UFC on FOX 20 results: Edson Barboza punishes Gilbert Melendez

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Gilbert Melendez was looking to turn his first fight in more than a year into his favored dirty brawl.

But Edson Barboza was having none of that.

Barboza brutalized the former Strikeforce lightweight champion in the co-feature bout of UFC on FOX 20 on Saturday night. He used punishing leg kicks to keep Melendez off-balance and eased his way to victory at Chicago’s United Center.

The judges scores were 30-27, 30-27, and 29-28, for a unanimous decision.

Melendez, who was fighting for the first time since a PED-related suspension last summer, had his best round in the first, as he managed …

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