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Event:
The Island Season 6, 265 lbs, Round 1
Date: Apr 09, 2017 |
#R1#
Melegrito moves forwards but Khalafa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Khalafa avoids a kick to the body.
Melegrito scores with a leg kick.
No joy there for Khalafa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Melegrito throws a leg kick which misses Khalafa's front leg but catches the back leg as Khalafa tries to avoid it. #CL2#
Khalafa instigates a clinch.
Khalafa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.#CUT2#
It looks like Lanel John Melegrito has been cut.
Melegrito trying to land knees to the body.
Melegrito tries to stall but Khalafa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Khalafa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Khalafa pushes Melegrito back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khalafa works on Melegrito's body with a couple of short punches.
Melegrito is breathing heavily.
Khalafa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Melegrito or not.
A right hook to the body lands for Khalafa.
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!
Khalafa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Khalafa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Melegrito.
Khalafa lands an uppercut.
A short left from Khalafa. #T1#
Khalafa scores with a shot to the side of Melegrito's head.
Khalafa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.#ROC2#
Melegrito is rocked!
Khalafa has a couple of punches blocked by Melegrito.
Oh Melegrito is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khalafa unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Melegrito! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Khalafa is unloading with more strikes now! Melegrito drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yaser Khalafa!
Yaser Khalafa thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Event:
LH35: Hackett vs Rockwell
Date: Feb 10, 2017 |
#R1##CL2#
Melegrito darts in and clinches Cracker up against the cage.
Melegrito is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cracker is defending well for now.#BC#
Cracker breaks the clinch.
Melegrito with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cracker to score with a decent uppercut.
Cracker shoots in but Melegrito avoids the takedown attempt easily.#CL#
Cracker rushes Melegrito and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Melegrito tries to land a knee to the head but Cracker blocks with his arms.
#BC2#
Melegrito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Melegrito's coach down at Evolution MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Melegrito's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Melegrito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melegrito is looking to clinch but Cracker is avoiding it.
#CL#
Cracker closes the distance and pushes Melegrito back into the cage.#BC2#
Melegrito breaks the clinch.
Cracker fails miserably with a takedown attempt.#T1#
Melegrito avoids the head kick by Cracker.
Cracker looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cracker tries a low kick but Melegrito avoids it.#CL2#
Melegrito gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Melegrito blocking some punches.
Melegrito tries to land a knee to the head but Cracker blocks with his arms.
Cracker has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Melegrito after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Cracker. That's going to take a lot out of him.#BC2#
Melegrito breaks from the clinch.
#CL#
Melegrito tries to keep at a distance but Cracker has taken the fight into the clinch.#BC2#
Melegrito manages to break the clinch.
Cracker is trying hard to land a takedown here. Melegrito sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. #CL#
Cracker moves into range and clinches up with Melegrito.#BC2#
Melegrito escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Melegrito scores with a jab to the head.
#T2##CL2#
Melegrito clinches with his opponent.
#BC2#
Melegrito breaks from the clinch.
#CL2#
Melegrito clinches up with Cracker and pushes him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee calls for Melegrito to work.
Melegrito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Melegrito leaning his opponent against the cage.
Cracker wants to get back to striking at distance but Melegrito won't allow it.
#BC2#
Melegrito breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Melegrito moves in looking to clinch but Cracker pushes him off.
Cracker half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.#T3#
Cracker swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Melegrito counters with a good, hard body kick but Cracker shrugs it off.
Lanel John Melegrito is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Melegrito tries to close the distance and clinch but Cracker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cracker appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Some wild striking there from Melegrito.
Cracker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cracker dives in and grabs Melegrito's left leg, looking for a takedown. Melegrito pushes down on Cracker's head and hops out.#CL2#
Melegrito forces Cracker back against the cage and clinches.
Cracker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Melegrito missing with knees to the body.
#BC2#
Melegrito escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Melegrito jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Melegrito wants to clinch up but Cracker keeps it at a distance.
Cracker tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Melegrito swivels and escapes.
Melegrito is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.#T4#
Melegrito tries to clinch there but Cracker circles away.
It looked like Cracker wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Both fighters circling a little - Melegrito finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A jab from Cracker misses.
Cracker dives in and grabs Melegrito's left leg, looking for a takedown. Melegrito pushes down on Cracker's head and hops out.
Melegrito looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cracker is breathing heavily.
Cracker shoots in but Melegrito avoids the takedown attempt easily.#CL2#
Melegrito takes the fight into the clinch.
