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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chris Melendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel St Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Melendez comes to the cage accompanied by Why Try. St Martin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Drop the world - Lil'Wayne. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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162 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Melendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Samuel St Martin!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melendez forces St Martin back against the cage and clinches.
St Martin breaks the clinch.
Melendez misses with a low kick.
Melendez tries to clinch but St Martin is having none of it.
St Martin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Melendez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and St Martin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Melendez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Melendez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
St Martin stops a takedown attempt from Melendez.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Melendez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Melendez has hold of one of St Martin's legs. St Martin is fighting the takedown attempt but Melendez gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Martin keeping moving, preventing Melendez from controlling successfully.
Melendez stays in close to St Martin's body and controls the position.
St Martin wants to sweep here but Melendez controlling him for the moment.
Melendez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Martin trying to control the position.
Melendez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Melendez postures up.
Melendez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
St Martin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Melendez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
St Martin wants to stand but Melendez is controlling the position.
Melendez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Melendez wants to control from the top but St Martin keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Martin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Melendez seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Melendez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. St Martin is keeping the position for now.
Melendez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Melendez throws an elbow but St Martin slips to the side and avoids it well.
Melendez working away.
Melendez takes a little break here. St Martin wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Martin is looking for a sweep.
Melendez creates some space and throws a big elbow, but St Martin sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Melendez is putting a hurting on St Martin here, landing some big shots from side control.
Melendez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, St Martin has escaped the position, nice work there.
The strikes coming from Melendez are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
St Martin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Melendez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Melendez working the ground and pound.
Melendez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Melendez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Martin is holding Melendez down, trying to stall.
St Martin is working to avoid the ground and pound but Melendez connects with a decent elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Martin takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Melendez tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Melendez scoring with punches from side control.
Melendez taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Melendez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
St Martin moves forwards but Melendez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
St Martin moves forwards but Melendez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
St Martin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Melendez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from St Martin.
Sloppy strikes from Melendez. Those never looked like landing.
St Martin throws a sloppy head kick
and Melendez moves into the clinch.
Melendez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Melendez lands a knee to the body.
Melendez connects with a nasty looking knee right to St Martin's face.
St Martin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Martin is breathing heavily.
St Martin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No luck for St Martin with that takedown attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Melendez clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Martin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Martin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
St Martin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
St Martin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Melendez shoots in and drives through. St Martin sprawls well.
Melendez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in St Martin's half guard.
Melendez wants to take a breather but St Martin is having none of it.
St Martin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Melendez works his way into side control.
A lull in the action here.
Melendez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but St Martin is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melendez in side control, just content to control the action for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Melendez in side control lands a decent elbow.
Melendez is chipping away with strikes.
Melendez scoring with punches and elbows.
Melendez moves into full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melendez working St Martin over with strikes here.
St Martin taking shots to the head.
St Martin is working to get back to half guard.
Chris Melendez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Melendez lands a heavy elbow.
Melendez with good strikes from the mount here!
Melendez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
St Martin taking shots to the head.
Melendez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish St Martin?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Melendez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. St Martin looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! Melendez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Melendez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
St Martin defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Melendez.
Melendez landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Melendez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Melendez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Melendez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Melendez dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Melendez tries to clinch but St Martin is having none of it.
Melendez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Some wild striking there from St Martin.
St Martin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Melendez.
St Martin connects with a leg kick. Melendez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Melendez avoids the head kick by St Martin.
Melendez misses with a double jab.
Melendez connects with a looping right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Martin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
St Martin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Martin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and St Martin wants it to stay on the feet.
Melendez looking to score a takedown here. St Martin is defending well but Melendez drives through and ends up in St Martin's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melendez won't allow St Martin to get back to his feet.
St Martin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Melendez trying to control but St Martin is working from the bottom.
Melendez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Melendez postures up in St Martin's guard and throws a big left but St Martin blocks it.
St Martin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Melendez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Melendez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Melendez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melendez slips nicely into half guard.
Melendez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Melendez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Melendez stalling.
Melendez throwing shots but St Martin is blocking nicely.
Melendez uses his free foot to push down on St Martin's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for St Martin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Melendez raining down shots from the mount!
Melendez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. St Martin looks a forlorn figure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melendez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Melendez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
St Martin is rocked!
St Martin is working to get back to half guard.
Melendez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
St Martin is still in real trouble! Can Melendez finish him?
St Martin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
St Martin is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Melendez locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! St Martin is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chris Melendez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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