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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Rodgers (ranked 598 p4p, 987 weight class) and Konstantin Sogrin (ranked 72 p4p, 130 weight class). Sogrin is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Rammstein - Sonne. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anthony Rodgers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Konstantin Sogrin!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Micheangelo Fripello and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodgers stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sogrin.
Rodgers slips under a jab from Sogrin.
Rodgers scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rodgers listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Anthony Rodgers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodgers throws a jab but it's blocked by Sogrin.
Sogrin moves away from the strike by Rodgers.
Sogrin walks into a left hand.
Sogrin has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Sogrin throws a body kick that misses.
Sogrin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Sogrin.
Sogrin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice cross by Rodgers.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sogrin misses with a looping right.
Rodgers lands a big uppercut and Sogrin crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Sogrin looks OK. Rodgers waves Sogrin back to his feet!
Sogrin is rocked!
Sogrin throws a nice looking combination but Rodgers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sogrin is still on wobbly legs! Can Rodgers finish him?
A big right from Rodgers misses.
Sogrin seems to have recovered his senses.
Sogrin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A swing and a miss from Rodgers.
Rodgers throws a looping overhand right but Sogrin ducks down to avoid it.
Sogrin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodgers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rodgers looks to land a left hand but Sogrin moved out of range nicely.
Rodgers fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sogrin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rodgers.
Rodgers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rodgers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sogrin moves out of range as Rodgers strikes.
Sogrin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sloppy strikes from Sogrin. Those never looked like landing.
Sogrin moves out of range of the strikes.
Rodgers missing with a left hand there. Sogrin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rodgers misses with an uppercut.
Rodgers throws a hook to the side of Sogrin's head but Sogrin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A swing and a miss from Rodgers.
Rodgers looks to land a right hand but Sogrin moved out of range.
Sogrin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rodgers.
Rodgers connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body kick from Sogrin.
Sogrin slips under a jab from Rodgers.
Rodgers fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sogrin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sogrin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rodgers throws out a loose jab but Sogrin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodgers slips a straight right by Sogrin.
Sogrin pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rodgers back to the cage. Sogrin follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Rodgers is rocked!
Sogrin fakes the body blow, causing Rodgers to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Rodgers goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Konstantin Sogrin!
A relieved looking Konstantin Sogrin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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