PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Moe Lester (ranked 2428 p4p, 1484 weight class) and Venali Paetmar (ranked 285 p4p, 184 weight class). Lester's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Get Back - Ludacris. Paetmar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Powerwolf - Amen & Attack. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Lester
vs
Paetmar

180 cm
30
164
13 - 4 - 0

168 cm
34
153
9 - 11 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

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 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Moe Lester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Venali Paetmar!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paetmar fails with the takedown.
Lester is looking to counter punch.
Paetmar tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lester counters with a nice uppercut.

Paetmar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Paetmar is working for takedown but Lester is calmly controlling the position for now.
Paetmar tries to score a body lock takedown but Lester shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Moe Lester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Venali Paetmar.
Paetmar scores with a hook to the body.

Lester's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Paetmar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paetmar tries to close the distance and clinch but Lester swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paetmar tries for a takedown but Lester circles away easily
and Lester counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paetmar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paetmar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Paetmar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paetmar tries to clinch
letting Lester counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester lands a nice looking body shot.
Lester bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Paetmar clinches up against the cage.
Paetmar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lester.
Paetmar tries to score a body lock takedown but Lester shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Paetmar is trying to trip Lester. He has hold of a leg but Lester is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Paetmar persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Paetmar prevents Lester from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paetmar sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lester managing to control the position.
Lester lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Paetmar looking for a sweep. Not yet Paetmar, not yet.
Lester trying to control the position from guard on top but Paetmar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Paetmar trying to keep a closed guard but Lester is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paetmar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lester is one step ahead there.
Paetmar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lester lands a couple of digs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paetmar wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Lester stays in close to Paetmar's body and controls the position.
Lester trying to control but Paetmar is working from the bottom.
Paetmar is trying to hold Lester in close to prevent damage but Lester has managed to pass into half guard.
Paetmar has his hands clasped together around Lester's back. He's all about the action.
Lester is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lester works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paetmar tries to hold on but Lester pushes him away.
Lester with good strikes from the mount here!
Paetmar is in a horrible position here. Lester smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lester lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Paetmar hang on?
Lester lands a couple of good shots and Paetmar has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Paetmar tries to break free.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Lester.
Lester is hanging on to Paetmar's back as he tries to escape.
Paetmar is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Paetmar is trying to remain composed but Lester is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paetmar is really stuck here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paetmar wants to control his opponent's hands but Lester gets his hands free.
Lester lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Paetmar hold on?!
Lester lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Paetmar hold on?!
Lester throwing damaging strikes from the back! Paetmar could be in trouble here!
Lester is punishing Paetmar with strikes - can he finish him?!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester is working the ground and pound. Can Paetmar escape?
Lester trying to control momentarily.
Lester is not going to allow Paetmar to sit and survive in this position.
Paetmar is trying to remain composed but Lester is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
The referee is taking a good look at Paetmar as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Lester!
Paetmar is taking damage to the body and head.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Lester lands a shot to the body.
Paetmar covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Paetmar tries to break free.
Lester gets his hands free as Paetmar looks to control.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Lester controlling the positon.
Lester scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Lester lands a shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Moe Lester dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Paetmar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lester swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lester lands with an overhand left.
Paetmar tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Lester counter with a right hand.
Paetmar shoots in and drives through. Lester sprawls well.
Paetmar on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Paetmar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Paetmar with a poor takedown
and Lester counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Paetmar rushes Lester and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Paetmar is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lester pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Moe Lester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Venali Paetmar.
Lester softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Paetmar swings wildly with an uppercut but Lester uses good head movement to avoid it.
I was talking to Lester's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Paetmar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lester's elbow.

Lester's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lester connects with a right hand. Paetmar shakes it off.
Lester is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paetmar wants to clinch up but Lester keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A lazy left from Lester finds it's target.

Paetmar is rocked!
Nice straight punches there by Lester. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lester.
Paetmar is still on wobbly legs! Can Lester finish him?
Moe Lester is winning the standup battle so far.

Paetmar closes the distance and clinches.

Lester manages to break the clinch.
Paetmar throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lester counters with a crisp right that sends Paetmar to the canvas! Lester follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Moe Lester!
An out of breath Moe Lester thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Venali Paetmar had this to say: 'Next time...'.