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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Davi Melo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Boxer Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Davi Melo has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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3 - 2 - 0 |
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195 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Davi Melo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Boxer Jr!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boxer Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Melo jabs Boxer Jr right on the nose. Boxer Jr blinks but takes it well.
Melo lands with a right hand.
Boxer Jr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Melo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boxer Jr moves away.
Boxer Jr steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Melo.
Boxer Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Boxer Jr throws a leg kick but Melo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Melo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Boxer Jr in his tracks.
Melo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boxer Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Boxer Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Boxer Jr misses the target.
Melo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Boxer Jr.
Melo connects with a nice looking jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Melo, as that shot connected.
Melo wants to clinch.
Boxer Jr throws a right and a left that Melo avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melo checks a leg kick.
Melo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Boxer Jr stalks Melo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Melo's face. Melo staggers backwards, shaken.
A jab from Boxer Jr misses.
Melo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Melo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Melo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boxer Jr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Boxer Jr slips under a jab from Melo.
Melo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Boxer Jr has time to react.
Melo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boxer Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Melo.
Melo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boxer Jr.
Boxer Jr feints and then cracks Melo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Melo down.
Melo tries to clinch but Boxer Jr moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melo wants to clinch up but Boxer Jr keeps it at a distance.
Melo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Melo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Melo looks to score with a jab to the body but Boxer Jr is just out of range.
Boxer Jr catches Melo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Melo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A nice combination there by Melo.
Boxer Jr is looking to chop away at Melo's legs.
Boxer Jr takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Melo staying out of range there.
Boxer Jr tries a head kick but it misses.
Melo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Boxer Jr lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Melo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Melo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Boxer Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Boxer Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer Jr fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Melo is out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Melo.
Boxer Jr lands with a thumping leg kick.
Melo tries to clinch but Boxer Jr moves out of range.
Melo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Boxer Jr's head backwards.
Melo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Melo misses with a hook.
Donk. Boxer Jr catches Melo right on the button with a cross.
Melo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Melo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Boxer Jr moves forwards but Melo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Melo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boxer Jr.
Melo slips under a jab.
Boxer Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Melo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boxer Jr takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Melo tries to close the distance and clinch but Boxer Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Melo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boxer Jr on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Boxer Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Melo.
Melo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Boxer Jr lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Melo lands with a shot to the body.
Melo wants to clinch.
Melo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Melo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Boxer Jrs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A big left from Melo misses.
Melo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Melo fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Davi Melo will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Melo looks to land a left hand but Boxer Jr moved out of range nicely.
Boxer Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.
Boxer Jr takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Davi Melo is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab, jab by Boxer Jr - just one landing.
A jab from Boxer Jr finds it's way through Melo's defenses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Boxer Jr in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Boxer Jr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Boxer Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boxer Jr throws a leg kick which misses Melo's front leg but catches the back leg as Melo tries to avoid it.
Melo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Melo wants to clinch.
Boxer Jr lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Melo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boxer Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Melo moves forwards but Boxer Jr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Melo tries to bum rush Boxer Jr with a series of wild strikes but Boxer Jr uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melo scores with a decent looking hook.
Melo looks to land a right hand but Boxer Jr moved out of range.
Melo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Melo misses with a wild body shot.
Melo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Melo throws a big shot that misses.
Boxer Jr has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Boxer Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boxer Jr tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Melo is able to avoid easily.
Boxer Jr misses with a hook.
Melo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Melo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Boxer Jr scores with a leg kick.
Boxer Jr throws a shot from downtown. Melo moves away and avoids it.
Melo connects with a crisp jab.
Melo lands with a straight right. Boxer Jr didn't see that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boxer Jr moves away.
Nice uppercut there from Melo.
Boxer Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and Melo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Melo throws the left hand but Boxer Jr avoids the punch easily.
Boxer Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Melo manages to avoid it.
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!
Boxer Jr looks to throw the jab but Melo is out of range.
Melo avoids the head kick by Boxer Jr.
Boxer Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and Melo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big left from Boxer Jr misses.
