PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Just Roll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konstantin Manison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manison has chosen Wherever I May Roam as his entrance music. Just Roll has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Roll
vs
Manison

182 cm
25
183 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

185 cm
24
200 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu. 15%

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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Just Roll!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Konstantin Manison!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roll has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Roll there as he acknowledges the shot.
Manison cracks Roll with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Manison stuffs the takedown attempt from Roll. Roll gets slowly back to his feet.

Oooooh!!! Manison has knocked Roll down with a huge combo! Manison steps away and waves a wobbly Roll back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manison swats away the attempt to clinch by Roll.

Roll closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Manison's guard.
Manison wants to stand up but Roll is controlling him.
Roll stands up over Manison, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Roll advances to half guard.
Manison is trying to stand back up but Roll is controlling him
Roll missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Manison tries to kick Roll off but Roll keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Manison is looking for a sweep. Roll is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Roll seems to be working for a kimura but Manison defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roll prevents Manison from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roll seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Manison does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Manison is trying to stand.
Manison is looking for a sweep. Roll is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Manison is still trying to improve position.

Roll is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Roll stops Manison from getting back to his feet.

Roll looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Roll thows a huge punch but Manison dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Manison trying to hold on to Roll's head to control him but Roll postures up.
Manison is controlling Roll's trapped leg to prevent Roll from advancing to side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Manison pushes Roll off but Roll dives into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Roll.
Roll connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Manison some visible discomfort.
Roll advances to full mount.
Manison is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Roll tries to control but Manison wriggling away.
Roll throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manison sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Manison tries to kick Roll off but Roll keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Manison keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Roll stops Manison from getting back to his feet.
Roll thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Manison's head.
Manison really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Roll. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Roll is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Manison sees it coming and defends easily.
Roll missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Roll trying to control from half guard but Manison is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Manison works his way to full guard. Good work.
Roll throws a big right hand that misses.
Roll advances to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roll looks to land a strike but Manison avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Manison is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Roll is controlling him.

Manison looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Roll passes into side control.
Manison has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Manison dodges the ground and pound from Roll.
Manison tries to buck Roll off but Roll is having none of it.
Roll looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Manison is avoiding damage well.
Manison tries to buck Roll off but Roll is having none of it.
Roll prevents Manison from escaping the position.
Manison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Roll trying to control the action but Manison is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Just Roll will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Roll shoots in for a takedown but Manison shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Manison darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Roll looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Manison swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Manison defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Roll.
Manison throws a right hand that Roll ducks under and follows up with a left that Roll also avoids with ease.
Roll moves forwards but Manison connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Manison scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Manison lands a nice looking body shot.
Roll closes the distance and clinches up with Manison, looking for a takedown. Roll pushes Manison against the cage but Manison circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Just Roll. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Manison ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Roll goes for a double leg but Manison avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Manison continues to drive forward.
Roll wants a takedown but no success here.
Manison gets underhooks to prevent Roll's takedown attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Manison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Manison with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Roll.
Roll takes one to the chin there.
Konstantin Manison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manison is pawing at Roll, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Roll's nose. Roll is badly hurt! Manison pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Roll tries desperately to hold on but Manison is relentless in his assault! As Roll receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Manison away and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Konstantin Manison!
Konstantin Manison is the new middleweight champion!
An intense looking Konstantin Manison took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Finally! The belt is back! Thanks everyone!'.