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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Travis Scotty (ranked 1567 p4p, 2019 weight class) and Konstantin Sogrin (ranked 232 p4p, 294 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sogrin's choice of entrance music: Rammstein - Sonne. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Scotty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Konstantin Sogrin!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scotty slips a jab from Sogrin.
Scotty pushes Sogrin up against the cage in a clinch.
Sogrin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scotty's elbow.
Sogrin lands a right hand.
Sogrin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sogrin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sogrin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Scotty just misses with a punch to the body.
Sogrin throws a leg kick which misses Scotty's front leg but catches the back leg as Scotty tries to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Sogrin.
Scotty tries to clinch up.
Scotty tries to clinch but Sogrin is having none of it.
Sogrin lands a leg kick that knocks Scotty off balance momentarily.
Sogrin throws a looping overhand right but Scotty ducks down to avoid it.
Scotty closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sogrin counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scotty uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sogrin.
Scotty throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Sogrin counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Scotty, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sogrin misses with a wild combination.
Scotty gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A body shot lands from Scotty.
Scotty lands a nice uppercut.
Sogrin wants to break the clinch but can't.
A right hook to the body lands for Scotty.
Scotty lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Konstantin Sogrin has been cut.
Sogrin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Scottys head.
Sogrin breaks from the clinch.
Scotty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sogrin was well out of range. Poor timing from Scotty.
Scotty backing away here, and Sogrin unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Scotty rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sogrin counters with a nice uppercut.
Scotty rushes Sogrin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Our sources have told us that Scotty has been working on his elbows in the gym.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters up against the cage, Scotty throws an elbow but misses.
Sogrin tries to break the clinch but Scotty is controlling the position.
Sogrin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sogrin effectively controlling the action here.
Scotty goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sogrin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sogrin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Scotty misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sogrin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Scotty throws a head punch that misses.
Scotty throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sogrin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Scotty can't find room to land a body shot as Sogrin controls the action.
Scotty doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sogrin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scotty.
Sogrin pushes Scotty back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sogrin has had enough of the clinch but Scotty keeps him there for the moment.
Scotty tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sogrin.
Scotty working aggressively here.
Sogrin struggles to land a body shot inside as Scotty controls his hands.
Sogrin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Scotty up against the cage.
Scotty lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sogrin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Scotty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scotty lands an overhand right.
Scotty misses with a body shot
and Sogrin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sogrin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Scotty tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sogrin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scotty tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sogrin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Scotty moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scotty tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sogrin.
Sogrin tries to throw a body punch but Scotty avoids it by throwing Sogrin back against the cage.
Sogrin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scotty misses with a looping left.
Scotty falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sogrin counters with a stiff right hand.
Scotty tries to clinch up but Sogrin circles away and keeps his distance.
Scotty throws a right and a left that both miss.
Scotty tries to close the distance and clinch but Sogrin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sogrin moves out of range of the strikes.
Sogrin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Scotty is looking to wear down Sogrin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sogrin misses with a looping left.
Scotty keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sogrin.
Scotty fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Scotty has a couple of punches blocked by Sogrin.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Konstantin Sogrin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Konstantin Sogrin's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Scotty fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sogrin with a nice calf kick.
Scotty doesn't manage to clinch there - Sogrin circles away.
Scotty clinches with his opponent.
Scotty lands with a right to the head.
Sogrin misses with some punches.
Scotty swings wildly with an uppercut but Sogrin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scotty swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sogrin blocks an uppercut.
Sogrin misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Sogrin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sogrin can't find room to land a body shot as Scotty controls the action.
Sogrin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sogrin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Scotty closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Scotty drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sogrin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sogrin walks into a straight right hand from Scotty.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scotty is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sogrin.
Horrible takedown attempt by Scotty or perhaps it was just good defense by Sogrin, which made it look bad.
Scotty takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice defenses there by Sogrin.
Scotty wants to clinch up but Sogrin keeps it at a distance.
Scotty looks to land a right hand but Sogrin moved out of range.
Scotty catches Sogrin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sogrin has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Sogrin slips a jab from Scotty.
Scotty tries to clinch but Sogrin moves away
and Sogrin counters with a nice uppercut.
Scotty is rocked!
Sogrin lands with a shot to the body.
Oh Scotty is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sogrin thuds his shin into the meat of Scotty's side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sogrin cracks Scotty with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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