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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Sogrin (ranked 1477 p4p, 1567 weight class) and Razmik Grigorian (ranked 224 p4p, 236 weight class). Sogrin's entrance music is Rammstein - Sonne. A fine choice. Razmik Grigorian has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Konstantin Sogrin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Razmik Grigorian!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grigorian shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sogrin scores with a kick to the body.
Grigorian throws an overhand right that lands on Sogrin's shoulder, as Sogrin tries to avoid the shot.
Sogrin is looking for a counter combo.
Sogrin misses with a hook. Grigorian ducked under it nicely.
Grigorian takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A jab from Grigorian misses.
Grigorian looks to land a left hand but Sogrin moved out of range nicely.
Sogrin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grigorian takes a swing at Sogrin's ribcage but misses.
A good leg kick by Grigorian.
Sogrin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Razmik Grigorian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sogrin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sogrin misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Grigorian lands a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grigorian scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sogrin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grigorian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sogrin was well out of range. Poor timing from Grigorian.
Grigorian throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sogrin lands with a kick to the temple. Grigorian shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Razmik Grigorian has been cut.
Sogrin throws a right and a left that Grigorian avoids nicely.
Sogrin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grigorian.
Grigorian slips under a jab.
Grigorian catches Sogrin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
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.
Grigorian misses with a body shot.
Grigorian cracks Sogrin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grigorian. Sogrin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sogrin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sogrin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Grigorian's sensitive parts.
Grigorian moves out of range as Sogrin throws a body kick.
Grigorian scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Grigorian misses with an uppercut.
Grigorian cracks a nice hook into Sogrin's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sogrin throws a sloppy body shot
and Grigorian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian digs a good hook to Sogrin's body.
Sogrin throws a shot from downtown. Grigorian moves away and avoids it.
Grigorian looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Grigorian throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sogrin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A clash of legs there as Sogrin blocks the low kick.
Grigorian 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.
Sogrin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A low kick lands for Grigorian.
Sogrin moves away from the strike by Grigorian.
Sogrin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Grigorian checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice jab there from Sogrin.
Grigorian throws a jab but it's blocked by Sogrin.
Sogrin thuds his right hand into Grigorian's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Grigorian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sogrin moves away.
Nice defenses there by Grigorian.
Sogrin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Grigorian.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Grigorian misses.
Sogrin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Grigorian misses with a hook
and Sogrin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sogrin throws a leg kick
and Grigorian counters with a nice body shot.
Sogrin scoring well with a low kick there.
Grigorian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grigorian is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sogrin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A big right from Sogrin misses.
A jab from Sogrin misses.
Sogrin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A jab from Sogrin finds it's way through Grigorian's defenses.
A jab from Grigorian misses.
Sogrin fires out a quick counter leg kick but Grigorian just manages to avoid it.
Grigorian avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sogrin throws the left hand but Grigorian avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Grigorian! But no joy.
Grigorian misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Sogrin misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grigorian just misses with a punch to the body.
Sogrin thinks about countering with a body kick.
Nice body punch from Grigorian.
Sogrin avoids the body shot from Grigorian.
Sogrin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grigorian moves into range and connects with a jab.
Grigorian lands a body shot.
We've been informed that Grigorian has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
A jab from Grigorian misses.
Sogrin throws the kick towards the body but Grigorian avoids it.
Sogrin connects with the punch.
Sogrin throws a body punch but Grigorian moves out of range.
Grigorian fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grigorian throws a jab when Sogrin was well out of range.
Grigorian moves out of range of the body kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Grigorian misses.
Sogrin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grigorian cracks Sogrin with an open hand slap.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Razmik Grigorian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Razmik Grigorian's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A big right from Sogrin misses.
Grigorian checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sogrin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sogrin throws the kick towards the body but Grigorian avoids it.
Some bone on bone action there as Grigorian checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sogrin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grigorian.
Grigorian swings for the body but Sogrin moves out of range.
Grigorian throws a hook but Sogrin avoids it easily.
Grigorian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sogrin misses with an uppercut
and Grigorian counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Grigorian misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sogrin slips under a jab from Grigorian.
Sogrin misses with a double jab
and Grigorian counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A combination from Sogrin does no damage.
Grigorian lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sogrin at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Grigorian lands.
Grigorian has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sogrin wants to land a leg kick but Grigorian is out of range.
Grigorian thuds a left hand into Sogrin's body.
Sogrin takes one on the button.
Grigorian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sogrin manages to avoid it.
Grigorian digs a good body shot into Sogrin's ribs.
Grigorian misses the shot to the body.
Grigorian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sogrin throws a big shot that misses.
