Review: 2013-10-19, the final part of the fight between Gilbert Melendez and Diego Sanchez was simply astonishing: brutal exchanges, blood, nonstop pace and big heart, so it could be a perfect candidate for Mma Fight of the Year 2013 but unfortunately the first part was “only” a very good one and not epic. For this reason Melendez vs Sanchez (UFC Fight of the Night) gets four stars and not five, but we would like to see a rematch since it was also a very close bout. Gilbert Melendez (21-3-0, 57% finishing rate) entered as the No.3 lightweight in the world while Diego Sanchez (24-5-0, 63% finishing rate) entered as the No.10 (currently the #1 in this weight division is Anthony Pettis). Melendez vs Sanchez is on the undercard of Cain Velasquez vs Junior dos Santos 3 – UFC 166. Watch the video!
Event: UFC 166: Velasquez vs dos Santos 3
Date: 2013-10-19
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Division: lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg)
UFC 166 fight card (main fights):
Cain Velasquez vs Junior dos Santos 3
Daniel Cormier vs Roy Nelson
Gilbert Melendez vs Diego Sanchez
Gabriel Gonzaga vs Shawn Jordan
John Dodson vs Darrell Montague
Hector Lombard vs Nate Marquardt preliminary
Melendez’s previous fight: Benson Henderson vs Gilbert Melendez
Sanchez’s previous fight: Diego Sanchez vs Takanori Gomi
Sanchez’s next fight: Diego Sanchez vs Myles Jury
Melendez’s next fight: Anthony Pettis vs Gilbert Melendez
Official video:
Alternative highlights video
Double click on the image to play the video (Official highlights video hosted on Facebook)
great 3rd round. 1st 2 were ok
great 3rd round. 1st 2 were ok
full fight http://vk.com/video166504594_166569996?noiphone
full fight http://vk.com/video166504594_166569996?noiphone
It was totally wonderful fight! I’ll mention it for years!!! Respect for them both!
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diego was win for me
f*ck juge of mma then b*tch diego is the best
diego was win for me
f*ck juge of mma then b*tch diego is the best
This is just brutal!!!! and one of the main reason I don’t like MMA.
They don’t pay attention to the safe wellbeing of the fighters at all. I don’t understand how they allowed Sanchez continuing fighting with so big cut on the eyebrow. This never will happen in boxing or kickboxing fights where protections to the fighters is paramount.