PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carey Mahoney (ranked 453 p4p, 99 weight class) and Dougal McCraken (ranked 62 p4p, 12 weight class). McCraken has chosen Bulgine as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mahoney
vs
McCraken

185 cm
34
168
22 - 18 - 1

184 cm
36
155
26 - 15 - 0

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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 22 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carey Mahoney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dougal McCraken!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCraken avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mahoney uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McCraken.

Mahoney gets a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McCraken.
McCraken swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahoney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from McCraken.
Mahoney softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mahoney creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McCraken gets through Mahoney's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mahoney blocks a body shot from McCraken.

Mahoney manages to break the clinch.
McCraken lands a nice looking body shot.
Mahoney is looking to clinch but McCraken is avoiding it.
Mahoney wants to clinch up but McCraken keeps it at a distance.

Mahoney moves into the clinch successfully.
We've been informed that McCraken has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
McCraken lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McCraken lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mahoney backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCraken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCraken working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McCraken goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

McCraken breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCraken chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mahoney wants to clinch up but McCraken keeps it at a distance.
Mahoney moves in looking to clinch but McCraken pushes him off.
McCraken throws a front kick that sends Mahoney stumbling back into the cage.
McCraken lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Mahoney takes the fight into the clinch.

Mahoney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McCraken throws a lazy right hand but Mahoney sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Mahoney drives through and clinches with McCraken against the cage.
McCraken lands a hook that snaps the head of Mahoney backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McCraken creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Mahoney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McCraken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mahoney moves away.
McCraken lands a front kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mahoney wants to clinch up but McCraken keeps it at a distance.

Mahoney clinches with his opponent.
McCraken misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCraken tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mahoney's elbow.
McCraken is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCraken misses with an elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Mahoney utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mahoney misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCraken misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mahoney scores a nice knee to the body.
Mahoney jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as McCraken walks away with a smile on his face. Mahoney gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCraken. Mahoney does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mahoney moves in looking to clinch but McCraken pushes him off.
McCraken throws a nice inside leg kick.

Mahoney gets a clinch.
Mahoney pushes McCraken back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mahoney.
McCraken avoiding damage as Mahoney throws knees to the body.
McCraken tries to work over Mahoney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mahoney tries to throw a body punch but McCraken avoids it by throwing Mahoney back against the cage.
McCraken can't find room to land a body shot as Mahoney controls the action.
McCraken goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney taking a breather.
McCraken lands with a left to the head.
Mahoney tries to throw a body punch but McCraken avoids it by throwing Mahoney back against the cage.
Mahoney blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Mahoney breaks the clinch.
McCraken lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mahoney tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch but McCraken swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good leg kick by McCraken.
Mahoney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCraken.
Mahoney doesn't manage to clinch there - McCraken circles away.
Carey Mahoney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mahoney tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting McCraken counter with a right hand.
McCraken swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mahoney.

Mahoney closes the distance and clinches.
McCraken goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McCraken lands with a left to the head.
Mahoney lands an elbow inside that McCraken shrugs off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCraken is leaning against Mahoney and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mahoney gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McCraken misses with a hook from the clinch.
McCraken prevents a body shot from Mahoney.
McCraken lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mahoney.
Mahoney looking to throw knees to the head but McCraken is blocking nicely.

McCraken manages to break the clinch.
Mahoney moves to clinch but McCraken breaks away
and McCraken counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch but McCraken swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mahoney is looking to clinch but McCraken is avoiding it.
Mahoney doesn't manage to clinch there - McCraken circles away.
McCraken was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch but McCraken swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCraken ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mahoney fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mahoney with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McCraken to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCraken scores with a jab.
Mahoney is looking to clinch but McCraken is avoiding it.
Mahoney ducks under a wild hook from McCraken.
Mahoney tries to counter by moving into the clinch but McCraken manages to circle out of the way.
McCraken lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dougal McCraken dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Mahoney takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice shot lands for McCraken.
Mahoney tries to clinch up.
McCraken wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mahoney darts in trying to clinch
and McCraken connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McCraken tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCraken swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch but McCraken swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from McCraken. Those never looked like landing.
Mahoney slips a straight right by McCraken.
Mahoney is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahoney moves in looking to clinch but McCraken pushes him off.
McCraken has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McCraken keeps the fight on the outside.
McCraken throws a front kick that sends Mahoney stumbling back into the cage.
McCraken circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mahoney uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McCraken has time to react.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCraken lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mahoney will feel that in the morning.
Mahoney moves in looking to clinch but McCraken pushes him off.
Mahoney takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
McCraken comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McCraken throws a jab when Mahoney was well out of range.
Mahoney wants to clinch up but McCraken keeps it at a distance.
McCraken connects with an inside leg kick.
Mahoney tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mahoney fails with an attempt to clinch.
McCraken throws a hook to the side of Mahoney's head but Mahoney sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McCraken scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mahoney doesn't seem bothered though.
McCraken avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McCraken throws a lazy head kick

and Mahoney counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mahoney jumps guard but McCraken turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
McCraken misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCraken gets through Mahoney's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McCraken.
Carey Mahoney has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCraken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McCraken lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCraken scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McCraken blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mahoney.
McCraken avoiding damage as Mahoney throws knees to the body.

