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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Melankomas Caria (ranked 23017 p4p, 22609 weight class) and Marco Salamanca (ranked 627 p4p, 621 weight class). Caria's entrance music is Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). A fine choice. Salamanca has chosen Superstar Cypress Hill as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Marco Salamanca told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Insanely flexible
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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 38 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Melankomas Caria!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Salamanca!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caria keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salamanca.
Salamanca thows a left - swing and a miss!
Caria throws a looping overhand right but Salamanca ducks down to avoid it.
Caria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Salamanca throws out the jab.
Salamanca bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Salamanca throws the kick towards the body but Caria avoids it.
Caria is looking to counter punch.
Caria defending well as Salamanca loads up on a big left hand.
Salamanca slips under a jab from Caria.
Caria tries to clinch but Salamanca is having none of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salamanca. Caria does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice body punch from Caria.
A good leg kick by Caria.
Caria misses with a body kick.
Caria throws a head kick but Salamanca moves out of range.
It seemed like Salamanca was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Caria misses with a hook. Salamanca ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caria throws a jab but it's blocked by Salamanca.
Melankomas Caria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caria tries to close the distance and clinch but Salamanca swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Salamanca only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Salamanca on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Salamanca listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Caria. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Caria.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caria ducks under a wild hook from Salamanca.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Caria tries to land knees in the clinch but Salamanca avoids the damage to the body.
Caria scores with a hook to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Caria creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Salamanca lands a shot to the body.
Salamanca breaks from the clinch.
Caria tries to land a body kick
and Salamanca counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Crunch! Salamanca slams his shin into Caria's torso.
Salamanca throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Caria throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Salamanca misses with a double jab.
Salamanca misses with a looping right.
A head kick misses from Caria.
Salamanca sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caria lands a nice leg kick that just misses Salamanca's sensitive parts.
Caria ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Salamanca misses the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Caria ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salamanca moves away.
Caria pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice body kick from Salamanca.
Salamanca connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca throws a hook but Caria avoids it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Salamanca darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Caria throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Salamanca counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Salamanca looks to land a right hand but Caria moved out of range.
Caria blocks a jab.
Caria connects with a good right hand that stumbles Salamanca. Salamanca circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Caria is looking to land body kicks.
Salamanca appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Caria checks a leg kick nicely.
Caria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Salamanca throws the left hand but Caria avoids the punch easily.
Caria checks a low kick from Salamanca.
Caria ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salamanca moves away.
Caria swings widly with a right hand
and Salamanca cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Caria connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salamanca is looking to score with low kicks.
Salamanca with the inside leg kick.
Caria fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Salamanca scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Salamanca tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Marco Salamanca will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Salamanca throws a leg kick
and Caria counters with a slapping leg kick.
Caria blocks a leg kick.
Caria connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Caria jabs Salamanca right on the nose. Salamanca blinks but takes it well.
Salamanca steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Caria.
Caria on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Salamanca scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Caria tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Salamanca was well out of range. Poor timing from Caria.
Salamanca misses with an uppercut
and Caria connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Salamanca chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Caria scores with a body shot.
Caria connects with a crisp jab.
Caria avoids a kick to the body.
Caria throws a quick counter kick to the body but Salamanca avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salamanca throws a nice inside leg kick.
Caria throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Caria jabs Salamanca right on the nose. Salamanca blinks but takes it well.
Salamanca throws a right and a left that Caria avoids nicely.
Caria instigates a clinch.
Caria misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Caria tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salamanca avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria dodges an elbow strike from Salamanca.
Caria misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Salamanca can't break the clinch.
Caria tries to land knees in the clinch but Salamanca avoids the damage to the body.
Salamanca can't break the clinch.
Caria with a knee to the head.
Salamanca on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Caria gets through Salamanca's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Caria with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Caria pushes Salamanca back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Salamanca lands a left hand that snaps the head of Caria backwards.
