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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Renan Melo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Falcao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Melo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Fireball - Pitbull. Falcao has chosen Charon - Sorrow Song as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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141 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Renan Melo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Diego Falcao!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Falcao darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've been hearing reports that Melo has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Decent striking displayed by Falcao there.
Falcao moves away from the strike by Melo.
Falcao takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Melo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Melo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Diego Falcao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Falcao swings for the body but Melo moves out of range.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Falcao has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Melo throws a leg kick but Falcao moved away.
Falcao wants to counter with a clinch but Melo pushes him away.
Melo throws a lazy right hand but Falcao sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Melo. Falcao does a little dance to reset his feet.
No luck for Melo with that takedown attempt.
Melo throws an overhand right that lands on Falcao's shoulder, as Falcao tries to avoid the shot.
Falcao connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Melo throws a hook but Falcao blocks it.
Melo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Melo blocks a head kick by Falcao.
Falcao misses with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Melo connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Falcao.
Melo checks a low kick from Falcao.
Melo avoids the body shot from Falcao.
Falcao throws a solid leg kick but Melo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Falcao.
Melo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Falcao.
Melo tries to clinch up.
Melo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Falcao is fending him off so far but Melo persists. Nope, Falcao circles away and we're back to standing.
Melo connects with a solid leg kick.
Falcao throws a nice outside leg kick.
Falcao throws a front kick aimed at Melo's knee but Melo avoids it well.
Melo tries to close the distance and clinch but Falcao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Melo thows a leg kick but Falcao checks it
and Falcao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Falcao takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Falcao on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Falcao ducks under a wild hook from Melo.
Melo's corner calls for a 1-2. Melo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Melo misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcao looks to land a left hand but Melo moved out of range nicely.
Falcao moves away from the strike by Melo.
Melo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Falcao manages to avoid it.
Falcao misses with a wild body shot.
Falcao connects with a solid leg kick.
Melo lands with a good body shot.
Falcao throws a lazy right hand but Melo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Falcao throws a shot from downtown. Melo moves away and avoids it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Falcao.
Melo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Falcao tried to score with a low kick but Melo checks it.
Melo tries to clinch up but Falcao circles away and keeps his distance.
Falcao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A slapping leg kick lands for Falcao.
Melo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Falcao walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Melo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A cross from Melo lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melo avoids the head kick by Falcao.
Melo missing with a left hand there. Falcao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Falcao with a hook.
Falcao lands with a kick to the temple. Melo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Diego Falcao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Falcao lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Melo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Falcao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Melo moves away.
Falcao is looking to slow Melo down with leg kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Melo.
Melo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Falcao has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Falcao looks to land a right hand but Melo moved out of range.
Falcao slips a jab from Melo.
Despite the aggression on Falcao's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Melo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Falcao.
Melo lands a head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Melo throws a low kick but Falcao avoids it.
Falcao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falcao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Melo avoids the head kick by Falcao.
Melo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Falcao connects with a leg kick. Melo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Melo misses with a hook. Falcao ducked under it nicely.
Falcao throws a fast counter high kick but Melo manages to duck under it in time.
An inside leg kick from Melo misses.
Melo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Melo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Falcao flicks out a counter leg kick but Melo steps away.
Falcao throws a low kick but Melo avoids it.
Melo looks to land a right hand but Falcao moved out of range.
Falcao throws a leg kick but Melo moved away.
Falcao checks a low kick from Melo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Falcao attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Falcao darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice body punch from Falcao.
Melo shoots in for a double leg but Falcao sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Falcao looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Falcao dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Falcao throws a leg kick but Melo checks it.
Melo thumps Falcao with a low kick.
Falcao throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Melo has closed the distance and engaged Falcao in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Falcao.
Falcao tries to work over Melo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Falcao breaks the clinch.
Melo misses the shot to the body.
Melo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Falcao.
Melo missing with a left hand there. Falcao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Falcao swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Falcao connects with a body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Melo checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Falcao throws a leg kick but Melo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Melo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Falcao will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Falcao closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falcao misses with a leg kick
and Melo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melo misses the jab.
Melo clobbers Falcao with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A lazy left from Falcao finds it's target.
Falcao moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Melo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Falcao's hands.
Falcao misses with a few strikes there.
Melo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Melo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Falcao can pounce on him.
Melo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice jab there from Melo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Falcao moves into the clinch successfully.
