PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Luvi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lester comes to the cage accompanied by Twisted. Luvi has chosen Metallica- Creeping Death as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lester
vs
Luvi

170 cm
37
143 lbs
44 - 22 - 3

173 cm
34
150 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

Arcticus
Hellbent

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 44 - 22 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Moe Lester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Luvi!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lester moves into the clinch.
Luvi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Luvi avoids a wild elbow strike from Lester.
A right handed body shot lands from Lester.
Lester landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Luvi working hard to break the clinch.
Luvi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luvi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lester backwards.
Lester presses Luvi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lester scores with a shot to the side of Luvi's head.
Lester tries a knee to the head but Luvi blocks it.
Luvi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lester throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Luvis head.
Luvi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lester throws a punch but it's blocked by Luvi.
Lester blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luvi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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!
Nice body punch from Luvi - that landed with a thud.
Lester working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Luvi swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Luvi.
Luvi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Lester fails to land.
We've been informed that Luvi has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lester.
Lester misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luvi.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Luvi.
Lester working aggressively here.
Lester lands a hook that snaps the head of Luvi backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Luvi's brow.
Luvi tries a body shot but Lester blocks it.
Lester crunches a lovely knee into Luvi's ribcage.
Luvi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luvi throws a head punch that misses.
Lester has a couple of punches blocked by Luvi.
Luvi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lester looking to throw knees to the head but Luvi is blocking nicely.
Luvi lands with a light punch inside.
Lester lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any 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!
Lester throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Luvi misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lester.
Lester creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Luvi's defenses.
Lester lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Luvi stalling the fight.
Luvi misses with a punch on the inside.

Luvi manages to break the clinch.
Luvi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lester's head.
Paul Luvi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luvi checks a low kick from Lester.
Despite the aggression on Luvi's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Luvi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lester checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Luvi misses the shot to the body.
Lester scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Luvi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lester cracks the inside of Luvi's front leg.
Luvi moves out of range as Lester throws a body kick.
Luvi staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester misses with a low kick.
A combination from Luvi does no damage.
Luvi takes a swing at Lester's ribcage but misses.
Lester comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Luvi moves into the clinch.
Lester using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Luvi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lester tries to land knees in the clinch but Luvi avoids the damage to the body.
Lester blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lester misses with some punches.
Lester blocks a body shot from Luvi.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lester.
Luvi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lester blocking some punches.
Lester throws a head punch that misses.
Luvi avoiding damage as Lester throws knees to the body.
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!
Still in the clinch, Luvi scores with a nice short uppercut.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Luvi throws out the jab.
Lester wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Luvi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Luvi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lester shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Luvi eats them both and turns towards Lester to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Lester throws a leg kick but Luvi moved away.
Luvi looks to land a body kick but Lester moved away.
Lester misses the shot to the body.
Luvi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lester is out of range and Luvi settles back down.
Lester pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lester fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luvi manages to avoid it.
Luvi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lester can pounce on him.
Luvi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lester was well out of range. Poor timing from Luvi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lester takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Luvi - that will leave a mark!
Luvi throws a leg kick but Lester checks it.
Lester throws a sloppy head kick and Luvi moves out of range easily.
Luvi misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moe Lester dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Luvi throws a right hand that misses
and Lester cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Luvi misses with a hook.
Luvi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Luvi misses with a head kick.
Lester shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Luvi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Luvi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Luvi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lester moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lester misses with a body shot.
Luvi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lester wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Lester looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Good work by Luvi as he checks the leg kick.
Luvi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lester thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luvi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lester was well out of range. Poor timing from Luvi.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Lester cracks a nice hook into Luvi's ribs.
Luvi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Luvi drops his hands momentarily and Lester takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
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!
Lester lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lester tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester throws a leg kick but Luvi checks it.
Lester keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Luvi.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lester.
Luvi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lester bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Luvi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lester scores with a jab. Luvi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lester tries to clinch up.
A leg kick checked by Lester.
Lester is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Luvi can do to turn this around?
Luvi misses with a hook. Lester ducked under it nicely.
Luvi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Luvi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Luvi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Moe Lester is winning the standup battle so far.
Luvi throws a low kick, looking for Lester's leg but Lester calmly moves out of range.
A left lands for Lester.
Luvi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Luvi throws a sloppy head kick and Lester moves out of range easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luvi misses with a looping left.
Luvi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Luvi tries to land a body kick

