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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Lind (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sosa has chosen HELLUVA LIFE as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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159 lbs
20 - 9 - 0 |
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162 lbs
25 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtis Lind!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mauricio Sosa!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from Sosa misses.
Lind throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lind throws out a loose jab but Sosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lind manages to avoid it.
Sosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lind throws out the jab.
Sosa throws a front kick aimed at Lind's knee but Lind avoids it well.
Lind bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Curtis Lind seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lind throws a shot from downtown. Sosa moves away and avoids it.
Lind throws a hook but Sosa blocks it.
Sosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lind.
Lind on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice defenses there by Lind.
Sosa misses with an uppercut. Lind saw that one coming.
A left lands for Lind.
Lind throws a right and a left that Sosa avoids nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Lind. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lind.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lind tests Sosa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lind keeps Sosa at a distance using the push kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lind moves out of range as Sosa strikes.
Lind with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lind lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sosa circles away quickly and effectively.
Lind scores with a hook.
Lind throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lind moves out of range of the body kick from Sosa.
A big left from Lind misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lind scores with a hook to the body. Sosa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lind is looking to land body kicks.
Sosa walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lind.
Lind looks to throw the jab but Sosa is out of range.
Lind throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lind pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lind throws a nice head kick!
Sosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Lind misses with an uppercut. Sosa saw that one coming.
A jab from Sosa misses.
Sosa throws a leg kick but Lind checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sosa throws out a loose jab but Lind uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lind lands a nice shot that snaps Sosa's head back.
Lind throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sosa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lind manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sosa tries a head kick but it misses.
Lind throws a hook to the side of Sosa's head but Sosa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lind misses with a hook.
Sosa throws a hook but Lind avoids it easily.
Sosa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sosa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lind.
Lind throws a sloppy head kick and Sosa moves out of range easily.
Lind throws a series of punches but Sosa avoids them all with ease.
Lind throws a shot from downtown. Sosa moves away and avoids it.
Sosa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lind swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lind throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sosa scores with a nice head shot.
Lind lands a glancing blow to the side of Sosa's head.
Sosa misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sosa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lind looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lind throws a head kick that misses.
Sosa lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lind throws a push kick but Sosa slaps the foot to one side.
Lind ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Sosa connects with a right hand. Lind shakes it off.
Lind connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lind lands with a slapping head kick.
Lind cracks Sosa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Lind is just out of range.
Lind throws a head kick that misses.
Lind avoids the body shot from Sosa.
Sosa feints and then cracks Lind's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lind down.
Lind misses the jab.
Sosa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lind pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Sosa misses.
Sosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lind.
Lind is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lind misses with a series of wild punches.
A shot to the liver by Lind. Beautiful body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sosa, as that shot connected.
Sosa digs a good body shot into Lind's ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sosa. Lind does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sosa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lind throws a right hand that Sosa ducks under and follows up with a left that Sosa also avoids with ease.
Sosa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lind. Lind circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lind waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sosa.
Sosa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sosa moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lind throws a body punch but Sosa moves out of range.
Sosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lind moves away.
Sosa throws a leg kick but Lind moved away.
Sosa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Curtis Lind will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lind blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Sosa misses its intended target.
Lind with a jab.
Lind throws a hook but Sosa blocks it.
Lind waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sosa.
Sosa ducks under a wild hook from Lind.
Lind slips under a jab.
Lind has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sosa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lind.
Lind avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lind misses with a series of wild punches.
Curtis Lind is winning the standup battle so far.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sosa.
Sosa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sosa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lind to score with a decent uppercut.
Sosa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lind.
Sosa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lind looks to throw the jab but Sosa is out of range.
Sosa misses with a jab to the body
and Lind counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lind throws an overhand right that lands on Sosa's shoulder, as Sosa tries to avoid the shot.
Sosa tries a head kick but it misses.
Sosa swings for the body but Lind moves out of range.
Lind throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sosa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Sosa throws a sloppy head kick and Lind moves out of range easily.
Lind slips under a jab.
Sosa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lind.
Lind misses the jab.
Lind on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lind takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Lind scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lind staying out of range there.
Sosa scores with a hook.
Lind throws a shot from downtown. Sosa moves away and avoids it.
Sosa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
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!
Sosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lind looks to score with a jab to the body but Sosa is just out of range.
Lind misses with an uppercut.
Sosa takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sosa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lind throws a shot from downtown. Sosa moves away and avoids it.
Sosa slips a jab from Lind.
Lind keeps Sosa at a distance using the push kick.
Lind fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lind throws a hook to the side of Sosa's head but Sosa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lind takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A left lands for Lind.
Lind tries a head kick but it misses.
Sosa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Lind looks to throw the jab but Sosa is out of range.
Sosa digs a good body shot into Lind's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa with a jab.
Sosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch lands to the side of Sosa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lind blocks a head kick by Sosa.
Sosa lands a jab.
Sosa jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sosa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sosa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sosa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lind paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sosa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lind.
Lind dodges the punch combination from Sosa.
Lind works the jab nicely.
Lind misses with a head kick.
Lind avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sosa blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa misses with a head kick.
Sosa throws a low kick but Lind moves out of range easily.
Sosa misses with a two punch combination.
Sosa scores with a shot to the body.
Lind circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lind moves out of range as Sosa strikes.
Lind throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sosa thows a body shot but no joy.
Sosa misses the shot to the body.
Sosa thows a body shot but no joy.
Lind with a hook.
Lind throws a shot from downtown. Sosa moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lind blocks a head kick by Sosa.
Sosa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lind misses with a head kick.
A solid body kick from Lind.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Curtis Lind will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Lind throws a hook to the side of Sosa's head but Sosa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lind missing with a left hand there. Sosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good shot there by Sosa.
Lind throws a lazy uppercut
and Sosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sosa throws the left hand but Lind avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from Lind.
Sosa misses with a body shot.
Sosa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lind moves away from the strike by Sosa.
Sosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lind manages to avoid it.
Sosa tries to clinch but Lind moves out of range.
Lind stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lind throws a one two combo.
Sosa is rocked!
Lind cracks Sosa with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Sosa tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Lind pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Sosa is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Curtis Lind!
Curtis Lind retains his lightweight title!
After winning the bout, Curtis Lind thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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