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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Melendez Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Melendez Jr comes to the ring accompanied by Lapdance by N.E.R.D. Pablo Rivera has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jorge Melendez Jr's chin.
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158 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Melendez Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pablo Rivera!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Steve Montenegro and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melendez Jr tries to clinch but Rivera moves out of range.
Rivera misses with an uppercut.
A shot to de liver by Melendez Jr. Beautiful body shot.
Melendez Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Melendez Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Rivera swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Melendez Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Melendez Jr lands a jab to the nose.
Melendez Jr throws a hook to the side of Rivera's head but Rivera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Melendez Jr lands a glancing blow to the side of Rivera's head.
Melendez Jr tries to clinch there but Rivera circles away.
Melendez Jr clinches up with Rivera and pushes him back against the ropes.
Rivera blocking some punches.
Rivera on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rivera wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rivera blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rivera avoids a wild elbow strike from Melendez Jr.
Rivera is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Melendez Jr.
Rivera blocks a body shot from Melendez Jr.
Rivera avoiding damage as Melendez Jr throws knees to the body.
Melendez Jr misses with a body punch.
Rivera wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice elbow from Melendez Jr.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rivera avoids the elbow strike from Melendez Jr, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Melendez Jr has him pressed against the ropes.
Rivera looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Melendez Jr tries to throw a body punch but Rivera avoids it by throwing Melendez Jr back against the cage.
Melendez Jr is struggling to control the position.
Rivera wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Melendez Jr has him pressed against the ropes.
Melendez Jr lands a nice knee to the body.
Melendez Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Melendez Jr lands with a right to the head.
Melendez Jr trying to land knees to the body.
Melendez Jr looking to stall.
Melendez Jr prevents Rivera from breaking the clinch.
Rivera is trying to break free.
Melendez Jr lands a shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Melendez Jr fails to land.
Rivera wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rivera on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Melendez Jr looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Melendez Jr.
Melendez Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Rivera.
Rivera is trying to break free.
A nice right hand lands inside from Melendez Jr.
Rivera has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Melendez Jr lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rivera as Melendez Jr tries to tie him up.
Melendez Jr has Rivera pressed against the ropes, preventing Rivera from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rivera wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Melendez Jr tries to throw a body punch but Rivera avoids it by throwing Melendez Jr back against the cage.
Rivera on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rivera on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Melendez Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rivera's elbow.
A short right from Melendez Jr on the inside.
Melendez Jr gets through Rivera's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Melendez Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivera avoids it.
Rivera is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Melendez Jr gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rivera.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Melendez Jr as Rivera tries to tie him up.
Melendez Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivera avoids it.
Melendez Jr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rivera wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Melendez Jr has him pressed against the ropes.
Melendez Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Melendez Jr trying to land knees to the body.
Melendez Jr stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Melendez Jr trying to stall but Rivera improves his position.
Melendez Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rivera looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rivera trying to stall but Melendez Jr improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Melendez Jr.
Melendez Jr pushes off an throws an elbow but Rivera leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Melendez Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rivera on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera can't break the clinch.
Rivera jumps guard but Melendez Jr stands there with Rivera around his waist. Rivera gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Melendez Jr takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Melendez Jr trying to land knees to the body.
Melendez Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivera avoids it.
Melendez Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Melendez Jr tries to work over Rivera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rivera as Melendez Jr tries to tie him up.
Rivera breaks the clinch.
Rivera fails to land with a series of punches.
Melendez Jr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rivera circles away quickly and effectively.
Jorge Melendez Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Melendez Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Rivera is just out of range.
Melendez Jr tries to clinch up but Rivera circles away and keeps his distance.
Melendez Jr has Rivera up against the ropes in a clinch.
Melendez Jr blocks an uppercut.
Melendez Jr pushes Rivera back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Melendez Jr lands with a short shot to the head.
Melendez Jr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rivera's efforts to push away.
Rivera wants to break free but Melendez Jr has control.
Rivera is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rivera working hard to break the clinch.
Rivera prevents a body shot from Melendez Jr.
Rivera tries to break the clinch but Melendez Jr is controlling the position.
