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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ahmad Ajatollah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Melendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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26
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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180 cm
27
170 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Very strong |
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Good takedowns
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Granite chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ahmad Ajatollah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Javier Melendez!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melendez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Ajatollah!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ajatollah is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ajatollah on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ajatollah is looking to reverse the position.
Melendez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ajatollah keeps working.
Ajatollah taking a bit of punishment here - Melendez scoring with strikes.
Ajatollah is looking for a sweep.
Melendez controlling the position from side mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Melendez is putting a hurting on Ajatollah here, landing some big shots from side control.
Melendez wants to control but Ajatollah is keeping him busy.
Melendez is working Ajatollah over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ajatollah being controlled for a moment.
Ajatollah tries to buck Melendez off but Melendez is having none of it.
Melendez working the ground and pound.
Melendez grinds an elbow into Ajatollah's temple.
Melendez tries to move into full mount but can't pass Ajatollah's legs.
Melendez is working Ajatollah over with some ground and pound from side control.
Melendez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Melendez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ajatollah is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ajatollah is working hard here to advance position.
Melendez taking a breather here.
Ajatollah tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Melendez has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Ajatollah is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Melendez yanks on the arm and Ajatollah is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Melendez.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Javier Melendez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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