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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wesley Mathews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melvin Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Melvin Johnson acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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183 lbs
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175 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wesley Mathews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Melvin Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mathews moves into the clinch.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Mathews avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mathews avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mathews avoids it.
Mathews blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Mathews blocks with his arms.
Johnson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mathews is defending well for now.
Mathews blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mathews lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Mathews is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Mathews not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mathews thows a huge punch but Johnson dodges it nicely.
Mathews prevents Johnson from standing back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathews not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mathews content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Mathews 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.
Johnson is staying active underneath Mathews, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mathews is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Mathews stops Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Mathews not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mathews is looking for a kimura here.
Johnson is trying to stand.
Mathews thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johnson's head.
Mathews throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mathews is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathews perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mathews working the head and body with strikes.
Mathews stops Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Mathews passes the guard and advances to mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mathews takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Mathews lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johnson hang on?
Mathews landing strikes, looking to finish!
Johnson trying desperately to get to his feet.
Mathews lands a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mathews raining down shots from the mount!
Mathews dominating with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathews drops a big elbow. That's hurt Johnson! More shots from Mathews and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wesley Mathews!
Wesley Mathews bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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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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