Punahele Soriano knocks Dalcha Lungiambula out at UFC on ABC 3
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to us today, July 16, 2022, for UFC on ABC 3, going down live from the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.
Headlining the event is a clash of top featherweight contenders, as former title challenger Brian Ortega (15-2) faces Yair Rodriguez (13-3) in the main event of the evening. Co-headlining the event is a women’s strawweight bout between Michelle Waterson (18-9) and Amanda Lemos (11-2-1).
Our preliminary main event came in the middleweight division between hard hitting knockout artists Punahele Soriano (8-2) and Dalcha Lungiambula (11-4).
Continue reading to see how this middleweight encounter went down:
Official Result: Puna Soriano def. Dalcha Lungiambula via KO (punches) at :28 of round two
Soriano comes out in search of a takedown, which Lungiambula easily stuffs. Soriano then begins to feint the takedown, changing his level momentarily in order to open up strikes to the head.
Lungiambula takes Soriano off his feet with a beautiful calf kick, and continues to land a few more.
Soriano is pressing the action, and once he lands a couple hard punches, Lungiambula changes levels and secures a double leg, controlling Soriano for the final minute of round one.
Lungiambula opens up the second round with a head kick, which Soriano blocks, before countering with a beautiful left hand that drops the African. A couple follow up punches is all it took and the fight was over early in the second.
Punahele Soriano snaps his two-fight losing skid with this second round knockout victory, and improves his record to 9-2 in the process.
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