PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edward Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Banuelos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lester has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Edward Lester has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lester
vs
Banuelos

191 cm
25
282 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

202 cm
24
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Edward Lester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manuel Banuelos!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Skip Squint and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lester swats away the attempt to clinch by Banuelos.

Lester closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Lester lands in his opponent's guard.
Lester is breathing heavily.
Banuelos trying to keep a closed guard but Lester is proving a slippery customer.
Lester might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Banuelos pulls Lester in close to his closed guard and prevents Lester from doing any damage or advancing position.
Lester pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Banuelos is keeping the position for now.
Banuelos looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Banuelos is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banuelos passes Lester's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Banuelos seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Lester knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Banuelos on the ground.
Banuelos is trying to control the action in half guard but Lester is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Banuelos wants to work for an arm triangle but Lester is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Banuelos moves into full mount! Lester won't be happy about that!
Banuelos is landing with some decent strikes but Lester is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Banuelos is landing with some decent strikes but Lester is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Banuelos cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Banuelos working for a submission but Lester is keeping him at bay.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Banuelos is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Lester is surviving well by controlling Banuelos's body position as best he can.
Banuelos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Banuelos with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Banuelos landing strikes from the mount and Lester is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester is squirming around, avoiding Banuelos's attempts to control the action.
Banuelos is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Banuelos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Banuelos cracks Lester with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Banuelos raining down hammerfists from mount.
Banuelos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Banuelos unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Banuelos cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banuelos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lester's face.
Banuelos lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Banuelos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lester is looking to escape.

Banuelos is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Banuelos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Manuel Banuelos!