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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Soriano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tad Ghostal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soriano comes to the cage accompanied by Bebot by The Black Eyed Peas. Ghostal has chosen Good King Wenceslas as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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ADCC Champion
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Pablo Soriano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tad Ghostal!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghostal misses with a hook. Soriano ducked under it nicely.
Soriano feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ghostal's calf.
Soriano fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ghostal is out of range.
Soriano's corner calls for a 1-2. Soriano obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
It looks like Tad Ghostal has been cut.
Good exchange - Ghostal coming out on top.
Soriano tries to clinch up but Ghostal circles away and keeps his distance.
Soriano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Soriano throws a lazy right hand but Ghostal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Soriano throws a body punch but Ghostal moves out of range.
Ghostal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Soriano was well out of range. Poor timing from Ghostal.
A head kick misses from Soriano.
Soriano misses with a lunging right hand
and Ghostal counters with a nice uppercut.
Ghostal looks to land a body kick but Soriano moved away.
Soriano misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soriano looks to throw the jab but Ghostal is out of range.
Soriano misses with a lunging right hand
and Ghostal counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ghostal throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Soriano misses its intended target.
Soriano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ghostal manages to avoid it.
Ghostal steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Soriano. That one must have hurt.
Good standup being displayed there by Ghostal as he connects with a hook.
Ghostal throws the kick towards the body but Soriano avoids it.
Soriano clinches up against the cage.
Soriano blocks an uppercut.
Ghostal misses with the head strike.
Ghostal misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Soriano.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal taking a breather.
Soriano tries to land a knee to the head but Ghostal blocks with his arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ghostal lands a left hand.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ghostal misses with a punch on the inside.
Ghostal has a couple of punches blocked by Soriano.
Soriano misses with a punch to the body.
Ghostal lands a body shot in the clinch.
Soriano is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Ghostal's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Ghostal misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ghostal creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Soriano is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Soriano throws a punch but it's blocked by Ghostal.
With the fighters up against the cage, Soriano throws an elbow but misses.
Soriano tries to throw a body punch but Ghostal avoids it by throwing Soriano back against the cage.
Soriano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ghostal blocks a body shot from Soriano.
Ghostal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Soriano is struggling to control the position.
Soriano cracks Ghostal with a nice body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal misses with a punch to the body.
Ghostal throws a punch but it's blocked by Soriano.
Soriano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ghostal struggles to land a body shot inside as Soriano controls his hands.
Ghostal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Soriano lands a hook that snaps the head of Ghostal backwards.
Soriano lands an elbow just above Ghostal 's eye.
Ghostal misses with some punches.
Ghostal's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Soriano trying to stall but Ghostal improves his position.
Soriano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Ghostal.
Ghostal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Soriano tries to land a knee to the head but Ghostal blocks with his arms.
Ghostal lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ghostal misses with a punch to the body.
Soriano misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Soriano is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Soriano blocks a body shot from Ghostal.
Ghostal presses Soriano against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ghostal lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ghostal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soriano.
Soriano lands a shot to the body.
Soriano working aggressively here.
Soriano scores with a hook to the body.
Soriano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ghostal avoids it.
A short uppercut from Ghostal.
Ghostal is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ghostal lands with a left to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Soriano as Ghostal tries to tie him up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ghostal tries to throw a body punch but Soriano avoids it by throwing Ghostal back against the cage.
Soriano tries to work over Ghostal's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ghostal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Soriano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tad Ghostal's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ghostal fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Soriano checks it well.
Soriano lands a jab.
Soriano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ghostal uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Soriano has time to react.
Soriano lands a head kick!
Soriano fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ghostal is out of range.
Soriano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ghostal throws a leg kick that misses.
Ghostal scores with a jab to the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ghostal darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghostal misses the body punch
and Soriano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Soriano throws a head kick that misses.
Ghostal misses the shot to the body.
Soriano throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ghostal throws a series of punches but Soriano avoids them all with ease.
