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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcello Sosa (ranked 3945 p4p, 332 weight class) and George Patton (ranked 4294 p4p, 355 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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151 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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155 lbs
4 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcello Sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Patton!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Dean Styles and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patton digs a good hook to Sosa's body.
Sosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Patton.
Sosa slips a straight right by Patton.
Sosa throws a hook but Patton avoids it easily.
Sosa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Patton.
Sosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Patton.
Sosa misses with a body shot.
Sosa connects with a crisp jab.
A jab from Sosa misses.
Sosa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sosa lands a really nice looking cross but Patton seems unphased.
A looping hook to the body misses from Patton. Sosa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sosa seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Marcello Sosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sosa misses with a lunging right hand
and Patton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sosa clinches up with Patton and pushes him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sosa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sosa misses with an elbow strike.
Sosa throws an elbow that misses.
Sosa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Patton blocks an elbow strike.
Sosa lands with a right to the head.
Sosa is leaning against Patton and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sosa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Patton backwards.
Patton throws a punch but it's blocked by Sosa.
Sosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sosa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Patton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patton tries to circle away but Sosa has him pinned against the cage.
Sosa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sosa.
Patton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Patton avoids the body shot from Sosa.
Sosa scores with a decent looking hook.
Sosa looks to throw the jab but Patton is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sosa scores with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Sosa coming out on top.
Sosa pushes Patton up against the cage in a clinch.
Patton throws a head punch that misses.
Good body shot from Patton.
Patton managing to block the knees to the body from Sosa.
Patton misses with some punches.
Patton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sosa tries to throw a body punch but Patton avoids it by throwing Sosa back against the cage.
Patton is trying to push Sosa away but Sosa has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Patton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patton dodges an elbow strike from Sosa.
Sosa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sosa tries to land knees in the clinch but Patton avoids the damage to the body.
Sosa throws an elbow but it misses.
Patton avoids the elbow strike from Sosa, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sosa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sosa blocks an uppercut.
Sosa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sosa blocking some punches.
Patton breaks the clinch.
Patton misses with a looping left.
Sosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Patton.
Patton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sosa.
Sosa loads up on a big right hand but Patton slips the punch.
Patton loads up on a big right hand but Sosa slips the punch.
Sosa works the jab nicely.
Sosa lands with a nice body punch.
Patton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sosa connects with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa blocks a jab.
Patton takes one on the chin but seems OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa slips under a jab from Patton.
Sosa slips under a jab from Patton.
Sosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Patton throws out the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Sosa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sosa scores with a nice head shot.
Sosa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sosa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big left from Sosa misses.
Sosa is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sosa connects with a crisp jab.
Sosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patton manages to avoid it.
Patton throws a hook but Sosa avoids it easily.
Sosa throws a looping overhand right but Patton ducks down to avoid it.
Sosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Patton throws out the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sosa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sosa is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcello Sosa dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Patton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sosa.
Sosa ducks right into an uppercut from Patton.
Patton takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A left lands for Sosa.
Sosa tries to move into range but Patton moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sosa stuns Patton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sosa defending well as Patton loads up on a big left hand.
Sosa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Patton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Patton tries to keep at a distance but Sosa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Patton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Patton swings wildly with an uppercut but Sosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sosa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sosa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Patton backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sosa tries a body shot but Patton blocks it.
Patton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sosa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Patton can do to turn this around?
Patton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Patton.
A big right from Patton misses.
Patton staying out of range there.
Patton tries to move into range but Sosa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sosa.
Sosa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sosa cracks Patton with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Patton is rocked!
Sosa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sosa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Patton is still on wobbly legs! Can Sosa finish him?
Sosa ducks under a wild hook from Patton.
Patton seems to have recovered his senses.
Sosa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sosa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sosa 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Patton missing with a left hand there. Sosa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decent striking displayed by Sosa there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Patton throws a right hand that misses
and Patton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sosa drops Patton with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Patton looks back up at him and smiles so Sosa waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Patton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Patton.
Sosa is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Patton.
Sosa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Patton.
Sosa throwing a counter right hand but Patton manages to avoid it.
Sosa throws a monster overhand right that drops Patton! Sosa follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcello Sosa!
A victorious Marcello Sosa thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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FIGHT
RATING
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