RESULTS: Florida Mayhem Pull Off Reverse Sweep Against Dallas Fuel

The Dallas Fuel came into the match with a record of 5-10 and in 9th place in the Overwatch League. Coming off a 0-3 loss against the San Francisco Shock earlier in the week and having two of their players receive disciplinary action from the league, Dallas was looking to end Week 3 on a positive note. The Florida Mayhem entered today's match with a 1-14 record and in 11th place in the league. Unable to complete the upset against the Houston Outlaws on Friday, Florida was looking to finally secure their 2nd victory of the season. Here is a short breakdown of how the match went.

A back and forth battle on Hanamura would begin the match. Florida would begin the action by capturing Point A in their attack round to take a 1-0 lead, but the Dallas Fuel were able to put together a strong defensive hold on Point B to prevent the Mayhem from collecting another point. Having a clear window to victory, Hyeon  "EFFECT" Hwang would put the rest of the Fuel on his back with his exceptional Tracer play and almost single handily secure Point B. EFFECT would finish with 30 eliminations, 17 final blows and only seven deaths. Behind their star DPS player's performance, the Dallas Fuel were able to take the 2-1 win on Hanamura and take a 1-0 lead in the match.

Nepal followed Hanamura and it was all about the two DPS players for the Dallas Fuel, as EFFECT and Dylan "aKm" Bignet would put together two high level performances to lead Dallas to the 2-0 win. EFFECT would put up impressive statistics with two heroes, as he would finish with 14 eliminations and only one death as Soldier: 76, while collecting 12 eliminations and only one death as Tracer. Pharah would be the main weapon of aKm, as he would finish with 14 eliminations and only two deaths, but he was also able to deliver a couple of highlight plays with his signature hero, Soldier: 76. The victory on Nepal gave the Dallas Fuel a 2-0 match lead over the Florida Mayhem heading into halftime.

King's Row was the third map of the match and saw the Florida Mayhem take a 2-0 lead in their attack round, but accurate shooting from aKm's Widowmaker would prevent Florida from completing the map. Looking to get back into the match, Florida would build a formidable defense that held off the Fuel until the very end. A blunder in the final seconds by the Dallas Fuel where they did not manage to get a single player onto the point as time ran out resulted in them losing 0-2 on King's Row. The King's Row victory helped the Florida Mayhem cut Dallas' lead to 2-1. Tim "Manneten" Bylund would lead the way for the Florida Mayem on King's Row with 31 eliminations, 16,380 damage blocked and only two deaths as D.Va.

 Watchpoint: Gibraltar was up next and the Florida Mayhem rode the momentum they built from their win on King's Row to stage a offensive push that would see them complete the map and take a 3-0 lead over Dallas. The Fuel were able to respond by securing the first two checkpoints to cut Florida's lead to 3-2. Dallas looked to have the final checkpoint all but secured, but some excellent survial tactics by Kevin "TviQ" Lindström as Tracer would allow for his teammates to continue staggering, which finally resulted in the Mayhem gaining the numbers advantage and taking out the rest of the Dallas Fuel. This gave Florida the 3-2 win on Watchpoint: Gibraltar and tied the match at 2-2. Once again, Manneten was the star for the Florida Mayhem, as he finished with 30 eliminations, 12 final blows and only seven deaths as D.Va.

Ilios was the tiebreaking fifth map of the match, The Florida Mayhem would capture the first two hills of the map to take the 2-0 victory. From being on the wrong end of a reverse sweep yesterday to pulling off their own today, the Florida Mayhem were able to secure the 3-2 win against the Dallas Fuel.

With the win, the Florida Mayhem improved to a record of 2-14 and now have the opportunity to build some momentum going into the rest of Stage 2. The loss dropped the Dallas Fuel to a 5-11 record and to 10th place in the Overwatch League. 

Interested in more Overwatch League coverage? Check out our recap of the New York Excelsior and San Francisco Shock match from earlier in the day.

(cover photo courtesy of Robert Paul via Blizzard Entertainment)