and Lester counters by clinching up.
A short left from Luvi.
Luvi has a couple of punches blocked by Lester.
Luvi stalling in the clinch but Lester improves position.
Lester blocks an uppercut.
Luvi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luvi throws a punch but it's blocked by Lester.
Lester tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Luvi takes a shot to the head.
Luvi working aggressively here.
Luvi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lester unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lester throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luvi blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lester.
Luvi avoids the elbow strike from Lester, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luvi.
Luvi tries to throw a body punch but Lester avoids it by throwing Luvi back against the cage.
Luvi lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luvi.
Luvi has Lester pushed against the cage.
Lester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Luvi is defending well for now.
Luvi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Luvi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Luvi fails to land.
A short uppercut from Luvi.
Lester blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luvi tries to work over Lester's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Luvi has a couple of punches blocked by Lester.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luvi dodges an elbow strike from Lester.
Luvi swings wildly with an uppercut but Lester uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lester tries to land knees in the clinch but Luvi avoids the damage to the body.
Lester is working Luvi over against the cage.
Lester lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lester.
Lester misses with a body punch.
Lester trying to land knees to the body.
Luvi avoiding damage as Lester throws knees to the body.
A short left from Luvi.
Luvi tries to throw a body punch but Lester avoids it by throwing Luvi back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Lester scores with a nice short uppercut.
Luvi lands a shoulder strike.
Lester tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lester blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luvi works on Lester's body with a couple of short punches.
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 minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Lester uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Luvi has time to react.
Luvi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lester scores with a leg kick.
Lester misses with a low kick.
Lester takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Luvi lands a really nice looking cross but Lester seems unphased.
Luvi misses with a wild body shot.
Luvi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luvi misses with an uppercut. Lester saw that one coming.
Luvi digs a good body shot into Lester's ribs.
Luvi throws a head kick that Lester semi-blocks.

Lester is rocked!
Luvi avoids the head kick by Lester.
Oh Lester is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lester keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Luvi.
As Luvi tries to get set, Lester tries to push him back and clinch up but Luvi manages to avoid the attempt.
A lazy left from Luvi finds it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lester uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Luvi has time to react.
Lester seems to have got his legs back now.
Luvi pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Luvi finds it's target.
Luvi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lester moves away.
Luvi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Luvi throws an overhand right that lands on Lester's shoulder, as Lester tries to avoid the shot.
Lester checks a leg kick.
Luvi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lester pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lester throws a chopping leg kick but Luvi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Luvi misses with a left hand
and Lester counters with a nice low kick that buckles Luvi's knee momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luvi. Lester does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luvi throws a leg kick but Lester checks it.
Lester tests Luvi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Luvi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lester scores with a nice strike.
Lester avoids the head kick by Luvi.
Lester blocks a head kick by Luvi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luvi looks to land a right hand but Lester moved out of range.
Lester takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lester scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Luvi doesn't seem bothered though.
Lester tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Luvi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lester misses with a wild combination.
Lester is looking to chop away at Luvi's legs.
Luvi feints a counter leg kick.
Luvi tries a head kick but it misses.
Luvi tries to work over Lester's front leg with a kick but Lester checks it.
Luvi misses with a wild body shot.
Luvi swings for the body but Lester moves out of range.
Lester checks a low kick from Luvi.
Lester cracks the inside of Luvi's front leg.
Lester pivots, looking for a leg kick but Luvi is out of range and Lester settles back down.
Lester throws a head kick that misses.
Lester buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Luvi doesn't seem bothered though.
Lester with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lester throws a push kick but Luvi slaps the foot to one side.
Lester fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Luvi is out of range.
Lester lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lester's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Lester blocks a head kick by Luvi.
Lester feints and then cracks Luvi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Luvi down.
Luvi connects with a high kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Luvi.
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.
Luvi feints a counter leg kick.
Luvi misses with the combination.
Luvi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lester lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lester fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lester tries to clinch up but Luvi circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luvi tried to score with a low kick but Lester checks it.
Luvi ducks right into an uppercut from Lester.
Lester pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luvi misses with a wild combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Luvi misses the target.
Luvi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Moe Lester is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Luvi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lester throws a body punch but Luvi moves out of range.
Luvi on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A big right from Luvi misses.
Lester tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Luvi manages to circle out of the way.
Luvi misses the jab.
Lester is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Luvi.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lester. Luvi shrugs it off though.
Paul Luvi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luvi misses with a hook.
Luvi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Luvi.
Well Lester 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Moe Lester!
A very excited looking Moe Lester made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.