Mora vs. Forrest Play by Play

The Main Event

Sergio Mora 20-0-1 vs. reigning WBC Super Welterweight Champion Vernon Forrest 40-2-0.

Sergio Mora enters the ring at 9:36 pm eastern. Mora is wearing a black and yellow robe. It says Sergio Mora, then underneath it says The Latin Snake.

Vernon Forrest enters the ring at 9:38 eastern wearing black and orange.

Sergio Martinez, who is the number 2 WBC Super welterweight contender looks on from the press area. Martinez does not look like he received any noticeable damage from his fight with TerMerliksetian. Mora, it should be noted, knocked out TerMeliksetian when he fought him.

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This is Mora’s first attempt at a world title. Most experts are predicting this fight to go a full 12 rounds with Forrest winning a unanimous decision.

Mora and Forrest start of feeling each other out. The fight is much slower than the Williams vs. Quintana.

One minute into the round there is still not much action until Forrest connects with a strong right hand. Forrest lands a punch to the body of Mora. Forrest looks like he takes round 1, as Mora did more dancing then punching.

The 2nd round looks like Mora is more inclined to shadow box then get on the inside of Forrest.

Forrest lands a left hook. Mora then gets on the inside and lands some body shots in the 2nd. Mora is on the receiving end of a partial uppercut to the chin. It does not look like it had much on it.

Mora looks like the winner of round 2.

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Third round - Forrest looks to be more aggressive. Forrest gets the edge in round 3 as the crowd boos both fighters.

4th round - The fighters are closing the distance in round 4 and both are looking more aggressive. Mora attempts a big right hand which partially connects. The crowd starts to chant ‘Mora.’ Mora lands an upper cut as he is pushed against the ropes. Forrest lands a right to Mora’s right eye as the bell sounds. The round appears to go Mora.
In between rounds Mora’s corner seems to be working on Mora’s right eye. Mora seems to have some swelling below his right eye.

5th round - Mora is able to dodge a lot the punches from Forrest and appears to be lighting quick still. Forrest lands a couple of punches to Mora’s head which initially appeared to stun Mora. Mora eggs Forrest on after the two fighters are separated by the referee.
Mora landed an over hand right to Forrest’s head and a couple of body shots.
The crowd boos as the fighters go to their corners. Mora tells his corner that ‘He is going down” referring to Forrest. Mora is up quick from his corner as Forrest appears to be getting his right eye worked on.

Round appears to go to Mora.

6th round - Moran definitely has more energy between the two fighters. He lands a big over hand right to Forrest’s head. He then lands a flurry of weaker punches to Forrest’s body. Mora is working th ebody fof Forrest and getting more and more on the inside. He feels blood? The crowd starts chanting ‘Mora’ again.

Mora is now the aggressor. Forrest lands a right uppercut to Mora’s chin just before the bell. The round still goes to Mora. Mora’s corner is working on his right eye area. Forrest looks winded in his corner.

7th round - Forrest appears winded as the round opens. He looks to be attempting big right punches. Mora just misses with a left hook to Forrest’s temple. Mora is warned by the referee for punching to the back of Forrest’s head. Forrest lands a big right. Mora is beginning to land a lot of lefts.
7th round is close to call probably going to Forrest.

8th round - Forrest lands a big right to begin the eight round. Forres has Mora against the ropes. Mora lands a combination then ducks out of the way of big Forrest right hand. Forrest is warned for throwing low blows. Mora wins a close round in my book. The 7th and 8th rounds kind of hit a lull as there was not as much action.

9th round- as Forrest stands for the opening bell he continues to look out of breath. The fighters are exchanging punches that are not hitting. Mora seems to be scoring more on the inside. Mora gets Forrest up against the corner and lands some strong blows. He has Forrest in tough position as Forrest is trying to fight his way out of it. Forrest now gets Mora against the ropes as the bell sounds. This is the best round of the night. Mora wins this round convincingly, but before Forrest lands some decent punches at the end.
The corner man for Mora is trying to reduce the swelling below Mora’s right eye. Once again Mora is the first fighter up from the corner.

10th round- Forrest lands a weak right jab to Mora’s chin. Mora then lands a series of left jabs on Forrest. Mora is definitely landing more punches. He lands a right jab to Forrest’s chin. Mora is proving his critics wrong thus far in the fight as he looks to be the better fighter tonight.
Mora’s landing more combinations as the fight goes on which is a sign that Forrest is tiring. Forrest lands a strong left hook at the end of the round. Mora once again looks to prevail in round 10.

11th round- Forrest corner is talking to Forrest. Forrest looks to have labored breathing before the round. Forrest should star looking for the knockout as he is way behind on the score cards. A loud. ‘Mora, Mora’ chant is heard from the crowd. Forrest is warned for a head butt as he pushes Mora against the ropes.

Forrest lands another low blow which is not seen by the ref. Forrest looks to have a swollen bottom lip.

Forrest is struggling and seems frustrated by Mora as he tries to tangle Mora Up. Mora looks confident in his corner before the 12th round. Forrest looks to be the defeated before the 12th round.

12th round - Crowd chants ‘Mora, Mora’ again. Mora looks like he could fight all night while Forrest looks like he could use a rest. Mora lands another left. His left hand is looking good tonight at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Mora gets Forrest into the ropes and lands a couple of weak looking punches. Forrest then gets Mora into the corner, but is unable to get any punces off. Mora is beginning to look winded as he dances around trying to avoid a late KO. Forrest gets Mora against the ropes and the exchange a litany of strong punches as the fight ends. Mora is held up on the shoulders of his corner. One reporter announces 111-117 for Mora, which sounds about right.

The fight is announced first scorecard 114-114, 115-114, 116-112 . . . For the winner and new Super Welterweight champion Sergio Mora. The decision is closer than it looked, as many are not sure of how the fight was scored 114 to 114. Mora is no longer a pretender or even a contender, he is a champion