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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raphael Melendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tony Drake enters the cage!
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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
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Raphael Melendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Drake!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melendez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Melendez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Drake closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Melendez is pressing down on Drake's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Melendez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Melendez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Drake postures up in Melendez's guard and throws a big left but Melendez blocks it.
Melendez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Drake with a flurry of punches that miss.
Drake prevents Melendez from getting back to his feet.
Drake trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Melendez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Drake throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Melendez will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Melendez trying to keep a closed guard but Drake is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melendez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Drake cracks Melendez with a solid left hand.
Drake throws an elbow that misses. Melendez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Drake's guard. Nice move by Melendez!
Drake wants to stand and escape but Melendez is having none of it.
Melendez will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Melendez throws an elbow that misses. Drake uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Melendez's guard. Nice move by Drake!
Drake won't allow Melendez to get back to his feet.
Drake throwing strikes from guard but Melendez blocks nicely.
Drake with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drake slips nicely into half guard.
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!
Drake thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Drake stops Melendez from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Drake scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ground and pound from Drake.
Melendez is breathing heavily.
Melendez is looking to improve his position.
Drake sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Melendez defending well though.
Drake wants to lay and pray for a moment but Melendez keeps working.
Melendez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melendez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Drake scores with a couple of nice shots.
Drake thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Melendez's head.
Drake is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Melendez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Drake.
Drake is nestled in close to Melendez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Drake slips a nice elbow through Melendez's hands, connecting with Melendez's forehead.
Drake missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Melendez trying to control here.
Drake looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Melendez won't allow Drake to pass to mount.
Melendez trying to control here.
Drake is trying to control the action in half guard but Melendez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Melendez trying to hold on to Drake's head to control him but Drake postures up.
Drake working over Melendez with some ground and pound. Melendez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Drake dominated that round.
That's time! Melendez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Melendez shoots in but no luck this time.
Drake closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Drake is thwarting Melendez's attempts to control the position.
Melendez is looking to improve his position.
Drake is thwarting Melendez's attempts to control the position.
Melendez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tony Drake has got the better of the ground game so far.
Drake winds up and cracks Melendez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Drake working Melendez over with strikes.
Drake working the head and body with strikes.
Drake 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.
Drake is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Melendez is trying to maintain the position but Drake is very close to passing his half guard.
Melendez is pressing down on Drake's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Melendez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Drake throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Drake distracts Melendez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Melendez is on top in guard.
Melendez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Melendez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Drake works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Drake is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Melendez is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Melendez moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Drake throws a big elbow that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Melendez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Drake throws a big elbow that misses.
Drake loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Melendez is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Drake defends well.
Drake working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melendez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Melendez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Drake stands up over Melendez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Drake works over Melendez with some ground and pound from guard.
Drake thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Melendez trying to control the position.
Drake scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Melendez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Drake.
We've been informed that Drake has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Melendez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake landing with the ground and pound.
Melendez wants to stand up but Drake is controlling him.
Drake cracks Melendez with a solid left hand.
Drake drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Drake jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Drake looking to sit in guard and control but Melendez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Drake can do anything to dispel that myth.
Drake is trying to keep Melendez in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Drake showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Melendez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Drake closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Melendez quickly recovers to half guard.
Drake is trying to control. Melendez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Drake not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Drake thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Drake missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Drake sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Melendez defending well though.
Drake is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Melendez sees it coming and defends easily.
Drake not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Drake throwing shots but Melendez is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melendez is trying to maintain the position but Drake is very close to passing his half guard.
Drake wants to control but Melendez is keeping him busy.
Drake is looking to advance position but Melendez won't allow it.
Drake prevents Melendez from standing back up.
Drake thows a huge punch but Melendez dodges it nicely.
Melendez gets back to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Drake accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Melendez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Drake!
Melendez landing strikes from the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melendez avoids the attempt from Drake to control.
Drake is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Melendez with a couple of short strikes.
Drake is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Drake is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Melendez looking to finish with strikes here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melendez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Melendez is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Drake has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Melendez thowing shots but they're missing.
Melendez won't let Drake get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Melendez misses with a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melendez throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Drake because Melendez loaded up on that one.
Melendez misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Drake is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Drake really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Melendez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Drake is trying to stand up.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tony Drake.
Well Drake has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Drake!
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RATING
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