Boxer Jr slips a jab from Melo.
Boxer Jr moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A big left from Boxer Jr misses.
Boxer Jr throws out a loose jab but Melo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Melo lunges at Boxer Jr with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Boxer Jr's hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer Jr throws a hook to the side of Melo's head but Melo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Melo is looking to clinch.
Melo misses with a wild body shot.
Boxer Jr throws the left hand but Melo avoids the punch easily.
Melo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A jab from Melo finds it's way through Boxer Jr's defenses.
Melo misses with a two punch combination.
Boxer Jr delivers a nice body kick.
Melo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Melo throws a hook but Boxer Jr avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Boxer Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Melo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boxer Jr.
Melo throws out a powerful jab.
Boxer Jr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Melo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melo lands with a hook. Boxer Jr tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Melo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boxer Jr moves away.
Boxer Jr takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Melo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Melo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boxer Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boxer Jr needs to keep his hands up - Melo had a free shot at his head there.
A big right from Melo misses.
Melo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Boxer Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Boxer Jr cracks Melo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good leg kick by Boxer Jr there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Melo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Donk. Melo catches Boxer Jr right on the button with a cross.
Boxer Jr throws a hook to the side of Melo's head but Melo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Joe Boxer Jr will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Boxer Jr misses with an uppercut. Melo saw that one coming.
Boxer Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Melo is just out of range.
Boxer Jr throws a looping overhand right but Melo ducks down to avoid it.
Melo moves out of range of the leg kick from Boxer Jr.
Melo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Boxer Jr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Melo.
Boxer Jr tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Melo works the jab nicely.
Melo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boxer Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Melo misses with a straight left.
Boxer Jr slips a jab and a cross from Melo.
Boxer Jr moves away from the strike by Melo.
Melo throws the left hand but Boxer Jr avoids the punch easily.
Boxer Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Melo moves away.
Melo moves out of range of the strikes.
Boxer Jr feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Melos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxer Jr slips a jab from Melo.
Melo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boxer Jr.
Melo tries to clinch up but Boxer Jr circles away and keeps his distance.
Boxer Jr throws an off balance right hand
and Melo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boxer Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boxer Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Melo defending well as Boxer Jr loads up on a big left hand.
Boxer Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Melo misses with a body shot.
Melo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Boxer Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boxer Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boxer Jr misses the jab.
Boxer Jr throws a sloppy head kick and Melo moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melo misses with a lunging right hand
and Boxer Jr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Melo throws a poor cross that misses
and Boxer Jr counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Melo is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A punch lands to the side of Boxer Jr 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Melo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Melo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
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!
Melo missing with a left hand there. Boxer Jr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Melo scores with a punch to the head.
Boxer Jr throws a lazy right hand but Melo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Melo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A big left from Melo misses.
Boxer Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Melo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Boxer Jr.
Melo is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A jab lands there for Boxer Jr.
Boxer Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer Jr throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jab, jab by Melo - just one landing.
Boxer Jr moves away from the strike by Melo.
A big right from Melo misses.
Melo throws a series of punches but Boxer Jr moves out of range.
Boxer Jr shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Melo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Melo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Boxer Jr.
Melo tries to clinch but Boxer Jr moves out of range.
Boxer Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
A swing and a miss from Boxer Jr.
A big left from Melo misses.
Melo ducks under a wild hook from Boxer Jr.
Boxer Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Melo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boxer Jr throws a left and a right that both miss
and Melo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Boxer Jr missing with a left hand there. Melo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Melo looks to land a combination but Boxer Jr avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Boxer Jr.
Melo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Boxer Jr needs to keep his hands up - Melo had a free shot at his head there.
Melo wants to clinch up but Boxer Jr keeps it at a distance.
Melo is looking to clinch but Boxer Jr is avoiding it.
Melo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Boxer Jr throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
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!
Melo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boxer Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Melo.
Boxer Jr throws a right hand that Melo ducks under and follows up with a left that Melo also avoids with ease.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Davi Melo.
Well Melo 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Davi Melo!
Our winner, Davi Melo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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