Post by The Sandmen on Nov 7, 2018 10:17:27 GMT -5
T.J. Dillashaw looks very relaxed.
Gilbert Melendez raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
T.J. Dillashaw tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Giblert is trying to counter now!
Giblert avoids a dangerous strike from Dillashaw
and fends him off with feel-out punches.
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Nice punch by T.J. Dillashaw
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
T.J. Dillashaw paws at Giblert.
Giblert answers with solid punches!
Superb haymaker by Giblert
Dillashaw manages to move aside
Dillashaw tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Nice punches from T.J. Dillashaw.
Giblert staggers backwards. Dillashaw wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
Giblert wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Giblert moves forward and holds Dillashaw
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Gilbert Melendez postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Dillashaw hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Giblert pushes T.J. Dillashaw against the fence and launches a few sick punches
Dillashaw blocks and pushes away his opponent creating space between them.
Giblert grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Dillashaw struggles... Gilbert Melendez is unable to take him down
Giblert misses a step and T.J. Dillashaw sees an opportunity to counter him!
T.J. Dillashaw swings...
hard impact to Giblert's face!
Gilbert Melendez and Dillashaw engage in a wild exchange of punches!
T.J. Dillashaw is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Dillashaw moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Giblert's thigh!
The two exchange wildly
Giblert is connecting with a few punches
Giblert fires low kicks
that fail to land.
Giblert grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Gilbert Melendez
Crushing shot to Dillashaw's body! He's holding his side
Gilbert Melendez is in open guard over Dillashaw
T.J. Dillashaw launches a few punches to Giblert's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Giblert tries to cover his face,
Gilbert Melendez is in open guard over Dillashaw
Dillashaw breaths deeply while on the ground
Gilbert Melendez is in open guard over Dillashaw
Giblert tries to move to full mount
Giblert succeeds
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Giblert launches a barrage of elbows over Dillashaw's face!
T.J. Dillashaw blocks the elbows and tries to cool down the fight.
Poorly executed technique. T.J. Dillashaw looks to counter!
Dillashaw measures the resilience of Giblert's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Giblert blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Dillashaw tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Gilbert Melendez doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Giblert is trying to counter now!
Gilbert Melendez hovers above Dillashaw
Good punches to Dillashaw's body.
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Gilbert Melendez storms over Dillashaw with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Giblert doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Dillashaw's face with his elbows!
Dillashaw's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Giblert launches a barrage of elbows over Dillashaw's face!
T.J. Dillashaw blocks the elbows and tries to cool down the fight.
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Dillashaw looks to be in very good shape.
Dillashaw launches a few weak punches
Those punches are hitting Giblert's ribs.
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Giblert cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Dillashaw can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
T.J. Dillashaw tries to roll to his side and trap Gilbert Melendez in his guard...
T.J. Dillashaw gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
The clock says 3:55 in the 1 round
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
T.J. Dillashaw launches a few punches to Giblert's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Giblert tries to cover his face,
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Giblert delivers a few accurate elbows!
Dillashaw is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
Giblert is in rear mount over Dillashaw
Dillashaw has Giblert controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Showing some ground skills Dillashaw manages to escape from that position and climb to his feet along Giblert
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Giblert is holding T.J. Dillashaw's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
T.J. Dillashaw loses balance and goes to the ground.
Gilbert Melendez is in side mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Dillashaw tries to move on the ground and shows Gilbert Melendez a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Dillashaw's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Josh Rosenthal knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
Gilbert Melendez is in side mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Dillashaw launches a few weak punches
Giblert blocks them effectively.
Gilbert Melendez is in side mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Gilbert Melendez hovers above Dillashaw
Good punches to Dillashaw's body.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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Good movement from Dillashaw
moving in to strike and moving away afterwards.
Gilbert Melendez has found an opening in the defense of Dillashaw, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Dillashaw's ribs.
Giblert moves forward looking for some action
He surprises Dillashaw with a double overhooks!
Dillashaw looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Gilbert Melendez's punches
Dillashaw is on the receiving end of a great combo by Giblert.
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
Dillashaw fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Giblert sprawls and remains on his feet.
Giblert tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Gilbert Melendez fakes a punch and launches himself over T.J. Dillashaw
Great move by Giblert who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Gilbert Melendez's corner is turning out to be his worst enemy! Dillashaw is throwing a flurry of punches!
Gilbert Melendez just can't get away!
