3 months agoPunahele Soriano (10-4) is set to take on Uros Medic in the main card opener of UFC Vegas 101 on Saturday. Soriano dropped down to welterweight in his last fight and dominated Miguel Baeza and now gets a tougher test in Medic. The Hawaiian is the underdog as DraftKings has him at a salary of $7,500. In the UFC, Soriano is 4-4 with three wins by knockout while he's been finished twice. If Soriano can pull off the upset, he could be a win away from a ranked opponent.
--Cole SheltonSource: UFC
1 year agoDustin Stoltzfus picked up a second-round submission over Punahele Soriano on the featured undercard attraction of UFC Austin. Stoltzfus was 1-4 in his last five fights, so he needed to win this fight to secure his position in the UFC. In the second round, Stoltzfus was able to take Soriano down for the fourth time and submit him with a rear-naked choke. With this win, Stoltzfus' UFC record is 2-4. In 9:10 of action, Stoltzfus landed four takedowns and 64 significant strikes.
--Alen Kurbasic - RotoBallerSource: UFC
1 year agoPunahele Soriano suffered a second-round submission loss to Dustin Stoltzfus at UFC Austin. Soriano was 1-3 in the last four fights while Stoltzfus was 1-4 in the last five. In the second round, Soriano was over-committing to the left hand and seemed to have slowed down quite a bit from the pace in the first. Stoltzfus was able to capitalize and take Soriano down, which led to him taking the back of Soriano and submitting him. In 9:10 of action, Soriano landed 31 significant strikes. The loss moves Soriano to 3-4 and puts him in danger of being cut from the UFC.
--Alen Kurbasic - RotoBallerSource: UFC
1 year agoPunahele Soriano and Dustin Stoltzfus are scheduled for three rounds in the middleweight division as a featured undercard attraction on this weekend's UFC Austin card. Soriano looks to bounce back from his first stoppage loss in his most recent outing, as he was finished by Roman Kopylov at UFC Vegas 67 in January. His professional MMA record is 9-3 while his UFC record is 3-3. DraftKings sees Soriano as the favorite with a salary of $9,400. Throughout his UFC career (six fights), he averages 68.0 fantasy points per contest.
--Alen Kurbasic - RotoBallerSource: UFC
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