Post by The Sandmen on Jun 24, 2013 15:50:33 GMT -5
Urijah Faber doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
Gilbert Melendez glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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Faber and Melendez move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Faber looks to be in very good shape.
Urijah Faber is opening up on Melendez and raining down combinations!
Melendez's corner looks worried!
Gilbert Melendez leans forwards and tries to grapple with Faber
Faber wants to mantain the distance and ducks that one.
Nice punches from Urijah Faber.
Melendez staggers backwards. Faber wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
Melendez launches a furious hook!
Faber ducks under and pushes Gilbert Melendez creating some space.
Melendez fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Faber sprawls and remains on his feet.
Gilbert Melendez seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Solid kick to the leg from Gilbert Melendez
Faber checks it.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Faber has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Faber decides to launch some tentative punches
Melendez launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Faber with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
Melendez jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Gilbert Melendez pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Gilbert Melendez's corner is turning out to be his worst enemy! Faber is throwing a flurry of punches!
Gilbert Melendez just can't get away!
Melendez's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Gilbert Melendez tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Melendez circles out and slips free of Urijah Faber's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Faber throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
Melendez's defense muffles the blows.
Urijah Faber tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
Faber wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Gilbert Melendez tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Faber is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Faber grab one of Gilbert Melendez's arm and tries a Hip Throw
Gilbert Melendez landed hard on his back
Faber is standing while Melendez is on the ground on his back
Gilbert Melendez doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Faber's moves.
Faber is standing while Melendez is on the ground on his back
Faber decides to go after his opponent and jumps inside Melendez's guard.
Melendez did not see that coming! Urijah Faber is in open guard over Melendez now.
Urijah Faber is in open guard over Melendez
Melendez tries to close his guard around Faber
He succeeds!
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Urijah Faber is in closed guard over Melendez
Faber use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Gilbert Melendez holds Urijah Faber and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Faber misses a step and Gilbert Melendez sees an opportunity to counter him!
Faber is in closed guard... Melendez tries to roll on the ground!
Urijah Faber uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Urijah Faber is in closed guard over Melendez
Faber is trying to better his position on the ground and launches a couple of elbows against Melendez's ribs.
Melendez blocks Urijah Faber's moves and tries to reverse the situation.
Urijah Faber gets sloppy and Gilbert Melendez tries to take advantage...
Faber is in closed guard... Melendez tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Urijah Faber!
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Faber measures the resilience of Melendez's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Melendez blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Gilbert Melendez wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Melendez drills Urijah Faber's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber launches a few punches to Melendez's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Melendez tries to cover his face,
Melendez's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Gilbert Melendez moves to better his position on the ground...
Gilbert Melendez wraps his arms around his opponents' and tries to switch positions
Urijah Faber is in side mount over Gilbert Melendez
Melendez measures the resilience of Faber's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Faber blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Urijah Faber looks to counter!
Urijah Faber wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Faber drills Gilbert Melendez's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Urijah Faber is in side mount over Gilbert Melendez
Faber tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Urijah Faber. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Melendez follows Urijah Faber
only to get counter punched in a big way! Melendez needs to stop playing Urijah Faber's game or he'll get knocked out!
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
Urijah Faber has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 2
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Urijah Faber was tooling Gilbert Melendez for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Gilbert Melendez lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Urijah Faber tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Urijah Faber who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Melendez takes a break to breathe while holding Urijah Faber.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Not a desiderable position that Melendez is in now. Urijah Faber is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Faber looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Gilbert Melendez's punches
Melendez is on the receiving end of a great combo by Faber.
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Gilbert Melendez tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Urijah Faber jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Melendez throws a lazy kick
Faber dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts him in to orbit!
Melendez's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Gilbert Melendez's Forehead
Gilbert Melendez seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Urijah Faber!
The clock says 1:10 in the 2 round
Gilbert Melendez throws a combo
Urijah Faber ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Melendez swings again, only to get countered once more! Melendez is looking bad here!
Melendez's Nose is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Gilbert Melendez's Nose
Gilbert Melendez seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Urijah Faber!
Gilbert Melendez throws a combo
Urijah Faber ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Melendez swings again, only to get countered once more! Melendez is looking bad here!
Herb Dean has seen enough! The fight is over! Melendez was not intelligently defending himself!
Melendez's Nose is beginning to swell
Winner is Urijah Faber by TKO (Punches) at 1:34 Round 2
Statistics: Urijah Faber
Punches 28/37 (76%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/5 (60%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 3/8 (38%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 98 s
Statistics: Gilbert Melendez
Punches 7/9 (78%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 1/6 (17%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 117 s
Faber punched Gilbert more times. This fight really, truly was that simple.
