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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bradford Forbes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bradford Forbes has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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200 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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208 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, David James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bradford Forbes!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Bruno Lombardi and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James moves in looking to clinch but Forbes pushes him off.
James pushes Forbes up against the cage in a clinch.
Forbes lands a left hand.
Forbes is trying to pull guard but James has him pressed against the cage.
Our sources have told us that James has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Forbes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
James throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Forbess head.
Forbes tries to pull guard but James holds him up against the cage and eventually Forbes drops back down to his feet.
James misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Forbes.
James lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Forbes backwards.
Forbes is trying to pull guard but James turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
David James has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bradford Forbes.
Forbes lands a body punch.
Forbes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Forbes lands a right hand.
Forbes avoiding damage as James throws knees to the body.
Forbes lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Forbes is trying to pull guard but James has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Forbes.
James swings wildly with an uppercut but Forbes uses good head movement to avoid it.
James using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Forbes.
James doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Forbes looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Forbes blocks a body shot from James.
Forbes manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
James looking to pass the guard.
Forbes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Forbes is trying to keep James in close.
Forbes looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forbes is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
James decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
A big right from Forbes misses.
James fails in his attempt to clinch.
James throws a leg kick but Forbes moved away.
James bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Forbes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up but Forbes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice defenses there by Forbes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James is looking to clinch.
James throws a push kick but Forbes slaps the foot to one side.
Forbes misses with a straight left.
Forbes avoids the head kick by James.
James tries to clinch there but Forbes circles away.
A slow jab from Forbes misses its intended target.
James feinted with a counter takedown.
James is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up but Forbes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Forbes scores with a jab. James acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Forbes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Forbes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
James tries to clinch there but Forbes circles away.
James tries to close the distance and clinch but Forbes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James moves into the clinch.
Forbes swings wildly with an uppercut but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forbes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Forbes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Forbes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Forbes lands a right hand that snaps the head of James backwards.
It looks like David James has been cut.
James blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Forbes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Forbes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Forbes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jamess head.
James looking to throw knees to the head but Forbes is blocking nicely.
Forbes lands a nice uppercut.
Forbes pulls guard successfully.
James preventing the sweep.
James controlling from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Forbes keeping moving, preventing James from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bradford Forbes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David James's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
James rushes Forbes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
James misses with a knee strike.
James is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Forbes is defending well for now.
James tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Forbes scores with a shot to the side of James's head.
Forbes misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Forbes.
James fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Forbes tries to pull guard but James won't allow it.
Forbes scores with a shot to the side of James's head.
Forbes lands a left hand.
Forbes tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Forbes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Forbes has James pushed against the cage.
James missing with knees to the body.
James tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Forbes throws a punch but it's blocked by James.
James misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James can't find room to land a body shot as Forbes controls the action.
James with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Forbes scores with a hook to the body.
James landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
James blocking some punches.
Bradford Forbes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Forbes jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as James walks away with a smile on his face. Forbes gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
David James has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bradford Forbes.
James stuffs the takedown.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Forbes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
James uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Forbes.
James forces Forbes back against the cage and clinches.
A short left from James.
James tries to land a knee to the head but Forbes blocks with his arms.
James working aggressively here.
James blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Forbes avoiding damage as James throws knees to the body.
Forbes jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as James walks away with a smile on his face. Forbes gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Forbes throws a shot from downtown. James moves away and avoids it.
Forbes scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forbes swings for the body but James moves out of range.
James tries to clinch up but Forbes circles away and keeps his distance.
James cracks Forbes with a good jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James has closed the distance and engaged Forbes in a clinch.
James tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Forbes avoids it.
James tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
James lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Bradford Forbes has been cut.
James tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Forbes avoids it.
James blocks a body shot from Forbes.
Forbes fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Forbes blocks a body shot from James.
James lands a nice shot to the body.
Forbes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Forbes can't find room to land a body shot as James controls the action.
James using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Forbes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
James tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Forbes ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Forbes no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forbes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
James showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
James got a little sloppy there for a moment and Forbes has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, James has managed to get both his arms back between Forbes's legs - danger averted.
Forbes looking for a guillotine here but James defends easily.
Forbes had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. James defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
James gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - James looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Forbes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
James tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
James tries to close the distance and clinch but Forbes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that David James will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Forbes feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
James is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Forbes is controlling him.
Forbes drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and James dives on top into guard.
James wants to control from the top but Forbes keeps moving.
Forbes looking for submissions from the bottom but instead James passes into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Forbes has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. James is working away from the top position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Forbes looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
James stands up out of the half guard.
James is looking to clinch.
James tries to clinch but Forbes moves out of range.
James fails with an attempt to clinch.
Forbes feints the counter takedown.
James tries to clinch up but Forbes circles away and keeps his distance.
James tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
James tries to clinch but Forbes moves away
and Forbes counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Forbes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forbes trying to control but James is working from the bottom.
Forbes sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed James's guard.
James is looking to improve his position.
James is trying to maintain the position but Forbes is very close to passing his half guard.
James is defending against the submission attempts here by Forbes.
Forbes is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed James to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Forbes has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Forbes.
Forbes misses with the head strike.
James goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Forbes manages to pull guard.
Forbes seems keen to control James's posture.
James sitting in guard here, content to control.
James works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James works his way into full mount!
James wants to control the pace but Forbes is squirming around nicely.
Forbes wants to control but James is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
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 David James.
I think James has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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