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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Angus Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Live Wire. Lester has chosen I Feel Wonderful as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angus Young!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Moe Lester!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lester fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Young checks it well.
Young checks the leg kick.
Lester connects with a leg kick. Young looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Young scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Young connects with an inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Young.
Young cracks Lester with a good jab.
Lester on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Angus Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young lands with a thumping leg kick.
Young closes the distance but Lester moves to the side
and Lester makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Lester checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lester keeps the fight on the outside.
Lester throws a leg kick that misses.
Young wants to land a leg kick but Lester is out of range.
Good leg kick by Lester there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lester misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester misses with a body shot.
Young connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lester's hands.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lester takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Young lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lester misses with a hook. Young ducked under it nicely.
Young feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lester's calf.
Lester takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lester ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Young moves away.
Lester darts in trying to clinch
and Young counters with a straight right hand.
Lester fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Lester swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight stays on the outside here - Lester looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Lester misses with a low kick.
Lester throws a head kick that misses.
A jab from Young misses.
Lester is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Young.
Young moves out of range of the leg kick from Lester.
Lester takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Young misses with an uppercut.
Young tries to keep at a distance but Lester has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lester misses with a body punch.
Young lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lester or not.
Young wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lester has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lester.
Young with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Young makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but Lester blocks with his arms.
Young takes a knee right on the jaw!
Young working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Young.
Lester misses with an elbow strike.
Lester lands with a short shot to the head.
Young tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Young letting Lester take a breather here.
Lester is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A shot in the inside from Young.
Lester lands a nice elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young jumps into guard, dragging Lester to the mat.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Lester sitting in guard here, content to control.
Lester trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Young managing to control the position.
Young wants to sweep here but Lester controlling him for the moment.
Lester would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lester wants to pass the guard but Young is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Moe Lester.
Lester works the jab nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angus Young dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A shot to the body from Lester misses
and Young counters with a good low kick that Lester was not able to check.
A head kick misses from Young.
Lester throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lester with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Young throws the kick towards the body but Lester avoids it.
Young getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Young checks a low kick from Lester.
Lester thows a body shot but no joy.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Lester.
Lester on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lester blocks the body kick.
Lester throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Young thuds his right hand into Lester's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lester throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young throws a hook but Lester avoids it easily.
Lester uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lester.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Young.
Good work by Young as he checks the leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Young!
Lester slips under a jab.
Lester ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Young wants to clinch
and Lester connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Young moves out of range of the body kick from Lester.
Lester tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Young fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lester is out of range.
Young throws a front kick aimed at Lester's knee but Lester avoids it well.
Lester drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Young throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lester counters with a right hand to the body.
Young goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lester lands a nice leg kick that just misses Young's sensitive parts.
Lester misses with a wild body shot.
Young throws a body kick that misses.
Lester just misses with a punch to the body.
Lester throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lester misses with an attempted mid kick.
Young jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lester dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Young tries to land a front kick but Lester steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Lester.
Young misses with a body kick.
Young throws a low kick, looking for Lester's leg but Lester calmly moves out of range.
Young slips under a jab.
Angus Young is winning the standup battle so far.
Young staying out of range there.
Lester throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Lester lets loose with a powerful body kick. Young will feel that in the morning.
Lester misses with a body shot.
Lester closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lester paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young thumps Lester with a low kick.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Lester circles away.
Lester is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Young rather than just go for the knockout.
Lester scores with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester misses with an uppercut. Young saw that one coming.
Young turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Young fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lester is out of range.
Lester lands a high kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Good leg kick by Young there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Young walks into a stiff left hand from Lester.
Lester changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lester walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young misses with an attempted mid kick.
Young with a hook.
Lester moves out of range of the body kick from Young.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angus Young dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lester tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Young is able to avoid easily.
Young lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lester throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lester moves out of range of the body kick from Young.
Lester throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
Lester will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lester tries a head kick but it misses.
Lester drives through and clinches with Young against the cage.
Good body shot from Young.
Lester throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Young lands a hook that snaps the head of Lester backwards.
Lester lands a nice elbow.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
Young has had enough of the clinch but Lester keeps him there for the moment.
Young lands with a short shot to the head.
Lester is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Young no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Young manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Young content just to control the position here.
Young is working for a guillotine from mount but Lester frees his head quite easily.
Lester tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Young goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Lester is on top in guard.
Lester trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lester is trying desperately to improve position.
Young controlling from the full mount.
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!
Young trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young controlling his opponent.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Angus Young.
Nice uppercut lands for Lester. That snapped Young's head back.
