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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert MacArthur Jnr (ranked 356 p4p, 49 weight class) and Konstantin Sokolov (ranked 606 p4p, 96 weight class). MacArthur Jnr comes to the cage accompanied by barbarian pipe band. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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216 lbs
21 - 10 - 0 |
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198 cm
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223 lbs
14 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert MacArthur Jnr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Konstantin Sokolov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Sokolov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
MacArthur Jnr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sokolov.
Sokolov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before MacArthur Jnr can pounce on him.
Sokolov misses with a hook
and MacArthur Jnr counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sokolov misses with a lunging right hand
letting MacArthur Jnr counter with a right hand.
MacArthur Jnr lands a nice looking body kick.
MacArthur Jnr staying out of range there.
MacArthur Jnr throws a leg kick but Sokolov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sokolov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sokolov missing with a left hand there. MacArthur Jnr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
MacArthur Jnr lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Konstantin Sokolov has been cut.
MacArthur Jnr scores with a sloppy right hand. Sokolov should have avoided that one.
MacArthur Jnr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
MacArthur Jnr slips under a jab.
MacArthur Jnr is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
MacArthur Jnr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sokolov.
This has been an exciting period of action!
MacArthur Jnr lands a really nice looking cross but Sokolov seems unphased.
Sokolov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sokolov shoots and misses
and MacArthur Jnr counters with a huge left! Sokolov is in big trouble! He's backing up but MacArthur Jnr isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Sokolov from any more damage. A dominating finish by MacArthur Jnr!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert MacArthur Jnr!
A victorious Robert MacArthur Jnr thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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
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