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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dick Mahoney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Wightman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wightman has chosen BFMV-You want a battle(here's a war) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
16 - 7 - 0 |
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165 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Excellent MT
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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
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dick Mahoney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Blake Wightman!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahoney with a nice cross.
Nice defenses there by Wightman.
Wightman drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Mahoney avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mahoney on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mahoney tries to get out of the position.
Wightman in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wightman in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wightman looking to sit in guard and control but Mahoney gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wightman 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahoney stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wightman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mahoney trying to control the position from guard on top but Wightman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wightman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mahoney is one step ahead there.
Mahoney knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wightman on the ground.
Mahoney has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mahoney content to stall in guard here.
Wightman looking for a sweep. Not yet Wightman, not yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wightman is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mahoney working a defensive guard here.
Mahoney really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wightman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wightman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mahoney definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Wightman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wightman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wightman lands a couple of digs.
Wightman postures up in Mahoney's guard and throws a big left but Mahoney blocks it.
Wightman lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mahoney pulls Wightman in close to his closed guard and prevents Wightman from doing any damage or advancing position.
Mahoney will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mahoney keeping moving, preventing Wightman from controlling successfully.
Wightman connects with a couple of short punches.
Wightman makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mahoney looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wightman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wightman with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wightman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wightman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wightman landing some decent shots from guard.
Mahoney preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wightman throwing strikes from guard but Mahoney blocks nicely.
Mahoney trying to control the position.
Wightman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mahoney's head.
Wightman trying to control but Mahoney is working from the bottom.
Wightman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mahoney's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mahoney preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mahoney controls Wightman momentarily but Wightman frees himself.
Mahoney utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Wightman dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mahoney misses with the combination.
Mahoney throws a quick inside leg kick.
A big right from Mahoney misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wightman checks a leg kick.
Wightman throws a right and a left that Mahoney avoids nicely.
Wightman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahoney lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dick Mahoney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wightman feints and as Mahoney raises his hands in defense, Wightman changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wightman lands a couple of digs.
Wightman throws a big right hand that misses.
Blake Wightman has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mahoney avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wightman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wightman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mahoney works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wightman is looking to work some ground and pound but Mahoney has wrist control.
Mahoney trying to control the position.
Mahoney wants to stand but Wightman is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wightman chips away with some ground and pound.
Wightman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wightman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mahoney utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wightman lands a couple of elbows.
Wightman throwing strikes but missing.
Wightman stands up over Mahoney, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wightman throwing strikes but missing.
Mahoney looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wightman is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wightman landing some decent shots from guard.
Wightman tries to free his leg and advance position but Mahoney is retaining full guard.
Wightman postures up and lands a big shot to Mahoney's brow.
Mahoney avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wightman thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Wightman works over Mahoney with some ground and pound from guard.
Mahoney avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wightman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wightman content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wightman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wightman stands up over Mahoney, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Mahoney is rocked!
Wightman lands a couple of elbows.
Oh Mahoney is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wightman wants to control from the top but Mahoney keeps moving.
Wightman lands a couple of digs.
Wightman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mahoney's head.
Wightman is in close to Mahoney's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wightman landing with the ground and pound.
Mahoney looking for a sweep. Not yet Mahoney, not yet.
Mahoney preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Wightman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Wightman looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mahoney seems to have got his legs back now.
Wightman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wightman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wightman postures up in Mahoney's guard and throws a big left but Mahoney blocks it.
Wightman working some strikes from top position.
Wightman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wightman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahoney not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wightman is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wightman postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Mahoney covers up, he's hurt! Wightman keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Wightman and the ref steps in to end the fight! Wightman can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blake Wightman!
A victorious Blake Wightman thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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