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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Puna Soriano (ranked 1208 p4p, 2539 weight class) and Baba Yaga (ranked 141 p4p, 279 weight class). Soriano's entrance music is Highwayman- The Highwaymen. A fine choice. Puna Soriano had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Puna Soriano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Baba Yaga!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soriano looks to land a left hand but Yaga moved out of range nicely.
Soriano is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
It looks like Puna Soriano has been cut.
Soriano drops his hands momentarily and Yaga takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Yaga throws a predictable looking body shot
and Soriano counters with a nice uppercut.
Yaga throws an overhand right that lands on Soriano's shoulder, as Soriano tries to avoid the shot.
Yaga just misses with a punch to the body.
Soriano looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Yaga throws a hook to the side of Soriano's head but Soriano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little feinted left hand from Soriano on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Soriano walks into a left hand.
Yaga has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Soriano moves forwards but Yaga connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yaga ducks under a wild hook from Soriano.
Soriano wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Soriano tries to clinch there but Yaga circles away.
Baba Yaga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soriano gets a clinch.
Soriano can't find room to land a body shot as Yaga controls the action.
Yaga lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yaga effectively controlling the action here.
Yaga tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaga lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Soriano backwards.
Soriano lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Soriano.
Yaga blocks the elbow strike.
Soriano lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Yaga.
Soriano tries to land a knee to the head but Yaga blocks with his arms.
Soriano lands a hook that snaps the head of Yaga backwards.
Soriano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yaga backwards.
Soriano lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Soriano blocking some punches.
Soriano lands a knee to the body.
Soriano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yaga lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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!
Soriano tries to land a knee to the head but Yaga blocks with his arms.
Yaga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yaga lands with a light punch inside.
Soriano misses with a body punch.
Yaga misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Yaga fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Soriano.
Soriano throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Soriano - that landed with a thud.
Soriano missing with knees to the body.
Soriano pushes Yaga back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Soriano lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from Soriano.
Soriano lands a nice uppercut.
Soriano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Soriano pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Soriano misses with a body punch.
Yaga working aggressively here.
Soriano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yaga misses with the head strike.
Soriano tries a knee to the head but Yaga blocks it.
Soriano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yaga tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Soriano's elbow.
Yaga throws a punch but it's blocked by Soriano.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yaga.
Yaga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Soriano has a couple of punches blocked by Yaga.
Soriano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yaga softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yaga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yaga's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soriano.
Soriano lands an elbow just above Yaga 's eye.
Yaga throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sorianos head.
Soriano working Yaga over with knees to the body.
Yaga working aggressively here.
Soriano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yaga.
Yaga tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Soriano lands a damaging elbow.
A short uppercut from Soriano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yaga takes an elbow to the temple.
Soriano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Soriano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yaga throws a head punch that misses.
Yaga misses with the head strike.
Yaga has a couple of punches blocked by Soriano.
A short right from Soriano on the inside.
Yaga stalling against the cage.
Soriano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Soriano lands a body shot.
Soriano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Soriano is leaning against Yaga and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yaga taking a breather.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A left hand lands to the body for Soriano.
Soriano misses with a punch on the inside.
Soriano lands a left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Puna Soriano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Puna Soriano's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nice uppercut lands for Soriano. That snapped Yaga's head back.
Yaga misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yaga displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Soriano.
A swing and a miss from Yaga.
Soriano darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Soriano controlling the action here.
Soriano looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soriano controlling the action here.
Soriano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yaga can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soriano moves into full mount! Yaga won't be happy about that!
That's two 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.
Soriano raining down hammerfists from mount.
Soriano can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yaga is looking to escape.
Soriano is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Yaga is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Soriano sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Yaga really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Soriano. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Yaga taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soriano looking to control and managing it successfully.
Soriano landing strikes from the mount and Yaga is in trouble!
Soriano takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soriano has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Yaga's face.
Yaga is squirming around, avoiding Soriano's attempts to control the action.
Soriano controlling the pace for now.
Soriano is trying to control here but Yaga has managed to regain half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Soriano takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Puna Soriano dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Puna Soriano's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Soriano with a nice calf kick.
Soriano shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Yaga as he avoids it easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Soriano checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Yaga misses with an uppercut
and Yaga takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baba Yaga seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yaga throws a hook but Soriano avoids it easily.
Yaga misses the body punch
and Soriano counters with a stiff right hand.
Yaga throws a leg kick but Soriano checks it.
Yaga avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Soriano tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Yaga defends well and Soriano ends up having to push Yaga into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Yaga lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Soriano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yaga tries to work over Soriano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yaga working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Soriano landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Soriano pushes off an throws an elbow but Yaga leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yaga avoiding damage as Soriano throws knees to the body.
Yaga throws a head punch that misses.
Yaga misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soriano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yaga misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yaga takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yaga throws a head punch that misses.
Soriano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yaga's elbow.
Soriano throws a head punch that misses.
Soriano lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Soriano.
Soriano gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yaga.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yaga.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yaga.
Yaga throws a head punch that misses.
Soriano misses with an elbow over the top.
Soriano looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soriano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yaga leaning his opponent against the cage.
Soriano utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yaga takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yaga stalling in the clinch but Soriano improves position.
Yaga misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soriano looking to throw knees to the head but Yaga is blocking nicely.
Baba Yaga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yaga throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sorianos head.
Soriano misses with a body punch.
Soriano lands a right hand.
Soriano misses with a punch on the inside.
Puna Soriano has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A left hand lands to the body for Soriano.
Soriano gets through Yaga's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Soriano utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yaga misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soriano is leaning against Yaga and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yaga displaying some good clinch control by pressing Soriano up against the cage.
Soriano trying to land knees to the body.
Soriano misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Soriano.
Soriano lands a shoulder strike.
Puna Soriano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Soriano lands an elbow that stopped Yaga in his tracks for a moment.
Yaga lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yaga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Soriano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yaga misses with some punches.
Yaga taking a breather.
Soriano utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soriano blocks an uppercut.
Yaga tries to work over Soriano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Soriano lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Soriano landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soriano blocks an uppercut.
Yaga throws a head punch that misses.
Yaga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yaga taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Yaga fails to land.
Soriano has a couple of punches blocked by Yaga.
Soriano blocking some punches.
Yaga misses with some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Puna Soriano showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Soriano, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Puna Soriano!
A victorious Puna Soriano thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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