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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tripp Melendez (ranked 3397 p4p, 2697 weight class) and Richard Richman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richard Richman has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tripp Melendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Richman!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick lands for Richman.
A good leg kick by Richman.
Richman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Richman jabs Melendez right on the nose. Melendez blinks but takes it well.
Richman lands a leg kick that knocks Melendez off balance momentarily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Richman - that will leave a mark!
The fighters circle momentarily. Richman darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Melendez 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.
Both fighters circling a little - Richman finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Melendez tries to move into range but Richman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richman is looking to slow Melendez down with leg kicks.
Richman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Richman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Richard Richman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richman jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Richman tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Melendez is able to avoid easily.
Melendez appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Richman scores with a jab to the body.
Richman scores with a kick to the body.
Richman lands a leg kick that knocks Melendez off balance momentarily.
Richman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Richman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Melendez misses the jab.
Melendez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Richman lunges at Melendez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Melendez's hand.
Richman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Melendez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Richman.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Melendez misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Melendez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Richman.
Richman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Richman finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Richman lands a head kick!
Richman has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Richman connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Richman connects with a leg kick.
Richman has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Melendez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Richman.
Richman lands with a hook. Melendez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Melendez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Richman connects with a leg kick.
Richman misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melendez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Richman.
Richman is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Melendez had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Richman lands a nice looking kick to the body. Melendez takes a step back to recover.
Richman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Richman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Melendez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Melendez darts in looking for a takedown but Richman gets double underhooks and turns Melendez into the cage.
Richman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Richman fails to land.
Richman taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richman digs a right hand underneath Melendez's ribcage. Melendez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Melendez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Richman's elbow.
Melendez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Richman up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Melendez will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Richman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Melendez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Richman dominated that round.
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.
Melendez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Richman thumps Melendez with a low kick.
Richman throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Richman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice shot lands for Richman.
Richman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Melendez's sensitive parts.
Melendez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Richman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Richman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Richman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Melendez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Richman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Richman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Melendez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Richman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richman misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Richman. That's going to slow Melendez down.
Richard Richman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Richman throws a nice head kick!
Melendez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Richman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Richman throws a nice head kick!
Melendez is rocked!
Melendez has been working on his balance at The Factory, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Richman.
Richman with a nice calf kick.
Oh Melendez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Melendez misses with an uppercut.
Melendez seems to have got his legs back now.
A slapping body kick lands there for Richman.
Richman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Melendez on the side of the head.
Richman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Melendez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Richman.
Melendez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Richman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Richman lands a front kick.
Nice shot lands for Richman.
Richman connects with an inside leg kick.
Melendez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Richman defends it nicely.
Richman throws a big counter head kick but Melendez avoids it with no problem.
Good shot there by Richman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Richman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Melendez throws an off balance right hand
and Richman counters with an inside leg kick.
Richman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Melendez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Richman throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Richman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Melendez's sensitive parts.
Richman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Richman avoids the body shot from Melendez.
Richman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Richman misses with a head kick.
Richman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Richman darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Richard Richman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Melendez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Richman.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Richman scoring well with a low kick there.
Richman feints and then cracks Melendez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Melendez down.
Melendez misses with a double jab.
Richman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Melendez circles away quickly and effectively.
Richman is looking to slow Melendez down with leg kicks.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Richman. Melendez shrugs it off though.
Melendez takes a kick to the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Richman.
The crowd cheers as Richman lands an impressive looking overhand right. Melendez doesn't seem phased though.
Good leg kick by Richman.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Richman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Richman throws a leg kick which misses Melendez's front leg but catches the back leg as Melendez tries to avoid it.
Melendez misses with a body shot.
Richman takes a swing at Melendez's ribcage but misses.
Richman throws a nice inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Richman, right into the meat of the thigh.
Richman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Richman tries a head kick but it misses.
Richman lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Melendez's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melendez fails with the takedown.
Richman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Richman.
Richman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richman scores with a leg kick.
Richman throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Melendez 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.
Melendez misses with a takedown attempt
and Richman counters with a good low kick that Melendez was not able to check.
Richman goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Richman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Richman goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Melendez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Richman.
A left lands for Richman.
Richman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Melendez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Richman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Melendez. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Richman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Melendez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tripp Melendez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That kick from Richman tenderised Melendez's leg. Melendez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Melendez tries to close the distance and clinch but Richman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Richman throws a big counter head kick but Melendez avoids it with no problem.
Melendez looks to score with a jab to the body but Richman is just out of range.
Richman lands with an overhand left.
Melendez fails to land the takedown.
Richard Richman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tripp Melendez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melendez 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.
Melendez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Richman. Richman obviously looking to wear him down.
Richman connects with a high kick.
Richman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Melendez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Melendez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Richman was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Richman scores with a leg kick.
Richman lands with a cross.
Richman connects with a solid leg kick.
Richman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Richman.
Melendez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Richman can pounce on him.
Richman is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Richman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Richman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Melendez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Richman throws a leg kick which misses Melendez's front leg but catches the back leg as Melendez tries to avoid it.
Richman lets loose with a powerful body kick. Melendez will feel that in the morning.
Melendez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Richman.
Richman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Richman scores with the left hand. Melendez knows he should have avoided that one.
Richman lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Richman throws out a powerful jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Richman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Richman 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 24:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 24:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Richman!
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