PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Old Grappling (ranked 3881 p4p, 4497 weight class) and Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Grappling
vs
Lester

178 cm
25
195
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
48
195
32 - 27 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Old Grappling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Moe Lester!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grappling takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lester smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Grappling gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lester counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Old Grappling has been cut.

Lester gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lester scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lester lands a right hand.
Lester lands a shoulder strike.
Lester lands a right hand.
Lester lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lester.
Lester scores with a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from Lester as the two fighters clinch.
Lester lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lester softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lester lands a shot to the body.
Grappling tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lester smiles and moves away.
Grappling shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lester as he avoids it easily.
It seemed like Lester was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Old Grappling. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grappling looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lester is fending him off so far but Grappling persists. Nope, Lester circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Lester - just one landing.
Lester cracks Grappling with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Old Grappling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grappling shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lester defends it nicely.
Lester fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grappling looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lester scores with a shot to the body.
Lester has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Grappling gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Grappling shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lester cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lester lands a jab.
Lester thuds a left hand into Grappling's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grappling walks into a straight right hand from Lester.
Grappling looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Grappling misses with a takedown
and Lester counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grappling doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lester counters with a straight right hand.

Grappling is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester cracks Grappling with a hook to the temple - Grappling is on wobbly legs here! Lester swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Grappling falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Lester wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Moe Lester!
During a confident post fight interview, Moe Lester thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.