PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Mae Joon (ranked 24213 p4p, 5625 weight class) and Lester Neich (ranked 413 p4p, 366 weight class). Neich comes into a darkened arena with his song building. YKWIM? - Yot club kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mae Joon had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 146.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Lester Neich acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Joon
vs
Neich

170 cm
21
161
3 - 3 - 0

168 cm
30
153
26 - 17 - 1

Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fantasy Threads

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mae Joon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Lester Neich!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neich slips a jab from Joon.
Joon slips under a jab.
A punch combination from Joon misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Neich misses.
Joon staying out of range there.
Neich has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Joon is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Neich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joon.
Neich slips under a jab.
Joon takes a jab right on the kisser.
Joon misses the shot to the body.
Neich dodges the punch combination from Joon.
Neich lands a jab to Joon's midsection.
Joon looks to score with a jab to the body but Neich is just out of range.
Neich slips under a jab.
Joon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Joon takes a swing at Neich's ribcage but misses.
Neich looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Joon misses the shot to the body.
Neich slips under a jab.
Joon misses the shot to the body.
Neich scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Neich connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Joon momentarily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Neich connects with the punch.
Neich takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Neich lands a body shot.
Neich lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Joon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joon throws a lazy right hand but Neich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Joon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Neich.
Neich throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Neich connects with a body shot that sends Joon's belly button to the back.
Lester Neich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joon falls off balance throwing a combination
and Neich counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neich connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Neich scores with a nice strike.
Joon moves away from the strike by Neich.
Neich looks to score with a jab to the body but Joon is just out of range.
Neich lands with a nice combination. Joon backs away looking to recover.
Neich slips under a jab.
Neich digs a good hook to Joon's body.
A big right from Joon misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joon slips under a jab from Neich.
Joon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Neich scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Neich throws a jab but it's blocked by Joon.
Neich ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Joon misses with a hook.
Joon is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Neich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Neich is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Joon had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Neich lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Neich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joon.
A big right from Joon misses.
Joon misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Neich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Neich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Joon.
Joon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Neich.
Joon throws a nice looking combination but Neich bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Neich! But no joy.
Joon throws a hook but Neich avoids it easily.
Joon throws a hook to the side of Neich's head but Neich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Joon swings for the body but Neich moves out of range.
Neich is looking for the big counter here.
Joon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice defenses there by Neich.
Joon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Neich.
Joon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Joon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Neich fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Neich lands with a shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Neich.
Neich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Neich staying out of range there.
Joon misses with a straight left.
Joon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Joon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Joon throws a right hand that Neich ducks under and follows up with a left that Neich also avoids with ease.
Joon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A little jabbing left from Neich on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Joon misses the jab.
Joon throws a jab when Neich was well out of range.
Joon misses with a looping left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Joon misses.
Joon misses with a wild body shot.
Neich feints a jab promting Joon to slip. Neich then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Joon slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Neich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joon throws out the jab.
Neich shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Joon eats them both and turns towards Neich to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Joon is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neich lands with an uppercut that bounces Joon off the ropes and back into range.
Oh Joon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Neich stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Neich tests Joon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Neich scores with a big combo that sends Joon crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but the referee has seen enough as Joon flops around uncontrollably and he's called an end to the fight! Neich jumps onto the ropes and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Gross.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lester Neich!
An out of breath Lester Neich thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.