Gilbert Melendez pushes away Dillashaw trying to keep the fight at striking range
Dillashaw doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Gilbert Melendez
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Giblert pushes T.J. Dillashaw against the fence and launches a few sick punches
A couple of unanswered uppercuts collide with Dillashaw's chin! His legs are wobbling!
The clock says 1:25 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Dillashaw is launching some bone breaking punches to Giblert's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Gilbert Melendez's eyes.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Giblert pushes T.J. Dillashaw against the fence and launches a few sick punches
A couple of unanswered uppercuts collide with Dillashaw's chin! His legs are wobbling!
There is a small laceration on T.J. Dillashaw's Chin
The clock says 1:50 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Giblert pushes T.J. Dillashaw againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Dillashaw cannot escape Gilbert Melendez's clinch! Gilbert Melendez is just brutalizing Dillashaw with punches time and time again!
Dillashaw has a small cut in his Nose
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Gilbert Melendez pushes away Dillashaw trying to keep the fight at striking range
Dillashaw stumbles backwards and Gilbert Melendez circles to get the center of the cage
Nice punch by Gilbert Melendez
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
The clock says 2:15 in the 2 round
Gilbert Melendez shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! T.J. Dillashaw is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Giblert into his guard.
The clock says 2:25 in the 2 round
Gilbert Melendez is in closed guard over Dillashaw
Gilbert Melendez tries to pass T.J. Dillashaw's guard...
Gilbert Melendez manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.
Gilbert Melendez is in half guard over Dillashaw
Gilbert Melendez wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Giblert drills T.J. Dillashaw's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Josh Rosenthal is asking Dillashaw to defend himself! Josh Rosenthal jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Dillashaw.
Winner is Gilbert Melendez by TKO (GnP) at 2:39 Round 2
Statistics: T.J. Dillashaw
Punches 12/20 (60%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 6/8 (75%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 6/14 (43%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 159 s
Statistics: Gilbert Melendez
Punches 12/19 (63%)
Kicks 0/3 (0%)
Clinch strikes 11/18 (61%)
Takedowns 3/4 (75%)
GnP strikes 16/30 (53%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 159 s
Now we are talking about the time Triple H refused to put D-Lo over after D-Lo put him over many, many consecutive times.
Gilbert Melendez raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
T.J. Dillashaw tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Giblert is trying to counter now!
Giblert avoids a dangerous strike from Dillashaw
and fends him off with feel-out punches.
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Nice punch by T.J. Dillashaw
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
T.J. Dillashaw paws at Giblert.
Giblert answers with solid punches!
Superb haymaker by Giblert
Dillashaw manages to move aside
Dillashaw tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Nice punches from T.J. Dillashaw.
Giblert staggers backwards. Dillashaw wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
Giblert wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Giblert moves forward and holds Dillashaw
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Gilbert Melendez postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Dillashaw hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Giblert pushes T.J. Dillashaw against the fence and launches a few sick punches
Dillashaw blocks and pushes away his opponent creating space between them.
Giblert grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Dillashaw struggles... Gilbert Melendez is unable to take him down
Giblert misses a step and T.J. Dillashaw sees an opportunity to counter him!
T.J. Dillashaw swings...
hard impact to Giblert's face!
Gilbert Melendez and Dillashaw engage in a wild exchange of punches!
T.J. Dillashaw is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Dillashaw moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Giblert's thigh!
The two exchange wildly
Giblert is connecting with a few punches
Giblert fires low kicks
that fail to land.
Giblert grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Gilbert Melendez
Crushing shot to Dillashaw's body! He's holding his side
Gilbert Melendez is in open guard over Dillashaw
T.J. Dillashaw launches a few punches to Giblert's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Giblert tries to cover his face,
Gilbert Melendez is in open guard over Dillashaw
Dillashaw breaths deeply while on the ground
Gilbert Melendez is in open guard over Dillashaw
Giblert tries to move to full mount
Giblert succeeds
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Giblert launches a barrage of elbows over Dillashaw's face!
T.J. Dillashaw blocks the elbows and tries to cool down the fight.
Poorly executed technique. T.J. Dillashaw looks to counter!
Dillashaw measures the resilience of Giblert's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Giblert blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Dillashaw tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Gilbert Melendez doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Giblert is trying to counter now!
Gilbert Melendez hovers above Dillashaw
Good punches to Dillashaw's body.
