UFC UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2 Final

Welterweight

Uros Medic vs Punahele Soriano

Uros Medic
Serbia

Uros Medic

“The Doctor”

14-3

VS
Punahele Soriano
United States

Punahele Soriano

“Puna”

13-5

Winner

Winner

Punahele Soriano

KO/TKO (Punch · Head · At Distance) · Round 1 — 0:31

11 January 2025 · Meta Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Punahele Soriano beat Uros Medic by KO/TKO in round 1 at 0:31.
  • Punahele Soriano landed 13 of 17 total strikes, with 0:04 of control time.

Tale of the tape

Uros MedicPunahele Soriano
14-3Record13-5
31Age on fight night32
6′1″ (185 cm)Height5′11″ (180 cm)
71″ (180 cm)Reach72.5″ (184 cm)
170 lb (77.1 kg)Weight170 lb (77.1 kg)
SouthpawStanceSouthpaw
Kings MMATeamXtreme Couture
Novi Sad, SerbiaFromOahu, Hawaii, United States

Fight statistics

2of 3 · 67%Total strikes landed13of 17 · 76%
1of 2Head strikes12of 16
1of 1Body strikes0
0Leg strikes1of 1
0Knockdowns1
0:00Control time0:04

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Uros MedicRoundPunahele Soriano
2/3strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR113/17strikes0/0TD1KD0:04control

Form going into the fight

Uros Medic

  1. WTim MeansKO/TKO R1 2:092024
  2. LMyktybek Orolbaisubmission R2 4:122023
  3. WMatthew SemelsbergerKO/TKO R3 2:362023
  4. WOmar MoralesKO/TKO R2 3:052022
  5. LJalin Turnersubmission R1 4:012021

Punahele Soriano

  1. WMiguel Baezaunanimous decision2024
  2. LDustin Stoltzfussubmission R2 4:102023
  3. LRoman KopylovKO/TKO R2 3:192023
  4. WDalcha LungiambulaKO/TKO R2 0:282022
  5. LNick Maximovsplit decision2022

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Mackenzie Dern vs Amanda RibasWomen's Strawweightsubmission R3 4:56Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Carlston HarrisWelterweightKO/TKO R3 3:13Cesar Almeida vs Abdul Razak AlhassanMiddleweightKO/TKO R1 4:16Chris Curtis vs Roman KopylovMiddleweightKO/TKO R3 4:59Christian Rodriguez vs Austin BashiFeatherweightunanimous decision

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