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The Clinch

Strikeforce - Melendez vs. Thomson

27 JUN 2008

Bout 5 of 12 / Lightweight / 5 rounds scheduled

Josh Thomson vs Gilbert Melendez

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

9-2-0 entering this bout

Age 29 · 5′10″177.8 cm

Won

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

9-1-0 entering this bout

Age 26 · 5′9″175.3 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
9/16
R1
2/22
25/54
R2
12/51
20/64
R3
12/53
29/57
R4
11/53
17/43
R5
7/45

Decision (Unanimous) Abe Belardo 45 - 50. Nelson Hamilton 45 - 50. Cecil Peoples 45 - 50. Round 5 · 5:00 Referee Herb Dean

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.
Josh Thomson Enters 0-1-0 against HYBRID
Gilbert Melendez Enters 3-1-0 against GRAPPLING

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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Josh Thomson    Gilbert Melendez

Bout totals

100
Sig. strikes
44
117
Total strikes
71
44
To the head
41
34
To the body
3
22
To the legs
0
80
At distance
38
15
In the clinch
6
5
On the ground
0
6
Takedowns
0
0
Knockdowns
0
1
Sub. attempts
0
5:35
Control time
1:25

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 Josh Thomson 9/16 25/32 2/9 6/6 1/1 2/7 2/3 5/6 1/1 0 2:26
Gilbert Melendez 2/22 17/37 2/22 0/0 0/0 2/22 0/0 0/0 0/1 0 0:45
R2 Josh Thomson 25/54 25/54 12/39 8/9 5/6 19/44 6/9 0/1 1/2 0 0:02
Gilbert Melendez 12/51 14/53 11/49 1/2 0/0 11/48 1/3 0/0 0/2 0 0:39
R3 Josh Thomson 20/64 20/64 12/50 4/8 4/6 19/59 1/5 0/0 1/1 0 0:34
Gilbert Melendez 12/53 14/55 11/51 1/2 0/0 11/49 1/4 0/0 0/2 0 0:00
R4 Josh Thomson 29/57 29/57 7/23 12/18 10/16 26/54 3/3 0/0 1/1 0 1:06
Gilbert Melendez 11/53 16/58 10/52 1/1 0/0 7/43 4/10 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R5 Josh Thomson 17/43 18/44 11/29 4/8 2/6 14/38 3/5 0/0 2/4 0 1:27
Gilbert Melendez 7/45 10/48 7/45 0/0 0/0 7/44 0/1 0/0 0/3 0 0:01

Who said so

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Field Value
Is title fight No
Referee Herb Dean
Result detail Abe Belardo 45 - 50. Nelson Hamilton 45 - 50. Cecil Peoples 45 - 50.
Result end round 5
Result end time seconds 5:00
Result method Decision - Unanimous
Scheduled rounds 5
Weight class Lightweight

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