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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Melendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louis comes into the arena with We be steady Mobbin blaring out of the sound system. This should be fireworks!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jason Melendez!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louis lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Louis has a takedown stuffed.
Louis drops Melendez with a left and a right! Oh, Melendez is hurt - Louis dives into side control looking to finish!
Melendez is rocked!
Louis throws an elbow but Melendez slips to the side and avoids it well.
An elbow from Louis crashes against the mat.
Louis throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Louis working away.
Louis stands up and beckons Melendez to his feet.
Melendez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Melendez moves in looking to clinch but Louis pushes him off.
Jason Melendez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Melendez tries to clinch there but Louis circles away.
Louis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Melendez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Louis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Melendez as he avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Louis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Melendez's waist but Melendez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Louis off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Louis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Melendez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Louis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Melendez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Louis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Louis throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Melendez was covering up waiting for the punch and Louis finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Louis is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis wants to control from the top but Melendez keeps moving.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Melendez is looking to stand up but Louis isn't so interested in that idea.
Louis throwing strikes but missing.
Louis stops Melendez from standing up.
Louis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Louis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Melendez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Melendez wants to stand up but Louis is controlling him.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Melendez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Melendez tries to clinch up.
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.
Melendez tries to clinch up but Louis circles away and keeps his distance.
Melendez tries to clinch up.
Louis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Melendez.
Louis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Melendez's waist but Melendez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Louis off to one side.
Louis looks to throw the jab but Melendez is out of range.
Melendez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Melendez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Louis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Louis.
Melendez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Melendez wants to clinch up but Louis keeps it at a distance.
Louis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Melendez doesn't manage to clinch there - Louis circles away.
Melendez doesn't manage to clinch there - Louis circles away.
Melendez is looking to clinch but Louis is avoiding it.
Melendez moves in looking to clinch but Louis pushes him off.
Melendez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Louis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Melendez doesn't manage to clinch there - Louis circles away.
Melendez doesn't manage to clinch there - Louis circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melendez closes the distance and clinches up with Louis, looking for a takedown. Melendez pushes Louis against the cage but Louis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Louis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Louis shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Louis was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Melendez just holding on.
Melendez blocking the ground and pound.
Louis thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Louis misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Louis avoids the attempt from Melendez to control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Melendez wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Louis.
Louis thowing shots but they're missing.
Melendez squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis lands a heavy elbow.
Louis misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Louis misses with a head shot.
Melendez blocking the ground and pound.
Louis jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Melendez manages to avoid the submission attempt.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Louis fails with a takedown attempt.
Melendez tries to clinch but Louis moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Louis.
Melendez fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Louis dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Melendez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Louis looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Louis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Louis stops Melendez from getting back to his feet.
Louis throwing shots but Melendez is blocking nicely.
Louis 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 is trying to stand.
Melendez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Louis.
Louis not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Louis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Louis trying to pass the guard but Melendez defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Melendez tries to clinch up.
Melendez tries to clinch but Louis is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis cracks Melendez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Melendez moves in looking to clinch but Louis pushes him off.
Melendez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Melendez is looking to clinch but Louis is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Melendez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Louis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A punch lands to the side of Melendez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Louis shoots in for a double leg but Melendez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Melendez moves in looking to clinch but Louis pushes him off.
Melendez wants to clinch.
Louis connects with a right hand. Melendez shakes it off.
George Louis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Melendez wants to clinch.
Louis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Louis swats away the attempt to clinch by Melendez.
Melendez tries to clinch but Louis moves out of range.
Melendez tries to clinch up but Louis circles away and keeps his distance.
Melendez shoots and misses
and Louis counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Louis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Melendez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Louis stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Louis shoots for a double leg takedown but Melendez sprawls well. He's pushed Louis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Louis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Louis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Melendez.
Melendez tries to clinch but Louis moves away
and Melendez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Louis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Melendez tries to avoid it but Louis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Melendez to the ground. Melendez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Melendez darts in trying to clinch
and Louis counters with a nice double leg into side control. Melendez won't be happy with that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis scores with punches from side control.
