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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Walker Patton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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183 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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177 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Great low kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Walker Patton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roy Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patton misses with a wild body shot.
Nelson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Patton is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Patton gets full guard.
Nelson wants to stand and escape but instead Patton has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Nelson has a closed guard, preventing Patton from standing up.
Nelson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Patton throws a big elbow that misses.
Patton working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Patton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nelson is keeping the position for now.
Patton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Nelson looking to control but Patton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Patton is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Nelson trying to control but Patton is having none of it.
Nelson punching from mount but Patton doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Nelson shoots in but Patton avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nelson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Patton pinned against the cage. Patton gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nelson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Patton's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nelson won't allow Patton to get back to his feet.
Nelson gets to his feet - Patton follows without any prompting.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Patton but Patton pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Walker Patton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Nelson.
Nelson jabs at Patton's body.
Patton fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nelson, pushing him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nelson avoids it.
Patton misses with a body punch.
Patton stalling in the clinch.
Nelson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nelson.
Nelson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Patton lands a good knee to the midsection. Nelson won't want to take too many of those.
Nelson avoiding damage as Patton throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patton slowing the pace effectively.
Nelson is looking to break free of the clinch but Patton has double underhooks.
Nelson blocks an elbow strike from Patton.
Patton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nelson is keeping busy.
Patton struggles to land a body shot inside as Nelson controls his hands.
Nelson breaks from the clinch.
Nelson shoots for a double leg takedown but Patton sprawls well. He's pushed Nelson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patton scores with a body shot.
Patton closes the distance and pushes Nelson back into the cage.
Nelson blocks a body shot from Patton.
Patton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Walker Patton will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Patton moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nelson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Patton counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Patton misses with a left hand
and Nelson counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nelson decides to stand back up. Nelson steps back and let's Patton get back to his feet.
Nelson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Patton sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nelson somewhat.
Nelson tries to score with a low kick but Patton moves his leg out of the way.
Patton throws a head kick but Nelson moves out of range.
Nelson motions for Patton to come forward. Nelson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Patton as he jumps to the side.
Walker Patton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Nelson.
Patton has closed the distance and engaged Nelson in a clinch.
Patton misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Patton is keeping busy.
Patton trying to land knees to the body.
Patton will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nelson up against the cage.
Patton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Patton content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Patton tries to break free but Nelson pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patton is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Nelson working hard to break the clinch.
Nelson is trying to break free.
Patton stalling.
Nelson blocks a body shot from Patton.
Patton trying to land knees to the body.
Patton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Patton looking to stall.
Nelson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson looking to stall.
Patton looking to stall.
Patton is stalling here.
Nelson is trying to push Patton away but Patton has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A bit of stalling here from Nelson.
Patton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nelson avoids it.
Patton will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nelson up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Walker Patton.
Nelson fails with the takedown.
Patton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Patton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nelson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Roy Nelson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Patton throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nelson counters with a left and a right that stings Patton.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but Patton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nelson fails to land the takedown.
Nelson tries for a takedown but Patton circles away easily
and Patton counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Roy Nelson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
Nelson has closed the distance and engaged Patton in a clinch.
Nelson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Patton stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nelson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nelson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nelson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Patton counters with a leg kick.
Nelson blocks a leg kick.
Patton darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Patton lands strikes from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton is trying to control. Nelson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Patton 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.
Ground and pound from Patton.
Patton slows the pace down in half guard.
Patton lands with a punch from half guard.
Patton is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Nelson has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patton lands with a punch from half guard.
Patton controlling the action here.
Patton misses with a head shot. Nelson uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton trying to control the position from guard on top but Nelson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nelson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Patton looking to sit in guard and control but Nelson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nelson passes Patton's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Patton kicks off Nelson and gets to his feet.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but Patton shows good takedown defense.
Walker Patton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Nelson.
Nelson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Patton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Patton lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nelson shoots in looking for a takedown but Patton manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nelson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nelson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nelson shoots for a takedown but Patton saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Patton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nelson manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Patton tries to close the distance and clinch but Nelson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Walker Patton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Patton has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Walker Patton!
A very excited looking Walker Patton made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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