Sterling Ford & Charles Bennett square off at the June 3rd weigh-ins

One of the Northwest's top lightweight prospects, Sterling Ford (9-4), takes on MMA veteran Charles "Kid Kaos" Bennett (22-16-2), better known as "Krazy Horse", at the Action Fight League's Rock-n-Rumble 3 at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Florida, June 4th. The fight will be for the ISKA World Lightweight title.

Sterling Ford trains out of Yelm, WA's Victory Athletics under Dennis Hallman and is coming off a 1st round submission victory over Chris Ensley in a 170 lb fight May 15th at CageSport MMA in Tacoma.

Charles Bennett is a veteran fighter of King of the Cage, Pride, Elite XC, ShoXC, and Strikeforce, and has fights against Duane Ludwig, Takanori Gomi, Urijah Faber, Tatsuya Kawajiri and Jeff Curran, with notable wins over former EliteXC Lightweight Champion KJ Noons, UFC veteran Gerald Strebendt and WEC Bantamweight contender Yoshiro Maeda. Bennett was scheduled to rematch KJ Noons on the June 16th Strikeforce show in LA, but it was announced yesterday that he is off that card and Noons is now scheduled to fight IFL and EliteXC veteran Conor Heun.

Bennett is known for taunting opponents and charismatic gestures in and outside the cage. The Florida born fighter is also well known for his run- ins with the law and his long string of arrests, having been arrested more than 20 times since 1997 for such crimes as possession and sale of cocaine, domestic violence, assault and false imprisonment to name a few.

Both fighters made weight for tonight's contest, Ford coming in at 155 1/4 lbs while Bennett weighed in at 154 1/2 lbs. (Watch video of their weigh-ins HERE)

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