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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Meldrick Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mika Nyrkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Meldrick Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mika Nyrkki!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nyrkki swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson clinches with his opponent.
Johnson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nyrkki's efforts to push away.
Johnson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nyrkki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nyrkki tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson is working Nyrkki over against the cage.
Johnson cracks Nyrkki with a nice body shot.
Johnson pulls guard effortlessly.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Nyrkki looking to sit in guard and control but Johnson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Johnson throws a head kick that Nyrkki semi-blocks.
Meldrick Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Nyrkki's head.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnson pulls guard effortlessly.
Johnson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Johnson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Johnson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Johnson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Nyrkki fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nyrkki throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Johnson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson rushes Nyrkki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nyrkki is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Nyrkki lands a jab-cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nyrkki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nyrkki misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Nyrkki misses.
Nyrkki lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nyrkki.
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson throws a head kick that half lands.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Johnson tries to move into range but Nyrkki moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nyrkki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson instigates a clinch.
Nyrkki wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Johnson pulls guard successfully.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Nyrkki from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki looking to pass the guard.
Johnson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Nyrkki looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson pushes Nyrkki up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson drags the fight down to the ground.
Johnson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nyrkki.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Nyrkki from controlling successfully.
Nyrkki slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Nyrkki gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Nyrkki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nyrkki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Nyrkki.
Johnson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Meldrick Johnson dominated that round.
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.
Nyrkki lands a right hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Johnson.
Nyrkki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meldrick Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A solid body kick from Johnson.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nyrkki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Nyrkki is defending well.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nyrkki.
Johnson clinches with his opponent.
Johnson manages to pull guard.
Nyrkki gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A shot to the body from Nyrkki misses
and Johnson counters with a body kick.
Nyrkki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nyrkki fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson rushes Nyrkki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nyrkki has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson with a knee to the head.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nyrkki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nyrkki is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Johnson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nyrkki's face.
Johnson pulls guard successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nyrkki looking to sit in guard and control but Johnson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nyrkki wants to improve his position but instead Johnson has moved into half guard.
Nyrkki is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson decides to stand up.
Nyrkki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nyrkki looks to land a combination. Johnson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big left from Nyrkki misses.
Johnson scores with a head kick.
Nyrkki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nyrkki misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nyrkki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson forces Nyrkki back against the cage and clinches.
Johnson jumps guard.
Johnson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson clinches up against the cage.
Johnson goes for a takedown attempt but Nyrkki pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nyrkki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nyrkki keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nyrkki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nyrkki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nyrkki fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nyrkki connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.
Johnson has Nyrkki up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nyrkki throws a big shot that misses.
Mika Nyrkki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nyrkki lands with a cross.
Johnson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Nyrkki does no damage.
Nyrkki just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
Nyrkki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Johnson clinches up with Nyrkki and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson manages to pull guard.
Johnson pushes Nyrkki off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Nyrkki keeps it at a distance.
Johnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Johnson has closed the distance and engaged Nyrkki in a clinch.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Meldrick Johnson dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nyrkki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson forces Nyrkki back against the cage and clinches.
Nyrkki can't break the clinch.
Johnson jumps into guard, dragging Nyrkki to the mat.
Johnson is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Nyrkki presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Johnson manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Nyrkki gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Nyrkki is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Johnson rather than just go for the knockout.
Johnson throws a head kick that Nyrkki semi-blocks.
Nyrkki throws an off balance right hand
and Johnson counters with an inside leg kick.
Nyrkki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nyrkki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nyrkki scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Nyrkki circles away.
Johnson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nyrkki takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nyrkki tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johnson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Nyrkki pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nyrkki scores with a decent looking hook.
Nyrkki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a good low kick that Nyrkki was not able to check.
Nyrkki misses with a wild combination.
Nyrkki throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Nyrkki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson has closed the distance and engaged Nyrkki in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki is trying to break free.
Johnson working Nyrkki over with knees to the body.
Johnson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nyrkki's efforts to push away.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nyrkki is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson lands a head kick. Nyrkki smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Nyrkki throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Nyrkki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
Nyrkki takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nyrkki lands a right hook to the body.
Nyrkki misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nyrkki, pushing him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nyrkki swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Nyrkki. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson rushes Nyrkki and presses him up against the cage.
Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nyrkki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Johnson takes one to the chin there.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nyrkki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nyrkki jabs Johnson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nyrkki lands with a cross.
Nyrkki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Nyrkki circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a high kick!
Nyrkki scores with a sloppy right hand. Johnson should have avoided that one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nyrkki, as that shot connected.
Nyrkki misses with a double jab
and Johnson counters with a good low kick that Nyrkki was not able to check.
Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Nyrkki trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mika Nyrkki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson is working an open guard so Nyrkki takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Meldrick Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nyrkki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Nyrkki.
And that's the end of the fight!
Meldrick Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johnson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Meldrick Johnson!
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