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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Manison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeffrey Sarpong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manison kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Wherever I May Roam. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
18 - 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 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jeffrey Sarpong!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sarpong slips a jab and a cross from Manison.
Sarpong is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sarpong connects with a leg kick. Manison looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Manison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sarpong.
Manison takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sarpong.
Sarpong fails with a takedown attempt.
Sarpong fails with the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manison swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Manison gets caught flat footed, as Sarpong shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manison is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sarpong tries to free his leg and advance position but Manison is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manison has his foot on Sarpong's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sarpong works his way back into a safe position though.
Manison wants to stand but Sarpong is controlling the position.
Sarpong controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Manison wants to sweep here but Sarpong controlling him for the moment.
Sarpong thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sarpong pushes down on Manison's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Well, if Sarpong is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Sarpong thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Manison's head.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Sarpong working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
That's two 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.
Sarpong moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Manison.
Sarpong trying to control the action but Manison is working from the bottom.
Sarpong throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sarpong looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sarpong working away.
Manison tries to buck Sarpong off but Sarpong is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manison is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Sarpong wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Manison, who protects the arm well.
Sarpong wants to control but Manison is keeping him busy.
Sarpong wants to control for a moment but Manison uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Manison trying to control here.
Sarpong is trying to control the action in half guard but Manison is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sarpong slips a nice elbow through Manison's hands, connecting with Manison's forehead.
Sarpong is working for a submission of some sort.
Sarpong prevents Manison from standing back up.
Sarpong is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Manison is looking to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeffrey Sarpong dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Manison. Sarpong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Manison misses with a looping left.
Manison scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sarpong fails with a takedown attempt.
Manison misses with a series of wild punches.
Manison misses the jab.
Sarpong cracks the inside of Manison's front leg.
A shot to the liver by Sarpong. Beautiful body shot.
Sarpong lunges at Manison with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Manison's hand.
Manison moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Jeffrey Sarpong has been cut.
Sarpong forces Manison back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sarpong throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sarpong lands a nice knee to the body.
Manison can't break the clinch.
Sarpong scores a nice knee to the body.
Sarpong has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Manison wants to get back to striking at distance but Sarpong won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Sarpong.
Sarpong misses with an elbow over the top.
Sarpong tries to land knees in the clinch but Manison avoids the damage to the body.
Sarpong tries to work over Manison's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sarpong looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Manison is trying to force a seperation but Sarpong has the dominant position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Manison.
Manison managing to block the knees to the body from Sarpong.
Sarpong lands a hook that snaps the head of Manison backwards.
Sarpong tries to land a knee to the head but Manison blocks with his arms.
Manison is trying to break the clinch but Sarpong is controlling him.
Knees to the body from Sarpong.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong lands an elbow inside.
A right hand to the body from Sarpong.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sarpong lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Konstantin Manison has been cut.
Sarpong lands a damaging elbow.
Sarpong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Manison avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manison avoiding damage as Sarpong throws knees to the body.
Sarpong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Manison can't break the clinch.
Sarpong lands a left hand that snaps the head of Manison backwards.
Konstantin Manison's cut is getting worse.
Sarpong scores with a shot to the side of Manison's head.
Sarpong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jeffrey Sarpong seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sarpong is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Manison is defending well.
Manison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sarpong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Manison.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Manison.
Manison working hard to break the clinch.
Sarpong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sarpong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Manison or not.
Sarpong misses with an elbow strike.
Sarpong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Manison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sarpong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sarpong misses with an elbow strike.
Manison dodges an elbow strike from Sarpong.
Sarpong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sarpong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Manison avoids it.
Manison manages to break the clinch.
Manison tries to bum rush Sarpong with a series of wild strikes but Sarpong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong slips under a jab.
Sarpong scores with a crisp jab that stopped Manison in his tracks.
Manison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sarpong scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sarpong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Manison.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sarpong.
Manison tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Crunch! Sarpong slams his shin into Manison's torso.
Nice body kick there by Sarpong.
Manison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sarpong slips a jab and a cross from Manison.
Konstantin Manison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Manison throws a jab when Sarpong was well out of range.
Manison chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sarpong can pounce on him.
Sarpong throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeffrey Sarpong 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.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Manison takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Manison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Manison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick from Sarpong lands but Manison takes it in his stride.
Manison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sarpong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Manison.
Sarpong tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sarpong lands a nice leg kick that just misses Manison's sensitive parts.
Manison swats away the attempt to clinch by Sarpong.
Jeffrey Sarpong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sarpong fails to land with a series of punches.
Manison throws a big counter combination but Sarpong scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Manison swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarpong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Konstantin Manison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A cross from Sarpong lands.
Konstantin Manison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sarpong scores with a crisp jab that stopped Manison in his tracks.
Sarpong fakes the leg kick and cracks Manison in the body.
Sarpong tries to land a front kick but Manison steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Manison appears to be looking for a big counter.
Sarpong lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sarpong throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Manison's head.
Sarpong lands a head kick. Manison smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sarpong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Manison.
