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Brandon Bledsoe of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA is a former mixed martial artist. He was the opponent of Jorge J. Masvidal Jr. of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA in the HOOKnSHOOT event “Absolute Fighting Championships 3” at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida on May 24, 2003.

Brandon Bledsoe

Based in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA, HOOKnSHOOTwas founded by Jeff Osborne in 1995. It held its last event on March 4, 2017.

There were a total of nine MMA matches on HOOKnSHOOT ‘s “AFC 3” card. The first match was a welterweight bout between Masvidal and Bledsoe.

The referee stopped the welterweight contest after 3 minutes and 55 seconds in the first round. Masvidal knocked out Bledsoe via punches.

Losing to Masvidal downgraded Bledsoe’s professional MMA record to 6 wins and 8 losses. The fighter from Knoxville made his professional MMA debut on September 28, 1998.

Jorge Masvidal

From 2013 to 2023, Masvidal competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. He holds a professional MMA record of 35 wins and 17 losses.

After losing to Masvidal in 2003, Bledsoe fought six more professional MMA opponents. The fighter from Knoxville lost to Raphael Assuncao, Ryan Ackerman and Diego Saraiva in 2005, Saraiva again in 2006 and Danny Byrket and Mike Lee in 2007.

On July 5, 2024, Bledsoe turned 50. On November 12, 2024, Masvidal turned 40.