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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suren Nazarethyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lester might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Twisted. Moe Lester has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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148 lbs
45 - 22 - 3 |
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150 lbs
33 - 10 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
45 - 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
33 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Suren Nazarethyan!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazarethyan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nazarethyan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lester.
Lester throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lester displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nazarethyan.
Lester throws a series of punches but Nazarethyan avoids them all with ease.
Nazarethyan throws a body punch but Lester moves out of range.
Lester lands with an uppercut that bounces Nazarethyan off the cage and back into range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nazarethyan. Lester does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lester misses with a head kick.
Lester sizes up Nazarethyan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nazarethyan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lester tried to counter with a leg kick but Nazarethyan avoided it.
A jab from Lester finds it's way through Nazarethyan's defenses.
Nazarethyan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lester throws out the jab.
Nazarethyan shoots in but no luck this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lester throws the kick towards the body but Nazarethyan avoids it.
Nazarethyan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lester manages to avoid it.
Lester throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan throws a lazy right hand but Lester sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lester throws a hook but Nazarethyan blocks it.
Lester dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lester throws a leg kick but Nazarethyan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lester pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lester is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Lester misses with a low kick.
Lester with a nice cross.
Nice uppercut there from Lester.
Lester tries to land a front kick but Nazarethyan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lester ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nazarethyan moves away.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook. Lester ducked under it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nazarethyan. Lester does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lester appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nazarethyan shoots in for a double leg but Lester sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Moe Lester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Suren Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lester circles away quickly and effectively.
Lester uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan swings for the body but Lester moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester dips to his left and cracks Nazarethyan with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lester cracks Nazarethyan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nazarethyan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Lester rather than just go for the knockout.
Good shot there by Lester.
Nazarethyan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nazarethyan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nazarethyan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lester fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nazarethyan takes a swing at Lester's ribcage but misses.
Nazarethyan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lester connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lester changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Lester 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nazarethyan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lester has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester throws a series of punches but Nazarethyan moves out of range.
Nazarethyan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lester is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nazarethyan cracks a nice hook into Lester's ribs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lester.
Lester cracks Nazarethyan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nazarethyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nazarethyan throws a jab but it's blocked by Lester.
Nazarethyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nazarethyan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lesters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lester's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nazarethyan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lester scrambles back to his feet.
Nazarethyan checks a leg kick nicely.
Nazarethyan slaps away a takedown attempt from Lester, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nazarethyan throws a hook but Lester avoids it easily.
Lester connects with a body shot that sends Nazarethyan's belly button to the back.
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 sloppy head kick and Nazarethyan moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lester is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nazarethyan throws a body kick that misses.
Lester lands with a nice body kick.
Lester tries a head kick but it misses.
Lester takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lester misses with a low kick.
Lester dodges the punch combination from Nazarethyan.
A big left from Lester misses.
Lester wants to slow Nazarethyan down by chopping away at his legs.
Lester shoots in but Nazarethyan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nazarethyan fails with a takedown attempt.
Nazarethyan misses with a right hand
and Lester counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moe Lester dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nazarethyan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lester throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nazarethyan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
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.
Lester blocks a low kick nicely.
Nazarethyan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lester can pounce on him.
Lester digs a good body shot into Nazarethyan's ribs.
Lester fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nazarethyan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lester momentarily.
Nazarethyan blocks a head kick by Lester.
Nazarethyan scores with a nice head shot.
Nazarethyan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lester.
Moe Lester is winning the standup battle so far.
Nazarethyan moves out of range of the strikes.
Nazarethyan swings for the body but Lester moves out of range.
Nazarethyan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lester works the jab nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lester dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nazarethyan. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester throws a leg kick but Nazarethyan moved away.
Nazarethyan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nazarethyan takes a swing at Lester's ribcage but misses.
Lester attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nazarethyan throws a nice looking combination but Lester bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lester takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nazarethyan misses with an uppercut.
Lester misses with a hook. Nazarethyan ducked under it nicely.
Lester lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nazarethyan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nazarethyan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nazarethyan throws a good cross that connects.
Nazarethyan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lester throws out the jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nazarethyan ducks under a wild hook from Lester.
Nazarethyan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lester throws a wild body kick that Nazarethyan sees coming a mile off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nazarethyan lands a nice looking body kick.
