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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mac Daddy Elbow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilbert Melendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Mac Daddy Elbow has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mac Daddy Elbow seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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190 cm
23
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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175 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Intelligent |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mac Daddy Elbow! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gilbert Melendez! The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Elbow tries to clinch up. Melendez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Elbow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Melendez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Elbow. The fight stays on the outside here - Elbow looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Melendez misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Melendez. Those never looked like landing. Elbow avoids a punch combination nicely.
Elbow tries to clinch up but Melendez circles away and keeps his distance. Melendez keeps the fight on the outside. Melendez throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Melendez throws a right and a left that Elbow avoids nicely. Elbow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Elbow is looking to clinch but Melendez is avoiding it.
Elbow tries to clinch but Melendez is having none of it. Elbow is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Elbow wants to clinch up but Melendez keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round. Elbow fails in his attempt to clinch. Elbow tries to clinch up but Melendez circles away and keeps his distance. Melendez fails to land with a series of punches.
Melendez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Elbow moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Elbow tries to clinch up. Melendez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Elbow dodges the punch combination from Melendez.
Some wild striking there from Melendez.
Elbow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Melendez throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Melendez throws a jab when Elbow was well out of range. Elbow tries to clinch up but Melendez circles away and keeps his distance. A combination from Melendez does no damage. Elbow tries to clinch but Melendez moves out of range. Elbow fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Melendez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Elbow is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Elbow doesn't manage to clinch there - Melendez circles away.
Elbow tries to clinch but Melendez moves out of range. Melendez misses with a double jab
and Elbow counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Elbow. Melendez takes an elbow to the forehead. Melendez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Melendez working hard to break the clinch. Melendez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Melendez is trying to push Elbow away but Elbow has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Melendez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Elbow unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Melendez takes a knee to the side of the body. Elbow has Melendez pressed against the cage, preventing Melendez from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Elbow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Melendez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Melendez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Elbow connects with a knee to the head.
Melendez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Melendez is looking to break free of the clinch but Elbow has double underhooks. Elbow lands a good knee to the midsection. Melendez won't want to take too many of those. Elbow misses with a knee strike.
Elbow keeps control of Melendez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Elbow misses with a knee to the head. Elbow lands a knee to the head.
Melendez wants to break free but Elbow has control.
Elbow connects with a knee to the head.
Elbow with a knee to the head.
Melendez wants to break free but Elbow has control.
Elbow lands a good knee to the midsection. Melendez won't want to take too many of those. A knee to the head by Elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Melendez wants to break free but Elbow has control.
Elbow misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mac Daddy Elbow dominated that round. That's time! Elbow's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Elbow is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Elbow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Elbow tries to close the distance and clinch up but Melendez swats him away and circles back towards the center. Elbow tries to clinch up. Melendez throws a right and a left that Elbow avoids nicely. Melendez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Elbow is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Melendez cracks Elbow with an open hand slap. Melendez tries to bum rush Elbow with a series of wild strikes but Elbow uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Elbow tries to clinch up. Elbow wants to clinch. Melendez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Elbow counters by moving into the clinch. Elbow lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Melendez is trying to break the clinch but Elbow is controlling him. Melendez tries to circle away but Elbow has him pinned against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Elbow using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Melendez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Melendez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Elbow lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Elbow working Melendez over with knees to the body. Elbow throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Elbow putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Melendez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Elbow crunches a lovely knee into Melendez's ribcage. Melendez takes an elbow to the temple. Melendez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Melendez is trying to push Elbow away but Elbow has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Elbow lands an elbow inside that Melendez shrugs off. A frustrated look appears on Melendez's face as he tries to break the clinch. Elbow tries to land knees in the clinch but Melendez avoids the damage to the body. Melendez is looking to break free of the clinch but Elbow has double underhooks. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Elbow obliges. Elbow lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Elbow scores a nice knee to the body.
Melendez tries to circle away but Elbow has him pinned against the cage. Elbow working Melendez over with knees to the body. Melendez tries to circle away but Elbow has him pinned against the cage. Melendez can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Elbow putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Melendez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Elbow throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Melendez is trying to break the clinch but Elbow is controlling him. Elbow landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Elbow.
Elbow with a knee to the head.
Elbow using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Elbow utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Knees to the body from Elbow.
Melendez takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Elbow utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. A nice glancing elbow lands by Elbow. Melendez is trying to push Elbow away but Elbow has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. A knee to the head by Elbow.
Elbow has Melendez pressed against the cage, preventing Melendez from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Melendez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Elbow tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Elbow lands an elbow inside that Melendez shrugs off. Elbow utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mac Daddy Elbow dominated that second round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Elbow tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Melendez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Elbow is looking to clinch. Sloppy strikes from Melendez. Those never looked like landing. Elbow slips a jab and a cross from Melendez.
Elbow is looking to clinch but Melendez is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Elbow looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Melendez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Elbow tries to clinch up. Melendez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Elbow circles away quickly and effectively. Elbow fails in his attempt to clinch. Elbow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Melendez thuds a left hand into Elbow's body. Elbow clinches up against the cage. Melendez can't break the clinch.
Elbow creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Melendez's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Elbow scores a nice knee to the body.
Elbow is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Melendez is trying to break free. Melendez has had enough of the clinch but Elbow keeps him there for the moment. Elbow with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Elbow prevents Melendez from breaking the clinch. Elbow connects with a nasty looking knee right to Melendez's face.
Elbow lands a good knee to the midsection. Melendez won't want to take too many of those. Elbow lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Melendez tries to break the clinch but Elbow is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Elbow has Melendez pressed against the cage, preventing Melendez from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Melendez is trying to break the clinch but Elbow has him pressed against the cage. Melendez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Elbow connects with a knee to the head.
Elbow throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Melendez blocks it with crossed arms. Melendez working hard to break the clinch. Elbow prevents Melendez from breaking the clinch. Melendez tries to break free but Elbow pushes him back against the cage. Elbow prevents Melendez from breaking the clinch. Melendez can't break the clinch.
Elbow utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Melendez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Melendez working hard to break the clinch. Elbow lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Elbow. Melendez is trying to break the clinch but Elbow is controlling him. Elbow connects with a knee to the head.
Elbow with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Melendez's face as he tries to break the clinch. Mac Daddy Elbow has scored more points in the clinch so far. Melendez is trying to push Elbow away but Elbow has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Elbow scores a nice knee to the body.
Elbow has Melendez pressed against the cage, preventing Melendez from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Elbow throws a knee to the head but misses.
Melendez has had enough of the clinch but Elbow keeps him there for the moment. Elbow unloads a knee to the mid-section. Melendez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Elbow has him pressed against the cage. Elbow prevents Melendez from breaking the clinch. Elbow pushes off an throws an elbow but Melendez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Elbow tries to land a knee to the head but Melendez blocks with his arms.
Melendez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Gilbert Melendez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Mac Daddy Elbow is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Elbow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
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 Mac Daddy Elbow. Well Elbow 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27 Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27 Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mac Daddy Elbow!
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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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