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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Flash Evans (ranked 4502 p4p, 4560 weight class) and Frontino Melfighi (ranked 340 p4p, 345 weight class). Evans comes to the ring accompanied by Escape From The City. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Excellent boxer
Big right hand
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Flash Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frontino Melfighi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melfighi drives through and clinches with Evans against the ropes.
Melfighi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Melfighi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Evans blocking some punches.
Melfighi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Melfighi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Melfighi controlling the action here for a moment.
A left hand lands to the body for Melfighi.
Melfighi lands a left hand.
Evans is trying to push Melfighi away but Melfighi has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A short right from Melfighi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melfighi lands with a light punch inside.
Melfighi scores with a shot to the side of Evans's head.
A short right from Melfighi.
Melfighi has Evans pressed against the ropes, preventing Evans from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Evans wants to break free but Melfighi has control.
Evans blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Melfighi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Evans is keeping busy.
Melfighi just leaning against Evans, taking a breather.
A right hand to the body from Melfighi.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Melfighi.
Melfighi looking to throw knees to the head but Evans is blocking nicely.
Evans blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Melfighi.
Melfighi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
Evans wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Melfighi has him pressed against the ropes.
Melfighi lands a nice elbow.
Melfighi lands a right hand.
Melfighi stalling the fight.
A frustrated look appears on Evans's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Melfighi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melfighi struggles to land a body shot inside as Evans controls his hands.
Evans tries to circle away but Melfighi has him pinned against the ropes.
Evans wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Melfighi has him pressed against the ropes.
A hook to the body from Melfighi.
Melfighi dodges an elbow strike from Evans.
Melfighi leaning his opponent against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Evans wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Melfighi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Evans just misses with a elbow thrown towards Melfighi's brow.
Melfighi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Evans wants to break the clinch but can't.
Melfighi swings wildly with an uppercut but Evans uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Melfighi.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frontino Melfighi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Melfighi clinches.
Melfighi lands an uppercut.
Melfighi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Evans's efforts to push away.
Frontino Melfighi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Melfighi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Evans working hard to break the clinch.
Melfighi prevents Evans from breaking the clinch.
Evans lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Evans wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Melfighi misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Melfighi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Evans's brow.
Evans can't find room to land a body shot as Melfighi controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melfighi scores with a shoulder strike.
Melfighi misses with a body punch.
Evans is trying to break the clinch but Melfighi has him pressed against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Melfighi.
Melfighi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melfighi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Evans up against the ropes.
Evans is trying to break the clinch but Melfighi is controlling him.
Evans tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Melfighi is looking to control Evans's arms but Evans gets an underhook and turns him. Now Melfighi has his back to the ropes.
Melfighi lands with a right to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Evans's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Melfighi stalling.
Nice body punch from Melfighi - that landed with a thud.
Melfighi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Evans is defending well for now.
Melfighi pushes Evans back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Evans can't break the clinch.
Melfighi lands with a right to the head.
Melfighi swings wildly with an uppercut but Evans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Melfighi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melfighi lands a nice shot to the body.
Melfighi taking a breather.
Melfighi taking a breather.
Melfighi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Evans up against the ropes.
Melfighi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Melfighi is leaning against Evans and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Good body shot from Melfighi.
Melfighi tries to land knees in the clinch but Evans avoids the damage to the body.
Evans stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Melfighi lands a shot to the body.
Evans tries to land knees in the clinch but Melfighi avoids the damage to the body.
Melfighi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Melfighi struggles to land a body shot inside as Evans controls his hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frontino Melfighi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A head kick misses from Melfighi.
Melfighi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Evans throws a right hand that Melfighi ducks under and follows up with a left that Melfighi also avoids with ease.
Melfighi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Melfighi takes the fight into the clinch.
Melfighi keeps control of Evans as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Melfighi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Melfighi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Melfighi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Melfighi lands with a short shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melfighi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Evans backwards.
Melfighi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Melfighi tries to work over Evans's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Melfighi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Melfighi misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melfighi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Melfighi swings wildly with an uppercut but Evans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Evans wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Melfighi misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Melfighi on the inside.
Evans has had enough of the clinch but Melfighi keeps him there for the moment.
Melfighi misses with the head strike.
Melfighi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Melfighi lands an uppercut.
Melfighi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Evans's efforts to push away.
Evans is trying to break free.
Melfighi can't find room to land a body shot as Evans controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melfighi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Evans looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Evans fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Evans.
Melfighi pushes Evans back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Melfighi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Melfighi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Melfighi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Melfighi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Evans wants to break free but Melfighi has control.
Evans missing with knees to the body.
Evans is trying to break free.
Evans wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Melfighi misses with a punch on the inside.
Flash Evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Frontino Melfighi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Evans has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frontino Melfighi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Melfighi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frontino Melfighi!
Frontino Melfighi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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