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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Rose (ranked 192 p4p, 441 weight class) and Albert Sojka (ranked 27 p4p, 61 weight class). Adrian Rose has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adrian Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Albert Sojka!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sojka.
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sojka has Rose up against the cage in a clinch.
Rose lands a right hand.
Sojka tries to throw a body punch but Rose avoids it by throwing Sojka back against the cage.
I was talking to Rose's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Still in the clinch, Rose scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sojka content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rose presses Sojka against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sojka stalling in the clinch.
Rose blocks an uppercut.
Rose working aggressively here.
Rose pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sojka thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sojka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rose sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sojka throws a big shot that misses.
Rose swings widly with a right hand
letting Sojka counter with a right hand.
Sojka gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rose.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd cheers as Rose lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sojka doesn't seem phased though.
Sojka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sojka digs a good hook to Rose's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sojka tries to clinch up.
Sojka ducks under a wild hook from Rose.
Sojka swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sojka throws a lazy right hand but Rose sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rose loads up on a big right hand but Sojka slips the punch.
Rose dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sojka moves away from the strike by Rose.
Rose keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rose uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sojka has time to react.
Sojka just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Rose.
Rose scores with a nice strike.
Rose takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sojka rushes Rose and presses him up against the cage.
Rose throws a head punch that misses.
Rose tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rose lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sojka has a couple of punches blocked by Rose.
Rose tries to work over Sojka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sojka scores with a shot to the side of Rose's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Rose - that landed with a thud.
Sojka tries to work over Rose's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sojka lands a nice knee to the body.
Sojka misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sojka.
Rose tries to work over Sojka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Rose.
Sojka stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sojka swings wildly with an uppercut but Rose uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sojka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sojka is struggling to control the position.
Sojka lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Rose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sojka prevents a body shot from Rose.
Rose prevents a body shot from Sojka.
Sojka misses with a punch on the inside.
Rose's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sojka lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rose is leaning against Sojka and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rose breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rose ducks under a wild hook from Sojka.
Sojka blocks a jab.
Rose slips a jab from Sojka.
Sojka throws an off balance right hand
and Rose counters with a nice uppercut.
Sojka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rose throws out the jab.
Sojka throws out a counter right but Rose avoids it with no problem.
Sojka moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rose has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rose there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rose scores with a nice strike.
A shot to the liver by Rose. Beautiful body shot.
Sojka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rose stuns Sojka with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rose just misses with a punch to the body.
Sojka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rose slips a straight right by Sojka.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose connects with a nice looking jab.
Rose misses the shot to the body.
Sojka doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rose throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sojka blocks a jab.
Rose lunges at Sojka with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sojka's hand.
Rose defending well as Sojka loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Rose was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sojka.
Sojka 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.
Rose thuds a left hand into Sojka's body.
Sojka connects with a jab.
Sojka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rose was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rose lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sojka connects with a looping right hand.
Rose lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab from Sojka.
Sojka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rose.
Albert Sojka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rose takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sojka 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.
That was a close round but I would say that Adrian Rose will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sojka tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sojka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sojka works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rose throws an overhand right that lands on Sojka's shoulder, as Sojka tries to avoid the shot.
Sojka avoids the body shot from Rose.
Rose misses with an uppercut. Sojka saw that one coming.
Sojka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rose throws out the jab.
A jab from Sojka misses.
Sojka misses with a looping right.
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adrian Rose is winning the standup battle so far.
Sojka thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sojka changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sojka tries to clinch but Rose is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sojka moves to clinch but Rose breaks away
and Rose counters with a right hand to the body.
Sojka throws a right hand that misses
and Rose counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sojka thinking.
Sojka's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rose under the eye.
Rose misses with a body shot
and Sojka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rose avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sojka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rose circles away quickly and effectively.
Sojka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rose appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Rose connects with a body shot that sends Sojka's belly button to the back.
Rose swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sojka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rose.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sojka lands a jab.
Sojka blocks a jab.
Sojka throws a right hand that misses
and Rose counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sojka moves out of range of the strikes.
Rose swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sojka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sojka takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sojka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rose takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Sojka finds it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rose moves out of range of the strikes.
Sojka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sojka looks to land a left hand but Rose moved out of range nicely.
Sojka throws a shot to the body.
Sojka thuds a left hand into Rose's body.
Donk. Sojka catches Rose right on the button with a cross.
Sojka rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rose counters with a straight right hand.
Rose fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sojka manages to avoid it.
Rose connects with a body shot that sends Sojka's belly button to the back.
Rose misses with a looping right.
Sojka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rose throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sojka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rose waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sojka.
Rose misses with a body shot.
Sojka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rose.
Sojka throws a shot from downtown. Rose moves away and avoids it.
Rose is looking to counter punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sojka throws a looping overhand right but Rose ducks down to avoid it.
Rose is looking to counter punch.
Rose slips a straight right by Sojka.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Sojka in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Rose keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sojka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rose sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rose connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sojka momentarily.
Nice defenses there by Rose.
Sojka ducks under a wild hook from Rose.
Rose throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Sojka.
Rose tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sojka was well out of range. Poor timing from Rose.
Sojka takes a swing at Rose's ribcage but misses.
Sojka doesn't manage to clinch there - Rose circles away.
A quick step to the side and Rose tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sojka ducks under a wild hook from Rose.
A jab from Rose misses.
Sojka misses with a lunging right hand
letting Rose counter with a right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rose, as that shot connected.
It looks like Albert Sojka has been cut.
Sojka gets a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sojka has a couple of punches blocked by Rose.
Sojka blocks a body shot from Rose.
Rose lands a shoulder strike.
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!
Sojka lands a nice shot to the body.
Sojka is trying to maintain a safe position but Rose gets an underhook and turns Sojka into the cage.
Rose tries a body shot but Sojka blocks it.
Rose lands with a short shot to the head.
Sojka is rocked!
Rose lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sojka backwards.
Sojka is still on wobbly legs! Can Rose finish him?
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rose.
Rose lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Sojka to his knees! Rose keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adrian Rose!
An out of breath Adrian Rose thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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