By Madhuri Dey
Dec 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Jon Fitch utilized his wrestling to the fullest extent to edge past his rival Mike Pierce at the UFC 107 welterweight battle. Jon Fitch, the winner of the epic welterweight battle gained an upper hand in the match during the first two round, which later on went on to become the decisive factor of the bout. Jon Fitch eventually won the match via an unanimous decision.

John Fitch carved out a 29-28, 29-28 and 29-28 decision over Mike Pierce. The result of the much talked about welterweight battle at UFC 107 is itself self-explanatory, portraying how close the bout was. Both the fighters took on each other, with Jon Fitch taking down Mike Pierce a couple of times. Jon Fitch’s wrestling skills came into utmost effect thereby, by overcoming the fierce leg kicks landed upon him by Mike Pierce. During the first couple of rounds, Jon Fitch ably blocked Mike Pierce’s blatant leg kicks. When slammed into the cage by Mike Pierce, Jon Fitch conspicuously got himself out of the grasp of his opponent. Eventually the first two rounds, though close enough, belonged to Fitch.

It was during the third round when Jon Fitch seemed shaky. Mike Pierce had Jon Fitch cornered as he started landing blows upon him. The severe blows landed by Mike Pierce seemingly rocked Jon Fitch. Jon Fitch eventually seemed exhausted and shaky after the completion of the third round. Sources revealed that after the match Jon Fitch, who apparently won by an unanimous decision, revealed that the cut he had suffered during the final round refrained him to fight as aggressively as he would have like to otherwise.