Spherical 1 – They contact gloves and instantly begin trying to strike. Souza’s ahead strain is heavy early, however Saldana desires to get a really feel for the vary. Souza seems to be for a number of punches, however is feinting greater than throwing. Saldana lands a pleasant leg kick and Souza returns with a punch. Saldana circles on the surface and goes to a different leg kick. He then fires off a pointy jab. One other leg kick from Saldana lands, however Souza lands a proper hand in return. Saldana retains the concentrate on the legs as he lands a pair of leg kicks. Saldana fees ahead with a left hand and appears to clinch after, however Souza shakes him off. Saldana will get again to circling and one other alternate of strikes happens. Saldana dips in for a takedown, completes it, however Souza was fairly fast to get again to his ft with out something important occurring on the bottom. Moments later, Saldana will get one other takedown and holds the place till the ultimate seconds earlier than the spherical ends. MMA Junkie scores the spherical 10-9 for Saldana.
Spherical 2 – Souza comes out firing to begin the motion, however Saldana stays calm and evades the ability shot. Saldana misses with a spinning again fist however easily throws a head kick within the transition adopted by a punch that will get the gang excited. Souza lands a leg kick proper as one other spinning again fist from Saldana misses the mark. Souza turns up the quantity as he stalks Saldana across the cage with leg kicks, punches to the physique and the pinnacle. Simply when the momentum was beginning to go in his favor, Souza will get taken down by Saldana. Working from the again, Saldana ended up too excessive as he seemed for an inverted triangle. Souza shakes him off and so they return to the ft a second later. Preserving the strain excessive, Souza goes first with strikes as Saldana stays on the surface. Saldana lands a leg kick, however Souza retains transferring ahead with punches. Souza catches a kick and counters with a punch. They transfer in regards to the cage and the punching exchanges proceed. A leaping knee from Saldana misses and the spherical involves an finish with Souza urgent Saldana in opposition to the fence within the clinch. MMA Junkie scores the spherical 10-9 for Souza.
Spherical 3 – Souza will get again to the ahead strain that has been current the entire struggle. They alternate punches early. Saldana seems to be for a superman punch however simply misses. He tries for a spinning kick a second later, however Souza is correct there to fireplace again punches. One other spinning again fist misses for Saldana and Souza solutions with a punch. Saldana darts in for a pleasant single punch, however Souza retains transferring ahead, feinting and looking out to attract a response. Saldana goes to a leg kick adopted by a pleasant jab. One other spinning assault misses from Saldana and he loses his steadiness for a second. Souza closes in and peppers him with a number of punches. A physique kick from Saldana is caught by Souza and makes use of it to get a takedown, however they’re on the bottom for a second. Saldana waves Souza in, and the exchanges begin to ramp up. They commerce punches and the gang will get into it. Saldana tries a spinning kick. Souza lands a pleasant punch as Saldana begins to fatigue. The strain and punches from Souza proceed till the struggle ends. MMA Junkie scores the third 10-9 for Souza, giving him the struggle 29-28.
Outcome: Luis Saldana def. Bruno Souza by way of unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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Information: Luis Saldana (16-7 MMA, 2-1 UFC), Bruno Souza (10-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC)
Division: Featherweight
Broadcast: ESPN/ESPN+
Referee: Keith Peterson
Judging: Mike Bell, Andrew Adkins, Eric Colon
