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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Munoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Sokolov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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183 cm
26
186 lbs
3 - 8 - 1 |
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180 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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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
3 - 8 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Mark Munoz! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fedor Sokolov! The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sokolov works over Munoz's head and body with a nice combination.
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It looks like Mark Munoz has been cut. Sokolov takes a swing at Munoz's ribcage but misses. Sokolov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Munoz. Munoz is looking for a counter combo. Sokolov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Sokolov scores with a hook to the body. Munoz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Munoz is breathing heavily. Sokolov throws a hook but Munoz avoids it easily. Mark Munoz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Sokolov throws a looping overhand right but Munoz ducks down to avoid it. Sokolov slips a straight right by Munoz. Munoz doesn't manage to clinch there - Sokolov circles away.
Sokolov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Munoz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Sokolov thuds a left hand into Munoz's body. Sokolov ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Sokolov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Munoz rather than just go for the knockout.
Sokolov forces Munoz back against the cage and clinches. Sokolov lands with a short head shot on the inside. Sokolov lands a right hand. I was talking to Munoz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Sokolov lands a left hand.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Sokolov lands a body punch in the clinch. Sokolov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Sokolov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Munoz backwards. Sokolov scores with a hook to the body. A body shot lands from Sokolov.
A short body shot lands from Sokolov as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from Sokolov. A shot in the inside from Sokolov. Sokolov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Sokolov lands an uppercut. Sokolov lands a left hand.
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Munoz is rocked! Sokolov stalling.
Oh Munoz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Sokolov lands a hook that snaps the head of Munoz backwards. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A short uppercut from Sokolov. Sokolov is leaning against Munoz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Sokolov lands a big right hand that drops Munoz! The killer instinct kicks in and Sokolov finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Sokolov!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fedor Sokolov! Fedor Sokolov got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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