PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Sogrin (ranked 592 p4p, 1728 weight class) and Logan Nail (ranked 78 p4p, 249 weight class). Sogrin comes to the cage accompanied by Rammstein - Sonne. Nail is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Just a dream. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Sogrin
vs
Nail

186 cm
25
200
9 - 3 - 0

194 cm
25
200
10 - 5 - 0

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World class boxer
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Voodoo Nutrition
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Brooklyn Apothecary

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Konstantin Sogrin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Logan Nail!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nail thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sogrin went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
We've been told by Sogrin's head coaches at Tycoon Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sogrin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A little jabbing left from Nail on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Konstantin Sogrin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sogrin gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Nail counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nail lands a head shot.
Sogrin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sogrin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sogrin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sogrin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sogrin lands with a good body shot.
Sogrin misses with an uppercut. Nail saw that one coming.
Sogrin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nail takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sogrin staying out of range there.
The crowd cheers as Sogrin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nail doesn't seem phased though.
Nail jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sogrin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sogrin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nail dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sogrin throws a wild body kick that Nail sees coming a mile off.
Nice uppercut lands for Sogrin. That snapped Nail's head back.
Nail throws a poor cross that misses
and Sogrin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Nail is rocked!
Nail feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sogrins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sogrin moves out of range of the strikes.
Sogrin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've been informed that Nail has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sogrin lands a leg kick that knocks Nail off balance momentarily.
Sogrin throws a series of strikes that have Nail backpedaling.
Nail is still on wobbly legs! Can Sogrin finish him?
Sogrin scores with a sloppy right hand. Nail should have avoided that one.
Nail moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nail seems to have recovered his senses.
Nail connects with a single shot there.
Nail misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Sogrin misses its intended target.
Sogrin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nail! But no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nail throws a shot from downtown. Sogrin moves away and avoids it.
Sogrin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nail might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nail connects with a body shot.
Sogrin throws the left hand but Nail avoids the punch easily.
Nail fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sogrin manages to avoid it.
Sogrin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sogrin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nail has time to react.
Sogrin lands with an uppercut that bounces Nail off the cage and back into range.
Nail avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Sogrin lands a left and a right that send Nail crashing to the mat, dazed. Sogrin thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sogrin misses with a leg kick
letting Nail counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sogrin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nail.
Sogrin moves out of range as Nail strikes.
A punch combination from Sogrin misses.
Nail jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sogrin throwing a counter right hand but Nail manages to avoid it.
Sogrin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sogrin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sogrin misses with a right hand
and Nail counters with a stiff right hand.
Sogrin throws an off balance right hand
and Nail counters with a straight right hand.
Sogrin connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sogrin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Konstantin Sogrin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nail moves out of range of the strikes.
Sogrin throws a big shot that misses.
A combination from Sogrin does no damage.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Nail might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Sogrin has got the better of the exchanges.
Sogrin misses with a wild combination.
Sogrin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nail scores with a hook.
Sogrin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A jab lands there for Sogrin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nail throws a looping overhand right but Sogrin ducks down to avoid it.
Jab by Sogrin.
Nail throws the left hand but Sogrin avoids the punch easily.
Nail misses with a straight right.
Nail staying out of range there.
Nail throws out a counter right but Sogrin avoids it with no problem.
Sogrin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nail can do to turn this around?
Nail keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sogrin just misses with a punch to the body.
Nail swings widly with a right hand
and Sogrin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nail misses with a straight left.
Nail scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nail tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sogrin was well out of range. Poor timing from Nail.
Sogrin scores with a sloppy right hand. Nail should have avoided that one.
Nice defenses there by Nail.
Sogrin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nail has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sogrin looks to score with a jab to the body but Nail is just out of range.
Nail looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sogrin is looking to score with low kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sogrin throws the left hand but Nail avoids the punch easily.
Donk. Nail catches Sogrin right on the button with a cross.
Sogrin misses with a left hand
and Nail counters with a left to the body.
Sogrin motions for Nail to come forward. Sogrin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Sogrin.
Sogrin misses the jab.
Nail throws out a counter right but Sogrin avoids it with no problem.
Nail throws a right hand that misses
and Sogrin counters with a left and a right that stings Nail.
Sogrin throws a poor cross that misses
and Nail counters with a straight right hand.
Nail steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sogrin.
Sogrin throws a poor cross that misses
and Nail makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nail slips under a jab.
Nail is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sogrin with a body shot.
Nail staying out of range there.
Nail swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Konstantin Sogrin is winning the standup battle so far.
Sogrin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nail changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sogrin throws a leg kick that misses.
Nail doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sogrin tries to score with a low kick but Nail moves his leg out of the way.
Sogrin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sogrin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sogrin punishes Nail's body with a nice straight punch.
Sogrin throws an off balance right hand
and Nail counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nail moves out of range of the strikes.
Nail throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nail misses with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Konstantin Sogrin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sogrin throws a wild body kick that Nail sees coming a mile off.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sogrin.
Sogrin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nail.
Sogrin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sogrin with a hook.
Nail throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sogrin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sogrin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nail jabs at Sogrin's body.
Sogrin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nail slips a jab from Sogrin.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nail! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sogrin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nail let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nail avoids the body shot from Sogrin.
It seemed like Nail was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nail lands a jab to Sogrin's midsection.
Nail slips under a jab from Sogrin.
Nail avoids a kick to the body.
Nail swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nail slips under a jab.
Nail throws out a counter right but Sogrin avoids it with no problem.
Sogrin misses with a body punch
and Nail cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sogrin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sogrin throws a right hand that misses
and Nail counters with a right hand to the body.
Nail lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nail uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sogrin.
It seemed like Nail was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nail misses with a looping right.
Sogrin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sogrin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sogrin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nail looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sogrin cracks Nail with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sogrin thows a leg kick but Nail checks it
and Nail counters with a straight right hand.
Nail throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sogrin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nail throws a series of punches but Sogrin moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sogrin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nail counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A lazy left from Sogrin finds it's target.
Nail swings widly with a right hand
letting Sogrin counter with a right hand.
Sogrin misses with a body kick.
Sogrin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nail counters with a straight right hand.
Nail misses with a body shot
and Sogrin counters with a straight right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Sogrin. Those never looked like landing.
A punch combination from Sogrin misses.
Nail swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sogrin throws a poor cross that misses
and Nail cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nail lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crunch! Sogrin slams his shin into Nail's torso.
Sogrin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sogrin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nail.
Sogrin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nail is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nail throws a lazy right hand but Sogrin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Logan Nail has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nail misses with a straight right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Konstantin Sogrin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sogrin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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.