{"id":38451,"date":"2025-09-23T04:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T08:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/sosa-signs-with-ufc-after-his-fathers-death-triumph-and-emotion\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T04:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T08:54:07","slug":"sosa-signs-with-ufc-after-his-fathers-death-triumph-and-emotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mma\/sosa-signs-with-ufc-after-his-fathers-death-triumph-and-emotion\/","title":{"rendered":"Sosa signs with UFC after his father&#8217;s death: Triumph and emotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Hecher Sosa signs with UFC after a week of mourning<\/h2>\n\nThe Spanish bantamweight, Hecher Sosa, secured a contract with the UFC on the &#8220;Dana White&#8217;s Contender Series&#8221; program on Tuesday, demonstrating remarkable strength following the death of his father.\n\nSosa (14-1) defeated Mackson Lee (9-1) by unanimous decision in the main event of the &#8220;Contender Series&#8221; in Las Vegas. The 30-year-old fighter decided to compete despite receiving the news of his father&#8217;s death on Sunday morning, who was battling cancer.\n\nThis loss is added to that of her sister, who also died of cancer a year ago.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cToday I can&#8217;t speak [with my father], but he is the reason why I am here. He is the reason why I am the man I am, and I will continue to represent him,\u201d Sosa declared through an interpreter.<\/p><cite>Hecher Sosa<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nSosa, originally from Arrecife, Spain, revealed that he was informed of his father&#8217;s passing while in the process of cutting weight for the 135-pound fight.\n\nIn an Instagram post, he shared the anguish he felt thinking his father wouldn&#8217;t see him compete against White, but finally came to the conclusion that his father had told him: &#8220;Son, don&#8217;t worry, we started this together and we&#8217;ll finish it together.&#8221;\n\nThe fight against Lee was dominated by Sosa for three rounds, which led White to immediately sign him with the UFC.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0917%2Fr1546809_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<strong>Image description:<\/strong> Hecher Sosa said he found out about his father&#8217;s death on Sunday while cutting weight for the 135-pound Contender Series fight against Mackson Lee. Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI respect your determination, your resilience, everything you&#8217;ve been through in your life. I&#8217;m going to give you the opportunity to keep your promises to your family,\u201d White said.<\/p><cite>Dana White<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nSosa has not suffered any defeats since May 2022. Of his 14 professional victories, nine have been by knockout or submission.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hecher Sosa signs with UFC after a week of mourning The Spanish bantamweight, Hecher Sosa, secured a contract with the UFC on the &#8220;Dana White&#8217;s Contender Series&#8221; program on Tuesday, demonstrating remarkable strength following the death of his father. Sosa (14-1) defeated Mackson Lee (9-1) by unanimous decision in the main event of the &#8220;Contender [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[7914,7398,8851,228],"class_list":{"0":"post-38451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mma","7":"tag-contender-series","8":"tag-dana-white","9":"tag-hecher-sosa","10":"tag-ufc"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}