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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Justin Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilbert Melendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson comes into the arena with Deftones - Dai the Flu blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Melendez's choice of entrance music: You've Seen the Butcher. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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152 lbs
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157 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Henderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gilbert Melendez!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson scores with a nice head shot.
Melendez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Melendez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henderson manages to avoid it.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Henderson.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Henderson lands a few punches from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henderson takes a little break here. Melendez wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Henderson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Melendez keeps working.
Henderson advances to full mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melendez is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Henderson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Henderson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Melendez is looking to escape.
Melendez holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Henderson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Melendez avoids a series of strikes thrown by Henderson.
Henderson controlling the pace for now.
Henderson looking to finish with strikes here!
Henderson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
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.
Henderson controlling the pace for now.
Henderson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Melendez's face.
Henderson misses with a head shot.
Henderson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Henderson scoring with strikes but Melendez is staying in there.
Poor strikes thrown by Henderson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Poor strikes thrown by Henderson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henderson cracks Melendez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Melendez because Henderson loaded up on that one.
Henderson 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Henderson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Henderson raining down shots from the mount!
Henderson controlling the position easily from mount.
Henderson looking to control but Melendez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Henderson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Melendez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Melendez.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Melendez moves out of range.
A combination from Henderson does no damage.
Melendez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henderson manages to avoid it.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Henderson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gilbert Melendez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Melendez checks the leg kick.
Justin Henderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Melendez looks to score with a jab to the body but Henderson is just out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Melendez. Those never looked like landing.
Henderson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Henderson misses with a two punch combination.
Nice body punch from Henderson.
A shot to the liver by Melendez. Beautiful body shot.
Henderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Melendez throws out a loose jab but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henderson cracks Melendez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Henderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Melendez.
Melendez misses with a wild body shot.
Henderson scores with a three punch combo!
Melendez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Henderson.
Melendez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Henderson. That snapped Melendez's head back.
Melendez is rocked!
Justin Henderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Henderson misses with a double jab.
Melendez is still on wobbly legs! Can Henderson finish him?
Henderson catches Melendez with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Melendez forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Justin Henderson!
Justin Henderson is the new lightweight champion!
Justin Henderson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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