PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angus Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lester kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is I Feel Wonderful. Young is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by AC/DC - Live Wire. Angus Young has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Moe Lester's chin.

Lester
vs
Young

170 cm
26
150 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

175 cm
32
153 lbs
23 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160
- - - - - All Nutrients 160 - - - - -

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 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Moe Lester!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angus Young!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Dean Styles and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lester swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lester finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lester connects with a good right hand that stumbles Young. Young circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lester moves out of range as Young throws a body kick.
Lester dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lester.
Lester keeps the fight on the outside.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lester.
Lester throws a low kick, looking for Young's leg but Young calmly moves out of range.
Lester throws a nice outside leg kick.
Young throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lester counters with a straight right hand.
Young looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Young pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lester back to the cage. Young follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Moe Lester has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lester checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lester throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and moves out of range.
Young throws a push kick but Lester slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young with a hook.
Young uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lester.
Young throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Young misses with an uppercut. Lester saw that one coming.
Lester misses with a head kick.
Young checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lester jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Young feints and then cracks Lester's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lester down.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lester sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lester avoids the body shot from Young.
Lester fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Lester gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Young.
Nice jab there from Lester.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester stuns Young with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lester bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young pushes Lester away with a front kick.
Lester avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young lands a nice looking kick to the body. Lester takes a step back to recover.
Young rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lester counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Moe Lester seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lester throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Young lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice uppercut lands for Lester. That snapped Young's head back.
A slow jab from Young misses its intended target.
Young fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lester manages to avoid it.
Young takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Young avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lester ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Young moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Young moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lester misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lester looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Young. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Young.
Lester throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lester keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lester ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Lester throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Young takes a swing at Lester's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a wild body kick that Lester sees coming a mile off.
Lester gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lester throws a half hearted mid kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lester takes one to the chin there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lester. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
Young is looking to clinch but Lester is avoiding it.
Lester fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Young is out of range.
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lester.
Young throws an overhand right that lands on Lester's shoulder, as Lester tries to avoid the shot.
Lester swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lester lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angus Young dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Moe Lester's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Young connects with an inside leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Lester.
Lester throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Young swinging wildly here.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lester keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Young.
Young walks into a stiff left hand from Lester.
Young throws an overhand right that lands on Lester's shoulder, as Lester tries to avoid the shot.
Lester misses with a leg kick.
Young throws a good cross that connects.
Lester misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lester.
Lester pivots, looking for a leg kick but Young is out of range and Lester settles back down.
A left and a right from Lester both land. Nice combination.
Lester connects with a leg kick. Young looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Young is looking to land body kicks.
Young jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lester attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Young crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lester - the referee stops the clock and Young gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lester. Young manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Young takes a kick to the side of the head.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Lester with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lester throws a body kick that misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Young checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lester.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lester.
Lester takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lester uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Lester throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Young scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Young.
Young avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lester checks a leg kick.
Young with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lester to score with a decent uppercut.
Lester misses with a hook.
Lester swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Young. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a jab to the nose.
Young looks to score with a jab to the body but Lester is just out of range.
Lester jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lester throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lester missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lester lands a lovely overhand right.
A good leg kick by Lester.
Young looks to score with a jab to the body but Lester is just out of range.
Young throws a looping overhand right but Lester ducks down to avoid it.
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lester moves away.
Lester tries to land a leg kick but Young saw it coming and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester throws a jab when Young was well out of range.
Young checks the leg kick nicely there.
Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Lester.
Lester swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Young throws a body kick the misses
and Lester makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lester throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lester wants to clinch.
Young defending well as Lester loads up on a big left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lester will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lester pivots, looking for a leg kick but Young is out of range and Lester settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moe Lester dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Moe Lester's cut.
That's time! Lester's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lester swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Young scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
Young tries to clinch up.
Lester tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Young manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young lands an overhand right.
Young works Lester's body with a nice hook.
Lester avoids a kick to the body.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Lester.
Lester lands with a nice body punch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lester.
Lester's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Young connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lester scrambles back to his feet.
Lester scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Young connects with a solid leg kick.
A lazy left from Young finds it's target.
Young moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lester throws a low kick, looking for Young's leg but Young calmly moves out of range.
Lester throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young slips under a jab from Lester.
Lester walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Young checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Young clinches.
A body shot lands from Young.
Lester tries to throw a body punch but Young avoids it by throwing Lester back against the cage.
Young tries a knee to the head but Lester blocks it.
Lester tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
A knee to the head by Young.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lester.
Lester is trying to maintain a safe position but Young gets an underhook and turns Lester into the cage.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Lester throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Lester lands an elbow inside.
Young landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lester misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lester digs a right hand into Young's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Young's gas tank.
Lester looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lester misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Young.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lester.
Young lands a good knee to the midsection. Lester won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lester trying to stall but Young improves his position.
Lester tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Young lands a hook to the side of the head.
Young tries a knee to the head but Lester blocks it.
Lester tries to throw a body punch but Young avoids it by throwing Lester back against the cage.
Young missing with knees to the body.
Young tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lester avoids it.
Young gets through Lester's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lester tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Young misses with a body punch.
Young with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
Young working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Lester has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lester is trying to push Young away but Young has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Young throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lesters head.
Lester content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester tries to throw a body punch but Young avoids it by throwing Lester back against the cage.
Lester tries to throw a body punch but Young avoids it by throwing Lester back against the cage.
A short left from Young.
Lester misses with a punch to the body.
Young trying to land knees to the body.
Young avoids the elbow strike from Lester, against the cage.
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 misses with a knee strike.
Lester is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Young takes a shot to the head.
Lester working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Young lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lester backwards.
Still in the clinch, Lester scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lester lands with a short shot to the head.
Lester tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lester holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Angus Young just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Moe Lester's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lester moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Young throws a low kick, looking for Lester's leg but Lester calmly moves out of range.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lester ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Young misses with a body shot.
Lester moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Young.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lester manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lester throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Young's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester thows a leg kick but Young checks it
letting Young counter with a right hand.
Young tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lester counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lester walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Young has managed to clinch.
Lester stalling in the clinch but Young improves position.
Young tries to work over Lester's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lester lands with a light punch inside.
Lester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lester lands with a light punch inside.
Lester takes a knee right on the jaw!
Young lands a nice shot to the body.
Lester misses with an elbow over the top.
Lester misses with an elbow strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Young.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lester or not.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Young.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Young.