Jab, jab by Lester - just one landing.
Nazarethyan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nazarethyan misses with a hook
and Lester counters by moving into the clinch.
Lester lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nazarethyan backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Nazarethyan.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lester.
Nazarethyan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lester pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Nazarethyan is trying to maintain a safe position but Lester gets an underhook and turns Nazarethyan into the cage.
Lester swings wildly with an uppercut but Nazarethyan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lester tries to work over Nazarethyan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lester unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nazarethyan lands a left hand.
Nazarethyan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lester working aggressively here.
Lester stops a takedown attempt from Nazarethyan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan goes for a takedown attempt but Lester pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Moe Lester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Suren Nazarethyan.
Lester uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nazarethyan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lester looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nazarethyan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nazarethyan misses the shot to the body.
Lester takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nazarethyan fails with the takedown.
Lester jabs Nazarethyan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lester misses with a hook.
Nazarethyan darts in looking for a takedown but Lester gets double underhooks and turns Nazarethyan into the cage.
Nazarethyan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lester counters with a left to the body.
Lester throws a leg kick but Nazarethyan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lester stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lester tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Nazarethyan defends well and Lester ends up having to push Nazarethyan into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Lester throws a head kick but Nazarethyan moves out of range.
Nazarethyan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lester.
As Nazarethyan tries to get set, Lester tries to push him back and clinch up but Nazarethyan manages to avoid the attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Nazarethyan. Those never looked like landing.
Lester is looking to counter the offense by Nazarethyan and move into the clinch.
Nazarethyan keeps Lester at a distance using the push kick.
Nazarethyan's corner calls for a 1-2. Nazarethyan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lester throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lester tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lester closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nazarethyan circles away.
Nazarethyan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lester.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nazarethyan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lester tries to score a power double leg takedown but Nazarethyan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lester somewhat.
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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Nazarethyan fakes the leg kick and cracks Lester in the body.
Nazarethyan misses with a kick to the body.
Nazarethyan throws a head kick but Lester moves out of range.
Nazarethyan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lester swivels and escapes.
Nazarethyan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Lester uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nazarethyan.
Lester pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lester.
Lester is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nazarethyan can do to turn this around?
Nazarethyan misses with a right hand
and Lester counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazarethyan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lester.
Nazarethyan drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Lester defends it well.
Nazarethyan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lester pinned against the cage. Lester gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan tries to score with a low kick but Lester moves his leg out of the way.
Nazarethyan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lester dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nazarethyan. That did some damage!
Lester takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lester moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lester throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lester swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lester has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lester clobbers Nazarethyan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A left lands for Lester.
Nazarethyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lester.
Nazarethyan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lester back to the cage. Nazarethyan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice shot by Nazarethyan.
Lester scores with a kick to the midsection.
Nazarethyan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lester.
Lester connects with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lester moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lester moves out of range as Nazarethyan throws a body kick.
Lester just misses with a punch to the body.
Lester throws a nice outside leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nazarethyan.
Moe Lester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Suren Nazarethyan.
Good shot there by Nazarethyan.
Lester buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lester scores with a head kick. Nazarethyan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nazarethyan pushes Lester away with a front kick.
Lester's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Lester connects with the punch.
Nazarethyan throws the left hand but Lester avoids the punch easily.
Nazarethyan misses with a low kick.
Nazarethyan misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lester.
Lester scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lester scores with a jab. Nazarethyan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nazarethyan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nazarethyan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nazarethyan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nazarethyan is looking to chop away at Lester's legs.
Nazarethyan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nazarethyan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lester moves out of range of the body kick from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan takes one to the side of the head.
Nazarethyan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan throws a right hand that misses
and Lester counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nazarethyan lands with an uppercut that bounces Lester off the cage and back into range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lester misses the shot to the body.
Lester throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lester stuffs the takedown attempt from Nazarethyan. Nazarethyan gets slowly back to his feet.
Lester throws out a loose jab but Nazarethyan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nazarethyan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Moe Lester is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lester getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nazarethyan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lester at a distance.
Nazarethyan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lester.
A clash of legs there as Lester blocks the low kick.
Suren Nazarethyan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lester walks into a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lester.
Lester misses with a wild body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Moe Lester showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moe Lester!
Moe Lester seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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