Mahoney manages to break the clinch.
Dougal McCraken seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mahoney tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McCraken swats away the attempt to clinch by Mahoney.
A head kick from McCraken lands but Mahoney takes it in his stride.
Mahoney fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mahoney tries to clinch but McCraken moves out of range.
Mahoney moves away from the strike by McCraken.
McCraken thuds a left hand into Mahoney's body.
McCraken is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mahoney.
Mahoney tries to clinch up but McCraken circles away and keeps his distance.
McCraken stuns Mahoney with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McCraken lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mahoney at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice cross by Mahoney.

Mahoney forces McCraken back against the cage and clinches.
McCraken throws a head punch that misses.
McCraken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCraken avoids the elbow strike from Mahoney, against the cage.
Mahoney prevents a body shot from McCraken.
McCraken swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahoney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mahoney misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCraken lands a body punch.
McCraken throws an elbow that misses.
McCraken misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McCraken.
A short right from McCraken on the inside.
McCraken lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from McCraken fails to land.
Mahoney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mahoney creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McCraken's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mahoney has a couple of punches blocked by McCraken.
McCraken working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Come on Mahoney - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
McCraken lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mahoney misses with an elbow over the top.
McCraken lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McCraken throws a head punch that misses.
Mahoney tries to break the clinch but McCraken is controlling the position.
Mahoney gets through McCraken's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from McCraken.
McCraken cracks Mahoney with a nice body shot.
Mahoney lands a right hand that snaps the head of McCraken backwards.
Mahoney works on McCraken's body with a couple of short punches.
A short body shot lands from McCraken as the two fighters clinch.
Mahoney lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McCraken.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCraken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from McCraken fails to land.
McCraken tries to work over Mahoney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCraken blocks an elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dougal McCraken showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Both fighters circling a little - McCraken finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
McCraken tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McCraken scores with a body shot.
Mahoney tries to clinch up but McCraken circles away and keeps his distance.
Mahoney fails in his attempt to clinch.
McCraken steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

Mahoney moves into the clinch.

McCraken breaks the clinch.
Mahoney gets cracked there but stands up to it.
McCraken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mahoney was well out of range. Poor timing from McCraken.
Mahoney is looking to clinch.
Mahoney walks into a left hand.
McCraken swats away the attempt to clinch by Mahoney.
McCraken looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahoney tries to clinch but McCraken is having none of it.
Mahoney moves to clinch but McCraken breaks away
and McCraken cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to the liver by McCraken. Beautiful body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mahoney looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahoney fails in his attempt to clinch.
McCraken thows a body kick. Mahoney tries to catch it but that hurt him.
McCraken throws a shot from downtown. Mahoney moves away and avoids it.
Mahoney misses with a looping left.
Mahoney walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
McCraken fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mahoney will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Mahoney darts in trying to clinch
enabling McCraken to counter with a crisp jab.
McCraken throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mahoney is looking to clinch.
Mahoney avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mahoney is looking to clinch but McCraken is avoiding it.
McCraken wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A cross from McCraken lands.
McCraken misses with a kick to the body.
Carey Mahoney has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCraken wants to land a leg kick but Mahoney is out of range.
Mahoney is looking to counter punch.
Mahoney tests McCraken's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mahoney misses with a straight right.
McCraken throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mahoney sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mahoney misses with a looping left.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch but McCraken swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch but McCraken swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Mahoney takes the fight into the clinch.

McCraken breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McCraken scores with a jab. Mahoney acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

McCraken gets tackled into the cage by Mahoney. Mahoney maintains the clinch.
McCraken tries to work over Mahoney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCraken scores with a hook to the body.
McCraken tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

McCraken's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McCraken cracks Mahoney with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McCraken paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Mahoney has taken the fight to the clinch.

Mahoney breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mahoney looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McCraken looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McCraken changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McCraken wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McCraken with a jab.
Dougal McCraken is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCraken swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch up but McCraken swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McCraken! But no joy.
McCraken circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mahoney closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling McCraken to counter with a crisp jab.
Mahoney tries to clinch up.
Mahoney looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McCraken stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney misses with a jab to the body
and McCraken counters with a right hand to the body.
McCraken avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mahoney lands with a straight right. McCraken didn't see that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCraken throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jab from McCraken.
McCraken circles away from the clinch attempt.
McCraken with a nice calf kick.
McCraken fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mahoney looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mahoney wants to clinch.
Mahoney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McCraken.
McCraken throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mahoney stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mahoney takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McCraken lands with a good body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dougal McCraken comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got McCraken winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dougal McCraken!
Dougal McCraken thanked the fans post fight for their support.