PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Manison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manison comes to the cage accompanied by Wherever I May Roam. Konstantin Manison had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Manison
vs
Silva

185 cm
22
200 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

188 cm
31
195 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 12 - 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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Manison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Manison seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Manison lands a two punch combo.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Manison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Manison throws a left and a right that both miss

and Silva counters by clinching up.
Manison is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manison takes a shot to the head.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Manison or not.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.

It looks like Konstantin Manison has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Manison wants to break the clinch but can't.
Manison looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Manison takes a shot to the head.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Manison taking a breather.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Manison backwards.
A hook to the body from Silva.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Manison blocks a body shot from Silva.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manison.
Manison's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A body shot lands from Silva.
Silva has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Manison can't break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Silva.
Manison is breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Good body shot from Silva.
Manison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Manison backwards.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Silva.

Manison is rocked!
Silva gets through Manison's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Manison is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Silva drops Manison onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Manison is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Manison.
A short right from Silva.
Silva pushes Manison back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva dips a shoulder and cracks Manison with a mighty uppercut! Manison falls back against the cage and Silva unloads with a barrage of strikes! Manison is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Silva screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anderson Silva!
Anderson Silva is the new middleweight champion!