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The Clinch

Gilbert Melendez vs Tatsuya Kawajiri

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

13-2-0 entering this bout

Age 28 · 5′9″175.3 cm

Won

No photograph on file Tatsuya Kawajiri “Crusher”

12-4-0 entering this bout

Age 32 · 5′7″170.2 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
33/59
R1
6/25

Technical Knockout Elbows to Head From Half Guard Round 1 · 3:14

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 6-2-0 against GRAPPLING
Tatsuya Kawajiri Enters 2-1-0 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    Tatsuya Kawajiri

Bout totals

33
Sig. strikes
6
53
Total strikes
6
29
To the head
4
2
To the body
2
2
To the legs
0
11
At distance
4
13
In the clinch
2
9
On the ground
0
2
Takedowns
0
1
Knockdowns
0
0
Sub. attempts
0
1:28
Control time
0:00

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 33/59 53/80 29/54 2/3 2/2 11/31 13/18 9/10 2/2 1 1:28
Tatsuya Kawajiri 6/25 6/25 4/21 2/4 0/0 4/22 2/3 0/0 0/2 0 0:00

Who said so

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Field Value
Is title fight Yes
Referee Cecil Peoples
Result detail Elbows to Head From Half Guard
Result end round 1
Result end time seconds 3:14
Result method KO/TKO
Scheduled rounds 5
Weight class Strikeforce Lightweight

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