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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Sandman (ranked 219 p4p, 877 weight class) and Ernesto Sosa (ranked 34 p4p, 122 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sosa's choice of entrance music: Guallando by Fulanito. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Sandman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ernesto Sosa!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandman connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sosa's hands.
It looks like Ernesto Sosa has been cut.
Sosa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sosa gets a takedown into half guard.
Sosa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sandman is looking to improve his position.
Sandman wants to control but Sosa is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sosa wants to free his trapped foot but Sandman is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sosa working the head and body with strikes.
Sosa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sandman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sandman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sosa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa wants to control but Sandman is keeping him busy.
Sosa throws a strike but Sandman avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Sosa preventing the sweep.
Sandman will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Sosa looking to sit in guard and control but Sandman gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sandman trying to control but Sosa is working from the bottom.
Sosa wants to sweep but no luck.
Sosa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sandman.
Sosa working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sosa looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Sandman puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Sosa is looking for a sweep. Sandman is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nice strikes from Sandman there.
Sosa wants to control but Sandman is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sandman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sosa is refusing to be controlled, as Sandman sits in half guard.
Sandman working over Sosa with some ground and pound. Sosa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sandman is keen to just control but Sosa is a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandman is pressing down on Sosa's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sosa is holding on for now.
Sandman prevents Sosa from improving his position.
Sandman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sandman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sandman lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sandman sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sosa defending well though.
Sandman scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sosa is not content to let Sandman control the position.
Sosa looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandman is keen to just control but Sosa is a slippery customer.
Sandman trying to pass the guard but Sosa defending well.
Sosa has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sandman is working away from the top position though.
Sosa slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sandman trying to control the position from guard on top but Sosa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sosa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sosa has momentary wrist control but Sandman slips an elbow through the middle.
Sosa keeping moving, preventing Sandman from controlling successfully.
Sandman passes Sosa's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sosa is trying to get back to full guard.
Sosa wants to get back to his feet.
Sandman looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sosa works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sandman lands a couple of elbows.
Sosa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ernesto Sosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sandman definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sandman with a nice head shot there.
Sandman throws a big right hand that misses.
Sandman tries to free his leg and advance position but Sosa is retaining full guard.
Sandman stands up over Sosa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sandman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sosa is keeping the position for now.
Sandman trying to control the position from guard on top but Sosa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sosa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sandman forces his way into half guard.
Sosa regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sandman trying to control but Sosa is working from the bottom.
Sandman scoring with some ground and pound.
Sosa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sandman is in close to Sosa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sandman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sandman wants to pass the guard but Sosa is keeping the position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sandman is working Sosa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sandman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sandman throwing strikes but missing.
Sosa escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sandman gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sandman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sosa can't keep his opponent in guard - Sandman advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sandman controlling the pace.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sandman trying to control the action but Sosa is working from the bottom.
Sandman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sandman slips a nice elbow through Sosa's hands, connecting with Sosa's forehead.
Sandman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sosa's head.
Sosa pushes Sandman off looking to stand but Sandman dives back in and keeps control.
Mr Sandman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sosa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sosa looking for submissions off his back.
Sandman trying to control from half guard but Sosa is working away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Sandman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sandman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Mr Sandman!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Mr Sandman!
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Mr Sandman!
Mr Sandman wins by unanimous decision!
Mr Sandman retains his light heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Mr Sandman thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
30% |
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