PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Petia Chetkiy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konstantin Manison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chetkiy comes to the cage accompanied by Маечка. Manison has chosen Wherever I May Roam as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Chetkiy
vs
Manison

183 cm
19
184 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Petia Chetkiy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Konstantin Manison!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manison scores with a three punch combo!
Chetkiy tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Manison defends well and Chetkiy ends up having to push Manison into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Chetkiy tries for a takedown but Manison manages to get underhooks.

Manison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Manison scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Petia Chetkiy has been cut.
Manison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chetkiy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Manison is fending him off so far but Chetkiy persists. Nope, Manison circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Petia Chetkiy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Manison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Manison lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chetkiy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Manison as he avoids it easily.
Chetkiy seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Manison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chetkiy misses with a wild body shot.
Manison lands with a nice combination. Chetkiy backs away looking to recover.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Chetkiy. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Manison connects with a right that clearly hurt Chetkiy. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Manison proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Chetkiy collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Konstantin Manison! Konstantin Manison retains his middleweight title!
Our winner, Konstantin Manison, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.