PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Francis Fitzpatrick (ranked 210 p4p, 27 weight class) and Moe Lester (ranked 420 p4p, 55 weight class). Francis Fitzpatrick is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Fitzpatrick
vs
Lester

180 cm
27
165 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

180 cm
35
164 lbs
31 - 14 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$100)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francis Fitzpatrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moe Lester!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitzpatrick scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fitzpatrick lands a body shot.
Fitzpatrick works Lester's body with a nice hook.
Lester takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Moe Lester has been cut.
Lester looks for the body kick but Fitzpatrick saw that one coming.
It looked like Fitzpatrick was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lester.
Fitzpatrick lands a head shot.
Lester throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Fitzpatrick to counter with a crisp jab.
Lester lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fitzpatrick lands with a hook. Lester tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fitzpatrick is looking to clinch but Lester is avoiding it.
Lester connects with a leg kick. Fitzpatrick looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Fitzpatrick fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lester, pushing him back against the cage.
Fitzpatrick blocks a body shot from Lester.
Fitzpatrick lands a body punch.
Fitzpatrick taking a breather.
Fitzpatrick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lester's elbow.
Fitzpatrick blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester misses with some punches.
Fitzpatrick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lester struggles to land a body shot inside as Fitzpatrick controls his hands.
Lester lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fitzpatrick lands a nice elbow.
Fitzpatrick misses with an elbow strike.
Fitzpatrick dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Fitzpatrick as the two fighters clinch.
Fitzpatrick misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lester misses with a body punch.
Lester can't find room to land a body shot as Fitzpatrick controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fitzpatrick.
Lester misses with the head strike.
Fitzpatrick creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lester lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fitzpatrick looking to stall.
Fitzpatrick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fitzpatrick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lester lands with a right to the head.
Fitzpatrick has Lester pressed against the cage, preventing Lester from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fitzpatrick.
Lester misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fitzpatrick throws a punch but it's blocked by Lester.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fitzpatrick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Lester breaks from the clinch.
Fitzpatrick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lester paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fitzpatrick scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lester connects with a crisp jab.
Lester lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fitzpatrick at a distance.
Fitzpatrick pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fitzpatrick misses with a hook. Lester ducked under it nicely.
Fitzpatrick on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lester. Lester obviously looking to wear him down.
Lester takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Good standup being displayed there by Lester as he connects with a hook.
Fitzpatrick scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lester in his tracks.
Lester looks to throw the jab but Fitzpatrick is out of range.

Fitzpatrick darts in and clinches Lester up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Fitzpatrick - that landed with a thud.
Lester tries to throw a body punch but Fitzpatrick avoids it by throwing Lester back against the cage.
Lester misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lester swings wildly with an uppercut but Fitzpatrick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fitzpatrick scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fitzpatrick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lester has a couple of punches blocked by Fitzpatrick.
Lester tries to work over Fitzpatrick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Lester swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick prevents a body shot from Lester.
Fitzpatrick presses Lester against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lester throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fitzpatrick blocks an uppercut.
Fitzpatrick gets through Lester's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fitzpatrick is trying to stall.
Nice body punch from Lester - that landed with a thud.
Lester misses with a punch to the body.
Lester throws a head punch that misses.
Fitzpatrick throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lester.
Fitzpatrick lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fitzpatrick scores with a shot to the side of Lester's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fitzpatrick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Fitzpatrick - that landed with a thud.
Lester blocks an uppercut.
Lester lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fitzpatrick backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francis Fitzpatrick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Moe Lester's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nice defenses there by Lester.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lester.
Lester throws a sloppy head kick and Fitzpatrick moves out of range easily.
Lester misses with a kick to the body
and Fitzpatrick counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lester takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lester ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fitzpatrick's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lester connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fitzpatrick scrambles back to his feet.
Fitzpatrick throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lester pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lester throws a sloppy head kick and Fitzpatrick moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body kick there by Lester.
Lester misses with a hook to the body
letting Fitzpatrick counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fitzpatrick cracks Lester with an open hand slap.
Lester connects with the punch.
Lester looks to land a left hand but Fitzpatrick moved out of range nicely.
Fitzpatrick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lester can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lester lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fitzpatrick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fitzpatrick looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lester connects with a high kick.
Fitzpatrick throws a combination that misses
letting Lester counter with a right hand.
Nice jab there from Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lesters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fitzpatrick ducks under a wild hook from Lester.
Lester scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Fitzpatrick moves into the clinch successfully.
Fitzpatrick gets through Lester's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Lester escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Fitzpatrick closes the distance and clinches.
Fitzpatrick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fitzpatrick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fitzpatrick lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Fitzpatrick.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fitzpatrick just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lester's brow.
Fitzpatrick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lester working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fitzpatrick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That has opened up Moe Lester's cut even more.
Lester tries a body shot but Fitzpatrick blocks it.
Lester misses with the head strike.
Lester blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fitzpatrick pushes Lester back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lester lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lester.
Lester misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fitzpatrick throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lesters head.
Lester throws a head punch that misses.
Lester misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lester throws a punch but it's blocked by Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fitzpatrick.
Lester throws a head punch that misses.
Lester struggles to land a body shot inside as Fitzpatrick controls his hands.
Lester blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fitzpatrick lands a nice elbow.
Lester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fitzpatrick lands an uppercut.
Fitzpatrick is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Fitzpatrick working aggressively here.
Fitzpatrick creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fitzpatrick misses with a punch to the body.
Fitzpatrick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Moe Lester's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fitzpatrick creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lester's defenses.

Moe Lester's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Lester tries to throw a body punch but Fitzpatrick avoids it by throwing Lester back against the cage.
Lester scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lester lands with a short shot to the head.

Lester's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fitzpatrick takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fitzpatrick has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The fighters circling - Fitzpatrick throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lester darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fitzpatrick connects with a right hand. Lester shakes it off.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Moe Lester's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Francis Fitzpatrick!
Francis Fitzpatrick tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.