Carlos Leal slugged out one other massive first-round knockout over Alex Morono at UFC 313 on Saturday night time.
As anticipated, Leal and Morono got here out swinging nearly instantly and by no means as soon as let up. Nonetheless, it was Leal’s fixed stress that proved to be the difference-maker. To his credit score, Morono was able to exit on his protect and continued to swing away, however Leal brilliantly blended up his assaults, brutalizing Morono’s physique earlier than going again upstairs.
With Morono pinned up towards the fence and consuming a bevy of brutal strikes, the referee had lastly seen sufficient and stepped in, bringing a cease to the onslaught with lower than a minute to go within the opening spherical.
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Official Outcome: Carlos Leal def. Alex Morono through TKO (strikes) at 4:16 of Spherical 1.
It was Leal’s first win contained in the Octagon after he got here up quick on a extremely controversial scorecard towards Rinat Fakhretdinov in his promotional debut final yr. General, ‘The Lion’ is 22-6 with 13 of his wins coming inside the space.
Try highlights from Alex Morono vs. Carlos Leal at UFC 313:
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