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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ganbaatar Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giblert Melendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan comes to the cage accompanied by Bad Seed - Watch It Burn. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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185 lbs
11 - 13 - 0 |
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185 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ganbaatar Khan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Giblert Melendez !
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melendez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Khan, pushing him back against the cage.
Melendez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Melendez lands a right hand.
Khan has had enough of the clinch but Melendez keeps him there for the moment.
Melendez lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Melendez .
Khan is trying to force a seperation but Melendez has the dominant position.
Khan tries to break the clinch but Melendez is controlling the position.
Melendez lands a hook that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Melendez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Khan's efforts to push away.
Melendez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short left from Melendez .
Khan prevents a body shot from Melendez .
Khan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khan connects with a nice looking jab.
Khan jabs at Melendez 's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Melendez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Melendez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Melendez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Khan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Khan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Melendez eats them both and turns towards Khan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Giblert Melendez has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Melendez .
Khan avoids the body shot from Melendez .
Khan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khan misses with a wild combination.
The crowd cheers as Melendez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Khan doesn't seem phased though.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Melendez .
Melendez lands a right hook to the body.
Khan swings for the body but Melendez moves out of range.
We've been informed that Melendez has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Melendez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khan.
As Khan backs off Melendez throws a huge counter combo but Khan manages to avoid it all.
Khan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Melendez avoids the head kick by Khan.
Khan throws a sloppy head kick and Melendez moves out of range easily.
Khan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Khan dodges the punch combination from Melendez .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melendez avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Melendez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Melendez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Khan rather than just go for the knockout.
Khan scores with a body shot.
Melendez punishes Khan's body with a nice straight punch.
Melendez rushes Khan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan tries to break free but Melendez pushes him back against the cage.
Melendez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Melendez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan working hard to break the clinch.
Melendez gets through Khan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Melendez takes a shot to the head.
Melendez presses Khan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Melendez lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Melendez .
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ganbaatar Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Melendez clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Khan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Melendez .
Melendez tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Melendez back against the cage.
Good body shot from Melendez .
Khan is looking to break free of the clinch but Melendez has double underhooks.
Khan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Melendez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Melendez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Melendez lands with a right to the head.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Melendez .
Melendez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Khan is trying to force a seperation but Melendez has the dominant position.
Melendez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Khan is rocked!
Khan takes a shot to the head.
Oh Khan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Still in the clinch, Melendez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khan tries to break free but Melendez pushes him back against the cage.
Melendez throws a big uppercut that drops Khan! More strikes from Melendez and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Khan lies dazed against the cage as Melendez celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giblert Melendez ! Giblert Melendez retains his middleweight title!
Giblert Melendez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Ganbaatar Khan stepped up to the mic, saying 'Looks like my job here is done. Thanks for the cash KOTB *HAHAHAHA*'.
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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