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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Troy Foreman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilbert Melendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Troy Foreman has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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162 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Troy Foreman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gilbert Melendez!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foreman changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Melendez tries to avoid it but Foreman manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Melendez to the ground. Melendez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Melendez keeps the fight on the outside.
Foreman shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Melendez defends it nicely.
Melendez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Melendez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Melendez thows a huge punch but Foreman dodges it nicely.
Foreman looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Melendez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Melendez.
Melendez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Melendez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Melendez lands a nice short elbow.
Melendez working over Foreman with some ground and pound. Foreman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Melendez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Melendez throwing shots but Foreman is blocking nicely.
Melendez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Melendez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Foreman has hold of Melendez's hands but Melendez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Foreman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nice strikes from Melendez there.
Melendez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Foreman defending well though.
Melendez is thwarting Foreman's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Melendez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Foreman is trying to stand back up but Melendez is controlling him
Foreman wants to get back to full guard.
Foreman wants to get back to his feet.
Foreman is breathing heavily.
Melendez working the head and body with strikes.
Melendez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Foreman has hold of Melendez's hands but Melendez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Melendez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from Melendez there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Melendez lands a nice short elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Foreman trying to control here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Melendez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Foreman really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melendez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Foreman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Melendez is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Melendez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Melendez prevents Foreman from standing back up.
Melendez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Melendez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Melendez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Melendez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Foreman taking some punishment here, with Melendez in his half guard.
Foreman looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melendez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nice strikes from Melendez there.
Melendez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Melendez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Melendez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Melendez misses with a head shot. Foreman uses the momentum to regain guard.
Melendez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Melendez lands a couple of digs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Foreman had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Melendez defends it easily.
Melendez cracks Foreman with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gilbert Melendez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Melendez closes the distance and clinches up with Foreman, looking for a takedown. Melendez pushes Foreman against the cage but Foreman circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Foreman lands with a nice body kick.
Foreman doesn't manage to clinch there - Melendez circles away.
Foreman looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Melendez is fending him off so far but Foreman persists. Nope, Melendez circles away and we're back to standing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Foreman.
Foreman shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Troy Foreman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Foreman doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Melendez counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melendez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Melendez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Melendez connects with a couple of short punches.
Melendez is working Foreman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Foreman will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Melendez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Melendez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Foreman has momentary wrist control but Melendez slips an elbow through the middle.
Melendez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Foreman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Foreman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Melendez throws a big right hand that misses.
Foreman is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Melendez postures up and lands a big shot to Foreman's brow.
Melendez landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foreman not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Melendez has gone for a leg lock! Foreman slips out almost immediately though and dives into Melendez's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Foreman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Melendez is keeping the position for now.
Melendez has a closed guard, preventing Foreman from standing up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foreman wants to control from the top but Melendez keeps moving.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Melendez can do anything to dispel that myth.
Troy Foreman has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Foreman clinches up with Melendez and pushes him back against the cage.
Melendez has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Foreman after a bit of a struggle.
Foreman is pressed up against the cage. Melendez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Foreman down to the mat. Foreman avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Foreman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Melendez slaps away a takedown attempt from Foreman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Foreman with that takedown attempt.
Foreman fails with a takedown attempt.
Foreman slaps away a takedown attempt from Melendez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Foreman is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gilbert Melendez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Melendez gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Foreman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Melendez wants to sweep here but Foreman controlling him for the moment.
Foreman is looking to stand up but Melendez won't let him.
Melendez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Foreman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Foreman wants to pass the guard but Melendez is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Troy Foreman wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Foreman with a poor takedown
and Melendez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Foreman's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Melendez lands a couple of elbows.
Melendez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Foreman controls Melendez momentarily but Melendez frees himself.
Gilbert Melendez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Melendez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Melendez passes Foreman's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Melendez is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Melendez wants to work for an arm triangle but Foreman is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foreman moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Melendez postures up in Foreman's guard and throws a big left but Foreman blocks it.
Melendez throws a strike but Foreman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Foreman trying to control the position from guard on top but Melendez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Foreman stopping the sweep attempt from Melendez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foreman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Foreman passes Melendez's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Foreman trying to control the action but Melendez is working from the bottom.
Foreman wants to stand but Melendez has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Foreman is trying to work for a kimura but Melendez is defending well.
Foreman is looking to take a break and control but Melendez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gilbert Melendez.
I've got Melendez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gilbert Melendez!
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