Melegrito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!#BC2#
Melegrito breaks the clinch.
Melegrito avoids a punch combination nicely.
Melegrito tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Cracker shoots in for a double leg but Melegrito sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lanel John Melegrito 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.
#R2#
Melegrito tries to clinch up but Cracker circles away and keeps his distance.
Melegrito tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cracker counters with a left and a right that stings Melegrito.
Melegrito looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cracker lands with an overhand left.
Melegrito misses with a series of wild punches.
Melegrito throws a head kick that Cracker semi-blocks.
#CUT2#
It looks like Jack Cracker has been cut.
Lanel John Melegrito seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melegrito scores with a leg kick.
Melegrito is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A punch combination from Melegrito misses.
Melegrito steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cracker. That one must have hurt.#T1#
Cracker takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cracker lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Melegrito throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cracker has a takedown stuffed.
Cracker slips a jab and a cross from Melegrito.
Melegrito misses with a series of wild punches.
Jack Cracker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#CL#
Cracker has managed to clinch.
#TD#
Cracker manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Melegrito showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Melegrito is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. #T2##SUB#
Cracker looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Melegrito won't allow Cracker to sweep him here.
Melegrito throwing strikes from guard but Cracker blocks nicely. #SUB#
Cracker looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Melegrito is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T3##SUB2#
Melegrito postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Cracker is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Melegrito, into his guard. #REVR#
Melegrito wants to stand up but Cracker is controlling him.
Cracker is looking to work some ground and pound but Melegrito has wrist control.#T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cracker works over Melegrito with some ground and pound from guard.#SUB#
Cracker drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cracker jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. #SU#
Cracker gets to his feet - Melegrito follows without any prompting.
Melegrito slaps away a takedown attempt from Cracker, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Good leg kick by Melegrito there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cracker shoots for a double leg takedown but Melegrito sprawls well. He's pushed Cracker's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Cracker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Melegrito misses with a jab, cross combination.
#CL2#
Melegrito moves into the clinch.
Cracker is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Melegrito is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Lanel John Melegrito will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jack Cracker's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.
#R3#
Melegrito goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cracker closes this distance looking for a takedown but Melegrito circles away.
Melegrito looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Melegrito wants to clinch up but Cracker keeps it at a distance.#CL2#
Melegrito closes the distance and clinches.#BC2#
Melegrito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL2#
Melegrito clinches with his opponent.
Cracker goes for a takedown attempt but Melegrito pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
#CL#
Cracker moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melegrito throws a head punch that misses.
Melegrito is leaning against Cracker and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cracker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.#T1##BC2#
Melegrito breaks from the clinch.
Melegrito wants to clinch up but Cracker keeps it at a distance.
Cracker goes for a double leg but Melegrito avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Melegrito continues to drive forward.
Cracker sets himself, and Melegrito steps forward looking for the clinch! Cracker avoids it this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Cracker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fighters circling - Melegrito throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cracker shoots in but no luck this time. #CL#
Cracker instigates a clinch.
Melegrito has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Melegrito pressing his opponent against the cage.
Cracker has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Melegrito avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.#BC2#
Melegrito breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#CL2#
Melegrito has managed to clinch.
#T2#
Melegrito is pushing Cracker up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Melegrito is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Cracker has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Melegrito after a bit of a struggle. #BC2#
Melegrito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cracker shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Melegrito pinned against the cage. Melegrito gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. #TD#
Melegrito gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.#ES2#
Melegrito has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Cracker off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds. #T3#
Nice takedown defense from Melegrito. No joy for Cracker on that attempt.
Cracker closes the distance and clinches up with Melegrito, looking for a takedown. Cracker pushes Melegrito against the cage but Melegrito circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Melegrito misses with a jab, cross combination.
#CL2#
Melegrito clinches up with Cracker and pushes him back against the cage.#BC2#
Melegrito breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Melegrito tries to bum rush Cracker with a series of wild strikes but Cracker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Melegrito is looking to clinch but Cracker is avoiding it.
Cracker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.#CL2#
Melegrito moves into the clinch successfully.
#BC2#
Melegrito breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cracker stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Melegrito.#T4##CL2#
Melegrito closes the distance and pushes Cracker back into the cage.#BC2#
Melegrito escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#CL2#
Cracker tries to keep at a distance but Melegrito has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cracker drops down looking for an ankle pick but Melegrito pulls his leg out and moves away.