Lester is rocked!
Young lands with a right to the head.
Oh Lester is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Young throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lesters head.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but Lester blocks with his arms.
Angus Young seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lester connects with a nasty looking knee right to Young's face.
Lester wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Young has him pressed against the cage.
Young makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lester trying to control the position but instead, Young has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lester into the cage.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
Young misses with the head strike.
Lester is trying to push Young away but Young has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Young misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester blocking some punches.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lester wants to stall.
Lester seems to have got his legs back now.
Young avoids the elbow strike from Lester, against the cage.
Lester tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Young avoids it.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Lester blocks a body shot from Young.
Lester stalling.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young tries a knee to the head but Lester blocks it.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Lester uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lester lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lester's elbow.
Young blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young prevents a body shot from Lester.
Come on Lester - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lester lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Angus Young has been cut.
Young stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lester misses with an elbow strike.
Young lands a good knee to the midsection. Lester won't want to take too many of those.
Lester tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Lester breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lester throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Lester is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
Young listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lester motions for Young to come forward. Lester throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lester moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angus Young dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Young misses with a double jab
and Lester counters with an inside leg kick.
Lester scores with a jab to the body.
Young scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lester.

Young darts in and clinches Lester up against the cage.
Lester wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Young has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lester.
Lester misses with a hook to the ribs.
Young scores with a hook to the body.
Lester blocking some punches.
Lester tries to stall but Young uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
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 tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester is trying to force a seperation but Young has the dominant position.
Lester blocking some punches.
Young managing to block the knees to the body from Lester.
Lester swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Lester.
Lester takes a shot to the head.
Lester blocking some punches.
Lester stalling in the clinch but Young improves position.
Young misses with a knee strike.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Young on the inside.
Lester trying to control the position but instead, Young has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lester into the cage.
Moe Lester has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester lands a shot to the body.
Young throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lester blocks it with crossed arms.
Young's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Young throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lester is working Young over against the cage.
Young is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lester lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Lester.
Lester lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lester tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
Young unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lester lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Lester.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lester obliges.
Lester lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young prevents a body shot from Lester.
Lester scores with a hook to the body.
Lester can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
Angus Young is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lester blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Lester uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lester goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Young throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lester scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Lester uses good head movement to avoid it.

Lester's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lester throws a right hand that misses
and Young makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Lester really felt that one!
Young avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lester connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young misses with a leg kick.
Lester looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Lester is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lester needs to keep his hands up - Young had a free shot at his head there.
Young scores with a hook to the body. Lester takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lester swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lester throws a leg kick that is checked
and Young counters with a body kick.
Lester shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Angus Young seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lester motions for Young to come forward. Lester throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Lester clinches with his opponent.
Lester tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
Nice body punch from Lester - that landed with a thud.

And that's the end of the fight!
Moe Lester showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Young has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 47:48
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 47:48
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Angus Young! Angus Young retains his featherweight title!
After winning the bout, Angus Young thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.