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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Xayle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilbert Melindlez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xayle comes to the cage accompanied by Another Me - Peroxwhy?gen / Dale Oliver. John Xayle has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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131 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Xayle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gilbert Melindlez!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xayle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Xayle scores with a nice strike.
A big right from Xayle misses.
Xayle swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Melindlez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Xayle closes the distance and clinches.
Xayle wants to break free but Melindlez has control.
Melindlez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Xayle walks away with a smile on his face. Melindlez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Melindlez tries to clinch up but Xayle circles away and keeps his distance.
Melindlez fails with the takedown
and Xayle counters with a straight right hand.
Melindlez fails with the takedown
enabling Xayle to counter with a crisp jab.
John Xayle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gilbert Melindlez.
Melindlez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Xayle counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Melindlez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Xayle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Melindlez blocks the body kick.
Melindlez with a poor takedown
and Xayle counters by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xayle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Melindlez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Xayle counters by clinching up.
Melindlez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Xayle gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Melindlez is looking to break free of the clinch but Xayle has double underhooks.
Melindlez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Xayle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Xayle fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Xayle gets a clinch.
Melindlez is trying to break the clinch but Xayle has him pressed against the cage.
Xayle is looking to break free of the clinch but Melindlez has double underhooks.
Xayle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Xayle is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melindlez tries to clinch up
and Xayle counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Xayle.
Melindlez manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Melindlez throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Xayle postures up.
Xayle showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Melindlez can't keep his opponent in guard - Xayle advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Xayle slows the pace down in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melindlez looks like he's trying to stand up.
Melindlez holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Xayle controlling the action here.
Melindlez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Xayle closes the distance and pushes Melindlez back into the cage.
Melindlez jumps guard and drags Xayle to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Melindlez is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Xayle is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Xayle trying to control the position from guard on top but Melindlez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Melindlez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Xayle is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Xayle dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Melindlez misses with a takedown
and Xayle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Xayle closes the distance and clinches.
Xayle tries to circle away but Melindlez has him pinned against the cage.
Xayle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Melindlez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Xayle closes the distance looking to clinch
and Melindlez counters with a nice body kick.
Melindlez tries to clinch up
and Xayle counters with a straight right hand.
Melindlez misses with a takedown
and Xayle counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melindlez with a poor takedown
and Xayle counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
John Xayle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gilbert Melindlez.
Melindlez is breathing heavily.
Melindlez taking a breather.
Xayle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Melindlez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Melindlez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Xayle finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Xayle throws a nice outside leg kick.
Xayle throws a nice looking combination but Melindlez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Melindlez gets tackled into the cage by Xayle. Xayle maintains the clinch.
Melindlez can't get the takedown.
Xayle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Melindlez can't break the clinch.
Xayle manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xayle gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Xayle breaks from the clinch.
Xayle tests Melindlez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Xayle closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Xayle is trying to push Melindlez away but Melindlez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Melindlez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Xayle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Xayle tries to clinch up but Melindlez circles away and keeps his distance.
Xayle scores with a one two! Melindlez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Xayle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Xayle, right into the meat.
Melindlez fails with the takedown
and Xayle holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melindlez has had enough of the clinch but Xayle keeps him there for the moment.
Xayle breaks the clinch.
John Xayle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Melindlez throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Xayle throws a series of punches but Melindlez avoids them all with ease.
Xayle has Melindlez up against the cage in a clinch.
Melindlez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Xayle clinches up with Melindlez and pushes him back against the cage.
Xayle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Xayle instigates a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Xayle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melindlez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Xayle counters with a body kick that stops Melindlez in his tracks momentarily.
Xayle pushes Melindlez up against the cage in a clinch.
Xayle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Xayle instigates a clinch.
Melindlez goes for a takedown attempt but Xayle pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Xayle clinches up against the cage.
Xayle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Melindlez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Xayle scores with a head kick.
Melindlez shoots and misses
and Xayle counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Xayle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Xayle manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Xayle dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Xayle moves into the clinch.
Melindlez wants to get back to striking at distance but Xayle won't allow it.
Melindlez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Xayle avoids it.
Xayle blocks the elbow strike.
Melindlez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Xayle up against the cage.
Xayle manages to break the clinch.
Xayle has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melindlez working hard to break the clinch.
Xayle is trying to break the clinch but Melindlez has him pressed against the cage.
Xayle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Xayle. Melindlez shrugs it off though.
Melindlez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xayle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Melindlez doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Xayle counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Melindlez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Xayle lands with an uppercut that bounces Melindlez off the cage and back into rage.
Both fighters circling a little - Xayle finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Melindlez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Xayle counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Xayle.
Xayle tries to break free but Melindlez pushes him back against the cage.
Melindlez has Xayle pressed against the cage, preventing Xayle from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Melindlez misses with the head strike.
Xayle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Melindlez fails with the takedown
and Xayle counters with a three punch combo that has Melindlez backing up. Melindlez nods at Xayle to acknowledge the strikes.
John Xayle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gilbert Melindlez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melindlez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Melindlez keeps the fight on the outside.
Melindlez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Xayle misses with a head kick.
Xayle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Xayle clinches.
Melindlez jumps guard but Xayle stands there with Melindlez around his waist. Melindlez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Xayle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Melindlez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Melindlez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Melindlez is trying to break the clinch but Xayle is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xayle manages to break the clinch.
Melindlez dodges the punch combination from Xayle.
Xayle works over Melindlez's head and body with a nice combination.
Melindlez fails with the takedown
and Xayle holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Xayle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Xayle lands with a good body shot.
Xayle has managed to clinch.
Xayle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
John Xayle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Xayle tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xayle moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Xayle throws a nice outside leg kick.
Melindlez dodges the punch combination from Xayle.
Xayle lands a two punch combo.
Xayle throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Xayle clinches up with Melindlez and pushes him back against the cage.
Melindlez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Xayle is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Melindlez tries to pull guard but Xayle won't allow it.
Xayle breaks the clinch.
Gilbert Melindlez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Xayle tries to clinch there but Melindlez circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Xayle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Xayle 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Xayle!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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