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Light Heavyweight Title Match
Jethro Savage (Champion) vs Jermaine “The Juggernaut” Barksdale
This was the fight many had been waiting for, Champion vs Challenger, both having shown their worth with Champion Savage holding the title and Barksdale undefeated in FV events. And it was a fight well worth the wait.
As the home town favourite came out to the theme of "Ain’t No Sunshine", the overwhelming support from the home crowd showed in the added confidence as he came to the cage and the performance in the first round dominating form start to finish did nothing but spur on the chants and support from the fans.
The second round followed in similar suit as “The Juggernaut” came straight out of the gates matching every striker thrown from champion Savage, with only a takedown with 1:30 left in the round to give the champ any confidence heading into the third.
Following the success of his take down in the 2nd round the champion went straight to it from the offset of the third attempting countless submissions which gave “The Juggernaut” very little trouble as he controlled the ground as well as he had controlled the rest of the fight in the first 2 rounds.
With Barksdale controlling the first 3 rounds so successfully the champion knew he had to go for a finish in the last two but he couldn’t produce any success with strikes or submission attempts despite holding such resilience against Barksdale’s relentless assault no matter the position. With the fight going the full distance it was taken to the judges cars but it had been clear from a very early stage just whom would leave with the belt. The ring announcer announced to the lively Las Vegas crowd that by Unanimous Decision (score of 45:50) crowning your new FW Light Heavyweight Champion, Jermaine “The Juggernaut” Barksdale!
By Dan Milner (TheMould)
For full event review see post 6 of the FV smack talk thread (http://www.mmatycoon.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=42009)
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