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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lester comes to the cage accompanied by Twisted. Griffin has chosen The Claw as his entrance music. Jason Griffin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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150 lbs
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157 lbs
28 - 16 - 2 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
38 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moe Lester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 16 - 2, fighting out of New York, Jason Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Lester 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Griffin moves into the clinch.
Griffin blocking some punches.
Griffin is looking to break free of the clinch but Lester has double underhooks.
Lester's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Griffin throws a body kick that misses.
Griffin throws out a powerful jab.
Griffin clinches up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lester.
Griffin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Griffin blocks a body shot from Lester.
Griffin tries to break free but Lester pushes him back against the cage.
Lester blocks a body shot from Griffin.
Lester lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Griffin.
A left hand lands to the body for Lester.
Lester takes a knee to the side of 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!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Griffin is looking to break free of the clinch but Lester has double underhooks.
Lester breaks the clinch.
Lester throws a chopping leg kick but Griffin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lester has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Stu's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin throws a push kick but Lester slaps the foot to one side.
A solid leg kick lands there for Griffin.
Lester is looking to clinch.
Griffin throws out a leg kick but Lester moves out of range and Griffin only half commits.
Griffin digs a good body shot into Lester's ribs.
Lester throws a series of punches but Griffin moves out of range.
Griffin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lester connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Griffin scrambles back to his feet.
Griffin swings for the body but Lester moves out of range.
Griffin gets a clinch.
Griffin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Griffin just misses with a punch to the body.
Griffin scoring well with a low kick there.
Griffin throws a nice looking combination but Lester bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lester tries to clinch there but Griffin circles away.
Griffin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Griffin checks the leg kick.
Griffin clinches up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Griffin blocks a body shot from Lester.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lester.
Griffin takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Lester on the inside.
Lester blocks a body shot from Griffin.
Lester manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Lester misses.
Griffin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lester at a distance.
Lester displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Griffin throws out the jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Griffin.
Griffin drives through and clinches with Lester against the cage.
Lester misses with some punches.
Lester misses with a short punch on the inside.
Griffin working hard to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lester throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester has Griffin pressed against the cage, preventing Griffin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lester tries a knee to the head but Griffin blocks it.
Lester using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Griffin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Griffin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lester's efforts to push away.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lester tries a knee to the head but Griffin blocks it.
Lester lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Jason Griffin has been cut.
Griffin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Griffin manages to break the clinch.
Griffin instigates a clinch.
Lester tries to circle away but Griffin has him pinned against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lester.
Lester dodges an elbow strike from Griffin.
A short right from Lester.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Lester avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lester.
Lester misses with some punches.
Griffin breaks from the clinch.
Griffin throws a front kick aimed at Lester's knee but Lester avoids it well.
Lester checks a low kick from Griffin.
Griffin scores with a push kick.
Lester scores with a decent looking hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lester takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Griffin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lester on the side of the head.
Griffin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Lester rather than just go for the knockout.
Griffin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Griffin.
Lester misses with a body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Lester.
Griffin moves out of range as Lester throws a body kick.
Lester lands a lovely overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jason Griffin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jason Griffin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Lester looks to land a left hand but Griffin moved out of range nicely.
Griffin avoids the head kick by Lester.
A bone on bone clash there as Griffin blocks the leg kick.
Jason Griffin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lester throws a shot from downtown. Griffin moves away and avoids it.
Griffin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lester connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Griffin's hands.
Lester takes a swing at Griffin's ribcage but misses.
Griffin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lester gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Griffin.
A leg kick checked by Griffin.
Griffin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lester moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lester walks forward, straight into a front kick from Griffin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Griffin slips a jab from Lester.
Lester lunges at Griffin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Griffin's hand.
Lester tries to keep at a distance but Griffin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lester using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Griffin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin tries to work over Lester's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Griffin tries to break the clinch but Lester is controlling the position.
Griffin tries to break free but Lester pushes him back against the cage.
Griffin breaks the clinch.
Griffin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lester.
