PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Fleece Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Pinto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Pinto

200 cm
24
185 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

175 cm
30
170 lbs
21 - 2 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fleece Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arthur Pinto!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson lands a jab to the head.
Johnson misses with a double jab
and Pinto counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
A clash of legs there as Pinto blocks the low kick.
Pinto smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pinto tries a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
Pinto swings widly with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pinto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pinto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Johnson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pinto.
Pinto thuds his shin into the meat of Johnson's side.
Pinto scores with a crisp jab that stopped Johnson in his tracks.
Pinto lands an overhand right.
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!
Johnson moves out of range as Pinto strikes.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Pinto should have avoided that one.
Pinto swings away with a body shot that misses
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pinto bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pinto connects with a body shot.
Pinto tries to clinch up.
Johnson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Johnson tries to land a body kick
and Pinto counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pinto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson moves out of range as Pinto strikes.
Pinto blocks a head kick by Johnson.

Pinto closes the distance and clinches.
Pinto avoids the elbow strike from Johnson, against the ropes.
Pinto misses with some punches.
Our sources have told us that Johnson has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Pinto lands with a light punch inside.
Pinto throws a head punch that misses.
Pinto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Pinto is blocking nicely.
Pinto misses with some punches.
Pinto lands a left hand.
Pinto lands a body punch.
Johnson lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinto.
A shot in the inside from Pinto.
Pinto lands with a left to the head.
Pinto lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto pushes Johnson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Pinto presses Johnson against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pinto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pinto digs a right hand underneath Johnson's ribcage. Johnson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pinto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pinto scores with a shoulder strike.
Johnson blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pinto.
Pinto cracks Johnson with a nice body shot.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
Johnson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Pinto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pinto lands with a hook. Johnson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Pinto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson tries to circle away but Pinto has him pinned against the ropes.
Pinto has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Johnson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Pinto can turn it around.
Pinto lands with a right to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pinto working aggressively here.
Pinto avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
Pinto swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Pinto dominated that round.
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.

Johnson blocks a low kick nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Johnson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pinto scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johnson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pinto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Johnson misses with a leg kick.
Johnson throws a sloppy body shot
and Pinto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pinto changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pinto throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Pinto scores with a hook to the body. Johnson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Pinto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pinto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pinto is looking to clinch.
Good shot there by Johnson.
Pinto connects with a looping right hand.
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!
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Johnson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Johnson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Johnson takes a swing at Pinto's ribcage but misses.
Arthur Pinto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Pinto moves away and avoids it.
Johnson misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Pinto. Beautiful body shot.
Pinto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Pinto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pinto takes one on the button.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pinto.

Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Pinto has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Pinto tries to stall but Johnson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pinto misses with a punch to the body.
Pinto misses with the head strike.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pinto gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pinto lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pinto blocks it with crossed arms.
Pinto gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pinto takes a shot to the head.
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!
Johnson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pinto backwards.
Pinto struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Pinto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pinto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinto.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pinto's brow.
Pinto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Johnson.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinto.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Pinto lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinto.
Pinto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pinto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pinto is trying to maintain a safe position but Johnson gets an underhook and turns Pinto into the ropes.
Pinto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pinto throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pinto avoids it.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Pinto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pinto scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Johnson throws a hook but Pinto avoids it easily.
Pinto misses with a straight left.
Johnson throws out a powerful jab.
Johnson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Pinto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Johnson. That did some damage!
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pinto darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pinto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Johnson misses with a hook to the body
and Pinto counters with a nice body kick.
Pinto misses with a leg kick.
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!
Pinto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Pinto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pinto loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice jab there from Pinto.
Pinto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pinto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab lands there for Pinto.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Johnson - that will leave a mark!
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson tries to bum rush Pinto with a series of wild strikes but Pinto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pinto thuds a left hand into Johnson's body.
Johnson lands with a good body shot.
Pinto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pinto throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
It appears Johnson was looking to counter with a kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pinto scores with a jab to the body.
Pinto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pinto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Johnson checks the leg kick.
Johnson lands a leg kick that knocks Pinto off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto lands with a right hand.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Pinto throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson throws a jab when Pinto was well out of range.
Pinto misses with a hook. Johnson ducked under it nicely.
Pinto connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson walks into a stiff left hand from Pinto.
Johnson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pinto tries to stall but Johnson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pinto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pinto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Pinto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Pinto really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pinto!

Johnson closes the distance and pushes Pinto back into the ropes.
Johnson lands a body shot.
Pinto tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the ropes.
Pinto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson with a knee to the head.
Arthur Pinto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Johnson is working Pinto over against the ropes.
Pinto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
A head punch on the inside from Pinto fails to land.
Pinto tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pinto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pinto throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
Pinto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson connects with a knee to the head.
Pinto is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Pinto scores with a hook to the body.
A hook to the body from Pinto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinto.
Pinto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Pinto misses with a punch to the body.
Pinto throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Pinto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Pinto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Pinto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pinto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinto.

Pinto manages to break the clinch.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Pinto sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Pinto is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Pinto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pinto has time to react.
Johnson throws a head kick but Pinto moves out of range.
It seemed like Pinto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Johnson gets tackled into the ropes by Pinto. Pinto maintains the clinch.
Pinto pushes Johnson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Pinto blocking some punches.
Pinto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Pinto breaks from the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Pinto.
Pinto lands with a nice body punch.
Pinto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pinto connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Johnson's hands.
Johnson lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Arthur Pinto will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Fleece Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pinto throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson slips under a jab from Pinto.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pinto lands a jab.

Johnson looks low and kicks high, catching Pinto right on the side of the head, sending him crashing to the canvas! Will he be able to beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's already back to his feet and ready to go! Let's see if he's still with it!

It looks like Arthur Pinto has been cut.
Johnson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pinto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pinto throws a leg kick

and Johnson counters with a big right hook, that lands right on the temple! Pinto goes down! Johnson rushes to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. This one's going to be close! 3,4,5,6,7... Pinto is up to one knee.... 8,9.... He's up! The referee says he's good to go, so we're back to the action!

Pinto is rocked!
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Pinto throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pinto manages to avoid it.
A nice side step and Pinto releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Pinto scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pinto punishes Johnson's body with a nice straight punch.
Pinto takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Johnson is looking to slow Pinto down with leg kicks.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Pinto slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Johnson. That did some damage!
Pinto scores with a hook to the body. Johnson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pinto loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Johnson throws a low kick, looking for Pinto's leg but Pinto calmly moves out of range.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Johnson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Johnson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pinto connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Johnson scrambles back to his feet.

Pinto drives through and clinches with Johnson against the ropes.
Johnson gets through Pinto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Pinto.
Pinto lands a nice shot to the body.
Pinto tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Pinto presses Johnson against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Pinto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pinto lands with a right to the head.
Pinto tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Pinto struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Pinto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pinto avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pinto's defenses.
Johnson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Pinto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Pinto lands a nice shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Pinto lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Pinto.
Pinto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pinto misses with a punch to the body.
Pinto lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Johnson.
A short right from Pinto.

It looks like Fleece Johnson has been cut.
Pinto misses with a punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pinto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Pinto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Johnson.
Arthur Pinto is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Pinto misses with a low kick.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Pinto is just out of range.

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 Fleece Johnson.
Well Pinto 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 46:47
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 46:47
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 46:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Pinto!
Arthur Pinto decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.