Melendez Jr digs a right hand underneath Rivera's ribcage. Rivera let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rivera looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Melendez Jr throws an elbow that misses.
Melendez Jr with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rivera looking to stall.
Melendez Jr has Rivera pressed against the ropes, preventing Rivera from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Melendez Jr stalling the fight.
Melendez Jr tries to work over Rivera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rivera tries to break free but Melendez Jr pushes him back against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Melendez Jr.
Rivera can't break the clinch.
Rivera blocks a body shot from Melendez Jr.
Melendez Jr is trying to stall.
Rivera has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rivera has had enough of the clinch but Melendez Jr keeps him there for the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Melendez Jr works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rivera tries to circle away but Melendez Jr has him pinned against the ropes.
Rivera fails to pull guard.
Jorge Melendez Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pablo Rivera.
Melendez Jr throws an elbow but it misses.
Melendez Jr is working Rivera over against the ropes.
Melendez Jr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rivera has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Melendez Jr gets underhooks to prevent Rivera's takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge Melendez Jr dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Melendez Jr tries to clinch up.
Melendez Jr fails in his attempt to clinch.
Melendez Jr fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rivera is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Melendez Jr.
Rivera keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab, jab by Rivera - just one landing.
Melendez Jr misses the shot to the body.
Melendez Jr scores with a nice strike.
Melendez Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Melendez Jr is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rivera lands a really nice looking cross but Melendez Jr seems unphased.
Rivera defending well as Melendez Jr loads up on a big left hand.
Rivera comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Melendez Jr gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rivera to score an easy takedown into full guard.
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!
Rivera content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera works over Melendez Jr with some ground and pound from guard.
Melendez Jr utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Melendez Jr keeping full guard, as Rivera tries to pass.
Rivera is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Rivera has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rivera working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Melendez Jr's head.
Rivera stands up over Melendez Jr, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rivera is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Melendez Jr is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Melendez Jr has escaped and now he's on top!
Melendez Jr has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Rivera is proving hard to escape from.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Melendez Jr wants to stand but Rivera has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rivera looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rivera is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Melendez Jr wants to get up but he can't break Rivera's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Melendez Jr trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Rivera is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Melendez Jr tries to stand but Rivera is controlling from the bottom.
Melendez Jr will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rivera seems keen to control Melendez Jr's posture.
Melendez Jr trying to stand up but can't free himself from Rivera's guard.
Melendez Jr has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Melendez Jr stopping the sweep attempt from Rivera.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Melendez Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Rivera showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Melendez Jr takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Melendez Jr lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Melendez Jr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Melendez Jr looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Melendez Jr tries to clinch but Rivera is having none of it.
Melendez Jr throws a shot from downtown. Rivera moves away and avoids it.
Jorge Melendez Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Melendez Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Melendez Jr misses with a body shot
and Rivera counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rivera seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rivera uses his free foot to push down on Melendez Jr's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Melendez Jr.
Rivera cracks Melendez Jr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Melendez Jr is rocked!
It looks like Jorge Melendez Jr has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivera lands a big shot there that rocks Melendez Jr but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera avoids the attempt from Melendez Jr to control.
Pablo Rivera has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rivera prevents Melendez Jr from getting the reversal.
Rivera putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Melendez Jr slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Rivera missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rivera seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Melendez Jr manages to get to full guard.
Rivera passes into half guard.
Melendez Jr is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melendez Jr is not content to let Rivera control the position.
Rivera looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Melendez Jr is looking to improve his position.
Rivera is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Melendez Jr trying to control but Rivera postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Melendez Jr tries to get to full guard but Rivera has control of the leg.
Rivera is keen to just control but Melendez Jr is a slippery customer.
Rivera works his way into full mount!
Melendez Jr is looking to get to half guard.
Rivera controlling from the full mount.
Rivera with shots to the head and body - Melendez Jr looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jorge Melendez Jr's cut is getting worse.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera landing shots from mount.
Jorge Melendez Jr's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jorge Melendez Jr's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Pablo Rivera!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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