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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Skywalker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bradford Forbes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Skywalker has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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208 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Skywalker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bradford Forbes!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skywalker gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Forbes scores with a hook to the body. Skywalker takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The fighters circle momentarily. Forbes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Forbes lands a jab to the head.
Forbes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Forbes lands a really nice looking cross but Skywalker seems unphased.
It looks like John Skywalker has been cut.
Forbes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A slow jab from Forbes misses its intended target.
Forbes misses with a wild body shot.
Skywalker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Forbes missing with a left hand there. Skywalker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skywalker on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Forbes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Forbes misses with a straight right.
Skywalker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Forbes moves away.
Forbes drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Skywalker defends it well.
Forbes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Skywalker at a distance.
Forbes misses the shot to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Skywalker misses its target.
Skywalker takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Forbes misses with a hook. Skywalker ducked under it nicely.
Skywalker avoids the body shot from Forbes.
Skywalker was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Forbes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Forbes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Skywalker.
Skywalker shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Forbes misses with an uppercut. Skywalker saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forbes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Forbes is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Skywalker had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Forbes lands a head shot.
Skywalker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Forbes.
Skywalker swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Skywalker misses with an uppercut.
Bradford Forbes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Skywalker on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Forbes connects with the punch.
Forbes works Skywalker's body with a nice hook.
Forbes shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Skywalker as he avoids it easily.
Skywalker swings for the body but Forbes moves out of range.
A big left from Skywalker misses.
And Forbes tries to counter it with a takedown but Skywalker pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Forbes looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Forbes does no damage.
Skywalker throws an off balance right hand
and Forbes counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Forbes.
Forbes is standing up over Skywalker. Skywalker looks to escape but Forbes dives into side control.
Forbes has hold of Skywalker's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Skywalker tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Forbes cranks the arm and Skywalker screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Skywalker, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Bradford Forbes!
During a confident post fight interview, Bradford Forbes thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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