Pablo Soriano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ghostal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Soriano throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Ghostal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ghostal looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Soriano drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Soriano throws a front kick aimed at Ghostal's knee but Ghostal avoids it well.
Pablo Soriano is winning the standup battle so far.
Soriano misses with a hook.
Ghostal jabs at Soriano's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soriano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ghostal.
Ghostal takes the fight into the clinch.
Ghostal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ghostal.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Soriano works on Ghostal's body with a couple of short punches.
Ghostal has a couple of punches blocked by Soriano.
Soriano prevents a body shot from Ghostal.
Ghostal has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ghostal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ghostal tries to stall but Soriano uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Still in the clinch, Ghostal scores with a nice short uppercut.
Soriano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Soriano throws a punch but it's blocked by Ghostal.
Soriano tries to break free but Ghostal pushes him back against the cage.
Ghostal lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal avoids a wild elbow strike from Soriano.
A short right from Soriano on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Soriano.
Soriano stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pablo Soriano has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ghostal is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Soriano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ghostal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ghostal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Soriano lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ghostal backwards.
Soriano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ghostal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ghostal lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Soriano backwards.
Ghostal misses with some punches.
Ghostal tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Soriano's elbow.
Soriano stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Soriano misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Soriano throws an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soriano digs a right hand underneath Ghostal's ribcage. Ghostal let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Soriano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Soriano.
Soriano scores with a shoulder strike.
Ghostal swings wildly with an uppercut but Soriano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ghostal stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ghostal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ghostal wants to break free but Soriano has control.
Soriano wants to stall.
Soriano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ghostal is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ghostal misses with a body punch.
Soriano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Soriano tries a body shot but Ghostal blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Ghostal fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Pablo Soriano will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tad Ghostal's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Ghostal defending well as Soriano loads up on a big left hand.
Soriano misses with a hook
and Ghostal finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Ghostal throws a body punch but Soriano moves out of range.
Ghostal paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Soriano throws a sloppy head kick and Ghostal moves out of range easily.
Ghostal tries to clinch but Soriano is having none of it.
Ghostal takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Soriano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ghostal circles away quickly and effectively.
Ghostal lands a nice hook to Soriano's body. Soriano takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Soriano moves out of range of the body kick.
Ghostal looks to score with a jab to the body but Soriano is just out of range.
Ghostal bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghostal scoring well with a low kick there.
Soriano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ghostal punishes Soriano's body with a nice straight punch.
Soriano works Ghostal's body with a nice hook.
Soriano throws a hook but Ghostal avoids it easily.
Ghostal looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Soriano misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Ghostal to counter with a crisp jab.
Ghostal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ghostal looks to throw the jab but Soriano is out of range.
Ghostal looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tad Ghostal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ghostal throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ghostal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Soriano.
Nice shot lands for Soriano.
Ghostal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Soriano.
Ghostal's jab looks to have found its range, popping Soriano under the eye.
Horrible takedown by Ghostal or perhaps it was just good defense by Soriano which made him look bad.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ghostal looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ghostal drops his hands momentarily and Soriano takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ghostal scores with a nice head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soriano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A head kick misses from Soriano.
Soriano tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ghostal is able to avoid easily.
Soriano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ghostal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Soriano with a nice cross.
Soriano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donk. Soriano catches Ghostal right on the button with a cross.
Soriano connects with an inside leg kick.
Ghostal throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Soriano counters with a straight right hand.
Ghostal is rocked!
Ghostal scores with a jab to the body.
Soriano throws the kick towards the body but Ghostal avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghostal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ghostal throws a jab but it's blocked by Soriano.
Ghostal is looking to land body kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soriano feints with a jab and clips Ghostal right behind the ear with a massive overhand right! Ghostal is sent crashing into the canvas and Soriano leaps in for the kill! Ghostal tries to get to his feet but Soriano is just battering him from every conceivable angle. The ref decides that Ghostal is in need of a savior and steps in!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Soriano!
Pablo Soriano took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'This one was for Sydney and BDU. Home of the #1 Bantamweight. '.
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