PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Manison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergey Dorokhov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manison's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Wherever I May Roam. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Manison
vs
Dorokhov

185 cm
24
200 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

177 cm
33
190 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 17 - 5 - 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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergey Dorokhov!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dorokhov tries to bum rush Manison with a series of wild strikes but Manison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Manison listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Manison lands with a right hand.
Manison lands a nice shot that snaps Dorokhov's head back.
Dorokhov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manison.
Dorokhov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manison.
Manison scores with a jab to the head.
Manison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dorokhov misses with a left hand

and Manison counters with a nice right hand that sends Dorokhov toppling to the canvas! Dorokhov scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Manison finish him?!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dorokhov slips under a jab.
Dorokhov tries to bum rush Manison with a series of wild strikes but Manison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dorokhov dodges the punch combination from Manison.
Dorokhov is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Manison with a body shot.
Manison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dorokhov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Konstantin Manison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Manison misses the target.
Manison takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Manison closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Manison, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dorokhov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dorokhov moves out of range of the strikes.
Manison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dorokhov on the wrong end of a nice hook.
It looks like Manison has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Dorokhov tries to land a front kick but Manison steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Manison closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dorokhov circles away.
Dorokhov tries to close the distance and clinch but Manison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dorokhov, as that shot connected.
Dorokhov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manison.
Nice shot by Manison.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dorokhov.
Dorokhov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Manison doesn't seem bothered though.
Dorokhov misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dorokhov throws a body punch but Manison moves out of range.
Manison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dorokhov appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
No joy there for Manison, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dorokhov looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Manison paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dorokhov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Manison looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Manison fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Manison connects with a nice looking jab.
Dorokhov throws a lazy right hand but Manison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Manison sizes up Dorokhov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Manison throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Dorokhov counter with a right hand.
Dorokhov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Manison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dorokhov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Manison stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A decent looking cross lands there for Manison.
Manison throws a good cross that connects.
Manison works the jab nicely.
A shot to the liver by Manison. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manison scores with a hook to the body. Dorokhov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Manison throws a looping overhand right but Dorokhov ducks down to avoid it.
Manison missing with a left hand there. Dorokhov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dorokhov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Manison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Manison. Dorokhov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dorokhov lands a head kick!

It looks like Konstantin Manison has been cut.
Dorokhov drops his hands momentarily and Manison takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Manison throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dorokhov let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Manison with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dorokhov wants to clinch up but Manison keeps it at a distance.
Dorokhov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Manison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dorokhov throws out the jab.
Manison lands a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dorokhov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Dorokhov looks to move away, Manison throws a big counter combo bu Dorokhov just gets out of the way.
Manison throws the left hand but Dorokhov avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorokhov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Manison throws a big counter combination but Dorokhov scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Manison lands a slapping body shot.
Manison shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dorokhov defends it nicely.
Dorokhov throws out a counter right but Manison avoids it with no problem.
Dorokhov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Manison throwing a counter right hand but Dorokhov manages to avoid it.
Dorokhov throws a series of punches but Manison moves out of range.
Manison throws a body shot but no joy.
Manison is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Manison showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dorokhov.
Manison fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Konstantin Manison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A shot to the liver by Manison. Beautiful body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manison does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Manison lands the left hand.
Dorokhov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice uppercut lands for Dorokhov. That snapped Manison's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Konstantin Manison dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Konstantin Manison's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nice shot lands for Dorokhov.

Manison shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Manison was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Manison decides to stand back up. Manison steps back and let's Dorokhov get back to his feet.
Manison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Manison cracks Dorokhov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Konstantin Manison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good standup being displayed there by Manison as he connects with a hook.
Dorokhov misses with a few strikes there.
Dorokhov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dorokhov misses with a left hand
letting Manison counter with a right hand.
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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Dorokhov. Manison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Manison is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The fighters circling - Dorokhov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Manison moves out of range of the body kick.
Manison takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Manison throws a one two combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manison lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Dorokhov falls backwards - clearly groggy! Manison dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Konstantin Manison!
Konstantin Manison retains his middleweight title!
Post fight, Konstantin Manison took to the microphone: 'You want my belt - come and try to take it from me! Thanks everyone!'.