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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maligni Tudor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nir Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tudor might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to KRANKSVESTER - Rakija. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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194 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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200 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin |
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Excellent boxer
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maligni Tudor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nir Sosa!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Sosa enables Tudor to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sosa manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Sosa trying to control the position.
Sosa trying to control the position here.
Sosa keeping full guard, as Tudor tries to pass.
Tudor pushes down on Sosa's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Sosa trying to control here.
Tudor prevents Sosa from improving his position.
Sosa is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Tudor seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sosa does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tudor wants to pass the guard but Sosa is defending well.
Tudor is trying to control the action in half guard but Sosa is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sosa trying to hold on to Tudor's head to control him but Tudor postures up.
Sosa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tudor wants to control but Sosa is keeping him busy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tudor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sosa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sosa cracks Tudor with a right hand to the side of the head.
Decent striking displayed by Sosa there.
Sosa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tudor eats them both and turns towards Sosa to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Sosa.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sosa. Tudor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tudor staying out of range there.
Tudor shoots in but Sosa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tudor fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Sosa to the ground. Tudor is now in Sosa's guard.
Tudor stopping the sweep attempt from Sosa.
Sosa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sosa looking for a sweep. Not yet Sosa, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa is trying to control the position but Tudor postures up.
Sosa is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Nir Sosa.
Sosa connects with a jab.
Sosa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sosa throws out a loose jab but Tudor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tudor looks to score with a jab to the body but Sosa is just out of range.
Sosa cracks Tudor with an open hand slap.
Sosa cracks Tudor with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sosa throws a shot from downtown. Tudor moves away and avoids it.
Tudor fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sosa avoids it really well and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa swings widly with a right hand
and Tudor counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Sosa!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The strikes coming from Tudor are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sosa is looking for a sweep.
Tudor tries to advance to mount but Sosa denies him.
Sosa is looking to regain half guard here but Tudor keeps moving and retains side control.
Sosa sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Sosa trying to control but Tudor postures up.
Sosa is looking for a sweep. Tudor is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sosa gets back to full guard.
Tudor postures up in Sosa's guard and throws a big left but Sosa blocks it.
Tudor wants to control from the top but Sosa keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nir Sosa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sosa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sosa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tudor.
Sosa swings widly with a right hand
and Tudor counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sosa keeping full guard, as Tudor tries to pass.
Tudor postures up.
Tudor looking to sit in guard and control but Sosa gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tudor is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tudor looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sosa is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tudor is trying to control the position but Sosa postures up.
Sosa trying to control but Tudor is working from the bottom.
Tudor had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sosa defends it easily.
Sosa cracks Tudor with a solid left hand.
Tudor trying to keep a closed guard but Sosa is proving a slippery customer.
Tudor wants to sweep here but Sosa controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tudor working a defensive guard but Sosa passes into half guard.
Sosa working the head and body with strikes.
Tudor trying to control from the bottom.
Sosa working Tudor over with strikes.
Tudor is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tudor has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sosa is working away from the top position though.
Tudor is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sosa is looking to take a break and control but Tudor is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tudor trying to control but Sosa postures up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tudor manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Tudor is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sosa defends well.
Maligni Tudor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tudor controls Sosa momentarily but Sosa frees himself.
Sosa scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tudor looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sosa landing with the ground and pound.
Tudor looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sosa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tudor's head.
Sosa postures up and lands a big shot to Tudor's brow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tudor is trying to control the position from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sosa passes into half guard.
Sosa not doing much here.
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 Maligni Tudor will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Tudor gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sosa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tudor shoots in for a double leg but Sosa sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tudor drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sosa manages to get back to half guard.
Tudor is looking for a kimura but Sosa is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Tudor to get the leverage.
Sosa trying to hold on to Tudor's head to control him but Tudor postures up.
Sosa is looking to improve his position.
Tudor stops Sosa from getting back to his feet.
Tudor prevents Sosa from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa controlling the position for now.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Nir Sosa wasn't active enough on the ground.
Tudor shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sosa can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tudor controls the pace.
Sosa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tudor trying to control the position from guard on top but Sosa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sosa pulls Tudor in to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Maligni Tudor wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Tudor has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sosa finds it's way round the side to connect with Tudor's head.
Sosa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tudor takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tudor takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tudor with a poor takedown
and Sosa counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maligni Tudor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tudor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jab from Sosa.
Tudor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sosa.
Sosa digs a good body shot into Tudor's ribs.
Sosa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tudor on the side of the head.
Tudor shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa misses with a two punch combination.
Sosa lands with a nice body punch.
Sosa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tudor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sosa.
Sosa scores with a hook.
Nir Sosa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sosa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tudor walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A jab from Sosa misses.
Tudor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sosa moves away.
Tudor misses with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Sosa as he connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tudor moves away.
The crowd cheers as Sosa lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tudor doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sosa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sosa cracks Tudor with a good jab.
Nir Sosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tudor fails with a takedown attempt.
Tudor takes one on the button.
Sosa misses with a body shot
and Tudor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tudor throws a lazy right hand but Sosa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Sosa misses the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nir Sosa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sosa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nir Sosa!
An out of breath and clearly excited Nir Sosa thanked TFP Graphics - Pit Inc for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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