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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcello Sosa (ranked 749 p4p, 1736 weight class) and Juan Corona (ranked 93 p4p, 194 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcello Sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juan Corona!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fighters circling - Corona throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sosa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Juan Corona seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corona misses with a looping left.
Sosa throwing a counter right hand but Corona manages to avoid it.
Corona misses with a right hand
and Corona takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Corona misses with a hook.
It looked like Sosa was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Corona.
Corona throws a series of punches but Sosa avoids them all with ease.
Sosa clinches.
Corona fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Corona breaks from the clinch.
Corona misses with a jab, cross combination.
Corona moves out of range of the strikes.
Corona misses with a straight left.
Sosa throwing a counter right hand but Corona manages to avoid it.
Corona throws an off balance right hand
and Sosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Corona.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corona throws a lazy uppercut
and Sosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sosa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Corona counters with a left and a right that stings Sosa.
Corona throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Corona scores with a nice head shot.
Sosa clinches with his opponent.
Corona is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Corona misses with a hook to the ribs.
Corona lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sosa backwards.
Corona's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Corona throws a sloppy body shot
and Sosa counters with a nice uppercut.
Sosa digs a good hook to Corona's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab, jab by Corona - just one landing.
Sosa tries to clinch but Corona moves out of range.
Corona looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sosa avoids the body shot from Corona.
Corona throws a jab when Sosa was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corona jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Corona misses with a hook
and Sosa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sosa.
Corona wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sosa prevents a body shot from Corona.
Corona blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Corona tries a body shot but Sosa blocks it.
Corona holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sosa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sosa lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Corona.
Corona misses with a punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sosa blocking some punches.
Sosa can't find room to land a body shot as Corona controls the action.
Sosa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Corona is defending well for now.
Sosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Corona blocks an uppercut.
Sosa has a couple of punches blocked by Corona.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Corona's efforts to push away.
Still in the clinch, Sosa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sosa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Corona.
Corona misses with some punches.
Corona has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sosa seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Corona can turn it around.
A nice left hand lands by Sosa.
Corona lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Corona breaks the clinch.
Corona bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sosa's head.
Sosa lands a body shot.
Corona lunges at Sosa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sosa's hand.
Corona might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sosa is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Corona.
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 tries to clinch up.
Sosa looks to throw the jab but Corona is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corona scores with the left hand. Sosa knows he should have avoided that one.
Sosa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Corona throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sosa.
Corona misses with an uppercut
and Sosa counters with a stiff right hand.
Corona just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Sosa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sosa lands a body shot.
Corona throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Corona looks to throw the jab but Sosa is out of range.
Corona throws a hook but Sosa blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Corona.
Corona misses with a hook.
Sosa blocks a jab.
As Corona tries to get set, Sosa tries to push him back and clinch up but Corona manages to avoid the attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Corona dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sosa throws a big shot that misses.
Corona lands a nice hook to Sosa's body. Sosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Corona throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sosa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Corona punishes Sosa's body with a nice straight punch.
Corona throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slow jab from Corona misses its intended target.
Sosa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A cross from Sosa lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa moves into the clinch.
Corona has a couple of punches blocked by Sosa.
Sosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Corona controls his hands.
Corona has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Corona misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sosa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sosa tries a body shot but Corona blocks it.
Sosa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sosa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Corona wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sosa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sosa.
Sosa misses with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Corona.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sosa.
Sosa lands with a left to the head.
Corona fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Corona misses with a punch to the body.
Corona blocking some punches.
Sosa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Corona is pushing Sosa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Corona on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Corona tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Corona tries to throw a body punch but Sosa avoids it by throwing Corona back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Corona working aggressively here.
Corona lands a body punch in the clinch.
Corona has a couple of punches blocked by Sosa.
Sosa lands a right hand.
Corona swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Corona prevents a body shot from Sosa.
Corona prevents a body shot from Sosa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Corona.
Corona lands with a short shot to the head.
Corona prevents a body shot from Sosa.
Sosa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Corona avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sosa.
Sosa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Corona.
Corona tries to throw a body punch but Sosa avoids it by throwing Corona back against the cage.
Sosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Corona lands with a light punch inside.
Corona misses with a punch on the inside.
Corona working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sosa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Corona avoids it.
Sosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Corona controls his hands.
Corona lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sosa pushes Corona back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sosa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Corona tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sosa's elbow.
Sosa prevents Corona from breaking the clinch.
Corona misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sosa tries to throw a body punch but Corona avoids it by throwing Sosa back against the cage.
Corona's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sosa lands a knee to the head.
Sosa is leaning against Corona and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Corona has Sosa pushed against the cage.
Corona breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Corona misses with a straight right.
Corona throws a body punch but Sosa moves out of range.
Sosa is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Corona throws a poor cross that misses
and Sosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Corona is rocked!
Juan Corona seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Corona fails to land with a series of punches.
Corona is still on wobbly legs! Can Sosa finish him?
Sosa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Corona counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jab, jab by Corona - just one landing.
Corona seems to have recovered his senses.
Sosa throws a jab but it's blocked by Corona.
Corona looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Corona misses with a hook. Sosa ducked under it nicely.
Sosa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sosa misses with a wild body shot.
Sosa clinches with his opponent.
Corona takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcello Sosa dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Sosa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sosa moves out of range as Corona strikes.
Sosa is looking to counter punch.
A big left from Corona misses.
Corona looks to throw the jab but Sosa is out of range.
Corona throws a hook but Sosa avoids it easily.
Corona throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sosa throws an off balance right hand
and Corona counters with a stiff right hand.
Corona throws out a loose jab but Sosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sosa throwing a counter right hand but Corona manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa's jab looks to have found its range, popping Corona under the eye.
Corona lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sosa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Corona lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sosa dodges the punch combination from Corona.
Sosa scores with a nice strike.
Corona misses with a hook
and Sosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters circling - Corona throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sosa blocks a jab.
Corona throws a looping overhand right but Sosa ducks down to avoid it.
Sosa closes the distance but Corona moves to the side
and Corona counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Corona.
Corona closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A swing and a miss from Corona.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sosa throws a jab when Corona was well out of range.
Corona rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sosa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Corona swings for the body but Sosa moves out of range.
Sosa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sosa throws a body punch but Corona moves out of range.
Corona defending well as Sosa loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sosa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Corona paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Corona looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Corona misses with a series of wild punches.
Sosa has Corona up against the cage in a clinch.
Marcello Sosa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sosa misses with the head strike.
Corona pushes Sosa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Corona takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sosa with a knee to the head.
It looks like Juan Corona has been cut.
Corona scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Corona fails to land.
Corona lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Corona.
Corona tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sosa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Corona backwards.
Corona misses with some punches.
Sosa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Corona takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sosa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sosa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Corona has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sosa is leaning against Corona and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Corona fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Corona is looking to control Sosa's arms but Sosa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Corona has his back to the cage.
Corona avoiding damage as Sosa throws knees to the body.
Sosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sosa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sosa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Corona backwards.
Corona misses with the head strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sosa.
Sosa landing knees to the body.
Sosa landing knees to the body.
Sosa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Corona or not.
Sosa digs a right hand underneath Corona's ribcage. Corona let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marcello Sosa.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Marcello Sosa!
Marcello Sosa thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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hype
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pop
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