Salamanca unloads a knee to the mid-section. Caria lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Salamanca has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Salamanca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Caria goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
I was talking to Caria's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Caria tries to throw a body punch but Salamanca avoids it by throwing Caria back against the ropes.
Salamanca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Caria lands a slapping body shot.
Salamanca lands a nice leg kick that just misses Caria's sensitive parts.
Marco Salamanca seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Salamanca lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salamanca throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Caria stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca misses with a looping right.
Salamanca chopping away at his opponent's legs.
An inside leg kick from Caria misses.
Caria swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Salamanca misses with a straight right.
Salamanca finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Caria.
Caria throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Caria misses with a head kick.
Caria lands a jab to Salamanca's midsection.
Caria scores with a hook.
Salamanca ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Salamanca slips a jab from Caria.
Caria takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Salamanca. Beautiful body shot.
Salamanca throws a good cross that connects.
Salamanca pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Caria sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Melankomas Caria will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Caria moves to clinch but Salamanca breaks away
letting Salamanca counter with a right hand.
Caria throws a wild body kick that Salamanca sees coming a mile off.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Salamanca! But no joy.
Salamanca swats away the attempt to clinch by Caria.
Salamanca checks a low kick from Caria.
Caria pivots, looking for a leg kick but Salamanca is out of range and Caria settles back down.
Salamanca misses the jab.
Salamanca swings for the body but Caria moves out of range.
Caria fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salamanca manages to avoid it.
Salamanca avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Caria moves in looking to clinch but Salamanca pushes him off.
Caria wants to clinch up but Salamanca keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caria takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Caria throws a body punch but Salamanca moves out of range.
Salamanca scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Salamanca scores with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caria. Salamanca does a little dance to reset his feet.
Salamanca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Salamanca throws a hook but Caria avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Caria.
Salamanca lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Salamanca has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Caria finds it's way round the side to connect with Salamanca's head.
Salamanca moves out of range of the body kick from Caria.
Caria rushes Salamanca and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Caria obliges.
Salamanca scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Salamanca lands a nice uppercut.
Salamanca tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Caria can't find room to land a body shot as Salamanca controls the action.
Salamanca manages to break the clinch.
Salamanca jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Caria throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Salamanca throws a poor cross that misses
and Caria counters with a body kick.
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!
Salamanca fails to land with a series of punches.
Salamanca lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Salamanca uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Caria has time to react.
Caria moves forwards but Salamanca connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Caria throws a chopping leg kick but Salamanca manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Salamanca throws out a counter right but Caria avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salamanca misses with a looping left.
Salamanca throws the kick towards the body but Caria avoids it.
Salamanca throws a combination that misses
and Caria counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Caria cracks Salamanca with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Caria scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Salamanca doesn't seem bothered though.
Salamanca scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Caria will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
As Caria backs off Salamanca throws a huge counter combo but Caria manages to avoid it all.
Salamanca's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Caria is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Caria blocks a head kick by Salamanca.
Caria lands a jab to Salamanca's midsection.
Caria connects with an inside leg kick.
Salamanca throws a jab but it's blocked by Caria.
Caria appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Salamanca fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Caria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Salamanca throws out the jab.
Caria lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Caria moves away from the strike by Salamanca.
A counter left hand to the body from Caria misses its target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Salamanca really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Caria stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Salamanca.
Caria jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Salamanca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Caria throwing a counter right hand but Salamanca manages to avoid it.
Caria connects with a crisp jab.
Caria throws a leg kick which misses Salamanca's front leg but catches the back leg as Salamanca tries to avoid it.
Caria looks to score with a jab to the body but Salamanca is just out of range.
Salamanca with a nice calf kick.
Caria with a hook.
Caria moves in looking to clinch but Salamanca pushes him off.
Salamanca connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Caria uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Salamanca.
Salamanca throws a body kick that misses.
Caria lands with a nice body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caria. Salamanca does a little dance to reset his feet.
Caria throws a head kick but Salamanca moves out of range.
