PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Condit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kameron Forbs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Condit
vs
Forbs

185 cm
22
180 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

180 cm
23
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carlos Condit !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kameron Forbs!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Condit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Condit misses with the combination.
Condit displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Condit tries to close the distance and clinch but Forbs swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Condit scores with a leg kick.

Forbs closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Forbs in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Forbs moves into full mount!
Condit throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Condit tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Condit flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Forbs lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Forbs sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forbs's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Condit throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Condit is trying to escape the mount.
Forbs controlling the pace for now.
Let's hope that Forbs has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Forbs lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Condit is bucking up trying to escape but Forbs cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Forbs blocks Condit 's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Forbs prevents Condit from getting the reversal.
Condit throwing hammer fists to the chest of Forbs. What's that going to do exactly?
Condit is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Forbs controlling from mount.
Condit working to try and regain half guard.
Forbs content just to control the position here.
Condit is looking to improve his position but Forbs isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forbs controlling the pace for now.
Condit really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Forbs tries to control but Condit wriggling away.

Despite being in the dominant position, Kameron Forbs just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Condit ducks right into an uppercut from Forbs.
Forbs fails to land the takedown.
Condit throws a nice head kick!
Kameron Forbs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Condit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Forbs.
Condit will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forbs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Forbs fails with a takedown attempt.
Forbs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Condit moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Condit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Forbs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Condit .
Forbs looks gassed!
Forbs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Condit misses with a combination
letting Forbs counter with a right hand.
Forbs thows a left - swing and a miss!
Condit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Forbs.
Forbs cracks Condit with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Forbs closes the distance and pushes Condit back into the ropes.
A short right from Forbs on the inside.
Condit fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Condit is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Condit 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Condit is looking to break free of the clinch but Forbs has double underhooks.
Forbs trying to control the position but instead, Condit has worked for underhooks and has pushed Forbs into the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Forbs.
Condit taking a breather.
Condit wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Forbs has him pressed against the ropes.

Forbs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Condit throws a nice outside leg kick.
Condit throws a one two combo.
Condit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Forbs.
Forbs throws a hook but Condit avoids it easily.
Forbs scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Condit lands with a slapping head kick.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Forbs throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Condit counters with an inside leg kick.
Forbs throws a jab when Condit was well out of range.
Condit misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Condit tries to clinch up but Forbs circles away and keeps his distance.
A shot to de liver by Condit . Beautiful body shot.
Condit throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Condit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Forbs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Danga de danga de dang - Forbs scores with a four punch combination!
Forbs takes a kick to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Forbs throws a body punch but Condit moves out of range.
Condit wants to clinch up but Forbs keeps it at a distance.
Condit sizes up Forbs with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Condit is looking to slow Forbs down with leg kicks.
Forbs missing with a left hand there. Condit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Carlos Condit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Condit tries to clinch up but Forbs circles away and keeps his distance.
Condit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Condit darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Condit misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Condit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Forbs closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Condit misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Condit clinches but Forbs breaks the clinch

and Forbs counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Condit has had enough of the clinch but Forbs keeps him there for the moment.
Condit takes a shot to the head.
Condit is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Condit has Forbs pressed against the ropes, preventing Forbs from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short body shot lands from Forbs as the two fighters clinch.
Condit is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Condit jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Forbs walks away with a smile on his face. Condit gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A cross from Forbs lands.
Condit misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Condit swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Forbs counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Forbs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Condit bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Forbs shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Forbs showed some decent athleticism there.

Condit looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Condit looks like he's trying to stand up.
Well, if Forbs is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Forbs wants to pass to mount but Condit is defending the position.

Condit looking for submissions off his back.
Forbs prevents Condit from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kameron Forbs dominated that round.
That's time! Condit 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Forbs dips to his left and cracks Condit with an uppercut!
Forbs takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Condit clinches but Forbs breaks the clinch
and Forbs counters with a left and a right that stings Condit .
Condit wants to land a leg kick but Forbs is out of range.
Condit swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Horrible takedown by Forbs or perhaps it was just good defense by Condit which made him look bad.
Forbs misses with a body shot
and Condit counters with a solid body kick.
Condit scores with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Condit just misses with a punch to the body.
Condit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Carlos Condit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Condit connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forbs misses with a hook to the body
and Condit counters with a body kick that stops Forbs in his tracks momentarily.