Griffin thows a body kick. Lester tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Lester swinging wildly here.
Lester tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Griffin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lester. That did some damage!
Lester missing with a left hand there. Griffin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Griffin, right into the meat.
Lester throws a shot from downtown. Griffin moves away and avoids it.
Griffin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Griffin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Griffin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester throws a push kick but Griffin slaps the foot to one side.
Lester throws a leg kick but Griffin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lester misses with a wild body shot.
Griffin closes the distance and clinches.
Griffin avoids the elbow strike from Lester, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griffin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lester has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Griffin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Griffin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Griffin misses the shot to the body.
Griffin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Griffin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Griffin checks a leg kick.
Griffin catches Lester with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lester. Griffin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice jab there from Griffin.
Griffin lands a nice looking kick to the body. Lester takes a step back to recover.
Griffin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jason Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lester throws the kick towards the body but Griffin avoids it.
Griffin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lester is able to avoid easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Griffin.
Lester tries a head kick but it misses.
Lester loads up on a big right hand but Griffin slips the punch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lester misses with a body punch.
Lester struggles to land a body shot inside as Griffin controls his hands.
Griffin tries to break free but Lester pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lester creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Griffin is trying to force a seperation but Lester has the dominant position.
Jason Griffin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Griffin can't find room to land a body shot as Lester controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Griffin.
Lester lands a knee to the head.
Lester scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Griffin managing to block the knees to the body from Lester.
Lester throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Griffin blocks it with crossed arms.
Lester looking to throw knees to the head but Griffin is blocking nicely.
Griffin avoids a wild elbow strike from Lester.
Griffin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Griffin avoiding damage as Lester throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin breaks from the clinch.
Lester looks for the body kick but Griffin saw that one coming.
Lester cracks Griffin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lester moves out of range as Griffin throws a body kick.
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 cut man is working on Jason Griffin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Lester blocks a low kick nicely.
Griffin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Griffin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lester has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lester and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lester bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Lester fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Griffin manages to avoid it.
Griffin takes the fight into the clinch.
Lester makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Griffin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lester - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lester wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Lester lands a hook that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.
Griffin breaks from the clinch.
Griffin looks to throw the jab but Lester is out of range.
Lester throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Griffin tries to work over Lester's front leg with a kick but Lester checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Griffin manages to avoid it.
Lester takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lester misses with a low kick.
Griffin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Griffin throws a sloppy head kick and Lester moves out of range easily.
Lester gets tackled into the cage by Griffin. Griffin maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Lester fails to land.
Lester is leaning against Griffin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Griffin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lester tries to land a knee to the head but Griffin blocks with his arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lester.
Griffin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lester avoiding damage as Griffin throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lester.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Lester.
Griffin stalling against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lester.
Lester tries to land knees in the clinch but Griffin avoids the damage to the body.
A short body shot lands from Lester as the two fighters clinch.
Lester prevents Griffin from breaking the clinch.
Griffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lester tries a body shot but Griffin blocks it.
Griffin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Griffin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lester will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lester gets a clinch.
Griffin breaks the clinch.
Griffin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Griffin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin looks to land a body kick but Lester moved away.
Lester drives through and clinches with Griffin against the cage.
Griffin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lester lands a left hand.
A frustrated look appears on Griffin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lester is defending well for now.
Griffin trying to land knees to the body.
Lester unloads a knee to the mid-section. Griffin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lester looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lester unloads a knee to the mid-section. Griffin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Griffin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lester misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lester blocks a body shot from Griffin.
Lester lands a hook that snaps the head of Griffin backwards.
Lester misses with a knee 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!
Griffin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester is trying to stall.
Griffin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Griffin avoiding damage as Lester throws knees to the body.
Griffin wants to break free but Lester has control.
Lester using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Griffin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lester.
Griffin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Griffin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Lester throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lester is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Griffin connects with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lester throws out the jab.
Griffin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lester keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Griffin.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Moe Lester.
I think Lester has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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