Split decision. 2 of 3 judges scored the bout for Benson Henderson; Wade Vierra had it for Gilbert Melendez.
Scorecards as recorded by PropSports round data · source ↗ · fighter attribution derived from the recorded result, not assumed from score order · how this is built
Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
| Round | Fighter | KD | Sig. str. | Total | TD | Sub | Ctrl | Head | Body | Leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 |
| Benson Henderson |
| 0 |
| 9/17 |
| 23/32 |
| 0/0 |
| 0 |
| 0:38 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 7 |
| Gilbert Melendez | 0 | 7/29 | 10/32 | 1/1 | 0 | 0:44 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| R2 | Benson Henderson | 0 | 15/41 | 15/41 | 0/1 | 0 | 0:00 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Gilbert Melendez | 0 | 13/47 | 15/49 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| R3 | Benson Henderson | 0 | 15/29 | 17/31 | 0/1 | 0 | 0:45 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Gilbert Melendez | 0 | 7/32 | 13/38 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| R4 | Benson Henderson | 0 | 15/38 | 23/46 | 0/2 | 0 | 0:05 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Gilbert Melendez | 0 | 8/30 | 10/32 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:07 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| R5 | Benson Henderson | 0 | 14/41 | 14/41 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Gilbert Melendez | 0 | 8/53 | 8/53 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:01 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