Forbs fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Condit , pushing him back against the ropes.
Forbs is trying to stall.
Condit tries to pull guard but Forbs won't allow it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Forbs.
Condit jumps guard but Forbs stands there with Condit around his waist. Condit gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Condit wants to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Forbs fails to land.
Condit looking to slow down the pace here.
Forbs keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Condit 's efforts to push away.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Forbs fails to pull guard.
Condit trying to control the position but instead, Forbs has worked for underhooks and has pushed Condit into the ropes.

Forbs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Condit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Forbs.
Condit tries to clinch but Forbs is having none of it.
Carlos Condit is winning the standup battle so far.
Condit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Forbs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Forbs throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Condit counters with a two punch combo.
Condit lands a nice looking body kick.
Condit misses the shot to the body.
Forbs swats away the attempt to clinch by Condit .
Condit clinches but Forbs breaks the clinch

and Forbs counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Forbs wants to control from the top but Condit keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Condit looking for a guillotine here but Forbs defends easily.
Condit avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Forbs is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Forbs trying to control but Condit is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Condit moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Forbs defending well as Condit loads up on a big left hand.
Forbs throws a combination that misses
and Condit counters with a three punch combo that has Forbs backing up. Forbs nods at Condit to acknowledge the strikes.
Condit throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Forbs's head.
Condit lands a head kick. Forbs smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Both fighters circling a little - Condit finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Forbs takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Condit lands with a kick to the temple. Forbs shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Condit tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Forbs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Forbs throws a right hand that Condit ducks under and follows up with a left that Condit also avoids with ease.
Condit thuds his shin into the meat of Forbs's side.
Condit throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Forbs.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Condit tries to clinch up
and Forbs counters with a nice body shot.
Forbs takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Forbs moves out of range of the body kick from Condit .
Condit scores with a leg kick.
Forbs throws a left and a right that both miss
and Condit counters with a big head kick but Forbs shrugs it off.
Condit tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Forbs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Condit finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Forbs swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Condit counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A left and a right from Condit both land. Nice combination.
Condit scores with a kick to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Forbs misses with a combination
and Condit counters with a good, hard body kick but Forbs shrugs it off.

Forbs has taken the fight to the clinch.
Condit is trying to stall.
Condit has had enough of the clinch but Forbs keeps him there for the moment.

Forbs manages to pull guard.
Forbs thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Condit won't allow Forbs to sweep him here.
Condit makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Condit being controlled here momentarily.
Condit throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Condit wants to pass the guard but Forbs is keeping the position.
Forbs keeping moving, preventing Condit from controlling successfully.
Condit won't allow Forbs to get back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Condit throws a head kick but Forbs moves out of range.

Forbs moves into the clinch successfully.
Condit wants to stall.
Condit jumps guard but Forbs stands there with Condit around his waist. Condit gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Condit . That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Forbs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slapping leg kick lands for Condit .
Forbs misses with a double jab
and Condit counters with a nice body kick.
Condit lands with a shot to the body.
Nice body kick from Condit .
Condit scores with a three punch combo!
Condit is looking to wear down Forbs with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Condit tries to clinch
and Forbs counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Condit is looking to slow Forbs down with leg kicks.
Forbs misses the body punch
and Condit counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Condit throws a nice looking combination but Forbs bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Forbs fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Condit scores with a nice body kick.
Forbs misses with a combination
and Condit counters with a big head kick but Forbs shrugs it off.
Condit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Forbs moves into the clinch successfully.
A right hand to the body from Forbs.
Condit fails to pull guard.
Condit fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Condit tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Condit is trying to break the clinch but Forbs is controlling him.
Forbs manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Forbs keeps control of Condit as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Carlos Condit .
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Paul Aken scores the fight for Kameron Forbs!
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for Kameron Forbs!
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Kameron Forbs!

Kameron Forbs wins by unanimous decision!