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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johann Joensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Parvati Mellia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mellia is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by KMA - Pommeja. Parvati Mellia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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171 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johann Joensen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Parvati Mellia!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mellia.
We've been informed that Mellia has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Joensen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mellia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Joensen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Mellia misses.
Joensen tries to clinch but Mellia moves away
and Mellia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Johann Joensen has been cut.
Mellia stuns Joensen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Joensen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mellia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mellia swats away the attempt to clinch by Joensen.
Mellia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mellia works Joensen's body with a nice hook.
Johann Joensen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Mellia. Beautiful body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch combination from Joensen misses.
Joensen instigates a clinch.
Joensen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mellia.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mellia leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Joensen misses with some punches.
Come on Mellia - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Joensen leaning against his opponent.
Joensen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mellia avoids it.
Joensen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Joensen lands a good knee to the midsection. Mellia won't want to take too many of those.
Mellia misses with some punches.
Joensen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Joensen wants to get back to striking at distance but Mellia won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joensen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Mellia on the inside.
I was talking to Joensen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Joensen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Joensen struggles to land a body shot inside as Mellia controls his hands.
Joensen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mellia has him pressed against the ropes.
Joensen is trying to break the clinch but Mellia has him pressed against the ropes.
Mellia has a couple of punches blocked by Joensen.
Mellia is struggling to control the position.
Joensen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mellia blocks an uppercut.
Joensen stalling the fight.
Joensen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joensen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mellia misses with a lunging right hand
and Joensen counters with a stiff right hand.
Mellia moves away from the strike by Joensen.
Mellia punishes Joensen's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Mellia misses.
Joensen is looking to clinch but Mellia is avoiding it.
Mellia cracks Joensen with a good jab.
Joensen tries to close the distance and clinch but Mellia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joensen tries to clinch but Mellia moves away
and Mellia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Joensen works Mellia's body with a nice hook.
Mellia misses with a straight left.
Some wild striking there from Joensen.
Joensen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joensen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Joensen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mellia throws out the jab.
Donk. Joensen catches Mellia right on the button with a cross.
Joensen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mellia.
Joensen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A shot to the liver by Mellia. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheers as Mellia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Joensen doesn't seem phased though.
Joensen is rocked!
Mellia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Joensen.
Oh Joensen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mellia connects with a single shot there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Joensen wants to clinch up but Mellia keeps it at a distance.
Mellia connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Parvati Mellia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johann Joensen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Joensen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mellia counters with a huge right that knocks Joensen out cold! Mellia is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Parvati Mellia!
Parvati Mellia is the new lightweight champion!
Parvati Mellia decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.
Johann Joensen spoke after the fight, saying 'Lets go again boy! It's game time!'.
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hype
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RATING
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