Lester lands a nice shot to the body.
Lester misses with a low kick.
Young moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Young checks a leg kick.
Young dodges the punch combination from Lester.
Lester pivots, looking for a leg kick but Young is out of range and Lester settles back down.
Jab from Young.
Young swinging wildly here.
Lester thumps Young with a low kick.
Young tries to score with a low kick but Lester moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lester moves out of range as Young strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lester swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lester moves out of range of the body kick from Young.
Lester misses with a right hand
letting Young counter with a right hand.
Lester tried to score with a low kick but Young checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angus Young clearly takes 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 swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Young fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lester manages to avoid it.
Young lands with an uppercut that bounces Lester off the cage and back into range.
Young throws a front kick aimed at Lester's knee but Lester avoids it well.
Young scores with a leg kick.
Lester misses the shot to the body.
Lester misses with a body shot.
Lester throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Young turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Young throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lester digs a good hook to Young's body.
Young throws out a powerful jab.
Lester's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Young tries to clinch there but Lester circles away.
Lester works the jab nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young throws a leg kick which misses Lester's front leg but catches the back leg as Lester tries to avoid it.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young misses with a hook. Lester ducked under it nicely.
Young has taken the fight to the clinch.
Young misses with a knee to the head.
Young jumps guard but Lester turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lester comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lester pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lester throws an elbow but it misses.
Angus Young has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Lester.
Lester managing to block the knees to the body from Young.
Lester manages to break the clinch.
Lester looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Lester slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Lester.
Young lands a nice shot that snaps Lester's head back.
Young connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Young tries a low kick but Lester avoids it.
Young blocks a head kick by Lester.
Young throws out a leg kick but Lester moves out of range and Young only half commits.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young moves out of range of the body kick from Lester.
Some bone on bone action there as Lester checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Young with a jab.
Young stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lester.
Young connects with a nice looking jab.
Young lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lester tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Young was well out of range. Poor timing from Lester.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Young was well out of range. Poor timing from Lester.
Young closes the distance and pushes Lester back into the cage.
Lester has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Young is defending well for now.
A short right from Young on the inside.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Young tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lester utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Young lands with a left to the head.
Lester lands a damaging elbow.
Young tries to pull guard but Lester won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Angus Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lester blocks a body shot from Young.
Young drags the fight down to the ground.
Young has a closed guard, preventing Lester from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young wants to improve his position but instead Lester has moved into half guard.
Young wants to get back to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lester.
Young is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Young is not content to let Lester control the position.
Lester sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Young defending well though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young is looking for a sweep. Lester is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angus Young had his way with Moe Lester in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Lester scores with a shot to the body.
Lester lands with a right hand.
Lester staying out of range there.
A leg kick checked by Young.
Lester swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Young throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lester checks the leg kick.
Young is looking to chop away at Lester's legs.
Young misses with a hook. Lester ducked under it nicely.
Lester takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
Lester lands a jab to Young's midsection.
Young thows a body shot but no joy.
Lester throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young tries to bum rush Lester with a series of wild strikes but Lester uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lester just misses with a punch to the body.
Lester slips a straight right by Young.
Lester keeps the fight on the outside.
Lester connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Young moves out of range of the body kick from Lester.
Young tries to clinch there but Lester circles away.
Lester lands with a good body shot.
Young takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A telegraphed right hand from Young misses the target.
Nice body punch from Lester.
Lester avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Young on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Moe Lester has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lester checks it well.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young throws a low kick but Lester avoids it.
Lester avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lester connects with a leg kick. Young looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Young looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Lester circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lester looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Lester lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Young misses the jab.
Young stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lester.
A big left from Lester misses.
Young has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Lester misses.
A swing and a miss from Lester.
Young instigates a clinch.
Angus Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lester misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young digs a right hand into Lester's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lester's gas tank.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lester tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
Young lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lester throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Young managing to block the knees to the body from Lester.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young tries to pull guard but Lester holds him up against the cage and eventually Young drops back down to his feet.
Young avoiding damage as Lester throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Lester to keep the fight standing.
A short uppercut from Lester.
Young lands a hook to the side of the head.
Young takes an elbow to the temple.
Lester lands a hook that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Young is leaning against Lester and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young blocks an elbow strike.
Lester misses with some punches.
Lester landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Young.
A hook to the body from Lester.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee is keeping an eye on Young - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A short body shot lands from Young as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that's the end of the fight!
Moe Lester comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Young has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 49:46
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 49:46
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Angus Young!
Angus Young is the new featherweight champion!
Angus Young decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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