PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between William Spud (ranked 546 p4p, 805 weight class) and Carey Mahoney (ranked 82 p4p, 114 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Spud might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Havana. William Spud could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Carey Mahoney's chin.

Spud
vs
Mahoney

169 cm
37
157
32 - 13 - 0

185 cm
33
168
20 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 32 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, William Spud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carey Mahoney!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahoney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mahoney ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spud moves away.
Mahoney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spud throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mahoney uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Spud.

Spud rushes Mahoney and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mahoney tries a body shot but Spud blocks it.
Spud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mahoney avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mahoney.
Spud wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mahoney keeps control of Spud as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mahoney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spud is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mahoney is defending well for now.
Spud takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like William Spud has been cut.
Mahoney pushes Spud back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahoney misses with the head strike.
Mahoney softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Spud manages to break the clinch.
Mahoney connects with a crisp jab.
Spud throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mahoney.
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!
Mahoney moves away from the strike by Spud.
Mahoney has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nice uppercut there from Spud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahoney ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mahoney doesn't manage to clinch there - Spud circles away.
We've been told by Spud's head coaches at OFFSEASON Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mahoney is looking to clinch but Spud is avoiding it.

Mahoney clinches.
Spud wants to break free but Mahoney has control.
Mahoney throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Spud breaks the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Spud displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mahoney slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Mahoney moves into range and clinches up with Spud.
Spud is looking to break free of the clinch but Mahoney has double underhooks.
Mahoney lands an elbow inside that Spud shrugs off.
Spud misses with the head strike.
Spud prevents a body shot from Mahoney.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mahoney lands a shot to the body.
Spud stalling the fight.
Mahoney is leaning against Spud and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Spud misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spud wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mahoney looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spud trying to land knees to the body.
Mahoney misses with a punch to the body.
Mahoney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mahoney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spud's elbow.

Spud breaks from the clinch.
Spud jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mahoney wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Spud clinches up with Mahoney and pushes him back against the cage.

Spud breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mahoney is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Mahoney closes the distance and pushes Spud back into the cage.
Spud taking a breather.
Spud lands a body punch.
Spud blocks an uppercut.
Mahoney looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mahoney tries a body shot but Spud blocks it.

Spud escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Spud misses with a straight left.
Spud fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Spud, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mahoney slips a straight right by Spud.
Spud looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Spud connects with a nice looking jab.
Mahoney lands with a straight right. Spud didn't see that one coming.

William Spud's cut is getting worse.
Mahoney fails in his attempt to clinch.
Spud catches Mahoney with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mahoney uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spud.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch but Spud swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mahoney fails with an attempt to clinch.

Spud instigates a clinch.
Mahoney manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mahoney lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Spud wants to get back to striking at distance but Mahoney won't allow it.
Mahoney throws a punch but it's blocked by Spud.
Mahoney gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
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!
Spud blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Spud manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Spud lands but Mahoney takes it in his stride.
Mahoney checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Spud tries to move into range but Mahoney moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Spud cracks Mahoney with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mahoney cracks Spud with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Spud tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Mahoney pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Spud is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carey Mahoney!
Carey Mahoney really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that FUClothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.