"Brahimaj was happy to walk forward, working some kicks in against the massive Punahele Soriano, who previously fought at heavyweight outside the UFC, and middleweight when he first joined the promotion. Brahimaj worked lefts and rights, and even wobbled Soriano prior to the midway point of round one care of a left. It was his body kicks, however, that were Brahimaj's most consistent weapon early."
"Soriano used the fence to prop himself up, but wasn't out of the woods just yet as Brahimaj stayed all over him. He'd eventually reverse, getting Brahimaj's back against the cage. And there they stayed, until an overdue separation by the ref for the lack of action with less than a minute left. Brahimaj would get it down and take the back later, but there wasn't enough time for him to work."
"Punahele Soriano opened the third round spamming a few high kicks and managed to hurt Brahimaj! Rather than take advance however, Brahimaj managed to get the fight down. Puna would get up, but Brahimaj stayed on him like a wet blanket. He'd then wrap up a standing guillotine, and ended up going down with it, giving up position in the end. Soriano didn't have much time to work from the top, and Brahimaj finished the round with a second, half-hearted guillotine attempt."
Ramiz Brahimaj pressured Punahele Soriano early with lefts, rights and consistent body kicks, wobbling Soriano before the midway point of round one. Soriano had fought at heavyweight outside the UFC and at middleweight when he first joined the promotion. In round two Brahimaj opened with a kick, secured a body lock from the back and repeatedly controlled Soriano against the fence until the referee separated them for inactivity with under a minute remaining. Brahimaj later took Soriano's back but lacked time to work. In round three Soriano opened with high kicks and briefly hurt Brahimaj, who repeatedly brought the fight to the ground and attempted standing guillotines. The judges awarded Soriano a unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28), extending his win streak to four.
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