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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Heffa Huerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sobral has chosen Cubanito by Pideme as his entrance music. Marcos Sobral 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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170 cm
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165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
Self confident |
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Heffa Huerta! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Sobral! The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sobral bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Huerta tries to bench press Sobral off him but Sobral keeps the position. Huerta takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Huerta is rocked! Sobral lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Huerta down.
Oh Huerta is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Sobral throwing strikes but missing, from side control. Sobral misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Sobral misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Sobral is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Huerta has escaped the position, nice work there. Sobral tries to score with some ground and pound. Huerta controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage. Sloppy strikes there by Sobral. Huerta defending against the ground and pound. Huerta avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sobral.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Sobral throws a one two combo.
Huerta seems to have got his legs back now. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Huerta 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. Sobral looks gassed! Huerta working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sobral's head. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Huerta content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sobral is rocked! Huerta 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.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Huerta's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Sobral is still in real trouble! Can Huerta finish him? Huerta is working Sobral over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. Huerta is in close to Sobral's body, working some short punches and elbows. Huerta postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Huerta is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Huerta cracks Sobral with a solid left hand. Huerta working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sobral's head. Huerta is in close to Sobral's body, working some short punches and elbows. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Huerta content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Huerta lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Huerta postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Huerta lands a couple of digs. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Huerta landing some decent shots from guard. Huerta scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Huerta is in close to Sobral's body, working some short punches and elbows. Huerta scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Sobral is striking but Huerta is not phased and passes to half guard. Huerta working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Huerta working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Huerta slips a nice elbow through Sobral's hands, connecting with Sobral's forehead. Huerta is nestled in close to Sobral, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Huerta working over Sobral with some ground and pound. Sobral looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Huerta takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Huerta has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Huerta has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sobral's face.
Sobral really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Huerta. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Huerta working Sobral over with strikes here. Huerta scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. A nice elbow there by Huerta. The referee warns Sobral that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Huerta lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sobral hang on? Huerta with good strikes from the mount here! The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Huerta cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sobral can do anything to dispel that myth. Huerta fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Huerta working Sobral over with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Huerta fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Huerta putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Huerta has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sobral's face.
Huerta working the ground and pound effectively.
Huerta landing punches. Huerta working away from the top, dropping strikes. Huerta landing shots from mount. Huerta landing strikes from the mount. Sobral taking shots to the head. Huerta landing strikes from the mount. A nice elbow there by Huerta. Huerta looking to finish Sobral with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sobral! Huerta connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Huerta is in the full mount, landing strikes. Huerta landing punches. Huerta landing shots from mount. Huerta landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Sobral in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Huerta raining down shots from the mount! Sobral is bucking up trying to escape but Huerta cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Huerta working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Sobral looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Huerta! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Heffa Huerta!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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