Caria ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salamanca moves away.
Salamanca steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Caria.
A bone on bone clash there as Caria blocks the leg kick.
Salamanca misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria tries to clinch but Salamanca is having none of it.
A combination from Caria does no damage.
Salamanca circles away from the clinch attempt.
Salamanca loads up on a big right hand but Caria slips the punch.
Good shot there by Caria.
Caria connects with a body shot.
Caria is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A swing and a miss from Caria.
Salamanca avoids a punch combination nicely.
Caria fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Salamanca looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Salamanca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Salamanca avoids the body shot from Caria.
Salamanca fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Caria instigates a clinch.
Salamanca avoiding damage as Caria throws knees to the body.
Salamanca lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salamanca scores with a shoulder strike.
Salamanca has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Salamanca is looking to break free of the clinch but Caria has double underhooks.
Caria is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Salamanca is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Caria lands a hook that snaps the head of Salamanca backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Salamanca lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Caria backwards.
Salamanca blocks a body shot from Caria.
Caria tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Caria fails to land.
Salamanca working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Salamanca misses with some punches.
Salamanca misses with a knee strike.
Caria blocking some punches.
Salamanca breaks the clinch.
Salamanca missing with a left hand there. Caria was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A head kick by Caria misses
and Salamanca counters with a stiff right hand.
A swing and a miss from Salamanca.
Caria moves away from the strike by Salamanca.
Salamanca misses with a straight right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Melankomas Caria will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Salamanca swings for the body but Caria moves out of range.
Salamanca moves out of range of the body kick from Caria.
Salamanca changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Salamanca on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Caria. Caria obviously looking to wear him down.
Salamanca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Salamanca looks to land a right hand but Caria moved out of range.
Salamanca throws a body kick that misses.
A jab from Salamanca misses.
Salamanca moves out of range of the body kick from Caria.
Caria is looking to slow Salamanca down with leg kicks.
Salamanca on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Caria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Caria stuns Salamanca with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caria throws a body punch but Salamanca moves out of range.
Salamanca lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Caria tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Salamanca was well out of range. Poor timing from Caria.
Salamanca throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Caria counters with a stiff right hand.
Caria moves into range and clinches up with Salamanca.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salamanca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salamanca slips a jab from Caria.
Caria scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Salamanca checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A nice leg kick lands there from Salamanca.
Salamanca moves out of range of the strikes.
Caria scores with a kick to the body.
Caria misses with a body kick.
Caria fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salamanca manages to avoid it.
Salamanca throws a big shot that misses.
As Salamanca backs away, Caria returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Caria throws a nice looking combination but Salamanca bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Caria - that will leave a mark!
Salamanca thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Caria if he has to take too many more of those.
Caria dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Salamanca. That did some damage!
Salamanca throws a solid leg kick but Caria takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Salamanca.
A nice combination there by Salamanca.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salamanca misses with a looping right.
Caria connects with an inside leg kick.
Caria takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria blocks a low kick nicely.
Salamanca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Caria sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Caria.
Salamanca throws an overhand right that lands on Caria's shoulder, as Caria tries to avoid the shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Caria crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Salamanca - the referee stops the clock and Caria gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Salamanca. Caria manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Salamanca cracks Caria with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A slow jab from Caria misses its intended target.
Salamanca throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
An inside leg kick from Caria misses.
Caria tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Salamanca manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little jabbing left from Salamanca on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Caria throws a sloppy head kick and Salamanca moves out of range easily.
Caria attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
An inside leg kick lands from Salamanca.
Salamanca ducks under a wild hook from Caria.
Salamanca looks to land a left hand but Caria moved out of range nicely.
Caria swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Salamanca connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria moves out of range of the body kick from Salamanca.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Melankomas Caria.
I think Caria has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Marco Salamanca!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Melankomas Caria!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Marco Salamanca!
Marco Salamanca wins by split decision!
Marco Salamanca is the new lightweight champion!
Marco Salamanca decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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