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The Clinch

Strikeforce - Evolution

19 DEC 2009

Main event / Strikeforce Lightweight / 5 rounds scheduled Title

Gilbert Melendez vs Josh Thomson

Gilbert Melendez, photograph by https://www.flickr.com/photos/acidhelm/ (Michael Dunn) Gilbert Melendez “El Nino”

11-2-0 entering this bout

Age 27 · 5′9″175.3 cm

Won

Josh Thomson, photograph by Lance Cpl. Jacob Wilson Josh Thomson “The Punk”

11-2-0 entering this bout

Age 31 · 5′10″177.8 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
12/47
R1
14/35
21/49
R2
11/41
16/52
R3
9/23
23/89
R4
17/50
31/83
R5
23/74

Decision (Unanimous) Cecil Peoples 47 - 49. Nelson Hamilton 46 - 49. Steve Morrow 46 - 49. Round 5 · 5:00

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Gilbert Melendez Enters 4-2-0 against GRAPPLING
Josh Thomson Enters 1-1-0 against HYBRID

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Gilbert Melendez    Josh Thomson

Bout totals

103
Sig. strikes
74
136
Total strikes
77
74
To the head
32
8
To the body
26
21
To the legs
16
85
At distance
62
16
In the clinch
11
2
On the ground
1
0
Takedowns
2
1
Knockdowns
0
0
Sub. attempts
0
1:52
Control time
1:00

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Gilbert Melendez 12/47 12/47 7/41 1/1 4/5 11/43 1/4 0/0 0/1 0 0:04
Josh Thomson 14/35 14/35 9/29 2/2 3/4 11/32 3/3 0/0 0/0 0 0:18
R2 Gilbert Melendez 21/49 41/72 17/43 1/3 3/3 13/32 8/16 0/1 0/2 1 0:55
Josh Thomson 11/41 11/41 3/29 5/8 3/4 9/31 1/9 1/1 0/1 0 0:16
R3 Gilbert Melendez 16/52 19/55 8/42 0/0 8/10 15/50 1/2 0/0 0/0 0 0:05
Josh Thomson 9/23 9/23 2/13 3/6 4/4 8/21 1/2 0/0 0/1 0 0:07
R4 Gilbert Melendez 23/89 26/94 16/81 3/4 4/4 21/86 2/3 0/0 0/0 0 0:05
Josh Thomson 17/50 19/52 4/34 10/13 3/3 15/48 2/2 0/0 1/3 0 0:09
R5 Gilbert Melendez 31/83 38/91 26/76 3/5 2/2 25/68 4/11 2/4 0/0 0 0:43
Josh Thomson 23/74 24/75 14/62 6/9 3/3 19/67 4/7 0/0 1/1 0 0:10

Who said so

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Field Value
Is title fight Yes
Referee Josh Rosenthal
Result detail Cecil Peoples 47 - 49. Nelson Hamilton 46 - 49. Steve Morrow 46 - 49.
Result end round 5
Result end time seconds 5:00
Result method Decision - Unanimous
Scheduled rounds 5
Weight class Strikeforce Lightweight

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