Pexão (right) lands a high kick on Sosoli. Photo: Reproduction / Facebook @ufc
Brazil ended its participation in UFC Auckland, this Saturday (22), in style. After Priscila Pedrita wins on the preliminary card, the heavyweight Marcos Foot He closed the deal with a beautiful knockout against Ben Sosoli in the first round.
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“A year ago I was in that cage in Prague, against Struve, and now I'm back. I trained this a lot at American Top Team. We planted all of this, and now we are reaping the fruits. Dana White, this is my division”, said Pezão still in the octagon.
With the result, Pezão recovered from the defeat against Stefan struve, in his last appearance, in February 2019. On the other hand, Sosoli, who had two fights without result (No Contest), interrupts the series of six duels without losing.
The fight
With two giants in the octagon, the expectation would be for a more studied fight at the beginning. But Pezão started putting a large volume of blows on the Australian.
In the first moments, he hit a high kick and crossed twice against Sosoli's head.
The Australian, in turn, closes the distance with jabs. But Pezão stopped his rival with powerful punches and high kicks.
In one of Sosoli's attacks, Pezão crossed three times until his left hit the Australian's temple and he fell to the ground in four supports. The Brazilian still threw one more punch before the central referee interrupted and declared the technical knockout.
UFC Auckland Results
MAIN CARD
Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Dan Hooker derrotou Paul felder in the judges' split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47)
Light heavyweight (up to 93kg): Jimmy crute finished Michal Oleksiejczuk with a Kimura 3m29s from R1
Straw weight (up to 52,1kg): yan xiaonan derrotou Karolina Kowalkiewicz in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Marcos Foot defeated Ben Sosoli by technical knockout at 1m38s of R1
Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Brad Riddell defeated Magomed Mustafaev via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Zubaira Tukhugov derrotou Kevin Aguilar by technical knockout at 3m21s of R1
Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): jalin turner defeated Josh Culibao via TKO at 3:01 of R2
Welterweight (up to 77kg): Jake matthews defeated Emil Meek via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Kenan Song defeated Callan Potter by knockout 2m20s into R1
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Kai Kara France defeated Tyson Nam via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Straw weight (up to 52,1kg): Angela Hill derrotou Loma Lookboonmee in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Priscila Pedrita defeated Shana Dobson by knockout at 40 in R1
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