Melendez is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Louis asserts his dominance and retains side control.
An elbow from Louis crashes against the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Melendez managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Louis.
Sloppy strikes there by Louis.
Melendez parries the strikes from Louis easily there. Louis is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Melendez to escape.
Who's going to make the next move?
Louis cracks Melendez with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Louis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Melendez's waist but Melendez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Louis off to one side.
Melendez tries to clinch there but Louis circles away.
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.
Louis tries to score a power double leg takedown but Melendez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Louis somewhat.
Melendez moves in looking to clinch but Louis pushes him off.
Melendez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Melendez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Melendez has his takedown stuffed
and Louis counters with a head kick.
Louis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Melendez lands a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Melendez.
Louis tries to break free but Melendez pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Louis.
Melendez misses with a knee strike.
Louis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Melendez decides to pull guard.
Melendez 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.
Louis postures up in Melendez's guard and throws a big left but Melendez blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Louis dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Melendez tries to clinch
and Louis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Louis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Louis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Louis throws a sloppy head kick and Melendez moves out of range easily.
Nice takedown defense from Melendez. No joy for Louis on that attempt.
Melendez tries to clinch but Louis moves away
and Louis counters with a slapping leg kick.
Melendez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Louis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Louis is looking to chop away at Melendez's legs.
Melendez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Melendez tries to clinch but Louis moves out of range.
Melendez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Melendez wants to clinch up but Louis keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melendez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Melendez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Melendez tries to clinch but Louis is having none of it.
Melendez tries to clinch up but Louis circles away and keeps his distance.
Melendez tries to clinch but Louis moves out of range.
Louis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Louis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Louis tries to score a power double leg takedown but Melendez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Louis somewhat.
Louis throws a body punch but Melendez moves out of range.
Melendez tries to clinch up.
Louis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Melendez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Louis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Louis circles away from the clinch attempt
and Louis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Louis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Melendez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Louis.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Louis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Melendez darts in trying to clinch
and Louis counters with a nice double leg into side control. Melendez won't be happy with that.
Louis misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melendez is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Louis tries to move into full mount but can't pass Melendez's legs.
The strikes coming from Louis are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Louis tries to move into full mount but can't pass Melendez's legs.
Louis stands up.
Louis rushes Melendez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Melendez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Louis's face.
Melendez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Louis is defending well for now.
Louis misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Louis.
Melendez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Melendez misses with a knee to the head.
Louis lands a hook that snaps the head of Melendez backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Louis.
Louis gets through Melendez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Louis throws a punch but it's blocked by Melendez.
Louis throws a punch but it's blocked by Melendez.
Melendez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Louis misses with the head strike.
Louis scores with a shoulder strike.
Melendez misses with an elbow over the top.
Melendez landing knees to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Louis.
Melendez landing knees to the head.
Melendez lands a knee to the head.
Louis misses with some punches.
Louis tries to break the clinch but Melendez is controlling the position.
Melendez takes a shot to the head.
Melendez trying to land knees to the body.
Louis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Louis closes the distance and clinches up with Melendez, looking for a takedown. Louis pushes Melendez against the cage but Melendez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Melendez closes the distance but Louis moves to the side
and Melendez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Louis throws a series of punches but Melendez avoids them all with ease.
Melendez wants to clinch but Louis slips to the side
and Louis counters with a stiff right hand.
Melendez wants to clinch but Louis slips to the side
and Louis counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Melendez's guard now.
Louis won't allow Melendez to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Louis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Melendez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Louis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Louis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Melendez is looking to stand up but Louis isn't so interested in that idea.
Louis throwing strikes from guard but Melendez blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Louis gets to his feet - Melendez follows without any prompting.
Donk. Louis catches Melendez right on the button with a cross.
George Louis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Melendez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Louis circles away from the clinch attempt
and Louis counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Jason Melendez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Melendez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that's the end of the fight!
George Louis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Louis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Louis!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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