Ben Sosoli

"Combat Wombat"

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Record

Age / DOB 36
(Dec 10, 1989)

Height 6' 0"

Weight 265 lbs.

Reach 72.0"

Stance Southpaw

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Career Averages

2.31 Sig. Strikes / Min

31.0% Sig. Strike Acc.

4.3 Absorbed / Min

47.0% Strike Defense

0.0 TD Avg / 15 min

0.0% TD Accuracy

0.0% TD Defense

0.0 Sub. / Fight

Loss Methods (1)

KO/TKO 1

Submission 0

Decision 0

Fight History

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Loss

vs Marcos Rogério de Lima

UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker
Feb 23, 2020

TKO (punches) R1 1:28

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Marcos Rogério de Lima	0	5 of 17	29%	5 of 17	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
Ben Sosoli	1	19 of 34	55%	19 of 34	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:02

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Marcos Rogério de Lima	0	5 of 17	29%	5 of 17	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
1	Ben Sosoli	1	19 of 34	55%	19 of 34	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:02

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Marcos Rogério de Lima	5 of 17	29%	4 of 16	1 of 1	0 of 0	5 of 17	0 of 0	0 of 0
Ben Sosoli	19 of 34	55%	15 of 30	2 of 2	2 of 2	18 of 33	0 of 0	1 of 1

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Marcos Rogério de Lima	5 of 17	29%	4 of 16	1 of 1	0 of 0	5 of 17	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Ben Sosoli	19 of 34	55%	15 of 30	2 of 2	2 of 2	18 of 33	0 of 0	1 of 1

Expert Picks (2)

Daniel Levi Expert Hesitant picked Feb 21, 2020 (2 days before fight)

Ben Sosoli

Daniel Levi picks Ben Sosoli for the upset, going with his gut despite acknowledging that Marcos Rogério de Lima is the better and more developed fighter. He notes that de Lima has a history of tapping to submissions and questionable chin, while Sosoli has a tough chin and big punching power. Levi thinks Sosoli might crack de Lima with an overhand and knock him out.

knockout

"I'm gonna go with my gut on this one, I pick Ben Sosoli to get the upset and knock out Marcos Rogério de Lima."

Half the Battle

The MMA Guru Expert Confident picked Feb 14, 2020 (9 days before fight)

Marcos Rogério de Lima

The host picks Marcos Rogério de Lima, calling him an experienced heavyweight who knows tricks. He worries about Sosoli catching him on the chin but still picks de Lima. He references de Lima's fight with Stefan Struve where he dropped Struve but fell into his guard.

"I'll go of Marcus rod Rio de Lima I think you'll get it done I really do"

THE MMA GURU

Loss

vs Greg Hardy

UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Weidman
Oct 18, 2019

No Contest (overturned) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Greg Hardy	0	54 of 105	51%	54 of 105	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
Ben Sosoli	0	26 of 97	26%	26 of 97	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Greg Hardy	19 of 39	48%	19 of 39	0 of 0	---	0:00
1	Ben Sosoli	9 of 32	28%	9 of 32	0 of 0	---	0:00
2	Greg Hardy	18 of 31	58%	18 of 31	0 of 0	---	0:00
2	Ben Sosoli	7 of 35	20%	7 of 35	0 of 0	---	0:00
3	Greg Hardy	17 of 35	48%	17 of 35	0 of 0	---	0:00
3	Ben Sosoli	10 of 30	33%	10 of 30	0 of 0	---	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Greg Hardy	54 of 105	51%	22 of 72	5 of 5	27 of 28	52 of 103	2 of 2	0 of 0
Ben Sosoli	26 of 97	26%	15 of 78	10 of 18	1 of 1	26 of 96	0 of 1	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Greg Hardy	19 of 39	48%	12 of 31	0 of 0	7 of 8	17 of 37	2 of 2	0 of 0
1	Ben Sosoli	9 of 32	28%	3 of 22	5 of 9	1 of 1	9 of 32	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Greg Hardy	18 of 31	58%	5 of 18	3 of 3	10 of 10	18 of 31	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Ben Sosoli	7 of 35	20%	5 of 31	2 of 4	0 of 0	7 of 34	0 of 1	0 of 0
3	Greg Hardy	17 of 35	48%	5 of 23	2 of 2	10 of 10	17 of 35	0 of 0	0 of 0
3	Ben Sosoli	10 of 30	33%	7 of 25	3 of 5	0 of 0	10 of 30	0 of 0	0 of 0