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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Shelby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shelby comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Amazing kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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174 lbs
20 - 7 - 0 |
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26
185 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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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
20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nate Shelby!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shelby takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Shelby is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Shelby is avoiding it.
Johnson pushes Shelby up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Shelby gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Shelby avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Shelby blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Shelby throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Johnson is trying to maintain a safe position but Shelby gets an underhook and turns Johnson into the cage.
Shelby misses with an elbow over the top.
Shelby misses with the head strike.
Shelby managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
Shelby pushes off an throws an elbow but Johnson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Shelby scores with a nice short uppercut.
Johnson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shelby is defending well for now.
Johnson avoids a wild elbow strike from Shelby.
Shelby blocks an elbow strike.
Shelby lands a right hand.
Johnson avoids a wild elbow strike from Shelby.
Shelby lands a left hand.
A short right from Shelby.
Johnson is rocked!
Shelby misses with some punches.
Shelby throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shelby throws an elbow but misses.
Shelby dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Shelby lands with a short shot to the head.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shelby lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shelby lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Johnson to his knees! Shelby keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nate Shelby!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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