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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Puempel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kiser Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sosa is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Fantasy. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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192 lbs
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187 lbs
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Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Puempel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kiser Sosa!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Puempel to the mat! Puempel manages to get full guard.
Puempel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Puempel is looking to sweep but instead, Sosa has passed into half guard.
Puempel is looking for a sweep. Sosa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sosa is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Puempel doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sosa.
Puempel is defending against the submission attempts here by Sosa.
Puempel wants to improve his position but Sosa is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sosa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Puempel's head.
Sosa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Puempel tries to roll over but Sosa keeps him under control.
Sosa misses with a head shot. Puempel uses the momentum to regain guard.
Sosa trying to control the position from guard on top but Puempel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puempel pulls Sosa in to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sosa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sosa preventing the sweep.
Sosa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sosa throwing strikes from guard but Puempel blocks nicely.
Sosa tries to free his leg and advance position but Puempel is retaining full guard.
Sosa passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sosa trying to control the action but Puempel is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa in side control, throwing shots but Puempel defends.
Sosa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sosa working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Puempel regains half guard.
Puempel keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Sosa wants to take a breather but Puempel is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sosa prevents Puempel from improving his position.
Sosa is looking for a kimura here.
Puempel regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Sosa.
Puempel manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sosa is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kiser Sosa dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sosa moves into the clinch.
Sosa gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Puempel keeping hold of Sosa's head, controlling as best he can.
Sosa wants to work for an arm triangle but Puempel is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Sosa is thwarting Puempel's attempts to control the position.
Puempel has his hands clasped together around Sosa's back. He's all about the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puempel's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Matt Puempel.
Sosa closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sosa is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Puempel is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Puempel is trying to get back to half guard.
Sosa thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puempel can't do much from the bottom here.
Sosa is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Puempel knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sosa working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Puempel manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sosa's best efforts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puempel won't allow Sosa to pass to mount.
Puempel is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sosa's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sosa's back!
Puempel scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Sosa wants to escape the position.
Sosa trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Puempel lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Puempel struggling to keep hold of the position.
Puempel not allowing Sosa to control his hands.
Sosa covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sosa is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa breaks Puempel's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Sosa is fighting to break Puempel's control of his arms but Puempel is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Puempel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sosa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sosa looking to sit in guard and control but Puempel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Puempel controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
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 Matt Puempel will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sosa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sosa jumps guard.
Puempel is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sosa throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Puempel escapes and throws Sosa's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Sosa on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Puempel is looking to take a break and control but Sosa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Check out the look on Puempel's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa parries the strikes from Puempel easily there. Puempel is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Sosa to escape.
Puempel working the body and head with strikes.
Puempel landing a few strikes.
Sosa tries to bench press Puempel off him but Puempel keeps the position.
Sosa gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Sosa actively working from the bottom here.
Puempel wants to free his trapped foot but Sosa is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sosa punching from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puempel not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puempel landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sosa looking for submissions off his back.
Puempel throwing shots but Sosa is blocking nicely.
Puempel is nestled in close to Sosa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Puempel wants to pass to mount but Sosa is defending the position.
Matt Puempel overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Puempel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sosa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Puempel sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sosa defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puempel stalling.
Sosa is trying to maintain the position but Puempel is very close to passing his half guard.
Puempel blocks the strikes from Sosa.
Puempel is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sosa!
Puempel scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sosa is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sosa is bucking up trying to escape but Puempel cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sosa regains half guard.
Puempel lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sosa trying to control here.
Sosa is in trouble now - Puempel has advanced to mount!
Sosa can't escape the position.
Puempel scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sosa?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puempel fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Puempel punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sosa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Puempel controlling from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Puempel showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Puempel 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 William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Puempel!
Matt Puempel made sure to mention his sponsor, Vitality in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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