PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Moe Lester (ranked 3585 p4p, 366 weight class) and Andrew Balderas (ranked 4188 p4p, 413 weight class). Lester comes to the cage accompanied by Get Back - Ludacris. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Lester
vs
Balderas

180 cm
19
164 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
164 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Vegan Gains
Urban Fighter

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Moe Lester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andrew Balderas!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balderas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Balderas fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lester scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Balderas doesn't seem bothered though.
Lester connects with a looping right hand.
Lester lands a slapping body shot.
Balderas misses with a straight right.
Balderas throws a right hand that Lester ducks under and follows up with a left that Lester also avoids with ease.
Balderas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lester circles away quickly and effectively.
Lester digs a good hook to Balderas's body.
Lester scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lester's jab looks to have found its range, popping Balderas under the eye.
Balderas misses with a two punch combination.
Lester throwing a counter right hand but Balderas manages to avoid it.
Lester steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Balderas.
Lester has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ~T~ Troid - Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Nice shot by Lester.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Balderas's head.
Lester showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Balderas.
A little feinted left hand from Lester on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lester lands with a hook. Balderas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lester throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Balderas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Balderas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lester works the jab nicely.
Balderas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lester moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lester lands with a shot to the body.
Balderas walks into a straight right hand from Lester.
Lester is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balderas.
Lester slips a jab and a cross from Balderas.
It looked like Lester was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Balderas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balderas throws a right and a left that Lester avoids nicely.
Lester bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Balderas's head.
Lester connects with a looping right hand.
Balderas takes one to the chin there.
Balderas misses with a lunging right hand
and Lester counters with a straight right hand.
Balderas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lester.
Lester connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Balderas's hands.
Balderas misses with a body punch
and Lester counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Lester.
Balderas shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lester jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Balderas lands the left hand.
Balderas throws a series of punches but Lester avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moe Lester dominated that round.
That's time! Lester's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Lester throws an off balance right hand
and Balderas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lester thinking.
Balderas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Lester does it's job there.
Lester scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Balderas doesn't seem bothered though.
Balderas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lester connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lester misses with a right hand
and Balderas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Balderas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Balderas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Balderas lands with a nice combination. Lester backs away looking to recover.
Lester scores with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balderas connects with a looping right hand.
Lester is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lester misses with a left hand
and Balderas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lester thinking.
Balderas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lester takes a swing at Balderas's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balderas slips a straight right by Lester.
Balderas let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Lester misses with a wild body shot.
Lester slips under a jab.
Balderas misses with a double jab
and Lester counters with a nice body shot.
Balderas misses with a hook to the body
and Lester counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters circling - Lester throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lester thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lester misses with a body punch
and Balderas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Balderas swings widly with a right hand
and Lester counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Balderas throws a lazy uppercut
and Lester cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Balderas misses with a body punch
and Lester counters with a stiff right hand.
Lester takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balderas misses with a wild combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balderas lands an overhand right.
Lester is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Balderas can do to turn this around?
Lester bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Balderas's head.
Lester throws a looping overhand right but Balderas ducks down to avoid it.
Balderas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Balderas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Balderas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Lester counter with a right hand.
Lester misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lester fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Balderas manages to avoid it.
Balderas misses with a combination
and Lester connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moe Lester dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Balderas digs a good body shot into Lester's ribs.
A punch combination from Balderas misses.
Balderas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Balderas moves forwards but Lester connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice jab there from Lester.
Lester ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Balderas moves away.
Andrew Balderas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lester throws a shot from downtown. Balderas moves away and avoids it.
Jab by Lester.
Balderas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Balderas throws a nice looking combination but Lester bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Balderas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Balderas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Balderas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lester counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A combination from Balderas does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balderas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lester appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Lester listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lester throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Balderas throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lester counters with a stiff right hand.
Balderas misses with a hook to the body
and Lester counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lester with a jab.
Balderas staying out of range there.
Balderas throws a body shot but no joy.
Lester throwing a counter right hand but Balderas manages to avoid it.
Balderas looks to land a combination but Lester avoids it well.
Balderas swings for the body but Lester moves out of range.
Lester thuds his right hand into Balderas's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lester keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balderas moves out of range as Lester strikes.
Balderas let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Balderas swinging wildly here.
As Balderas looks to move away, Lester throws a big counter combo but Balderas just gets out of the way.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lester lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Lester throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Balderas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Balderas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lester scores with a crisp jab that stopped Balderas in his tracks.
Lester uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Balderas.
Lester is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Balderas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lester throws a jab when Balderas was well out of range.
Moe Lester is winning the standup battle so far.
Balderas misses with a two punch combination.
Andrew Balderas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Moe Lester is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lester smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moe Lester!
After the fight, Moe Lester was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.