Sarpong connects with a leg kick. Manison looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sarpong tries a head kick but it misses.
Manison went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Manison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Manison throws a big counter combination but Sarpong scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Manison has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sarpong finds it's way round the side to connect with Manison's head.
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!
Manison dips to his left and cracks Sarpong with an uppercut!
Sarpong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sarpong connects with an inside leg kick.
Manison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sarpong.
Sarpong throws a sloppy head kick and Manison moves out of range easily.
Sarpong with a jab.
Manison misses with a looping left.
A jab from Manison misses.
Manison looks to land a left hand but Sarpong moved out of range nicely.
Manison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sarpong. That's going to slow Manison down.
Manison cracks Sarpong with a right hand to the side of the head.
Manison is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Manison digs a good body shot into Sarpong's ribs.
Sarpong goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong scores with a nice right hand.
Manison throws a leg kick
and Sarpong counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sarpong postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Manison wants to stand up but Sarpong is controlling him.
Sarpong trying to control the position from guard on top but Manison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Manison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sarpong scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sarpong sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Manison's guard.
Sarpong working Manison over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manison wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sarpong wants to control but Manison is keeping him busy.
Manison wants to get back to full guard.
Sarpong scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sarpong tries to pass the half guard into mount. Manison knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sarpong is working for a submission of some sort.
Sarpong is looking to advance position but Manison won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeffrey Sarpong really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Manison lands with an overhand left.
Sarpong throws a nice head kick!
Sarpong lands a really nice looking cross but Manison seems unphased.
Manison chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sarpong can pounce on him.
Manison misses with the combination.
Manison takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Manison stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sarpong.
Nice cross by Manison.
Manison throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sarpong throws a head kick but Manison moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Sarpong.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sarpong slips a jab and a cross from Manison.
Sarpong slips a straight right by Manison.
Sarpong tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarpong tries to clinch but Manison moves out of range.
Sarpong darts in trying to clinch
and Manison counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Manison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sarpong plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sarpong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sarpong connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sarpong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Manison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good standup being displayed there by Manison as he connects with a hook.
Manison will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sarpong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manison.
Sarpong throws a sloppy head kick and Manison moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong connects with a body shot that sends Manison's belly button to the back.
Manison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sarpong is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sarpong scoring well with a low kick there.
Manison misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manison thuds his right hand into Sarpong's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sarpong throws a leg kick which misses Manison's front leg but catches the back leg as Manison tries to avoid it.
Manison misses with a straight right.
Jab by Manison.
Sarpong misses with an attempted mid kick.
Manison looks to land a left hand but Sarpong moved out of range nicely.
Sarpong lands with a kick to the temple. Manison shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sarpong tries to close the distance and clinch but Manison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Manison misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manison lands an overhand right.
Sarpong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sarpong missing with a left hand there. Manison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sarpong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Manison.
Sarpong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Manison throws a jab when Sarpong was well out of range.
Sarpong forces Manison back against the cage and clinches.
Sarpong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sarpong lands an elbow that stopped Manison in his tracks for a moment.
Manison wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sarpong pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sarpong comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sarpong lands an elbow just above Manison 's eye.
Manison has had enough of the clinch but Sarpong keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Manison.
Sarpong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sarpong creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sarpong missing with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sarpong has Manison pressed against the cage, preventing Manison from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sarpong lands an elbow inside that Manison shrugs off.
Konstantin Manison's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sarpong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Manison avoids the elbow strike from Sarpong, against the cage.
Sarpong keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Manison's efforts to push away.
Sarpong missing with knees to the body.
Sarpong trying to land knees to the body.
Sarpong creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Manison's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeffrey Sarpong dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Manison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sarpong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Manison.
A bone on bone clash there as Sarpong blocks the leg kick.
Sarpong blocks a jab.
Manison swings for the body but Sarpong moves out of range.
Sarpong moves away from the strike by Manison.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sarpong darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sarpong misses with a wild body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sarpong.
Manison moves out of range as Sarpong throws a body kick.
Manison went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Manison!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manison tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sarpong is able to avoid easily.
Sarpong takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sarpong dodges the punch combination from Manison.
Manison connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarpong ducks under a wild hook from Manison.
Sarpong throws out a loose jab but Manison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sarpong doesn't manage to clinch there - Manison circles away.
Sarpong avoids the body shot from Manison.
Manison misses with a combination
and Sarpong counters with a takedown into side control.
Sarpong landing strikes.
Sarpong tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Manison is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong tries to move into full mount but can't pass Manison's legs.
Sarpong looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Manison wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Manison regains half guard.
Manison looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Manison wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manison won't allow Sarpong to pass to mount.
Sarpong not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Manison tries to kick Sarpong off but Sarpong keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sarpong prevents Manison from improving his position.
Konstantin Manison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sarpong is keen to just control but Manison is a slippery customer.
Sarpong is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Manison is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jeffrey Sarpong!
Jeffrey Sarpong is the new middleweight champion!
Konstantin Manison spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll take this belt back again next time! Thanks everyone!'.
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