Sogrin throws a series of punches but Grigorian moves out of range.
Grigorian throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sogrin.
Sogrin lands a nice shot that snaps Grigorian's head back.
Sogrin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sogrin misses with a kick to the body.
Sogrin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grigorian looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian lands an overhand right.
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!
Sogrin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Sogrin might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Sogrin moves out of range as Grigorian strikes.
Sogrin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grigorian circles away quickly and effectively.
Sogrin misses with a body shot.
Grigorian staying out of range there.
Grigorian takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Grigorian throws the left hand but Sogrin avoids the punch easily.
Grigorian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sogrin.
Grigorian lands a jab to the nose.
Sogrin tried to score with a low kick but Grigorian checks it.
No joy there for Sogrin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Grigorian lands a right hook to the body.
Grigorian looks to land a left hand but Sogrin moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Sogrin was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Grigorian throws a lazy right hand but Sogrin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grigorian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grigorian misses with a double jab.
Grigorian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sogrin was well out of range. Poor timing from Grigorian.
Sogrin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sogrin throws a lazy right hand but Grigorian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sogrin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sogrin misses with a kick to the body
and Grigorian counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Grigorian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sogrin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sogrin throws a lazy right hand but Grigorian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grigorian tests Sogrin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sogrin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grigorian.
A jab from Sogrin misses.
Grigorian avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian connects with the punch.
Grigorian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sogrin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grigorian circles away quickly and effectively.
Sogrin throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Grigorian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grigorian throws a leg kick
letting Sogrin counter with a right hand.
Sogrin tries to move into range but Grigorian moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice body punch from Grigorian.
Sogrin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grigorian works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sogrin throws a chopping leg kick but Grigorian manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sogrin swings for the body but Grigorian moves out of range.
Sogrin fails to land with a series of punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Razmik Grigorian showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Razmik Grigorian's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Grigorian dips to his left and cracks Sogrin with an uppercut!
A looping hook to the body misses from Grigorian. Sogrin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sogrin delivers a nice body kick.
Grigorian swings for the body but Sogrin moves out of range.
Sogrin throws a body kick that misses.
Sogrin throws a body shot but no joy.
Grigorian misses the shot to the body.
Sogrin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grigorian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grigorian throws a sloppy body shot
letting Sogrin counter with a right hand.
Sogrin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grigorian.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sogrin avoids the body shot from Grigorian.
Sogrin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grigorian.
A slapping leg kick lands for Grigorian.
Grigorian swings for the body but Sogrin moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Sogrin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Sogrin.
Sogrin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sogrin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sogrin throws a hook but Grigorian blocks it.
Grigorian rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sogrin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sogrin just misses with a punch to the body.
Grigorian misses with an uppercut
and Sogrin counters with a straight right hand.
Grigorian scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sogrin doesn't seem bothered though.
Grigorian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grigorian throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sogrin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grigorian lands a right hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Grigorian.
Grigorian ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Grigorian moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sogrin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sogrin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Razmik Grigorian seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sogrin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sogrin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Grigorian feints a jab promting Sogrin to slip. Grigorian then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sogrin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Grigorian 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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grigorian. Sogrin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sogrin went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sogrin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sogrin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Grigorian just misses with a punch to the body.
Sogrin throws a hook but Grigorian avoids it easily.
Sogrin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grigorian.
Sogrin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sogrin scoring well with a low kick there.
Grigorian lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Konstantin Sogrin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sogrin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Grigorian.
Sogrin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sogrin misses with an uppercut.
Grigorian misses with an uppercut.
Sogrin looks to score with a jab to the body but Grigorian is just out of range.
Grigorian lands a nice shot to the body.
Sogrin throws a hook but Grigorian blocks it.
Grigorian lands with a straight right. Sogrin didn't see that one coming.
Razmik Grigorian is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sogrin tries to bum rush Grigorian with a series of wild strikes but Grigorian uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Grigorian connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sogrin's hands.
Sogrin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sogrin lands a nice looking body shot.
Sogrin blocks a jab.
Sogrin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sogrin walks into a straight right hand from Grigorian.
Sogrin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grigorian.
Sogrin thinks about countering with a body kick.
Sogrin moves out of range as Grigorian strikes.
Grigorian showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sogrin.
Grigorian just misses with a punch to the body.
Grigorian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sogrin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Grigorian chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Grigorian misses with a jab to the body
and Sogrin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sogrin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sogrin looks to land a body kick but Grigorian moved away.
Grigorian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sogrin moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Razmik Grigorian.
Well Grigorian has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Razmik Grigorian!
During a confident post fight interview, Razmik Grigorian thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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