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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shark Attack (ranked 2350 p4p, 297 weight class) and Troy Manning (ranked 1240 p4p, 173 weight class). Troy Manning has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Shark Attack's chin.
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192 lbs
26 - 28 - 0 |
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198 cm
34
179 lbs
16 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick |
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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
26 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shark Attack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Troy Manning!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manning swings for the body but Attack moves out of range.
Attack closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Attack jumps guard but Manning turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Manning manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Attack wants to control from the top but Manning keeps moving.
Attack scoring with some ground and pound.
Attack might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Attack is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Attack has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Manning controlling the position.
Attack has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Attack trying to control but Manning is working from the bottom.
Attack throwing strikes from guard but Manning blocks nicely.
Manning is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Attack stays in close to Manning's body and controls the position.
Attack throwing strikes from guard but Manning blocks nicely.
Manning has control of Attack's left arm, preventing Attack from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Attack trying to control but Manning is working from the bottom.
Manning has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Attack preventing the sweep.
Attack trying to control the position from guard on top but Manning is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Attack is in close to Manning's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Manning seems keen to control Attack's posture.
Attack passes into half guard.
Manning really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Attack. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Attack with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ground and pound from Attack.
Manning tries to roll over but Attack keeps him under control.
Attack trying to control the action but Manning is working from the bottom.
Attack sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Manning defending well though.
Manning tries to get to full guard but Attack has control of the leg.
Attack working Manning over with strikes.
Manning is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Attack scores with a couple of nice shots.
Manning is trying to stand up here but Attack is controlling him well.
Manning regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Attack.
Attack throwing strikes but missing.
Attack wants to pass the guard but Manning is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manning keeping moving, preventing Attack from controlling successfully.
Attack preventing the sweep.
Attack lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Attack working some strikes from top position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Manning can do anything to dispel that myth.
Manning keeping moving, preventing Attack from controlling successfully.
Attack pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Manning is keeping the position for now.
Attack chips away with some ground and pound.
Manning looking for a sweep. Not yet Manning, not yet.
Attack working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Attack is working Manning over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Attack missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Manning has momentary wrist control but Attack slips an elbow through the middle.
Attack tries to free his leg and advance position but Manning is retaining full guard.
Manning bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Attack's guard.
Manning trying to control the position from guard on top but Attack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Attack pushes Manning off and gets back to his feet.
Attack closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Manning did well to prevent Attack getting side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Manning wants to control but Attack is keeping busy.
Attack lands strikes from half guard.
Manning has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Attack is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shark Attack dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Attack slips a straight right by Manning.
Attack shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Manning manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Attack is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Manning can do to turn this around?
Attack is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Attack with a nice head shot there.
Attack throwing strikes from guard but Manning blocks nicely.
Attack stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Manning swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manning wants to sweep here but Attack controlling him for the moment.
Attack throwing strikes but missing.
Shark Attack overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Manning looking for a sweep. Not yet Manning, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manning pulls Attack in to control the position.
Manning keeping moving, preventing Attack from controlling successfully.
Attack slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Manning takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Attack in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Attack is putting a hurting on Manning here, landing some big shots from side control.
Attack lands an elbow.
Attack scores with punches from side control.
Attack lands an elbow.
Attack trying to control the position but Manning is working away.
Attack misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manning wants to control but Attack postures up.
Attack scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Manning to see if he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Attack lands an elbow.
Attack looks up at the clock and then as Manning takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Attack smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Attack wants to control but Manning is keeping him busy.
Attack lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Manning down.
Attack working the ground and pound from side control.
Attack scoring with punches from side control.
Attack lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Attack works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Attack working the ground and pound.
Manning is rocked!
Check out the look on Attack's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Manning is still in real trouble! Can Attack finish him?
Attack is chipping away with strikes.
Attack scores with punches from side control.
Attack scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Manning is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Attack can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shark Attack!
Shark Attack seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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RATING
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