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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ariston Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lester is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Little Girls. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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260 lbs
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300 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ariston Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Moe Lester!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lester closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Costa is looking to reverse the position.
Lester trying to control the position but Costa is working away.
Costa is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lester is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Costa could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Costa is looking for a sweep.
Costa sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Costa looking for submissions off his back.
Lester content to control rather than advance.
Costa is looking for a sweep. Lester is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lester winds up and cracks Costa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lester trying to control the action but Costa is working from the bottom.
Costa actively working from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Costa looking for submissions off his back.
Lester takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Costa is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lester pulls his head out easily.
Still in half guard, Lester seems content to control.
Lester wants to control but Costa is keeping him busy.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lester connects with a nice short shot to Costa's temple.
Costa looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Costa is breathing heavily.
Costa looking for a kimura from the bottom but Lester passes into side control!
Lester working the ground and pound from side control.
Lester trying to control the position but Costa is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester controlling the position.
Costa tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Lester presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Lester with good strikes from the mount here!
Lester controlling the pace for now.
Costa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lester takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Costa is trying desperately to improve position.
Lester controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Costa is trying to escape the mount.
Lester controlling from mount.
Despite being in the dominant position, Moe Lester just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lester shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Lester moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Costa.
Lester working the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester trying to control the action but Costa is working from the bottom.
Lester landing a few strikes.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Costa is trying to get back to half guard.
Lester working the ground and pound.
Costa manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Lester is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Costa pulls his head out easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costa is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Lester has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lester moves into full guard.
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 ring so we can get back down to business.
Lester closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Costa did well to prevent Lester getting side control.
Costa is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lester pulls his head out easily.
Lester trying to control the action but Costa is working from the bottom.
Costa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lester stalling.
Costa gets full guard.
Costa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lester slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester trying to control the position from guard on top but Costa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lester landing some decent shots from guard.
Lester lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lester trying to control but Costa is working from the bottom.
Lester sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lester decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Lester scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Costa.
Lester is stalling in the full guard.
Costa working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lester doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lester manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lester postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lester trying to control the position from guard on top but Costa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lester is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Despite being in the dominant position, Moe Lester just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lester misses with a head kick.
Moe Lester seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lester drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester trying to control the position but Costa is working away.
Lester slows the pace down.
Costa is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Lester off and has taken his back!
Lester manages to reverse the position and now he's in Costa's guard. Nice work there by Lester.
Lester in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Costa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Costa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Costa being controlled here, momentarily.
Costa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lester can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Costa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Costa keeping moving, preventing Lester from controlling successfully.
Lester is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Lester must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Costa had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lester defends it easily.
Costa escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lester gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lester not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moe Lester showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Lester gets a takedown into half guard.
Lester is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Costa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lester is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Despite being in the dominant position, Moe Lester just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Costa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lester counters with a takedown into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lester is staying tight to Costa's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lester wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lester lands an elbow.
Lester is looking to take a break and control but Costa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Costa tries to bench press Lester off him but Lester keeps the position.
Lester trying to control the position but Costa is working away.
Lester just content to control the position.
Costa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Costa is trying to get back to half guard.
Lester controls the position from side control.
Lester tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lester has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lester wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lester is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Costa's shoulder. That is not cool.
Lester working the ground and pound.
Costa tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lester wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lester cracks Costa with an elbow. That is naaassty.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Lester trying to control the action but Costa is working from the bottom.
Lester advances to full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa working to try and regain half guard.
Costa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Costa tries to reverse the position but Lester maintains control.
Ariston Costa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lester tries to control but Costa wriggling away.
Moe Lester has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lester dominating with strikes here.
Lester controlling from mount.
Costa working to try and regain half guard.
Lester landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lester controlling the pace for now.
Lester has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester prevents Costa from getting the reversal.
Moe Lester is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lester unloading with bombs!
Lester sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Costa is looking to get to half guard.
Lester controlling his opponent.
Lester with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lester controlling the pace for now.
Lester landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that's the end of the fight!
Moe Lester comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lester 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 26:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moe Lester!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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