Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez Round 1 Sanchez catches a high kick on his shoulder and uses it to shove Melendez to the ground, then jumps on the former Strikeforce champ’s back in a scramble. Melendez fends off a rear-naked choke attempt and twists around to escape, then scrambles to his feet to reset. Melendez is pushing forward now, flicking out punches and low kicks, and fending off the next takedown attempt from Sanchez against the fence. Again, Sanchez fails on a double-leg shot, and this time Melendez pops him with an uppercut as he stands. Sanchez lands a body kick, but it’s caught and Melendez rushes him against the fence for a moment. Melendez continues to let go of his hands, and Sanchez is now sporting a bloody streak down the left side of his face. The next right hook from Melendez opens up a cut on the outside of Sanchez’s eye. Sanchez pushes forward after scoring with a body kick, and both lightweights land right hands in a wild exchange at the end of the round. Sanchez hits the deck, but he’s back on his feet before the horn to eat more punches from Melendez. Sherdog Scores Jordan Breen scores the round 10-8 Melendez Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Melendez Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Melendez Round 2 Melendez is tagging Sanchez at will with more right hands at the start of round two, and Sanchez scores with a cracking right of his own in the pocket. The cut on Sanchez’s left eyebrow has gotten worse, and now ref Kerry Hatley wants the doctor to check it out. Sanchez has his eye wiped clean and the lightweights get back to work. Melendez is mixing it up with combinations now, changing levels to hit Sanchez’s body and head with hard shots. Melendez jabs his way into range, socks Sanchez and then backs out while “The Dream” sends punches off Melendez’s arms and body. Sanchez slips to the ground after a kick and Melendez counter, but he pops back up. Sanchez hits Melendez’s ribs with another hard body kick, absorbs a few more hard punches and scores a takedown. Melendez is immediately back on his feet, whipping Sanchez with right hands on a left eye which has become extremely bloody. Sherdog Scores Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Melendez Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Melendez Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Melendez Round 3 Sanchez catches Melendez ducking in with a grazing uppercut, but Melendez fires right back with a three-piece combo. Another in-and-out combination from Melendez leaves Sanchez swinging at air. Melendez is just bashing away with the right hand, sending Vaseline and blood flying off Sanchez’s face. Ref Hatley wants the doc to check on Sanchez again, with red now coating the face of the former “Ultimate Fighter.” Sanchez is cleared to continue, and he rushes across the cage to meet Melendez with half a round to go. Sanchez is swinging wildly with punches, beating his chest and waving Melendez forward. Melendez obliges by bashing Sanchez with another right hand, but Sanchez comes back to drop Melendez with an uppercut. Sanchez hops on the back of his downed opponent, tries for a rear-naked choke and can’t get it. Melendez sweeps to the top, so Sanchez tries a guillotine but “El Nino” pulls his head free from this as well. The lightweights scramble up and Melendez turns Sanchez’s head with another cracking right hand, then eats a body kick. Sanchez tries a spinning kick which allows Melendez to take his back. Sanchez hits a switch and tries to take Melendez’s back, can’t hold on. Melendez counters a front kick with a straight left, and both men are bombing with wild punches at the end of the bout. Sherdog Scores Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Melendez (30-26 Melendez) Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Melendez (30-27 Melendez) Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Sanchez (29-28 Melendez) The Result Gilbert Melendez def. Diego Sanchez via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28) R3 5:00
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 04:54:28 +0000
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