PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Manison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Paris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manison comes to the cage accompanied by Wherever I May Roam. Craig Paris has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Konstantin Manison's chin.

Manison
vs
Paris

185 cm
21
200 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

183 cm
30
185 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Bellum Dominum
Milwaukee's Best 160

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 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Konstantin Manison!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Craig Paris!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paris shoots in for a takedown but Manison shows good takedown defense.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Paris has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Paris misses with a takedown attempt - Manison sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Paris tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Manison defends well and Paris ends up having to push Manison into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Konstantin Manison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Craig Paris.

Manison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Paris fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Paris closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Manison to the mat! Manison manages to get full guard.
Manison wants to get back to his feet but Paris is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Paris drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Manison manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Paris has Manison in his guard.

Manison gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Manison throws a series of strikes that have Paris backpedaling.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manison misses with a series of wild punches.
Manison swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Konstantin Manison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Manison does no damage.

Paris manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Manison on his heels. He'll look to pass Manison's guard now, I'm sure.
Paris slips nicely into half guard.
Paris tries to pass the half guard into mount. Manison knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Paris is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Manison is just riding it out for now. Paris eventually gives up the hold.

Paris trying to work for an americana but Manison has managed to regain full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paris stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Manison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Manison is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Manison is looking to stand back up but Paris counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Manison.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Paris is working for an americana but Manison has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Paris was thinking about the submission.
Manison has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Paris prevents Manison from getting back to his feet.
Manison keeping moving, preventing Paris from controlling successfully.
Paris tries to free his leg and advance position but Manison is retaining full guard.

Manison pushes Paris off and scrambles back to his feet.
Paris will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Manison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Paris.
Manison feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pariss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Paris shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Manison defends it nicely.
Manison misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Paris.
Paris closes this distance looking for a takedown but Manison circles away.
Manison throws a series of punches but Paris avoids them all with ease.
Danga de danga de dang - Manison scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Craig Paris has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manison defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Paris.
Manison displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Paris.
Nice sprawl there from Manison as Paris shoots in.
Manison scores with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Manison lands a left and a right that send Paris crashing to the mat, dazed. Manison thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Paris is rocked!
Manison steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Paris is out on his feet! Manison sets himself and nearly takes Paris's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Konstantin Manison!
Konstantin Manison retains his middleweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Konstantin Manison waved his t-shirt featuring Bellum Dominum's logo in front of the cameras.