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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Sandman (ranked 109 p4p, 735 weight class) and Ernesto Sosa (ranked 19 p4p, 102 weight class). Sosa has chosen Guallando by Fulanito as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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 17 - 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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ernesto Sosa!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A combination from Sosa does no damage.
Sosa misses with the combination.
Sosa fails with the takedown.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Sandman.
Sandman definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sosa sneaks back into half guard.
Sosa is looking to control Sandman's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sosa avoid being mounted?
Sandman trying to control from half guard but Sosa is working away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sandman slips a nice elbow through Sosa's hands, connecting with Sosa's forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandman is trying to control. Sosa wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sosa is looking to control Sandman's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sosa avoid being mounted?
Sosa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sandman trying to control the action but Sosa is working from the bottom.
Sosa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sandman takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Sandman lands strikes from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sosa is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sandman's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sandman's back!
Sosa has Sandman flattened out and is raining down punches.
Sosa keeps control of the position as Sandman tries to break free.
Sandman rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sandman manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sandman tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sosa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sosa controlling from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa cracks Sandman with a solid left hand.
Sandman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sandman looking for a sweep. Not yet Sandman, not yet.
Sosa works over Sandman with some ground and pound from guard.
Sandman keeping moving, preventing Sosa from controlling successfully.
Sosa with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sosa with a nice head shot there.
Sosa slips nicely into half guard.
Sandman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sandman keeps working.
Sosa lands strikes from half guard.
Sosa wants to pass the guard but Sandman is defending well.
Sandman tries to get to full guard but Sosa has control of the leg.
Sandman trying to hold on to Sosa's head to control him but Sosa postures up.
Sosa trying to control from half guard but Sandman is working away.
Sandman tries to roll over but Sosa keeps him under control.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sandman keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Sosa throwing shots but Sandman is blocking nicely.
Sandman is refusing to be controlled, as Sosa sits in half guard.
Sosa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sandman trying to control here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Sosa scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sandman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sosa lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sosa moves nicely into side control.
Sosa trying to control the action but Sandman is working from the bottom.
Sosa cracks Sandman with a big elbow.
Sandman is trying to improve his position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sosa is putting a hurting on Sandman here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sosa working the ground and pound.
Sosa is looking to take a break and control but Sandman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mr Sandman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sandman is trying to get back to half guard.
Sosa grinds an elbow into Sandman's temple.
Sosa lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sosa looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sandman is avoiding damage well.
Sandman is looking for a sweep.
Sosa trying to control the action but Sandman is working from the bottom.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sosa throws a strike aimed at the side of Sandman's head but Sandman avoids it well.
Sosa fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Sandman is trying to improve his position.
Sosa lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sosa lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sandman down.
Sosa is putting a hurting on Sandman here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sosa is looking to take a break and control but Sandman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sandman taking a bit of punishment here - Sosa scoring with strikes.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sosa is chipping away with strikes.
Sandman tries to buck Sosa off but Sosa is having none of it.
Sosa trying to control the position but Sandman is working away.
Sandman is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sosa connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sosa throws an elbow but Sandman slips to the side and avoids it well.
Sandman throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Sosa lands a decent elbow from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ernesto Sosa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sosa has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Ernesto Sosa!
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Ernesto Sosa!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Ernesto Sosa!
Ernesto Sosa wins by unanimous decision!
Ernesto Sosa is the new light heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Ernesto Sosa 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
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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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