Nelson Hysa vs. Thorsten Fuchs & Mauro Forte vs. Cristobal Lorente RBR

Mauro Forte vs. Cristóbal Lorente Campoy 12 Rounds @ Featherweight

 

Round 1 Lorente 10-9

Both men feeling each other out early, Lorente quickly finds his range and gets into a rhythm, outboxing Forte landing in combination while on the backfoot majority of the last two minutes.

 

Round 1 Lorente 10-9
Round 2 Lorente 10-9

Forte looking unsure of himself, not pressing as much as he did in the first round, due to Lorente's unorthodox countering combos. Lorente takes it to him in the second half, and outworks him on the front foot.

 

Round 1 Lorente 10-9
Round 2 Lorente 10-9
Round 3 Lorente 10-9

Forte already looking desperate, is lunging in wildly, throwing combos, which is giving Lorente a ton of opportunities to land counters, sometimes 2 and 3 punch combos off the backfoot, also giving him a ton of angles. Forte's right eye is a bit of a mess already.

 

Round 1 Lorente 10-9
Round 2 Lorente 10-9
Round 3 Lorente 10-9
Round 4 Forte 10-9

Decent bounceback round from Mauro, who decided to stay on the backfoot the majority of the round, forcing Lorente to be the aggressor and walked him into plenty of looping counter lefts, capped off with a flurry right before the bell.

 

Round 1 Lorente 10-9
Round 2 Lorente 10-9
Round 3 Lorente 10-9
Round 4 Forte 10-9
Round 5 Lorente 10-9

Close round, but Lorente was the aggressor throughout, lunging in and landing one twos with a fairly high frequency, Forte's right eye is bleeding profusely now, like a waterfall.

 

Round 1 Lorente 10-9
Round 2 Lorente 10-9
Round 3 Lorente 10-9
Round 4 Forte 10-9
Round 5 Lorente 10-9
Round 6 Forte 10-8

Lorente a little too aggressive early and he pays for it, Forte walked him into a nasty looping left on the button, followed up with several cuffing right hooks that sends him to the canvass, Forte corners him and goes for the knockout, but Lorente valiantly stands his ground and fights back, landing several vicious combos, is fighting his way back into teh round, and the Forte hurts him again with a counter left clean on the chin. Lorente stabilizes a few seconds later.

 

Round 1 Lorente 10-9
Round 2 Lorente 10-9
Round 3 Lorente 10-9
Round 4 Forte 10-9
Round 5 Lorente 10-9
Round 6 Forte 10-8
Round 7 Lorente 10-9

Kind of a nothing round and very cagey action from both men, Lorente mostly controlled the proceedings with his jab, blunting most of Forte's wild flurries with his elusive upper body movement.

 

Round 1 Lorente 10-9
Round 2 Lorente 10-9
Round 3 Lorente 10-9
Round 4 Forte 10-9
Round 5 Lorente 10-9
Round 6 Forte 10-8
Round 7 Lorente 10-9
Round 8 Lorente 10-9

Forte looking a bit lost, like he's unsure how to proceed, either that or his gas tank is running low. Lorente pretty much picking him apart with his jab. Evading incoming fir and countering with a hook to the body.

 

Round 1 Lorente 10-9
Round 2 Lorente 10-9
Round 3 Lorente 10-9
Round 4 Forte 10-9
Round 5 Lorente 10-9
Round 6 Forte 10-8
Round 7 Lorente 10-9
Round 8 Lorente 10-9
Round 9 Lorente 10-9

Forte a little more active early, but Lorente is making him miss and making him pay, countering with combos to the head and body, Forte backs off, his eye seems to be bothering him more and more. Lorente on the front foot now, pressing the action.

 

Round 1 Lorente 10-9
Round 2 Lorente 10-9
Round 3 Lorente 10-9
Round 4 Forte 10-9
Round 5 Lorente 10-9
Round 6 Forte 10-8
Round 7 Lorente 10-9
Round 8 Lorente 10-9
Round 9 Lorente 10-9
Round 10 Lorente 10-9

Turning into a toe to toe war, with both men standing and trading shots, but thanks to Lorente's superior defense, he's slipping and countering far more effectively, at times pushing Forte back and battering him about the head and face.

 

Round 1 Lorente 10-9
Round 2 Lorente 10-9
Round 3 Lorente 10-9
Round 4 Forte 10-9
Round 5 Lorente 10-9
Round 6 Forte 10-8
Round 7 Lorente 10-9
Round 8 Lorente 10-9
Round 9 Lorente 10-9
Round 10 Lorente 10-9
Round 11 Lorente 10-9

Back and forth for the first two minutes, with Lorente getting the better of the exchanges, then he catches Forte with a nasty straight right that staggers him, Lorente goes for the kill, and beats the living hell out of him for the majority of the last minute. He was ready to go.

 

Round 1 Lorente 10-9
Round 2 Lorente 10-9
Round 3 Lorente 10-9
Round 4 Forte 10-9
Round 5 Lorente 10-9
Round 6 Forte 10-8
Round 7 Lorente 10-9
Round 8 Lorente 10-9
Round 9 Lorente 10-9
Round 10 Lorente 10-9
Round 11 Lorente 10-9
Round 12 Lorente 10-9

Cristobal picked up where he left off, and was going for the KO the entire round, landing combos to the head, whole Forte was holding like a barnacle. Finally Lorente stuns him again late and poured it on him, winning the round and the match in dominant fashion.

117-110 Lorente