clinch but Sosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Huerta tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Huerta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Huerta wants to clinch.
A punch combination from Sosa misses.

Huerta gets a clinch.
Huerta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sosa's defenses.
Huerta working hard to break the clinch.

Sosa breaks from the clinch.
Huerta wants to clinch
and Sosa counters with a left and a right that stings Huerta.
Sosa swinging wilding here.
Sosa misses with the combination.

Huerta clinches.
Huerta is trying to force a seperation but Sosa has the dominant position.

Sosa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sosa misses with a wild combination.
Huerta scores with a nice body kick.
Carlos Sosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Huerta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Huerta throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

And that's the end of the fight!
Max Huerta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Huerta has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Huerta!