PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Rami Astalo (ranked 3494 p4p, 385 weight class) and Blake Wightman (ranked 15527 p4p, 603 weight class). Astalo comes to the cage accompanied by Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff. Wightman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. BFMV-You want a battle(here's a war) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rami Astalo is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Astalo
vs
Wightman

168 cm
29
145 lbs
19 - 17 - 0

178 cm
35
165 lbs
21 - 8 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rami Astalo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Blake Wightman!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Astalo, right into the meat.
Wightman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A big right from Astalo misses.
Wightman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Astalo to counter with a crisp jab.
A head kick from Astalo lands but Wightman takes it in his stride.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Astalo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wightman stuns Astalo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Astalo tries to clinch up.
Astalo tries to clinch but Wightman is having none of it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wightman.
Wightman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Astalo defending well as Wightman loads up on a big left hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Astalo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Astalo scores with a spinning back kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wightman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Astalo looks to score with a jab to the body but Wightman is just out of range.
Astalo drops his hands momentarily and Wightman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Astalo works Wightman's body with a nice hook.
Astalo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wightman momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astalo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wightman throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Astalo.

Wightman throws out a head kick that Astalo doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Astalo crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Astalo's eyes and has decided to let it go on!

Astalo is rocked!

It looks like Rami Astalo has been cut.
Astalo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Oh Astalo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Astalo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Astalo seems to have got his legs back now.
Wightman misses with a low kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wightman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wightman looks to land a body kick but Astalo moved away.

Astalo rushes Wightman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wightman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Astalo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Astalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
I was talking to Astalo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wightman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Astalo lands with a left to the head.
Wightman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wightman blocks an uppercut.
Astalo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Astalo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wightman backwards.
Wightman throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wightman throws an elbow but it misses.
Wightman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Astalo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wightman throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Astalo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wightman's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Astalo fails to land.
Wightman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Astalo backwards.
Wightman avoids the elbow strike from Astalo, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Astalo fails to land.
Wightman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Astalo has a couple of punches blocked by Wightman.
Astalo misses with the head strike.
Wightman takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wightman.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Still in the clinch, Wightman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wightman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wightman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Astalo lands an uppercut.
Astalo avoids a wild elbow strike from Wightman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Having scored a knockdown, Blake Wightman should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
The cut man is working on Rami Astalo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wightman takes one to the side of the head.
Wightman misses with a hook. Astalo ducked under it nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Astalo misses its target.
Blake Wightman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Astalo throws out a loose jab but Wightman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Astalo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wightman manages to avoid it.
Wightman lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Astalo checks a low kick from Wightman.
Rami Astalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wightman throws a head kick but Astalo moves out of range.
Astalo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wightman misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Wightman misses.
Wightman throws a low kick but Astalo avoids it.
Wightman misses with a hook. Astalo ducked under it nicely.
Wightman motions for Astalo to come forward. Wightman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Astalo there.
Astalo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice shot by Astalo.
Astalo slips under a jab.
Wightman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wightman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Astalo. Astalo obviously looking to wear him down.
Wightman avoids the body shot from Astalo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Astalo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Wightman gets tackled into the cage by Astalo. Astalo maintains the clinch.
Astalo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Astalo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wightman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Astalo blocks it with crossed arms.
Wightman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Astalo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wightman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Astalo.
Astalo lands a left hand.
Wightman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Astalo.
Wightman lands a hook that snaps the head of Astalo backwards.
Wightman throws an elbow but it misses.
Wightman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wightman misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Astalo.
Astalo throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astalo pushes off an throws an elbow but Wightman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Astalo throws an elbow that misses.
Astalo tries to land a knee to the head but Wightman blocks with his arms.
Wightman tries to land knees in the clinch but Astalo avoids the damage to the body.
Wightman lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wightman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Astalo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wightman's elbow.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Astalo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Astalo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wightman blocks an uppercut.
Wightman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Astalo throws an elbow but misses.
Astalo works on Wightman's body with a couple of short punches.
Wightman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wightman throws a punch but it's blocked by Astalo.
Astalo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wightman backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Astalo working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rami Astalo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rami Astalo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A solid leg kick lands there for Astalo.
Astalo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Astalo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Astalo misses with a looping right.
Astalo loads up on a big right hand but Wightman slips the punch.
Astalo throws out a leg kick but Wightman moves out of range and Astalo only half commits.
Wightman is looking for the big counter here.
Wightman motions for Astalo to come forward. Wightman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Astalo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Astalo.
Astalo lands with a nice combination. Wightman backs away looking to recover.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wightman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Astalo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Astalo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wightman scores with a hook to the body. Astalo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Astalo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Astalo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Astalo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wightman.
Wightman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wightman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Astalo was well out of range. Poor timing from Wightman.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Astalo here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Astalo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wightman connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Astalo scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wightman on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wightman checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Astalo throws a series of punches but Wightman moves out of range.
Astalo connects with a body shot that sends Wightman's belly button to the back.
Astalo misses with a body shot.
Wightman moves out of range of the strikes.
Astalo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Astalo ducks under a wild hook from Wightman.
The fight stays on the outside here - Astalo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Astalo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wightman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Astalo can pounce on him.
Astalo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wightman finds it's way round the side to connect with Astalo's head.
Astalo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wightman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wightman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wightman takes a kick to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Wightman.
Wightman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Astalo momentarily.
Wightman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wightman throws a lazy uppercut
and Astalo counters with a stiff right hand.
Wightman tries a head kick but it misses.
Wightman slips a jab and a cross from Astalo.
Wightman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Astalo can pounce on him.
Wightman throws a body punch but Astalo moves out of range.
Wightman throws a series of punches but Astalo moves out of range.
Wightman throws a hook to the side of Astalo's head but Astalo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wightman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Astalo forces Wightman back against the cage and clinches.
Astalo lands a damaging elbow.
Astalo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wightman is leaning against Astalo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Astalo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Astalo throws a punch but it's blocked by Wightman.
Astalo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Astalo lands a body punch in the clinch.

Astalo breaks the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rami Astalo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Astalo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!