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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wes Welker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and arturas ozolinas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wes Welker has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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192 lbs
16 - 12 - 1 |
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190 cm
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200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
16 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Wes Welker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, arturas ozolinas!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ozolinas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Welker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
ozolinas fails with a takedown attempt.
ozolinas doesn't manage to clinch there - Welker circles away.
ozolinas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Welker bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Welker advances nicely into full mount.
Welker looking to secure an arm triangle but ozolinas defends it well.
Welker content just to control the position here.
ozolinas working to try and regain half guard.
Welker controlling his opponent.
Welker's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Welker looking for a guillotine from mount but ozolinas is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Welker controlling his opponent.
Welker prevents ozolinas from getting the reversal.
Welker lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
ozolinas wants to control but Welker is having none of it.
Welker looking to control and managing it successfully.
Welker is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. ozolinas can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Welker is going oldschool here, as he tries to force ozolinas to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so ozolinas shrugs it off.
Welker controlling his opponent.
ozolinas can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Welker trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Welker looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
ozolinas wants to hold on but Welker pushes him away.
Welker trying to control but he's not successful this time.
ozolinas tries to lock up and control but Welker gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Welker looking to control and managing it successfully.
ozolinas is looking to improve his position but Welker isn't that keen on the idea.
ozolinas is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Welker wants to control the pace but ozolinas is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ozolinas takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Welker controlling from the full mount.
ozolinas can't escape the position.
Welker looking to control and managing it successfully.
ozolinas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
ozolinas looks gassed!
Welker can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as ozolinas is looking to escape.
ozolinas is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Welker looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Welker controlling from mount.
ozolinas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Welker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
ozolinas bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
ozolinas being controlled here momentarily.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
ozolinas has gone for a leg lock! Welker slips out almost immediately though and dives into ozolinas's guard.
Welker stands and throws ozolinas's legs to the side, diving into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Welker tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Welker works to advance to full mount. ozolinas defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wes Welker dominated that 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.
A punch lands to the side of ozolinas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
It looks like arturas ozolinas has been cut.
ozolinas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
ozolinas changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Welker tries to avoid it but ozolinas manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Welker to the ground. Welker escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Welker lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - ozolinas can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Welker and ozolinas drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Welker.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wes Welker!
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hype
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