PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Grant Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konstantin Manison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benton's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I get Knocked Down. Manison has chosen Wherever I May Roam as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Benton
vs
Manison

180 cm
36
185 lbs
19 - 12 - 1

185 cm
28
200 lbs
23 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Grant Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Konstantin Manison!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton lands a jab to the head.
Benton feints a jab promting Manison to slip. Benton then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Manison slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Konstantin Manison has been cut.
Benton shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Benton throws a hook but Manison blocks it.
Manison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Manison lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Grant Benton has been cut.
Benton swings for the body but Manison moves out of range.
Manison misses the jab.
Benton throws a body shot but no joy.
Manison looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Manison uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benton misses with a straight left.
Manison swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Benton tries for a takedown but Manison circles away easily
and Benton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Benton works Manison's body with a nice hook.
Nice shot lands for Manison.
Benton scores with a jab to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Manison.
Manison throws a jab when Benton was well out of range.
Benton takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Manison swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manison gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Benton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Manison.
Benton uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Manison has time to react.
Manison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benton.
A jab from Manison misses.
Manison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Manison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Manison listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Manison is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Benton.
A little jabbing left from Manison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Grant Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Manison bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Manison misses with a two punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Manison circles away quickly and effectively.
Benton looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Manison scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Manison lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benton circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benton. Manison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benton lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Benton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Manison swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Benton throws an overhand right that lands on Manison's shoulder, as Manison tries to avoid the shot.

Benton shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Manison's guard.

Manison has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Benton off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Benton cracks a nice hook into Manison's ribs.
Manison lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Benton looks to score with a jab to the body but Manison is just out of range.
Benton lands with an overhand left.
Manison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Manison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benton.
Benton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benton is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Benton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Manison stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton misses with an uppercut. Manison saw that one coming.
Manison just misses with a punch to the body.
Manison takes a swing at Benton's ribcage but misses.
Benton throws a one two combo.
A lazy left from Manison finds it's target.
Benton cracks Manison with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Manison is rocked!
Benton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Despite the aggression on Manison's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Manison lands with a shot to the body.
It looks like Benton has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Benton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manison might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Benton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benton.
Benton dives in for a single leg takedown but Manison sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Manison throws out a counter right but Benton avoids it with no problem.
Benton slips under a jab.
Manison leaves Benton with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Manison misses with a wild body shot.
Benton cracks Manison with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manison with a hook.
Manison loads up on a big right hand but Benton slips the punch.
Manison misses with a straight right.
Benton looks to score with a jab to the body but Manison is just out of range.
Benton takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Benton gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Manison misses the jab.
Benton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Manison.
Manison thuds a left hand into Benton's body.
Manison throws a nice looking combination but Benton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Benton throws a big shot that misses.
Benton scores with a jab to the body.
Manison throws out a powerful jab.
Manison throws a jab but it's blocked by Benton.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A punch combination from Benton misses.
Manison throws a looping overhand right but Benton ducks down to avoid it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Benton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Konstantin Manison will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Manison stalks Benton and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Benton's face. Benton staggers backwards, shaken.
Manison connects with a nice looking jab.
Manison lands a body shot.
Manison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benton cracks Manison with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Benton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Manison sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benton shoots for a double leg takedown but Manison sprawls well. He's pushed Benton's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Benton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Manison was well out of range. Poor timing from Benton.
A little jabbing left from Manison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Benton takes one to the side of the head.

Grant Benton's cut is getting worse.
Benton throws a body punch but Manison moves out of range.
Manison lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Benton slips a jab from Manison.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benton takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Manison throws out a loose jab but Benton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benton throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Manison.
It looked like Benton wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Benton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Manison.
Benton is looking to counter punch.
Manison doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Manison, as that shot connected.
Manison scores with a decent looking hook.
Benton misses the shot to the body.
Manison bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Benton's head backwards.
Benton shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Manison as he jumps to the side.
Manison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benton.
A big right from Manison misses.
Benton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Manison.
Some wild striking there from Manison.
Benton swinging wildly here.
Manison takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Manison clobbers Benton with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Manison connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Benton's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manison lands a lovely overhand right.
Benton scores with a decent looking hook.

Benton drives through with a takedown into Manison's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Manison keeping moving, preventing Benton from controlling successfully.
Manison tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Benton drops back, looking for a kneebar! Manison looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Manison looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Manison!

Benton is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Manison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Benton looking for submissions off his back.
Manison controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manison passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Benton!
Benton is working to get back to half guard.
Benton is working hard here to advance position.
Manison wants to take his opponent's back but instead Benton manages to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manison looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Manison's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Manison is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Benton doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Manison.
Konstantin Manison has got the better of the ground game so far.

Manison stands up from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Konstantin Manison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Benton slips a jab and a cross from Manison.
Benton is looking to wear down Manison with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Benton misses with a looping right.
No luck for Benton with that takedown attempt.
Manison dips to his left and cracks Benton with an uppercut!
Manison slips under a jab.
Manison misses with a few strikes there.
Benton shoots in for a double leg but Manison sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Manison looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Manison misses with a straight left.
Manison ducks right into an uppercut from Benton.
Benton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manison.
Manison misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Benton, as that shot connected.
Benton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Benton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Manison swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manison throws a jab when Benton was well out of range.
Manison takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Manison darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Manison stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Grant Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Manison clobbers Benton with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Konstantin Manison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benton walks into a straight right hand from Manison.
Benton misses the shot to the body.
Konstantin Manison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Manison lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Benton throws a jab but it's blocked by Manison.
Manison slips a jab from Benton.
Benton throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manison takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Manison misses the shot to the body.
Manison stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Manison wants it to stay on the feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Benton throws a jab but it's blocked by Manison.
Good exchange - Manison coming out on top.
Sloppy strikes from Manison. Those never looked like landing.
Benton needs to keep his hands up - Manison had a free shot at his head there.

Benton is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Benton finds it's target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Manison, as that shot connected.
Oh Benton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A punch lands to the side of Benton 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Benton tests Manison's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Manison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheers as Manison lands an impressive looking overhand right. Benton doesn't seem phased though.
Benton cracks Manison with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Manison ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Manison cracks Benton with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Manison has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Benton to stand back up!

Grant Benton's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Manison throws a good cross that connects.

Benton scores with a takedown into Manison's guard.
Manison wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Benton is now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manison is looking to control Benton's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Manison avoid being mounted?
Benton wants to take a breather but Manison is having none of it.
Benton seems to have got his legs back now.
Manison trying to control but Benton postures up.
Manison is controlling Benton's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Konstantin Manison is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Manison trying to control from the bottom.
Manison wants to get back to full guard.
Manison is staying active underneath Benton, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Benton is looking to advance position but Manison won't allow it.
Manison keeping control of the position.

Manison kicks Benton off and gets back to his feet.
Benton jabs at Manison's body.
Manison throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Benton is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
No joy there for Benton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A cross from Manison lands.
Benton swings for the body but Manison moves out of range.
Grant Benton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Benton gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Konstantin Manison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Manison has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Konstantin Manison!
Konstantin Manison decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.