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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Calogero Anello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Melendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Melendez has chosen El Coo Cooi as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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168 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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169 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Calogero Anello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Xavier Melendez!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melendez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Anello on the side of the head.
Melendez closes the distance and pushes Anello back into the cage.
Anello is trying to force a seperation but Melendez has the dominant position.
Anello looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Anello is trying to break free.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A frustrated look appears on Anello's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Melendez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melendez stalling the fight.
Anello wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Melendez working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Anello's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Melendez is looking for a takedown.
Melendez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anello has him pressed against the cage.
Melendez has Anello pressed against the cage, preventing Anello from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Anello is trying to break the clinch but Melendez is controlling him.
Melendez tries a body shot but Anello blocks it.
Anello wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Melendez trying to control the position but instead, Anello has worked for underhooks and has pushed Melendez into the cage.
Anello tries to break the clinch but Melendez is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melendez has had enough of the clinch but Anello keeps him there for the moment.
Melendez stalling.
Anello is trying to break the clinch but Melendez has him pressed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Melendez seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Anello keeps control of Melendez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Melendez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anello's elbow.
Melendez misses with a body punch.
Melendez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melendez avoids the body shot from Anello.
Melendez works over Anello's head and body with a nice combination.
Melendez swings for the body but Anello moves out of range.
Anello pushes Melendez away with a front kick.
Anello stuffs the takedown.
Anello lands a glancing blow to the side of Melendez's head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Anello.
Melendez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Anello sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Melendez somewhat.
Calogero Anello has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xavier Melendez.
Melendez looks gassed!
Anello bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Melendez's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Anello gets tackled into the cage by Melendez. Melendez maintains the clinch.
Melendez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Anello or not.
Anello takes a shot to the head.
Melendez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Melendez lands a left hand.
Melendez tries to circle away but Anello has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Anello's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Anello tries to break the clinch but Melendez is controlling the position.
Melendez can't find room to land a body shot as Anello controls the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anello working hard to break the clinch.
Melendez misses with a body punch.
Anello has had enough of the clinch but Melendez keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Melendez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Melendez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Melendez has his takedown stuffed
and Anello counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Anello avoids the body shot from Melendez.
Anello 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.
Melendez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anello.
Anello scores with a hook.
Anello looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Melendez defending well as Anello loads up on a big left hand.
Melendez throws a hook but Anello avoids it easily.
Melendez walks into a jab.
Anello misses with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Melendez misses
and Anello counters with a nice uppercut.
Melendez throws a lazy uppercut
and Anello counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Melendez walks into a straight right hand from Anello.
Anello paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Calogero Anello is winning the standup battle so far.
Melendez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Anello counters with a nice uppercut.
Melendez drives through with a takedown into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Melendez trying to control but Anello is working from the bottom.
Anello working a defensive guard here.
Anello is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Melendez is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melendez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anello tries to buck Melendez off but Melendez is having none of it.
Anello is not content to let Melendez control the position.
Melendez laying and praying for a moment but Anello takes advantage and regains half guard.
Anello wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melendez is looking to take a break and control but Anello is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Anello wants to get back to full guard.
Melendez not doing much here.
Anello is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Melendez throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Anello to regain full guard.
Melendez looking to sit in guard and control but Anello gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Melendez holds on and takes a little breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anello stopping the sweep attempt from Melendez.
Anello wants to control from the top but Melendez keeps moving.
Melendez trying to keep a closed guard but Anello is proving a slippery customer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anello preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Xavier Melendez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Melendez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Melendez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Anello is able to avoid easily.
Melendez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anello.
Anello is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Melendez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Anello defends it nicely.
Melendez misses with a series of wild punches.
Anello throws a shot to the body.
Anello connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Anello stuffs the takedown.
Melendez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Anello.
Anello scoring well with a low kick there.
Melendez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Xavier Melendez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anello gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Melendez to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Anello wants to sweep here but Melendez controlling him for the moment.
Anello pushes Melendez off and scrambles back to his feet.
Anello lands a lovely overhand right.
Calogero Anello has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Xavier Melendez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anello lands with a straight right. Melendez didn't see that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anello. Melendez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Melendez closes the distance and clinches up with Anello, looking for a takedown. Melendez pushes Anello against the cage but Anello circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Calogero Anello has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xavier Melendez.
Anello misses with an uppercut.
Melendez misses with a body shot.
Melendez shoots in and drives through. Anello sprawls well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anello ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Melendez moves away.
Anello is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Melendez misses with a body kick.
Anello takes a swing at Melendez's ribcage but misses.
Anello tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Melendez was well out of range. Poor timing from Anello.
Anello throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Melendez.
Melendez missing with a left hand there. Anello was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anello misses with a looping right.
A slapping leg kick lands for Melendez.
Melendez throws a hook to the side of Anello's head but Anello sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Melendez shoots and misses
and Anello counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Melendez takes a jab right on the kisser.
No joy there for Melendez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Melendez throws a half hearted mid kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Anello misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anello throws a jab when Melendez was well out of range.
Anello lets loose with a powerful body kick. Melendez will feel that in the morning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anello lands a slapping body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Anello there.
Melendez is rocked!
It looks like Xavier Melendez has been cut.
Anello misses with a kick to the body.
Melendez is still on wobbly legs! Can Anello finish him?
Anello looks to score with a jab to the body but Melendez is just out of range.
Melendez fails with the takedown.
Melendez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anello is looking to land body kicks.
Anello throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Anello.
And that's the end of the fight!
Calogero Anello showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Melendez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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