A welterweight bout between Tony Martin and Australia’s own Jake Matthews took place on tonight’s UFC Adelaide main card. <\/p>\n
Jake Matthews entered tonight’s contest on a three-fight win streak, his latest being a first-round submission victory over Shinsho Anzai at June’s UFC<\/a> Singapore event.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Tony Martin was last seen in action at UFC 229<\/a> where he scored a third-round knockout victory over Ryan LaFlare. Martin enters tonight’s contest having won five of his past six fights.<\/p>\n Round one of this UFC Adelaide fight begins and Martin comes out quickly. He lands a jab followed by a low kick. Matthews circles along the fence. He feints with a right. More circling from Matthews. He leaps in with a combination. Martin avoids and lands an uppercut. Matthews is using a lot of movement early. Tony Martin continues to chase after him. He lands a hard low kick on the Aussie. Matthews returns fire with one of his own. Martin misses with a head kick. Matthews lands another low kick. Jake paws with his jab and then circles out. Martin misses with a left and Jake counters to the body. Another good body shot from Matthews. He follows that up with a hard low kick. A left hand and then a right over the top for Matthews. He throws a flurry of punches and ends up clipping Martin who goes down. Jake charges in and grabs a guillotine. Martin escapes the submission attempt and winds up in top position. He advances to half guard and begins working some hard elbows to the thigh of Matthews. The Aussie scores a sweep and takes top control. He lands a right hand before the horn sounds to end round one.<\/p>\n Swinging!!#UFCAdelaide<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5Ug3HXoNcs<\/a><\/p>\n — UFC (@ufc) December 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n