Gilbert Melendez glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
=========================================
Round 1
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Faber and Melendez move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Faber looks to be in very good shape.
Urijah Faber is opening up on Melendez and raining down combinations!
Melendez's corner looks worried!
Gilbert Melendez leans forwards and tries to grapple with Faber
Faber wants to mantain the distance and ducks that one.
Nice punches from Urijah Faber.
Melendez staggers backwards. Faber wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
Melendez launches a furious hook!
Faber ducks under and pushes Gilbert Melendez creating some space.
Melendez fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Faber sprawls and remains on his feet.
Gilbert Melendez seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Solid kick to the leg from Gilbert Melendez
Faber checks it.
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Faber has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Faber decides to launch some tentative punches
Melendez launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Faber with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
Melendez jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Gilbert Melendez pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Gilbert Melendez's corner is turning out to be his worst enemy! Faber is throwing a flurry of punches!
Gilbert Melendez just can't get away!
Melendez's Right cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Gilbert Melendez tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Melendez circles out and slips free of Urijah Faber's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Faber throws a one-two combo then fakes a move to fire a big right hand on the chin!
Melendez's defense muffles the blows.
Urijah Faber tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
Faber wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Gilbert Melendez tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Faber is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Faber grab one of Gilbert Melendez's arm and tries a Hip Throw
Gilbert Melendez landed hard on his back
Faber is standing while Melendez is on the ground on his back
Gilbert Melendez doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Faber's moves.
Faber is standing while Melendez is on the ground on his back
Faber decides to go after his opponent and jumps inside Melendez's guard.
Melendez did not see that coming! Urijah Faber is in open guard over Melendez now.
Urijah Faber is in open guard over Melendez
Melendez tries to close his guard around Faber
He succeeds!
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Urijah Faber is in closed guard over Melendez
Faber use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Gilbert Melendez holds Urijah Faber and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Faber misses a step and Gilbert Melendez sees an opportunity to counter him!
Faber is in closed guard... Melendez tries to roll on the ground!
Urijah Faber uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Urijah Faber is in closed guard over Melendez
Faber is trying to better his position on the ground and launches a couple of elbows against Melendez's ribs.
Melendez blocks Urijah Faber's moves and tries to reverse the situation.
Urijah Faber gets sloppy and Gilbert Melendez tries to take advantage...
Faber is in closed guard... Melendez tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Urijah Faber!
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Faber measures the resilience of Melendez's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Melendez blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Gilbert Melendez wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Melendez drills Urijah Faber's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber launches a few punches to Melendez's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Melendez tries to cover his face,
Melendez's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Gilbert Melendez is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Gilbert Melendez moves to better his position on the ground...
Gilbert Melendez wraps his arms around his opponents' and tries to switch positions
Urijah Faber is in side mount over Gilbert Melendez
Melendez measures the resilience of Faber's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Faber blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Urijah Faber looks to counter!
Urijah Faber wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Faber drills Gilbert Melendez's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Urijah Faber is in side mount over Gilbert Melendez
Faber tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Urijah Faber. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Melendez follows Urijah Faber
only to get counter punched in a big way! Melendez needs to stop playing Urijah Faber's game or he'll get knocked out!
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
Urijah Faber has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 2
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Urijah Faber was tooling Gilbert Melendez for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Gilbert Melendez lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Urijah Faber tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Urijah Faber who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Melendez takes a break to breathe while holding Urijah Faber.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Not a desiderable position that Melendez is in now. Urijah Faber is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Faber looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Gilbert Melendez's punches
Melendez is on the receiving end of a great combo by Faber.
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Gilbert Melendez tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Urijah Faber jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Melendez throws a lazy kick
Faber dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts him in to orbit!
Melendez's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Gilbert Melendez's Forehead
Gilbert Melendez seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Urijah Faber!
The clock says 1:10 in the 2 round
Gilbert Melendez throws a combo
Urijah Faber ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Melendez swings again, only to get countered once more! Melendez is looking bad here!
Melendez's Nose is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Gilbert Melendez's Nose
Gilbert Melendez seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Urijah Faber!
Gilbert Melendez throws a combo
Urijah Faber ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Melendez swings again, only to get countered once more! Melendez is looking bad here!
Herb Dean has seen enough! The fight is over! Melendez was not intelligently defending himself!
Melendez's Nose is beginning to swell
Winner is Urijah Faber by TKO (Punches) at 1:34 Round 2
Statistics: Urijah Faber
Punches 28/37 (76%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/5 (60%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 3/8 (38%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 98 s
Statistics: Gilbert Melendez
Punches 7/9 (78%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 1/6 (17%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 117 s
Faber punched Gilbert more times. This fight really, truly was that simple.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!