Carlos Leal Destroys Alex Morono, Scores First Win Inside the Octagon

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 virtually 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 defend and continued to swing away, however Leal brilliantly combined 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.

Official End result: Carlos Leal def. Alex Morono by way of TKO (strikes) at 4:16 of Spherical 1.

It was Leal’s first win contained in the Octagon after he got here up brief on a extremely controversial scorecard towards Rinat Fakhretdinov in his promotional debut final yr. Total, ‘The Lion’ is 22-6 with 13 of his wins coming inside the gap.