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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bull Harley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sosa kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Maria Conchita - Vamos A Bailar. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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196 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
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185 cm
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200 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alejandro Sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bull Harley!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa missing with a left hand there. Harley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bull Harley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sosa missing with a left hand there. Harley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harley.
Nice takedown defense from Harley. No joy for Sosa on that attempt.
Harley wants to clinch.
Sosa throws a hook to the side of Harley's head but Harley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harley misses the jab.
Sosa closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sosa trying to control the position but Harley is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harley can't do much from the bottom here.
Harley is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Sosa asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa is looking to take a break and control but Harley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sosa goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Harley has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Sosa but great work by Harley.
Harley working the ground and pound.
Harley wants to control but Sosa is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa tries to bench press Harley off him but Harley keeps the position.
Sosa is not content to let Harley control the position.
Sosa wants to control but Harley postures up.
Sosa tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Harley wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Harley trying to control the action but Sosa is working from the bottom.
Sosa is looking to reverse the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sosa misses with a hook.
Harley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harley momentarily.
A clash of legs there as Sosa blocks the low kick.
Sosa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harley.
Harley tries to clinch up.
Bull Harley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Sosa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harley wants to clinch.
A jab from Sosa misses.
Harley moves in looking to clinch but Sosa pushes him off.
Sosa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sosa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
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.
Sosa thuds a left hand into Harley's body.
Harley tries to clinch up.
Harley clinches with his opponent.
Harley misses with a punch on the inside.
Harley keeps control of Sosa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harley has Sosa pressed against the cage, preventing Sosa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sosa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harley is keeping busy.
Harley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harley misses with a body punch.
Harley working aggressively here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Harley is looking to control Sosa's arms but Sosa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harley has his back to the cage.
Harley stalling.
Harley tries to throw a body punch but Sosa avoids it by throwing Harley back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bull Harley dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Harley moves in looking to clinch but Sosa pushes him off.
Harley misses with a few strikes there.
Sosa digs a good hook to Harley's body.
Sosa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Harley sprawls well. Harley wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sosa gets slowly back to his feet.
Harley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harley misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sosa counters with a nice uppercut.
Harley misses with a combination
and Sosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sosa throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sosa lands with a shot to the body.
Harley missing with a left hand there. Sosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sosa throws out a powerful jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harley tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Sosa to counter with a crisp jab.
Sosa lands a really nice looking cross but Harley seems unphased.
Harley misses with a series of wild punches.
Harley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sosa staying out of range there.
Harley closes the distance but Sosa moves to the side
and Sosa counters with a stiff right hand.
Sosa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sosa.
Harley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sosa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harley falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sosa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harley misses with a combination
and Sosa counters with a left to the body.
Harley is breathing heavily.
Harley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sosa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sosa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good leg kick by Harley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Harley wants to clinch but Sosa slips to the side
and Sosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harley closes the distance but Sosa moves to the side
and Sosa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harley tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sosa counters with a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa looks to land a right hand but Harley moved out of range.
Harley throws a nice looking combination but Sosa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sosa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sosa defending well as Harley loads up on a big left hand.
Sosa closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Harley to the mat! Harley manages to get full guard.
Sosa seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Sosa trying to control but Harley is working from the bottom.
Sosa stands and throws Harley's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sosa thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sosa wants to control but Harley is keeping him busy.
Sosa content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alejandro Sosa dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Harley wants to clinch but Sosa slips to the side
and Sosa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Harley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sosa counters with a three punch combo that has Harley backing up. Harley nods at Sosa to acknowledge the strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Sosa there.
Sosa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harley doesn't seem bothered though.
Harley closes the distance but Sosa moves to the side
and Sosa counters with a stiff right hand.
Harley looks to throw the jab but Sosa is out of range.
Harley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harley closes the distance but Sosa moves to the side
and Sosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sosa counters with a nice uppercut.
Harley misses with a head kick.
Harley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sosa fails with the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sosa misses with a body shot.
Harley closes the distance but Sosa moves to the side
and Sosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sosa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sosa digs a good body shot into Harley's ribs.
Alejandro Sosa is winning the standup battle so far.
Sosa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harley momentarily.
Harley tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sosa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harley tries to clinch
and Sosa counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Harley's guard now.
Sosa advances to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa trying to control the pace.
Sosa looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Harley makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa throws a shot from downtown. Harley moves away and avoids it.
Harley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sosa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harley misses with a few strikes there.
Harley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Sosa to counter with a crisp jab.
Harley falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sosa counters with a nice double leg into side control. Harley won't be happy with that.
Sosa wants to control but Harley is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa is trying to get an arm triangle but Harley is defending well.
Sosa trying to control the action but Harley is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sosa wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Harley, who protects the arm well.
Bull Harley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harley is not content to let Sosa control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alejandro Sosa showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Suge Night scores the fight for Alejandro Sosa!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Alejandro Sosa!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Alejandro Sosa!
Alejandro Sosa wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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