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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Albert Fish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Melo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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195 lbs
27 - 12 - 0 |
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198 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Albert Fish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sergio Melo!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fish on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Melo connects with a solid leg kick.
Fish looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A big left from Fish misses.
Sloppy strikes from Fish. Those never looked like landing.
Melo moves forwards but Fish connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sloppy strikes from Melo. Those never looked like landing.
Melo connects with a solid leg kick.
Fish fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fish bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Melo's head backwards.
Melo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fish lands a nice hook to Melo's body. Melo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fish uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Melo.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Fish crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Melo - the referee stops the clock and Fish gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Melo. Fish manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Melo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Melo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fish jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fish throws a head kick but Melo moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fish avoids the head kick by Melo.
Fish misses with an uppercut.
Melo tries a head kick but it misses.
Fish looks to score with a jab to the body but Melo is just out of range.
Melo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Melo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Melo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Melo throws a leg kick which misses Fish's front leg but catches the back leg as Fish tries to avoid it.
Melo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fish throws the left hand but Melo avoids the punch easily.
Melo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Some wild striking there from Fish.
Melo throws a jab but it's blocked by Fish.
Melo defending well as Fish loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fish.
A head kick misses from Melo.
Fish uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Melo.
Fish doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Melo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A big left from Fish misses.
Fish misses with a straight left.
Melo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Melo misses with a straight right.
Fish stuns Melo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fish is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Melo.
Fish throws a hook but Melo blocks it.
Melo lands a nice hook to Fish's body. Fish takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fish digs a good hook to Melo's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melo takes one on the button.
Melo fakes the leg kick and cracks Fish in the body.
Fish throws a poor cross that misses
and Melo counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Melo moves away from the strike by Fish.
Fish clinches up against the cage.
Melo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fish lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Melo lands a right hand.
Melo misses with some punches.
Melo breaks the clinch.
Melo walks into a stiff left hand from Fish.
Fish tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Albert Fish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fish blocks a jab.
Fish fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fish on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Melo. Melo obviously looking to wear him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Melo throws the left hand but Fish avoids the punch easily.
Fish looks to score with a jab to the body but Melo is just out of range.
Melo feints and then cracks Fish's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fish down.
Fish closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fish throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fish throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fish takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Albert Fish has been cut.
Melo misses with a head kick.
A jab from Fish misses.
Melo throws a hook but Fish avoids it easily.
Fish throws a head kick but Melo moves out of range.
Melo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Melo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fish rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Melo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Fish is breathing heavily.
Fish scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Melo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Albert Fish's cut.
That's time! Fish's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Fish takes a swing at Melo's ribcage but misses.
Fish swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fish lands a head shot.
Melo scores with a body shot.
Melo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Melo looks to land a left hand but Fish moved out of range nicely.
Jab, jab by Melo - just one landing.
Fish misses with a double jab.
Fish lands a jab to Melo's midsection.
Melo throws a jab when Fish was well out of range.
Melo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fish checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Melo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fish throws a right and a left that both miss.
Melo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Fish's head.
Melo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fish's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fish waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Melo.
Jab by Fish.
Melo lands a high kick!
Fish chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Melo can pounce on him.
A jab from Melo misses.
Fish is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fish tries to close the distance and clinch up but Melo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Melo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fish fails in his attempt to clinch.
A big left from Melo misses.
Fish feints a jab promting Melo to slip. Fish then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Melo slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Melo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fish tests Melo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Melo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fish throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Melo.
Fish throws a right hand that Melo ducks under and follows up with a left that Melo also avoids with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fish blocks a low kick nicely.
A clash of legs there as Fish blocks the low kick.
Melo looks to score with a jab to the body but Fish is just out of range.
Melo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fish throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Melo counters with a leg kick.
Fish looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sergio Melo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fish digs a good hook to Melo's body.
A shot to the liver by Fish. Beautiful body shot.
Fish tries to close the distance and clinch but Melo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fish takes a swing at Melo's ribcage but misses.
Fish throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Melo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good shot there by Fish.
Fish throws a right hand that Melo ducks under and follows up with a left that Melo also avoids with ease.
Fish misses with a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters circling - Fish throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Melo throws a body punch but Fish moves out of range.
Melo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fish has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A good leg kick by Melo.
Fish tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Melo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fish with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Melo to score with a decent uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Melo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fish shoots in for a takedown but Melo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fish misses with a low kick as Melo jumps back.
Melo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Melo punishes Fish's body with a nice straight punch.
Melo 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.
Sloppy strikes from Fish. Those never looked like landing.
Melo lands with an overhand left.
Fish takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fish chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Melo can pounce on him.
Melo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Melo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Melo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Melo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fish has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice shot lands for Melo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Melo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Albert Fish's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Melo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fish scores with a shot to the body.
Melo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fish checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fish tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Melo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Fish does it's job there.
Fish takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Melo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fish's sensitive parts.
Fish tries a low kick but Melo avoids it.
Melo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fish's calf.
Melo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fish.
A swing and a miss from Fish.
Melo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Melo feints and then cracks Fish's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fish down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melo misses with a low kick.
Melo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fish on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Melo. Melo obviously looking to wear him down.
A head kick misses from Fish.
Melo blocks a low kick nicely.
Melo throws a combination. Fish tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Melo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fish tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fish throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Melo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fish takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fish throws a series of punches but Melo avoids them all with ease.
A slapping leg kick lands for Melo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Melo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fish in his tracks.
Albert Fish has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melo dips to his left and cracks Fish with an uppercut!
Melo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Melo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fish throws an off balance right hand
and Melo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jab by Melo.
Melo throws a series of strikes that have Fish backpedaling.
Melo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Albert Fish's cut is getting worse.
Melo throws a head kick that half lands.
Melo throws a shot to the body.
Fish connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Melo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Melo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fish takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Melo.
Melo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fish throws out the jab.
Fish takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A head kick misses from Melo.
Fish jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fish throws a right and a left that both miss.
Melo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fish.
Melo works Fish's body with a nice hook.
Melo lands a head kick. Fish smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A nice inside leg kick there by Melo. That's going to slow Fish down.
Fish throws a big shot that misses.
Melo cracks the inside of Fish's front leg.
Melo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Melo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melo digs a good hook to Fish's body.
Fish tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Melo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No joy there for Fish, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Melo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Melo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Melo scores with a head kick. Fish tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Melo jabs Fish to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fish connects with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Melo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A swing and a miss from Melo.
Sergio Melo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fish looks to land a combination but Melo avoids it well.
Fish misses with a right hand
and Melo counters with a head kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Melo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Melo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Melo!
Sergio Melo bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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