Melegrito pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cracker seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.#TD#
Cracker changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Melegrito looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Melegrito is trying to improve his position.
Jack Cracker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
You can see the frustration on Melegrito's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Melegrito tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lanel John Melegrito comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Melegrito 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 28:29
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lanel John Melegrito!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jan 31, 2017 |
#R1#
Melegrito looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vensin dives in and grabs Melegrito's left leg, looking for a takedown. Melegrito pushes down on Vensin's head and hops out.
Sloppy strikes from Vensin. Those never looked like landing.
Melegrito has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Vensin is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Some wild striking there from Melegrito.
#CL2#
Vensin tries to keep at a distance but Melegrito has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vensin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.#BC2#
Melegrito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vensin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. #CL2#
Melegrito gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vensin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Vensin is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Melegrito scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vensin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
#BC2#
Melegrito manages to break the clinch.
#CL2#
Melegrito fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vensin, pushing him back against the cage.#T1#
A short right from Melegrito.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.#BC2#
Melegrito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Melegrito digs a good hook to Vensin's body.
Lanel John Melegrito is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#CL2#
Melegrito has taken the fight to the clinch.
#BC2#
Melegrito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lugar Vensin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Melegrito bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vensin's head.#CL2#
Melegrito gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Melegrito doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vensin throws an elbow that misses.
Vensin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Melegrito tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
#BC2#
Melegrito's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#CL2#
Melegrito moves into the clinch successfully.
Vensin takes a shot to the head. #T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Melegrito scores with a knee to the head.
A short left from Melegrito. #ROC2#
Vensin is rocked!
A right hand to the body from Melegrito.
Oh Vensin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Melegrito using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vensin seems to have got his legs back now.
Melegrito landing knees to the head.
#BC2#
Melegrito manages to break the clinch.
Melegrito scores with a push kick.
Melegrito smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Melegrito seems to be stalking Vensin here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastating head kick! Vensin drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Lanel John Melegrito!
Lugar Vensin spoke after the fight, saying 'I will be back even stronger and smarter because of this loss'.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jan 16, 2017 |
#R1#
A kick lands to the mid section there for Melegrito.#CL2#
Melegrito closes the distance and clinches. #BC2#
Melegrito escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Black lands a lovely overhand right.#CL2#
Melegrito clinches up against the cage.
Black wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
#BC2#
Melegrito breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Black connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Black digs a good hook to Melegrito's body.
A jab from Black finds it's way through Melegrito's defenses.
Black could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Black changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Melegrito throws a hook to the side of Black's head but Black sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Black attempts a counter takedown but Melegrito avoids it well and moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#CL2#
Melegrito rushes Black and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.#BC2#
Melegrito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Black takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.#T1#
Melegrito throws an off balance right hand
and Black counters with a left to the body.
Melegrito lands a big head kick that sends Black to the canvas! Melegrito follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lanel John Melegrito!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jan 10, 2017 |
#R1##TD2#
Melegrito drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Joniis dodges the ground and pound from Melegrito.
Melegrito is trying to ground and pound but Joniis uses the momentary lack of control by Melegrito to regain half guard.
Joniis regains full guard. Nicely done.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Joniis is on top in guard.
#REVR#
Joniis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. #SUB2#
Melegrito had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Joniis defends it easily.
Joniis scoring with punches to the head and body.
Joniis working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. #T1#
Joniis is in close to Melegrito's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Joniis working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Joniis preventing the sweep.
Joniis scoring with some ground and pound.
Melegrito keeping moving, preventing Joniis from controlling successfully.
Joniis postures up and lands a big shot to Melegrito's brow.
Melegrito really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Joniis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.#SUB#
Joniis drops back looking for a leg! Melegrito is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Melegrito manages to kick Joniis off! Joniis jumps back into Melegrito's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Melegrito can do anything to dispel that myth.
Joniis working some strikes from top position.
Joniis controlling from the top position.
Joniis lands a couple of digs.#T2##SUB#
Joniis is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Joniis pushing down on Melegrito's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Melegrito looks winded!#SUB#
Joniis is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Melegrito defends it well.
Joniis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Melegrito with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Joniis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Melegrito taking some punishment here, with Joniis in his half guard.
Joniis perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#SUB#
Joniis is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Melegrito has managed to free his arm - good work. #T3#
Joniis working the head and body with strikes.
Joniis lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Joniis wants to control but Melegrito is keeping him busy. #SUB#
Joniis seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Melegrito is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mantis Joniis!
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