Falcao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Melo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Falcao throws a nice inside leg kick.
Falcao lands a body shot.
Falcao throws a quick inside leg kick.
Diego Falcao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Falcao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Melo moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melo moves out of range as Falcao strikes.
Falcao fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Melo is out of range.
Melo moves in looking to clinch but Falcao pushes him off.
Falcao scoring well with a low kick there.
Melo throws a hook but Falcao blocks it.
Melo fails to land with a series of punches.
Falcao feints and then cracks Melo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Melo down.
Melo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Melo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Falcao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Falcao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Falcao is looking to score with low kicks.
Falcao lands the left hand.
Melo misses with a hook. Falcao ducked under it nicely.
Melo lands a two punch combo.
Falcao has managed to clinch.
Melo working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A short right from Falcao on the inside.
Falcao can't find room to land a body shot as Melo controls the action.
Falcao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Melo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Falcao prevents a body shot from Melo.
Good body shot from Falcao.
Melo is trying to pull guard but Falcao turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Falcao breaks the clinch.
Falcao throws a leg kick that misses.
Falcao misses the shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Falcao blocks the low kick.
Falcao drops his hands momentarily and Melo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Falcao needs to keep his hands up - Melo had a free shot at his head there.
Donk. Melo catches Falcao right on the button with a cross.
Falcao cracks a nice hook into Melo's ribs.
Melo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Falcao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Melo ducks under a wild hook from Falcao.
Melo throws a big shot that misses.
Melo tries to land a leg kick but Falcao saw it coming and moves away.
Falcao checks a low kick from Melo.
Falcao throws a predictable looking body shot
and Falcao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Melo lands a nice looking body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Falcao.
A nice inside leg kick there by Melo. That's going to slow Falcao down.
Melo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Melo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Melo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice leg kick lands there from Melo.
Melo moves into range and clinches up with Falcao.
Falcao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Melo misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Diego Falcao will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Melo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Falcao dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Melo. That did some damage!
A shot to the liver by Melo. Beautiful body shot.
Melo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Melo with a nice cross.
Melo throws an off balance right hand
and Falcao counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Falcao motions for Melo to come forward. Falcao throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Falcao connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Melo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Melo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Melo tries to land a front kick but Falcao steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Melo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Falcao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
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!
Falcao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcao rushes Melo and presses him up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Falcao.
Falcao has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Falcao.
A short uppercut from Falcao.
Falcao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Melo tries to close the distance and clinch but Falcao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Melo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A left and a right from Falcao both land. Nice combination.
Falcao moves away from the strike by Melo.
Melo cracks the inside of Falcao's front leg.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Melo checks a leg kick.
Melo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Falcao misses with a hook
letting Melo counter with a right hand.
Falcao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circle momentarily. Melo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Falcao sizes up Melo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Melo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Melo takes one to the side of the head.
Melo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice shot by Falcao.
Falcao staying out of range there.
Falcao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Melo throws the left hand but Falcao avoids the punch easily.
Falcao lands a nice leg kick that just misses Melo's sensitive parts.
Falcao slips under a jab from Melo.
Falcao motions for Melo to come forward. Falcao throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Melo feinted with a counter takedown.
Falcao wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Falcao connects with a body shot.
Melo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Falcao in his tracks.
Falcao checks a low kick from Melo.
Falcao tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Melo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Falcao slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Falcao scores with a jab. Melo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Melo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Melo.
Melo misses with a straight left.
Falcao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Renan Melo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A slapping leg kick lands for Falcao.
Falcao works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Falcao tried to score with a low kick but Melo checks it.
Melo wants to slow Falcao down by chopping away at his legs.
Falcao steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Melo.
Melo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Falcao.
Melo throws the left hand but Falcao avoids the punch easily.
Falcao throws a leg kick
and Melo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Melo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Melo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Melo darts in looking for a takedown but Falcao gets double underhooks and turns Melo into the cage.
Falcao with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Melo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Falcao throws a nice outside leg kick.
Falcao blocks a jab.
Melo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Falcao has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Falcao lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Melo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Falcao scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Melo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Melo misses with an uppercut. Falcao saw that one coming.
Melo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Falcao's sensitive parts.
A nice inside leg kick there by Falcao. That's going to slow Melo down.
Falcao connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Falcao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Falcao 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Falcao!
Diego Falcao tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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