PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Balthazar Baker (ranked 741 p4p, 3120 weight class) and Konstantin Sogrin (ranked 96 p4p, 381 weight class). Sogrin has chosen Rammstein - Sonne as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Baker
vs
Sogrin

195 cm
23
190
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
24
200
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Balthazar Baker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Konstantin Sogrin!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sogrin throws a body shot but no joy.
Baker throwing a counter right hand but Sogrin manages to avoid it.
Sogrin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Baker. Baker circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sogrin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sogrin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Baker seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Baker misses with a straight right.
Baker misses with a jab to the body
and Sogrin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice uppercut lands for Sogrin. That snapped Baker's head back.
Baker tries to move into range but Sogrin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like Balthazar Baker has been cut.
Sogrin misses with a lunging right hand
and Baker counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sogrin ducks under a wild hook from Baker.
Baker scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sogrin in his tracks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baker looks to land a right hand but Sogrin moved out of range.
Baker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sogrin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sogrin misses with a low kick.
A jab from Baker misses.
Sogrin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sogrin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sogrin misses with a body shot.

Baker gets the takedown into side control.
Sogrin tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Baker wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sogrin has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
A lull in the action here.
Sogrin can't do much from the bottom here.
Sogrin tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Baker wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Baker working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sogrin stops Baker from passing to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sogrin is looking to reverse the position.
Baker has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Sogrin!
Sogrin wants to hold on but Baker pushes him away.
Sogrin is squirming around, avoiding Baker's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baker lands with some strikes.
Baker cracks Sogrin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baker lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sogrin tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker throws some wild stikes that Sogrin manages to avoid easily.
Baker controlling the pace for now.
Sogrin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Baker is landing with some decent strikes but Sogrin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Baker thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sogrin is in all sorts of trouble here.
Baker lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Baker has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Baker with shots to the head and body - Sogrin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Baker dominating with strikes here.
Baker throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sogrin working to try and regain half guard.
Sogrin tries to lock up and control but Baker gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sogrin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Baker putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
BOOM! Baker connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Baker scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sogrin?
Sogrin wants to control but Baker is having none of it.
Baker can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sogrin is looking to escape.
Baker dominating with strikes here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Balthazar Baker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Balthazar Baker's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Baker lands a jab to the head.
Sogrin throws a hook but Baker avoids it easily.
Baker misses with a hook. Sogrin ducked under it nicely.
Sogrin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Baker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Baker tries for a takedown but Sogrin circles away easily
and Sogrin counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters circling - Baker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sogrin tried to score with a low kick but Baker checks it.
Baker misses with a hook
and Sogrin counters with an outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baker throws a right hand that misses
and Sogrin counters with a low kick, right behind Baker 's knee.
Sogrin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Sogrin! Baker is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Konstantin Sogrin!
Our winner, Konstantin Sogrin, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.