00:00And of course, Melendez in the blue corner.
00:06Melendez known for having some great striking ability.
00:09You're going to see that here tonight against Tia.
00:11But Tia has got some good wrestling power.
00:13She's very explosive when it comes to takedowns as well.
00:17Melendez going in hard.
00:21Ramon will continue to work her against the cage here
00:23as Ariana Melendez tries to break free.
00:25And that's exactly what happens.
00:27A little clean break here.
00:29Melendez looking to utilize those hands here.
00:33And Ramon just strategically walking into this.
00:36Avoiding any more takedown attempts.
00:39Ramon firing back with some shots of her own.
00:41Yeah, nice little right there that connects.
00:44Nothing too dramatic, but dodges that nice big right.
00:48Melendez keeping that aggression up,
00:50but Ramon is keeping up no problem.
00:52Ramon ends up on top.
00:55And right now you can see Ramon
00:56is just constantly working that head control here.
01:03And we'll continue to work her up against the cage.
01:11Once again, we're here at Seneca Niagara Resort and Casino.
01:15It's king of the cage.
01:16Territorial conflict.
01:17And Melendez comes in with more shots.
01:20And Ramon just trying to get out of it,
01:22but reversing things is Melendez
01:25trying to keep Ramon on the cage,
01:26but Ramon ain't having it.
01:27She backs right up.
01:34Melendez is doing a good job of keeping that pressure up.
01:40Definitely acting as the more aggressor in this fight,
01:43but just as I say that,
01:44Ramon lands a couple of jabs of her own.
01:51And Ramon definitely seeming to improve her stand-up now.
02:00Melendez constantly trying to utilize those hands here from the top.
02:03I can imagine Ramon possibly going in for a takedown eventually.
02:09And man, she's trying to work the head here.
02:11And Melendez is just constantly reversing it
02:14to put her back on cage.
02:19You can see Ramon is looking for that takedown,
02:21possibly with the nice little judo toss, possibly.
02:30And reversing things once again.
02:32There it is.
02:32Melendez back at it.
02:34In control with a nice right.
02:38Both fighters in a constant struggle here.
02:41Yeah, it's a lot of scrambling.
02:43You know, no one's...
02:44There we go.
02:45That's exactly what I was talking about.
02:47And Ramon will end up with a nice takedown.
02:50And back on their feet.
02:54And Ramon just continues to try and go for that head control.
02:58Like I said, looking for another takedown possibly.
03:00And to stop things and slow things down with Melendez.
03:04Final 10 seconds and they'll duke it out.
03:06Last minute points here.
03:08Melendez with an outside leg kick.
03:10And fantastic performance from both of these fighters here in the replay.
03:14We see both of them just going at it 150%.
03:17That stand-up game.
03:19They're slugging it back and forth.
03:22Ariana seemed to be the initiator in the beginning.
03:25Was the main aggressor.
03:26Was going after Ramon.
03:27Was, you know, really putting...
03:29Just about set.
03:33And the clock will begin now.
03:37So Ramon with a nice takedown in round one.
03:40Which will probably score her some points, obviously, in the minds of the judges.
03:44Melendez is probably down a round.
03:46So this round, things need to really change.
03:48If not, she'll be struggling in round three to try and finish the fight.
03:51And that is a lot of pressure.
03:53Especially in the amateur division.
03:56Both fighters taking a more calm approach to this round.
04:00Yeah, you know, exerting a lot of energy in the last round.
04:03You see Tia Ramon was trying to get the judo toss there.
04:06She got it eventually.
04:07But that takes so much energy out of you.
04:09Especially when Melendez was...
