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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Sogrin (ranked 940 p4p, 122 weight class) and Jason Carter (ranked 549 p4p, 73 weight class). Sogrin comes to the cage accompanied by Rammstein - Sonne. Jason Carter acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Konstantin Sogrin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Carter!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sogrin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sogrin catches Carter with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sogrin misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Carter was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sogrin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sogrin throws a poor cross that misses
and Carter counters with a nice uppercut.
Sogrin throws a jab when Carter was well out of range.
Carter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sogrin looks to throw the jab but Carter is out of range.
Carter swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sogrin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sogrin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Carter counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sogrin's knee momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Sogrin.
Carter throws out a counter right but Sogrin avoids it with no problem.
Sogrin throws a looping overhand right but Carter ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Carter! But no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sogrin tries to work over Carter's front leg with a kick but Carter checks it.
Sogrin misses with a body kick.
Carter throws out a counter right but Sogrin avoids it with no problem.
A jab from Sogrin misses.
Carter is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sogrin with a body shot.
Sogrin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Carter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sogrin throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Carter to counter with a crisp jab.
Sogrin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Carter on the side of the head.
Sogrin misses with a shot to the body
and Carter makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter slips under a jab from Sogrin.
Carter throws a counter combo.
Carter moves out of range of the body kick.
Sogrin misses the jab.
Carter has Sogrin up against the cage in a clinch.
Sogrin misses with some punches.
Sogrin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sogrin leaning against his opponent.
Carter scores with a nice hook to the head.
Carter lands a shoulder strike.
Sogrin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
I was talking to Sogrin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Carter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sogrin's elbow.
Sogrin lands with a left to the head.
Carter scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter can't find room to land a body shot as Sogrin controls the action.
Carter misses with the head strike.
Carter tries to work over Sogrin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sogrin trying to stall but Carter improves his position.
Sogrin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carter misses with a punch on the inside.
Sogrin misses with a punch on the inside.
Sogrin is trying to break the clinch but Carter has him pressed against the cage.
Carter tries to work over Sogrin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sogrin misses with a punch to the body.
Carter lands with a left to the head.
Carter cracks Sogrin with a nice body shot.
Sogrin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carter working aggressively here.
Carter misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carter.
Carter misses with some punches.
Sogrin blocks a body shot from Carter.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carter.
Sogrin is breathing heavily.
Sogrin tries to break free but Carter pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter swings wildly with an uppercut but Sogrin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sogrin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Carter.
A short right from Carter on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carter is working Sogrin over against the cage.
Sogrin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sogrin blocks a body shot from Carter.
Carter misses with the head strike.
Carter misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carter.
Sogrin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carter lands a right hand.
Carter breaks the clinch.
Carter has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Sogrin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carter.
Sogrin lands an overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Carter dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Carter misses with a hook.
Jason Carter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sogrin misses with a two punch combination.
Sogrin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A slow jab from Sogrin misses its intended target.
Carter moves away from the strike by Sogrin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sogrin. Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Carter on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Carter scores with a nice head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sogrin swings widly with a right hand
and Carter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice uppercut there from Carter.
Sogrin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sogrin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sogrin looks to score with a jab to the body but Carter is just out of range.
Carter connects with a jab.
Carter tries to score with a low kick but Sogrin moves his leg out of the way.
Carter feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Sogrin sprawling to the canvas! Sogrin rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Carter finish him?!
Sogrin is rocked!
Carter cracks Sogrin with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Sogrin looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Carter finish him?
Oh Sogrin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sogrin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Carter at a distance.
Carter shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sogrin seems to have got his legs back now.
A jab from Sogrin misses.
Sogrin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carter.
It seemed like Carter was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Carter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sogrin throws a hook but Carter avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter moves out of range of the strikes.
Sogrin misses with a low kick.
Carter checks a leg kick nicely.
Sogrin throws a right and a left that Carter avoids nicely.
Sogrin loads up on a big right hand but Carter slips the punch.
Carter cracks Sogrin with a right hand to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Sogrin misses its intended target.
Carter swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sogrin. Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sogrin.
Sogrin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sogrin misses with a straight right.
Carter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sogrin.
Sogrin misses with a hook to the body
and Carter counters with a straight right hand.
Sogrin staying out of range there.
Sogrin throwing a counter right hand but Carter manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Carter.
A nice side step and Carter releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Carter avoids the body shot from Sogrin.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Carter! But no joy.
Sogrin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carter comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sogrin misses with a kick to the body.
Carter punishes Sogrin's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sogrin walks into a left hand.
Sogrin misses with a lunging right hand
and Carter counters with a stiff right hand.
A big left from Sogrin misses.
Carter only half commits to the counter leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sogrin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Carter scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sogrin doesn't seem bothered though.
Sogrin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sogrin is looking to score with low kicks.
Carter looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sogrin misses with a wild body shot.
Sogrin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Carter counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sogrin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Carter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Jab from Carter.
Sogrin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Carter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Carter throws a jab but it's blocked by Sogrin.
Carter slips a straight right by Sogrin.
Carter was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Sogrin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Sogrin misses the target.
Sogrin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sogrin misses with a right hand
and Carter makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sogrin looks to throw a body kick
and Carter counters with a straight right hand.
Sogrin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sogrin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Carter's calf.
Carter sends Sogrin crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Carter is motioning to the referee to let Sogrin up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Sogrin throws a sloppy body shot
and Carter counters with a low kick, right behind Sogrin 's knee.
Sogrin takes a swing at Carter's ribcage but misses.
Carter throws an uppercut from hell that sends Sogrin clean off his feet! He's out cold! Carter stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jason Carter! Jason Carter retains his middleweight title!
In his post fight interview, Jason Carter started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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