PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Moe Lester (ranked 3601 p4p, 400 weight class) and Scott Adkins (ranked 4643 p4p, 491 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lester
vs
Adkins

190 cm
25
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Moe Lester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Scott Adkins!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adkins throws a solid leg kick but Lester takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Adkins.
Adkins is looking to chop away at Lester's legs.
Lester lands a nice shot to the body.
Adkins tries to land a leg kick but Lester saw it coming and moves away.
Lester uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adkins.

Lester moves into the clinch.
Adkins is trying to push Lester away but Lester has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Adkins tries to break the clinch but Lester is controlling the position.
Adkins has a couple of punches blocked by Lester.
Lester makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Adkins tries to break the clinch but Lester is controlling the position.
Lester lands a shoulder strike.
Lester holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Adkins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lester keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Adkins.

Lester instigates a clinch.
Lester presses Adkins against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lester keeps control of Adkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Adkins's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lester lands with a short shot to the head.
Adkins takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adkinss head.
Lester scores with a shot to the side of Adkins's head.
Adkins is trying to break the clinch but Lester has him pressed against the cage.
Lester lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Lester.
Lester softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Adkins can't find room to land a body shot as Lester controls the action.
Adkins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Adkins tries to break the clinch but Lester is controlling the position.
Lester working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lester scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lester keeps control of Adkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Adkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lester has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Damage Inc. in the buildup to the fight.
Adkins misses with a double jab.

Lester has taken the fight to the clinch.
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!
Adkins is trying to push Lester away but Lester has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short left from Lester.
Lester holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lester stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Adkins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lester creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Adkins tries to circle away but Lester has him pinned against the cage.
Lester slows down the pace here.
Adkins is trying to force a seperation but Lester has the dominant position.
Lester lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lester scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lester makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Adkins is trying to force a seperation but Lester has the dominant position.
Adkins tries to break free but Lester pushes him back against the cage.
Adkins is trying to force a seperation but Lester has the dominant position.
Lester lands with a left to the head.
Lester tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lester makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Adkins can't break the clinch.
Adkins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Lester.
Nice body punch from Lester.
Adkins working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adkins misses with some punches.
Lester lands a nice shot to the body.
Come on Lester - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Adkins tries to circle away but Lester has him pinned against the cage.
Adkins tries to break the clinch but Lester is controlling the position.
Lester lands with a right to the head.
Lester is leaning against Adkins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lester lands a right hand that snaps the head of Adkins backwards.
Lester lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Lester.
Lester lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Adkins misses with a body punch.
Adkins tries to break free but Lester pushes him back against the cage.
Lester lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Adkins is trying to push Lester away but Lester has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lester digs a right hand underneath Adkins's ribcage. Adkins let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lester digs a right hand into Adkins's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Adkins's gas tank.
A short right from Lester.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adkins working hard to break the clinch.
Adkins wants to break free but Lester has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Lester - that landed with a thud.
Still in the clinch, Lester scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Lester.
Adkins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lester softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Lester - that landed with a thud.
Adkins looks winded!
Lester lands a shot to the body.
Adkins is trying to force a seperation but Lester has the dominant position.
Lester keeps control of Adkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lester displaying some good clinch control by pressing Adkins up against the cage.
Lester presses Adkins against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Lester.
Adkins wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adkins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lester has him pressed against the cage.
Lester cracks Adkins with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Lester.
Lester lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lester has Adkins pressed against the cage, preventing Adkins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moe Lester dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lester connects with a body shot.

Lester drives through and clinches with Adkins against the cage.
Lester makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lester digs a right hand underneath Adkins's ribcage. Adkins let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lester pushes Adkins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Adkins tries to circle away but Lester has him pinned against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Lester.
Lester lands an uppercut.
Lester lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lester lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Adkins is rocked!
Lester scores with a nice hook to the head.
Adkins is still on wobbly legs! Can Lester finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lester lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lester pushes Adkins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Moe Lester has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lester lands a big right hand that drops Adkins! The killer instinct kicks in and Lester finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Lester!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Moe Lester!
A relieved looking Moe Lester thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.