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Gilbert Melendez storms over Dillashaw with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Giblert doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Dillashaw's face with his elbows!
Dillashaw's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Giblert launches a barrage of elbows over Dillashaw's face!
T.J. Dillashaw blocks the elbows and tries to cool down the fight.
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Dillashaw looks to be in very good shape.
Dillashaw launches a few weak punches
Those punches are hitting Giblert's ribs.
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Giblert cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Dillashaw can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
T.J. Dillashaw tries to roll to his side and trap Gilbert Melendez in his guard...
T.J. Dillashaw gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
The clock says 3:55 in the 1 round
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
T.J. Dillashaw launches a few punches to Giblert's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Giblert tries to cover his face,
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Giblert delivers a few accurate elbows!
Dillashaw is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
Giblert is in rear mount over Dillashaw
Dillashaw has Giblert controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Showing some ground skills Dillashaw manages to escape from that position and climb to his feet along Giblert
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Giblert is holding T.J. Dillashaw's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
T.J. Dillashaw loses balance and goes to the ground.
Gilbert Melendez is in side mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Dillashaw tries to move on the ground and shows Gilbert Melendez a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Dillashaw's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Josh Rosenthal knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
Gilbert Melendez is in side mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Dillashaw launches a few weak punches
Giblert blocks them effectively.
Gilbert Melendez is in side mount over T.J. Dillashaw
Gilbert Melendez hovers above Dillashaw
Good punches to Dillashaw's body.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
=========================================
Round 2
=========================================
Good movement from Dillashaw
moving in to strike and moving away afterwards.
Gilbert Melendez has found an opening in the defense of Dillashaw, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Dillashaw's ribs.
Giblert moves forward looking for some action
He surprises Dillashaw with a double overhooks!
Dillashaw looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Gilbert Melendez's punches
Dillashaw is on the receiving end of a great combo by Giblert.
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
Dillashaw fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Giblert sprawls and remains on his feet.
Giblert tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Gilbert Melendez fakes a punch and launches himself over T.J. Dillashaw
Great move by Giblert who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Gilbert Melendez's corner is turning out to be his worst enemy! Dillashaw is throwing a flurry of punches!
Gilbert Melendez just can't get away!
Gilbert Melendez pushes away Dillashaw trying to keep the fight at striking range
Dillashaw doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Gilbert Melendez
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Giblert pushes T.J. Dillashaw against the fence and launches a few sick punches
A couple of unanswered uppercuts collide with Dillashaw's chin! His legs are wobbling!
The clock says 1:25 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Dillashaw is launching some bone breaking punches to Giblert's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Gilbert Melendez's eyes.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Giblert pushes T.J. Dillashaw against the fence and launches a few sick punches
A couple of unanswered uppercuts collide with Dillashaw's chin! His legs are wobbling!
There is a small laceration on T.J. Dillashaw's Chin
The clock says 1:50 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Giblert pushes T.J. Dillashaw againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Dillashaw cannot escape Gilbert Melendez's clinch! Gilbert Melendez is just brutalizing Dillashaw with punches time and time again!
Dillashaw has a small cut in his Nose
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Gilbert Melendez pushes away Dillashaw trying to keep the fight at striking range
Dillashaw stumbles backwards and Gilbert Melendez circles to get the center of the cage
Nice punch by Gilbert Melendez
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
The clock says 2:15 in the 2 round
Gilbert Melendez shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! T.J. Dillashaw is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Giblert into his guard.
The clock says 2:25 in the 2 round
Gilbert Melendez is in closed guard over Dillashaw
Gilbert Melendez tries to pass T.J. Dillashaw's guard...
Gilbert Melendez manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.
Gilbert Melendez is in half guard over Dillashaw
Gilbert Melendez wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Giblert drills T.J. Dillashaw's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Josh Rosenthal is asking Dillashaw to defend himself! Josh Rosenthal jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Dillashaw.
Winner is Gilbert Melendez by TKO (GnP) at 2:39 Round 2
Statistics: T.J. Dillashaw
Punches 12/20 (60%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 6/8 (75%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 6/14 (43%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 159 s
Statistics: Gilbert Melendez
Punches 12/19 (63%)
Kicks 0/3 (0%)
Clinch strikes 11/18 (61%)
Takedowns 3/4 (75%)
GnP strikes 16/30 (53%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 159 s
Now we are talking about the time Triple H refused to put D-Lo over after D-Lo put him over many, many consecutive times.
