PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Craig Conor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Melendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Conor
vs
Melendez

172 cm
28
162 lbs
5 - 5 - 1

173 cm
21
158 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Craig Conor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dante Melendez!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conor throws a body punch but Melendez moves out of range.
Conor walks into a left hand.
Conor misses with a wild combination.
Melendez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Melendez looks to land a left hand but Conor moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Melendez misses.
Conor punishes Melendez's body with a nice straight punch.
Conor ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Conor lands a head shot.
Conor blocks a jab.
Melendez throws a looping overhand right but Conor ducks down to avoid it.
Conor is looking to clinch.
Conor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Melendez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Conor darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Melendez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conor.
Melendez misses with a double jab
and Conor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Melendez misses with a wild combination.
Conor throws a body punch but Melendez moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Melendez stuns Conor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice shot by Melendez.
Conor lands with a nice body punch.
Sloppy strikes from Melendez. Those never looked like landing.
Melendez misses with a straight right.
Melendez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Conor on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Melendez avoids the body shot from Conor.
Conor swings for the body but Melendez moves out of range.
Conor walks into a straight right hand from Melendez.
Conor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Conor lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Melendez at a distance.
Melendez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Conor is looking to clinch but Melendez is avoiding it.
A big right from Melendez misses.
Craig Conor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conor connects with a nice looking jab.
Melendez moves away from the strike by Conor.
Melendez might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Melendez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melendez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conor.
Melendez throws a jab but it's blocked by Conor.
Melendez lands with a nice body punch.
Conor just misses with a punch to the body.
Melendez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Melendez slips under a jab.
Conor throws a body punch but Melendez moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Conor.
Conor slips a jab and a cross from Melendez.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Melendez scores with a hook.
Melendez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Conor moves away.
Melendez thows a body shot but no joy.
Melendez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Melendez throws a lazy right hand but Conor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Melendez slips a jab from Conor.
Conor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Conor throws a looping overhand right but Melendez ducks down to avoid it.
Conor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Melendez moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conor tries to clinch there but Melendez circles away.
Conor jabs Melendez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Melendez scores with a jab. Conor acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Conor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Melendez moves out of range as Conor strikes.
Melendez moves out of range of the strikes.
Melendez throws out a loose jab but Conor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Conor thows a body shot but no joy.
Conor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Conor connects with a good right hand that stumbles Melendez. Melendez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Conor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Melendez moves out of range of the strikes.
Melendez slips under a jab.
A cross from Melendez lands.
Melendez throws a right and a left that Conor avoids nicely.
Conor throws a looping overhand right but Melendez ducks down to avoid it.
Conor misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melendez throws a body punch but Conor moves out of range.
Conor slips under a jab.
Conor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Melendez manages to avoid it.
Conor misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Melendez. That snapped Conor's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Melendez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Melendez throws a right and a left that Conor avoids nicely.
Melendez looks to throw the jab but Conor is out of range.
Melendez defending well as Conor loads up on a big left hand.
Conor jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Conor just misses with a punch to the body.
Conor cracks Melendez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Melendez throws a nice looking combination but Conor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Conor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Melendez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sloppy strikes from Melendez. Those never looked like landing.
Conor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Melendez.
Melendez misses with an uppercut. Conor saw that one coming.
Conor avoids the body shot from Melendez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dante Melendez will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Melendez tries to bum rush Conor with a series of wild strikes but Conor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Melendez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Conor was well out of range. Poor timing from Melendez.
Melendez blocks a jab.
Melendez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conor closes the distance looking to clinch
and Melendez counters with a nice uppercut.
Conor takes a swing at Melendez's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Conor misses its intended target.
Melendez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Conor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conor staying out of range there.
A slow jab from Conor misses its intended target.
Conor looks to score with a jab to the body but Melendez is just out of range.
Conor punishes Melendez's body with a nice straight punch.
Melendez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Conor is looking to clinch.
Conor is looking to wear down Melendez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Conor tries to clinch up but Melendez circles away and keeps his distance.
Melendez avoids the body shot from Conor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Melendez was well out of range. Poor timing from Conor.
Conor slips a straight right by Melendez.
Craig Conor is winning the standup battle so far.
Conor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Melendez scores with a shot to the body.
Conor has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Melendez looks to land a combination but Conor avoids it well.
Melendez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Conor to counter with a crisp jab.
Conor takes one on the button.
A jab lands there for Melendez.
Melendez clobbers Conor with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Danga de danga de dang - Melendez scores with a four punch combination!

Conor is rocked!
Conor is holding his hands too far apart here. Melendez throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Conor is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dante Melendez!
Dante Melendez took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, ~T~ Laoch Nutrition + Laundry Q140 NOW ONLY $15!!! for their support in the buildup to the fight.