PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Firnanda Talha (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 Twisted. Talha comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Avicii - wake me up kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Moe Lester had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Lester
vs
Talha

170 cm
32
150 lbs
31 - 16 - 0

170 cm
28
154 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Brute

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moe Lester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Firnanda Talha!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talha fails to land the takedown.
Talha slips a jab from Lester.
Talha shoots for a double leg takedown but Lester sprawls well. He's pushed Talha's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Talha tries to score a power double leg takedown but Lester sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Talha somewhat.
Moe Lester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Firnanda Talha.
Lester connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lester lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lester scores with a nice head shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lester.
Lester thumps Talha with a low kick.
Talha shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lester pinned against the cage. Lester gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lester throws a hook but Talha blocks it.
Talha is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lester sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talha fails with a takedown attempt.
Talha gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Moe Lester is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lester wants to clinch up but Talha keeps it at a distance.
Lester lands a body shot.

Lester has Talha up against the cage in a clinch.
Lester lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Talha backwards.
Lester scores with a shoulder strike.
Talha is working for takedown but Lester is calmly controlling the position for now.
Talha can't get the takedown.
Lester lands a damaging elbow.
Talha changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lester fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lester fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Talha has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lester with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Talha chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lester can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Horrible takedown by Talha or perhaps it was just good defense by Lester which made him look bad.
Lester is looking to slow Talha down with leg kicks.
Lester throws out a powerful jab.
Lester clobbers Talha with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Talha shoots in for a takedown but Lester shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Lester connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lester stuffs the takedown.
Nice shot lands for Lester.
Lester feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Talhas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Talha is trying desperately to land a takedown but Lester is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Talha.
Lester darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lester digs a good body shot into Talha's ribs.
Lester misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lester scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lester digs a good hook to Talha's body.
Talha shoots for a takedown but Lester saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Talha shoots in for a takedown but Lester shows good takedown defense.
Lester scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Lester clinches up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Lester.
Lester digs a right hand underneath Talha's ribcage. Talha let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lester with a knee to the head.
Lester comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A knee to the head by Lester.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Talha tries for a takedown but Lester manages to get underhooks.
Lester lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lester lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lester working Talha over with knees to the body.
Talha changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lester fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Moe Lester seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Talha looks winded!
Talha shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Talha shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lester defends it nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lester, right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Talha chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lester can pounce on him.
Good shot there by Lester.
Talha is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lester sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moe Lester dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Talha scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Talha trying to advance position but Lester counters by regaining guard.
Lester looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Talha trying to control but Lester is working from the bottom.
Talha throws a big right hand that misses.
Lester pulls Talha in close to his closed guard and prevents Talha from doing any damage or advancing position.
Talha won't allow Lester to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talha with a flurry of punches that miss.
Talha preventing the sweep.
Talha scoring with some ground and pound.
Talha distracts Lester with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Lester is adopting a defensive guard.
Talha is stalling in the full guard.
Lester trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Lester is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Talha looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Talha manages to get himself to full guard.
Lester engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Lester has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Talha is trying to hold Lester in close to prevent damage but Lester has managed to pass into half guard.
Lester trying to control from half guard but Talha is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Talha regains full guard. Nicely done.
Lester has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Talha had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lester defends it easily.
Lester trying to control the position from guard on top but Talha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lester slips nicely into half guard.
Lester controlling the action here.
Lester trying to control the action but Talha is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester wants to stand but Talha has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Lester slows the pace down in half guard.
Talha is looking to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Moe Lester.
Talha uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lester.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Moe Lester will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Lester closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lester stops a takedown attempt from Talha.
Lester tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Lester.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lester.
Talha is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lester gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lester lands a body shot.
Talha is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Moe Lester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Firnanda Talha.
Knees to the body from Lester.
Lester scores with a hook to the body.
Lester cracks Talha with a nice body shot.
Lester lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Talha is trying to drag Lester to the mat but Lester just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Lester lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Talha takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lester.
Moe Lester has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A shot in the inside from Lester.
Lester landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lester lands a knee to the head.

Talha is rocked!
Lester connects with a nasty looking knee right to Talha's face.
Talha is still on wobbly legs! Can Lester finish him?
Talha takes a knee to the side of the body.
Talha goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lester prevents it.
Talha seems to have recovered his senses.
A body shot lands from Lester.
Talha goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lester prevents it.
Lester lands an elbow that stopped Talha in his tracks for a moment.
Lester lands a damaging elbow.

That's two 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!
Lester landing knees to the head.
Lester crunches a lovely knee into Talha's ribcage.

Lester drops Talha with a big knee straight up the middle! Talha is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Moe Lester is winning the standup battle so far.
Lester throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Talha's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Lester dives in looking to finish as Talha flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Lester's strikes! Lester is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Talha's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Talha was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Moe Lester!
Moe Lester thanked the fans post fight for their support.