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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Wightman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Lucchese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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169 lbs
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170 lbs
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aaron Wightman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thomas Lucchese!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucchese shoots in for a takedown but Wightman shows good takedown defense.
Wightman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wightman throws a sloppy head kick and Lucchese moves out of range easily.
Wightman feints and as Lucchese raises his hands in defense, Wightman changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wightman drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Wightman jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Wightman has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lucchese is proving hard to escape from.
Wightman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wightman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lucchese works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lucchese controlling the position.
Lucchese preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lucchese is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wightman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lucchese is adopting a defensive guard.
Lucchese wants to sweep here but Wightman controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wightman is working Lucchese over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wightman is looking to work some ground and pound but Lucchese has wrist control.
Lucchese is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lucchese looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wightman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wightman preventing the sweep.
Wightman drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Wightman jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lucchese is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucchese works over Wightman with some ground and pound from guard.
Wightman is trying to keep Lucchese in close.
Lucchese trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lucchese slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Lucchese is working Wightman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lucchese trying to control but Wightman is working from the bottom.
Lucchese slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wightman keeping moving, preventing Lucchese from controlling successfully.
Lucchese looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wightman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lucchese.
Wightman can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lucchese controls the pace.
Lucchese with a nice head shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lucchese stops Wightman from standing up.
Lucchese not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Wightman on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wightman tries to get out of the position.
Lucchese trying to control but Wightman is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Wightman leaves Lucchese with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lucchese fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wightman sprawls well initially but Lucchese persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wightman taking some punishment here, with Lucchese in his half guard.
Lucchese missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lucchese has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wightman is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Lucchese's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Lucchese's back!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lucchese covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Lucchese tries to break free.
Wightman connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Lucchese to escape the position.
Wightman gets his hands free as Lucchese looks to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Wightman dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lucchese shoots for a takedown but Wightman saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lucchese drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
A lull in the action here as Lucchese stalls from top position.
Lucchese in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Lucchese is looking to take a break and control but Wightman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wightman manages to work his way to half guard, despite Lucchese's best efforts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucchese scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lucchese wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wightman keeps working.
Lucchese working over Wightman with some ground and pound. Wightman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lucchese is trying to control. Wightman wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lucchese scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lucchese trying to control the action but Wightman is working from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Wightman manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Aaron Wightman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lucchese sitting in guard here, content to control.
Wightman wants to sweep here but Lucchese controlling him for the moment.
Lucchese stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wightman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucchese content to stall in guard here.
Lucchese with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lucchese trying to control but Wightman is working from the bottom.
Lucchese working some strikes from top position.
Lucchese trying to control but Wightman is working from the bottom.
Lucchese trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucchese looking to pass the guard.
Lucchese with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lucchese is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lucchese connects with a couple of short punches.
Lucchese stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wightman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wightman keeping moving, preventing Lucchese from controlling successfully.
Lucchese throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lucchese stands and throws Wightman's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Lucchese scoring with punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucchese in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Lucchese works to advance to full mount. Wightman defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Lucchese sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lucchese working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lucchese lands a big elbow.
Lucchese has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lucchese working Wightman over with strikes here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lucchese controlling from the full mount.
Lucchese putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Lucchese showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Lucchese tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Wightman defends well and Lucchese ends up having to push Wightman into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Wightman appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Lucchese closes the distance and clinches up with Wightman, looking for a takedown. Lucchese pushes Wightman against the cage but Wightman circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lucchese has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Thomas Lucchese has been cut.
Wightman slaps away a takedown attempt from Lucchese, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Aaron Wightman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Lucchese.
Wightman moves into the clinch successfully.
Wightman gets control of Lucchese's arms and successfully pulls guard. Wightman will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Wightman throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Lucchese scoring with some ground and pound.
Lucchese postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lucchese trying to control but Wightman is working from the bottom.
Lucchese engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucchese wants to control from the top but Wightman keeps moving.
Lucchese keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wightman's head.
Lucchese looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lucchese slips nicely into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lucchese is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wightman is looking for a sweep. Lucchese is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wightman is in trouble now - Lucchese has advanced to mount!
Lucchese controlling the position easily from mount.
Lucchese landing strikes from the mount and Wightman is in trouble!
Lucchese raining down hammerfists from mount.
Lucchese takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lucchese scores with a couple of good head shots there.
It looks like Aaron Wightman has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wightman is trying to escape the mount.
Lucchese looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lucchese looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
A nice elbow there by Lucchese.
Aaron Wightman's cut is getting worse.
Lucchese sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lucchese with good strikes from the mount here!
Wightman is rocked!
Aaron Wightman's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Lucchese tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucchese lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lucchese landing shots from mount.
Oh Wightman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jeez, Aaron Wightman's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Aaron Wightman's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Thomas Lucchese!
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hype
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