Emery County native Cy Nelson kept his professional unbeaten record intact as he defeated Jordan Marriott by TKO 38 seconds into the opening round of the main event on Fierce Fighting Championship’s “Justice” Saturday night at the Carbon County Fairgrounds Event Center.

Improving his record to 3-0 in his young professional career, Nelson displayed his ability to receive and give standing up in the cage. The loss for Marriott was his fourth consecutive, dipping his record to 6-8.

An exchange between the two fighters just seconds into the fight marked Nelson above his right eye. Moments later Nelson sent Marriott reeling with a vicious right hand. Nelson capitalized by landing several more right and lefts as Marriott was against the cage invoking the stoppage.

The largely pro Nelson crowd erupted upon the referees stoppage, leading to Nelson jumping to the top of the cage to join in on the celebration.

Saturday’s event marked the second card under the promotion of Fierce Fighting Championship, owned by local instructor Cody Bunderson. The event featured 10 fights, with Nelson-Marriott being the only professional bout of the evening.

In another highly anticipated bout, local family physician Nicholas Hanson suffered a third round loss via submission to Cedar City’s Taylor O’Neill. After surviving a solid second round for Hanson, O’Neill used a choke to force his opponent into submission. The Drive Time Sports ringside scorecard had the fight even 19-19 going into the decisive round.

Below are the complete results from Saturday’s event:

1- Kelton Myrberg (2-2) defeated John Goff (1-2)- 1st round submission
2- Brenden Polito (2-1) defeated Chris Anger (0-1)- 2nd round submission (rear naked choke)
3- Bradee Sutherland (1-0) defeated Jarod John-Lewis (0-1)- 2nd round submission (rear naked choke)
4- Thomas Prestriedge (6-5) defeated Soi Lam (2-2) – 2nd round TKO
5- Mali Rahimian (1-0) defeated Lupita Patino (0-1)- 1st round submission (arm bar)
6- Karson Anderson (1-1) defeated Dustin Jones (0-1)- Unanimous decision
7- Chrisoula Koukouvetakis (1-1) defeated Maglay Sanchez (0-0)- Split decision
8- Bryce Edminister (6-2) defeated Julius Descheenie (4-3)- 3rd round TKO
9- Taylor O’Neil (1-0) defeated Nicholas Hanson (0-2)- 3rd round submission (guillotine choke)
10- Cy Nelson (3-0) defeated Jordan Marriott (6-8)- 1st round TKO