PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Arthur Pinto (ranked 1734 p4p, 270 weight class) and Fleece Johnson (ranked 18906 p4p, 842 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pinto
vs
Johnson

175 cm
32
170 lbs
27 - 3 - 0

200 cm
27
185 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arthur Pinto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fleece Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Johnson throws a body kick that misses.
Johnson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pinto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pinto lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pinto checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pinto throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.

Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Pinto has taken the fight into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Pinto.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pinto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Arthur Pinto has been cut.
Pinto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pinto digs a right hand into Johnson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johnson's gas tank.
Pinto has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
A body shot lands from Pinto.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pinto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pinto lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pinto digs a right hand into Johnson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johnson's gas tank.
Pinto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Pinto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Pinto fails to land.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pinto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pinto avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
Pinto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Johnson.
A short right from Pinto.
Pinto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pinto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson tries a body shot but Pinto blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Pinto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Pinto controls his hands.
Pinto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pinto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pinto avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
Pinto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pinto.
A body shot lands from Pinto.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pinto.
Pinto lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
A short uppercut from Pinto.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pinto lands a shoulder strike.

It looks like Fleece Johnson has been cut.
Pinto lands an uppercut.
Pinto throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pinto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pinto lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Pinto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pinto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pinto misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pinto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pinto's face.
Pinto throws a head punch that misses.
Pinto avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pinto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Pinto dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pinto keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pinto. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Pinto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pinto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Pinto is looking to counter the offense by Johnson and move into the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pinto lands a lovely overhand right.
Johnson throws a chopping leg kick but Pinto manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pinto misses with a looping right.
Pinto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pinto scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pinto.
Pinto misses with a looping left.
Pinto lands a nice hook to Johnson's body. Johnson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Arthur Pinto is winning the standup battle so far.
Pinto connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Pinto.
Pinto throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Pinto lands a nice shot to the body.
Pinto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pinto swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pinto forces Johnson back against the ropes and clinches.
Pinto misses with a punch on the inside.
Arthur Pinto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pinto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Johnson.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Pinto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pinto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short right from Pinto on the inside.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pinto.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Pinto misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson lands an elbow just above Pinto 's eye.
Pinto misses with the head strike.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pinto lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pinto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Pinto shrugs off.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pinto.
Pinto lands with a left to the head.
Pinto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pinto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pinto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Pinto.

Johnson is rocked!
A short left from Pinto.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Pinto finish him?
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Pinto.
Pinto lands a body shot.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Pinto cracks Johnson with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Johnson goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Johnson wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Arthur Pinto!
Arthur Pinto retains his welterweight title!
Arthur Pinto bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.