UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez

Davei141

Good first round from Melendez

mailburner

after round one
few quid on this

just missed 15/8

UFC Matches Benson Henderson v Gilbert Melendez
21-04-2013 02:50
Match Betting
Gilbert Melendez @ 13/8

darced

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riffmongous

I'll give that one to Melendez too, Henderson picked it up at the end, but he didnt really get the better of the exchanges to make it count for anything I thought

mailburner

odds suspended now on paddy
was 11/8 just before end of round two

Lenin Skynard

Very hard one to suss out, Melendez looks like he has his number though. Such a well-matched fight.

mailburner

available at 11/8 again on paddy
its a very good price on what we've seen so far

mailburner

mailburner wrote: »

available at 11/8 again on paddy
its a very good price on what we've seen so far

6/5

darced

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mailburner

great stuff
close round there

riffmongous

Tricky one, I'd say judges will give it to Henderson. Look like an elbow or two got in after the bell, ref should have been in closer

riffmongous

I'd like to see Melendez get off a knee on one of those takedown defenses

Lenin Skynard

So close but I think it would be a robbery to give it to Bendo on what we've seen so far.

mailburner

paddy have pushed melendez out to 13/8

dont like that but i dont see how he can be that big

darced

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mailburner

balls
melendez 4s now

riffmongous

I think this last round is going to decide it if one of them can dominate it. It looks like the fight is getting away from Melendez though

Lenin Skynard

Whoever gets the decision, I get the feeling we're going to have yet another lightweight title fight rematch.

Lenin Skynard

Melendez shades it IMO.

darced

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riffmongous

I'll give that and the title to Melendez, I thought Henderson did a huge amount of running away for a champ in the final round of a razor thin fight

Davei141

I have Melendez 1,2 and 5. I have a feeling Henderson will get it though

scudzilla

That could go anyway, could be a 49-46, 48-47 to either fighter

Wouldn't be surprised to see a draw

mailburner

really have no idea who got it but put a gun to my head
and ill say bendo
a draw a possibility

riffmongous

bull****

edit:ah well :pac:

mailburner

fook it

darced

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Davei141

**** off Henderson

DerekDGoldfish

Would he have still proposed if he lost?

Lenin Skynard

He didn't win that fight.

weemcd

what a corn ball

darced

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DerekDGoldfish

Champions will always get the edge in a close fight but Melendez should have won. Henderson might be able to win the re-match more convincingly if he stoped playing with his hair every 5 seconds.

weemcd

DerekDGoldfish wrote: »

Henderson might be able to win the re-match more convincingly if he stoped playing with his hair every 5 seconds.

it must add up to about a minute spent from the entire fight of him just checking his hair, tie it, braid it or cut if off ffs.

very annoying, hard fight to score. knew Bendo would have got the nod

seiphil

Had it 48-47 to Henderson. Won rounds 2,3 and 4.1 and 2 to Melendez. Could of went either way though. Would like to see rematch.

Wrongway1985

DerekDGoldfish wrote: »

Champions will always get the edge in a close fight but Melendez should have won. Henderson might be able to win the re-match more convincingly if he stoped playing with his hair every 5 seconds.

I think thats pretty accurate

Gilbert Grape

Henderson won without doubt

Lenin Skynard

Title shot is going to the winner of Grant/Maynard. Fairly disappointing, if anyone deserved an immediate rematch it's Melendez.

adamski8

Just reguritated my corn flakes after seeing that octagon proposal!

the UFC is on a bit of a streak with cards delivering of late.

Mellor

I know its not the whole picture, but i'm really looking for to the fight metric stats for the fight

Professey Chin

Had rounds 2,3 & 4 to henderson myself.
Great card overall.

stealinhorses

Very close battle, probably more so than the Edgar fights. I think Bendo just edged it. Melendez didn't do enough to take the title from the champion, so in that case the belt should stay with Henderson.

riffmongous

stealinhorses wrote: »

Very close battle, probably more so than the Edgar fights. I think Bendo just edged it. Melendez didn't do enough to take the title from the champion, so in that case the belt should stay with Henderson.

I'd look at it the other way, in 3 out of 4 title fights now henderson hasnt done enough to conclusively prove he's the best

stealinhorses

But should the onus be on him to prove that he's the best or should someone take the belt from him? I know what you mean, but I think the burden lies on the challenger.

MrStuffins

stealinhorses wrote: »

But should the onus be on him to prove that he's the best or should someone take the belt from him? I know what you mean, but I think the burden lies on the challenger.

I'm not a fan of this way of thinking

"You have to take the belt from the Champion"

No, if you win the fight you become Champion. Each round is scored with a winner and a loser and the criteria are very clear, Striking, Grappling, Aggression & Control. They can't just add in another saying "Oh, and if you're incumbent champ, we'll give you the closer rounds".

If you fight an identical fight against the same opponent and win a close decision first time, should that decision be different second time because you're opponent is now Champion? Absolutely not!

Gilbert Grape

Mellor wrote: »

I know its not the whole picture, but i'm really looking for to the fight metric stats for the fight

http://blog.fightmetric.com/2013/04/henderson-vs-melendez-official-ufc.html

stealinhorses

MrStuffins wrote: »

I'm not a fan of this way of thinking

"You have to take the belt from the Champion"

No, if you win the fight you become Champion. Each round is scored with a winner and a loser and the criteria are very clear, Striking, Grappling, Aggression & Control. They can't just add in another saying "Oh, and if you're incumbent champ, we'll give you the closer rounds".

If you fight an identical fight against the same opponent and win a close decision first time, should that decision be different second time because you're opponent is now Champion? Absolutely not!

I agree with you completely. Just from looking around the web and seeing people say it was a complete robbery and Melendez should have been the new champ, you would think he 50-45'ed Bendo and the judges still gave it to him.
It was an incredibly close fight and in my opinion Melendez could have persuaded the judges by simply going for it more, especially in the fifth round when the two of them just exchanged jabs for the last minute.
If it's anybody's "fault" for Gilbert not getting the decision, it's his. The fight was very close and in order to show the world that he's the best lightweight in the world, as Jake Shields said between rounds, he needed to come at Henderson with a little more than he did.

pauldoo

MrStuffins wrote: »

I'm not a fan of this way of thinking

"You have to take the belt from the Champion"

fully agree, if we went with this, Frankie Edgar would still be champ.

Henderson has been pretty fortunate with the decisions. Great fight, i thought Melendez was going to take a beating.

The Mir fight was frustrating, everytime they seperated, Mir could get some shots off and tie up cormier, get reversed and held against the cage!

Matt Brown delivered again, would like to see him have that fight with Hardy now

mailburner

shows how tight the division is in fairness with so little
between the tops guys
I think the one man who might have rose to the top
is fighting aldo however

Gilbert Grape

pauldoo wrote: »

fully agree, if we went with this, Frankie Edgar would still be champ.

Henderson has been pretty fortunate with the decisions. Great fight, i thought Melendez was going to take a beating.

The Mir fight was frustrating, everytime they seperated, Mir could get some shots off and tie up cormier, get reversed and held against the cage!

Matt Brown delivered again, would like to see him have that fight with Hardy now

Hardy may be retiring due to having 'wolf heart',he will make a decision after he gets married.The ufc wanted to send him to a cardioligist but he would'nt go.