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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alec Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sparky Whiskey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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177 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alec Sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sparky Whiskey!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Winston Howard and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whiskey gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sosa counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Whiskey gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sosa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nice body punch from Sosa - that landed with a thud.
Whiskey tries to land knees in the clinch but Sosa avoids the damage to the body.
Sosa pulls guard successfully.
Whiskey tries to free his leg and advance position but Sosa is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa is pulling down on Whiskey's head to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa continues to stall.
Whiskey engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Whiskey 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 landing with the ground and pound.
Whiskey wants to improve his position but instead Sosa has moved into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa prevents Whiskey from improving his position.
Whiskey avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sosa.
Sosa is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Whiskey taking some punishment here, with Sosa in his half guard.
Sosa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sosa lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sosa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Whiskey is concentrating on defense, preventing Sosa from advancing position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whiskey has hold of Sosa's hands but Sosa slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Whiskey is trying to stand back up but Sosa is controlling him
Whiskey wants to get back to full guard.
Whiskey moves into full guard.
Whiskey looking to control but Sosa passes into half guard.
Whiskey tries to get to full guard but Sosa has control of the leg.
Nice strikes from Sosa there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa is keen to just control but Whiskey is a slippery customer.
Sosa will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sosa working the head and body with strikes.
Sosa is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Whiskey has managed to free his arm - good work.
Sosa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Whiskey defending well though.
Whiskey keeping hold of Sosa's head, controlling as best he can.
Sosa is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Whiskey sees it coming and defends easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Whiskey is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alec Sosa dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Whiskey shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sosa defends it nicely.
Sosa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Whiskey takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Whiskey's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sosa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Whiskey can do to turn this around?
Sosa tightens his grip and picks Whiskey up, before dumping him to the ground. Whiskey manages to land in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Whiskey seems keen to control Sosa's posture.
Whiskey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sosa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sosa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Whiskey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whiskey is striking but Sosa is not phased and passes to half guard.
Whiskey tries to roll over but Sosa keeps him under control.
Whiskey blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sosa.
Whiskey has hold of Sosa's hands but Sosa slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sosa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Whiskey defends it well.
Sosa drops an elbow to the side of Whiskey's head.
Alec Sosa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sosa prevents Whiskey from standing back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sosa working over Whiskey with some ground and pound. Whiskey looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sosa prevents Whiskey from improving his position.
Whiskey has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sosa is working away from the top position though.
Sosa is nestled in close to Whiskey, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Whiskey is looking to escape.
Sosa thows a huge punch but Whiskey dodges it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa working the head and body with strikes.
Sosa drops an elbow to the side of Whiskey's head.
Whiskey trying to control here.
Sosa is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Whiskey has managed to free his arm - good work.
Whiskey is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Whiskey wants to control but Sosa is keeping busy.
Sosa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sosa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sosa really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sosa prevents Whiskey from improving his position.
Whiskey trying to hold on to Sosa's head to control him but Sosa postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sosa is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alec Sosa dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Whiskey shoots in but Sosa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sosa feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Whiskey is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Sosa presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Whiskey wants a takedown.
Sosa works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Whiskey has momentary wrist control but Sosa slips an elbow through the middle.
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 postures up and lands a big shot to Whiskey's brow.
Sosa postures up in Whiskey's guard and throws a big left but Whiskey blocks it.
Sosa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Whiskey's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whiskey is trying to keep Sosa in close.
Sosa distracts Whiskey with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sosa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Whiskey is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Whiskey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Whiskey looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sosa distracts Whiskey with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Whiskey isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Sosa stacks Whiskey on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Sosa!
Sosa scoring with punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa is chipping away with strikes.
Sosa postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Sosa is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Whiskey has escaped the position, nice work there.
Whiskey is looking to reverse the position.
Whiskey tries to escape but Sosa is in control.
Sosa creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Whiskey sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sosa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sosa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Whiskey is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
You can see the frustration on Whiskey's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sosa wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Whiskey, who protects the arm well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Whiskey managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sosa.
Sosa scores with punches from side control.
Sosa working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Whiskey wants to control but Sosa postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Whiskey tries to improve position but can't.
Sparky Whiskey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alec Sosa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Whiskey tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Sosa presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
And that's the end of the fight!
Alec Sosa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sosa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alec Sosa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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