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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Gwar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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268 lbs
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270 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eduardo Sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ray Gwar!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Sosa with that takedown attempt.
Gwar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sosa wants to clinch up but Gwar keeps it at a distance.
Gwar misses with a double jab.
Gwar shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sosa's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gwar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sosa's head.
Gwar is working Sosa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gwar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gwar tries to free his leg and advance position but Sosa is retaining full guard.
Gwar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gwar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gwar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gwar sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sosa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gwar with a nice head shot there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gwar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sosa is breathing heavily.
Sosa being controlled here, momentarily.
Gwar scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gwar scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gwar works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gwar lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sosa has hold of Gwar's hands but Gwar slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gwar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gwar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gwar working over Sosa with some ground and pound. Sosa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gwar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gwar looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Gwar working over Sosa with some ground and pound. Sosa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gwar 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.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gwar in particular looking to stall.
Gwar seems to be working for a kimura but Sosa defends the submission attempt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Gwar connects with a nice short shot to Sosa's temple.
Gwar stalling.
Gwar passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gwar landing shots from mount.
Sosa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sosa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gwar avoids the attempt from Sosa to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gwar in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Gwar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Gwar's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gwar takes a swing at Sosa's ribcage but misses.
Gwar fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice shot lands for Gwar.
Sosa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gwar fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sosa sprawls well initially but Gwar persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Gwar frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gwar with good strikes from the mount here!
Sosa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gwar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gwar lands a big elbow.
Sosa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gwar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sosa is looking to improve his position but Gwar isn't that keen on the idea.
Gwar scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sosa?
Gwar connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ray Gwar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gwar controlling the pace for now.
Sosa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The referee warns Sosa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Gwar cracks Sosa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gwar has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sosa's face.
Gwar landing shots from mount.
Sosa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gwar fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sosa wants to hold on but Gwar pushes him away.
Gwar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gwar controlling the position easily from mount.
Sosa tries to hold on but Gwar pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gwar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sosa hang on?
BOOM! Gwar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gwar avoids the attempt from Sosa to control.
Gwar lands a big elbow.
Gwar controlling from the full mount.
Gwar looking to finish Sosa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sosa!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gwar landing shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Gwar.
Sosa tries to reverse the position but Gwar maintains control.
Gwar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sosa hang on?
Gwar unloading with bombs!
Sosa keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gwar dominating with strikes here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sosa is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Gwar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ray Gwar's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Gwar scores with a body shot.
Gwar shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gwar showed some decent athleticism there.
Gwar drops an elbow to the side of Sosa's head.
Gwar perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Gwar has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Sosa defend it? Gwar steps over the head and cranks it - Sosa is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Gwar!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ray Gwar!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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