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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Amir Ghanizadeh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nir Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nir Sosa told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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193 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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200 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Amir Ghanizadeh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nir Sosa!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Ghanizadeh.
Sosa lands a high kick!
Sosa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sosa slips a straight right by Ghanizadeh.
Sosa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ghanizadeh moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ghanizadeh defending well as Sosa loads up on a big left hand.
Sosa manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Ghanizadeh on his heels. He'll look to pass Ghanizadeh's guard now, I'm sure.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Ghanizadeh manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ghanizadeh trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ghanizadeh thowing shots but they're missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghanizadeh wants to control the pace but Sosa is squirming around nicely.
Ghanizadeh is stalling here but it's allowed Sosa to get half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sosa tries to get to full guard but Ghanizadeh has control of the leg.
Sosa is trying to maintain the position but Ghanizadeh is very close to passing his half guard.
Sosa moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghanizadeh looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sosa has his foot on Ghanizadeh's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ghanizadeh works his way back into a safe position though.
Ghanizadeh tries to free his leg and advance position but Sosa is retaining full guard.
Sosa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ghanizadeh is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghanizadeh wants to control from the top but Sosa keeps moving.
Ghanizadeh looking to sit in guard and control but Sosa gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sosa tries to free his leg and advance position but Ghanizadeh is retaining full guard.
Sosa is looking to work some ground and pound but Ghanizadeh has wrist control.
Ghanizadeh avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ghanizadeh wants to sweep here but Sosa controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghanizadeh is trying to keep Sosa in close.
Sosa looking to pass the guard.
Sosa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sosa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sosa controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sosa trying to control the position from guard on top but Ghanizadeh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sosa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sosa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nir Sosa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sosa throws an off balance right hand
and Ghanizadeh counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sosa is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ghanizadeh attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sosa misses with a leg kick.
Ghanizadeh looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ghanizadeh thows a leg kick but Sosa checks it
and Sosa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ghanizadeh buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ghanizadeh!
Ghanizadeh tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sosa fails with the takedown.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ghanizadeh is looking to land body kicks.
Ghanizadeh rushes Sosa and presses him up against the cage.
Sosa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Ghanizadeh.
Ghanizadeh misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Sosa.
Ghanizadeh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ghanizadeh lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghanizadeh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sosa has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ghanizadeh after a bit of a struggle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sosa.
A short uppercut from Sosa.
Sosa working aggressively here.
Ghanizadeh working aggressively here.
Ghanizadeh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sosa.
Sosa blocking some punches.
Ghanizadeh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sosa takes a shot to the head.
Ghanizadeh throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sosas head.
Ghanizadeh misses with a punch to the body.
Sosa throws a head punch that misses.
Ghanizadeh struggles to land a body shot inside as Sosa controls his hands.
Ghanizadeh misses with the head strike.
Ghanizadeh presses Sosa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sosa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa misses with the head strike.
Sosa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sosa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Amir Ghanizadeh is winning the standup battle so far.
Sosa swings for the body but Ghanizadeh moves out of range.
Sosa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sosa scores with a leg kick.
Nir Sosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sosa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ghanizadeh's hands.
Ghanizadeh slips under a jab.
Ghanizadeh moves out of range of the leg kick from Sosa.
Ghanizadeh throws a chopping leg kick but Sosa manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sosa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ghanizadeh's hands.
Ghanizadeh throws a leg kick but Sosa checks it.
Sosa misses with a head kick.
Sosa scores with a leg kick.
Sosa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ghanizadeh goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Nir Sosa has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ghanizadeh looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sosa lands a body shot.
Sosa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sosa has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Ghanizadeh throws a leg kick which misses Sosa's front leg but catches the back leg as Sosa tries to avoid it.
Sosa misses with a head kick.
Ghanizadeh on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sosa. Sosa obviously looking to wear him down.
Ghanizadeh looks to land a combination. Sosa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ghanizadeh drives through and clinches with Sosa against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ghanizadeh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ghanizadeh lands a nice uppercut.
Ghanizadeh struggles to land a body shot inside as Sosa controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Sosa.
Sosa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ghanizadeh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sosa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ghanizadeh backwards.
A body shot lands from Ghanizadeh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa digs a right hand underneath Ghanizadeh's ribcage. Ghanizadeh let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ghanizadeh lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
Amir Ghanizadeh has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sosa controlling the action here for a moment.
Ghanizadeh blocking some punches.
Ghanizadeh throws a punch but it's blocked by Sosa.
Ghanizadeh is working for takedown but Sosa is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ghanizadeh has a couple of punches blocked by Sosa.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sosa.
Ghanizadeh is working for takedown but Sosa is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ghanizadeh takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ghanizadeh misses with the head strike.
Ghanizadeh pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ghanizadeh prevents a takedown attempt there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Amir Ghanizadeh dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nir Sosa's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Ghanizadeh throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sosa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ghanizadeh counters with a head kick. That will keep Sosa thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Sosa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ghanizadeh throws a head kick but Sosa moves out of range.
Sosa throws a front kick aimed at Ghanizadeh's knee but Ghanizadeh avoids it well.
Ghanizadeh misses with a few strikes there.
A head kick misses from Sosa.
Ghanizadeh tries a head kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Sosa checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ghanizadeh takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice defenses there by Ghanizadeh.
Sosa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sosa fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ghanizadeh avoids it really well and circles away.
Ghanizadeh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ghanizadeh counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Ghanizadeh displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sosa throws out the jab.
Sosa misses with a straight left.
Sosa connects with a solid leg kick.
Sosa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ghanizadeh is rocked!
Sosa fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Ghanizadeh out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Nir Sosa!
Nir Sosa very nearly forgot to thank Conquer amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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