The backstory to a fighter’s first win will always come with a litany of challenging obstacles that are meant to throw a wrench in even the most carefully constructed plans and make the winning memory all the sweeter when it is properly executed with nothing left in the hands of chance. In today’s episode of Across The Pond, you will meet a conductor of charged conditional change looking to rewire his professional pathway at Welterweight with electric enthusiasm like a train traveling down a routed track for Fury Fighting Championship. A professional mixed martial artist since February 2025 and representing AzTex MMA, Shane Wright owns a 1-4 record with his lone victory coming via knockout. Wright has spent his entire professional tenure with Fury Fighting Championship and also fought for them as an Amateur before turning professional. The one and only finish of his career inside the professional ranks has come in the opening round with a time of 57 seconds. He has spent his whole journey in the United States in his home state of Texas. Wright has a single first-finish under his belt through five appearances as a professional MMA fighter to show for it thus far.
In his third outing under the Fury Fighting Championship banner at Fury FC Challenger Series 14, he faced Jonathan Montalvo and went on to knock him out in round one. The win notched Wright the first knockout victory of his professional career in addition to victory and finish number one under the Fury Fighting Championship banner. He also earned his first overall win as a professional mixed martial artist in the process. Wright’s never say no acceptance of just top-tier opposition is a prime example of what a struggling sportsman should do when sizing up setbacks and how they will handle being diverted from their track tasks in adverse situational timetables!