PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Guatar (ranked 1344 p4p, 2815 weight class) and Pinchi Puto (ranked 166 p4p, 320 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Johnny Guatar has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Johnny Guatar seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Guatar
vs
Puto

169 cm
27
166
9 - 1 - 0

171 cm
38
170
17 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary

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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Guatar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pinchi Puto!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guatar lands with an overhand left.
No joy there for Guatar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Puto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Puto misses with a looping right.
Guatar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puto.
Puto lands with a thumping leg kick.
Guatar misses the shot to the body.
Guatar throws a shot from downtown. Puto moves away and avoids it.
Puto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Puto misses with a few strikes there.
Puto ducks under a wild hook from Guatar.
Puto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Puto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Guatar.
Puto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Puto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Guatar.
Puto misses with a head kick.
Guatar lands with a nice body punch.
We've been informed that Puto has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
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!
Puto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Guatar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Puto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Puto feints a counter leg kick.
Guatar tests Puto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Guatar. Puto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Puto throws a sloppy head kick and Guatar moves out of range easily.
Johnny Guatar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Puto blocks the body kick.
Guatar connects with a solid leg kick.
Guatar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Guatar fires out a quick counter leg kick but Puto just manages to avoid it.
Puto throws a body shot but no joy.
Guatar throws a body shot but no joy.
Puto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Guatar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guatar lands a body shot.
A cross from Guatar lands.
Guatar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Puto's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body kick there by Puto.
Guatar misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puto lands with a thumping leg kick.
Puto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Puto misses with a wild body shot.
Guatar is looking for a counter combo.
Guatar avoids the head kick by Puto.
Nice uppercut there from Guatar.
Puto throws a leg kick but Guatar sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Guatar looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Puto checks the leg kick nicely there.
Guatar moves out of range of the body kick.
Guatar pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Puto throws a head kick but Guatar moves out of range.
Guatar just misses with a punch to the body.
Puto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guatar.
Puto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guatar manages to avoid it.
Guatar lands a nice hook to Puto's body. Puto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A shot to the body from Guatar misses
and Puto counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Guatar is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guatar misses with a looping right.
Guatar throws a jab but it's blocked by Puto.
Puto tries a head kick but it misses.
Guatar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puto.
Guatar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A good leg kick by Puto.
Puto throws a head kick that misses.
Puto throws a hook but Guatar avoids it easily.
Guatar bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Guatar takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Guatar lands a nice shot to the body.
Guatar jabs at Puto's body.
Guatar throws a series of punches but Puto avoids them all with ease.
Guatar's corner calls for a 1-2. Guatar obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Guatar is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Puto throws a push kick but Guatar slaps the foot to one side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guatar misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puto throws a nice outside leg kick.
Guatar thuds a left hand into Puto's body.
Puto misses with a hook. Guatar ducked under it nicely.
Guatar moves out of range of the leg kick from Puto.
Guatar chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Puto can pounce on him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Guatar. Puto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Puto looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Guatar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Puto.
Guatar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Puto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice straight punches there by Guatar. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Guatar.
Guatar misses with a right hand
and Puto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guatar chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Puto can pounce on him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guatar gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Puto.
Guatar looks to land a body kick but Puto moved away.
Puto throws out a counter right but Guatar avoids it with no problem.
Guatar lands a jab to Puto's midsection.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Guatar dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Puto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Guatar.
Puto fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Puto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guatar manages to avoid it.
Guatar misses with a straight right.
Guatar clobbers Puto with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jab from Puto.
Puto throws a hook but Guatar blocks it.
Guatar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Guatar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Puto manages to avoid it.
Puto scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Puto misses with a body shot.
Guatar swings for the body but Puto moves out of range.
Puto throws a lazy head kick
and Puto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Puto throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guatar swinging wildly here.
Puto looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guatar tests Puto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Guatar throws the kick towards the body but Puto avoids it.
A good leg kick by Puto.
A nice leg kick from Guatar, right into the meat of the thigh.
Guatar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Puto might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Guatar has got the better of the exchanges.
Guatar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Puto.
Guatar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Puto.
Guatar is looking to wear down Puto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Puto throws a leg kick which misses Guatar's front leg but catches the back leg as Guatar tries to avoid it.
Guatar scores with a body shot.
Puto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guatar manages to avoid it.
Puto throws a body punch but Guatar moves out of range.
A big right from Puto misses.
Guatar throws a hook to the side of Puto's head but Puto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Guatar just misses with a punch to the body.
Puto misses with an uppercut. Guatar saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Puto throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Guatar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Puto throws a solid leg kick but Guatar takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Puto.
Guatar misses with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good standup being displayed there by Guatar as he connects with a hook.
Guatar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Puto circles away quickly and effectively.
Guatar is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Puto avoids a kick to the body.
It seemed like Puto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Guatar digs a good body shot into Puto's ribs.
Guatar ducks under a wild hook from Puto.
It looked like Guatar was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Puto.
Guatar misses the shot to the body.
Guatar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Guatar misses with a straight right.
Guatar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Puto makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Puto on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guatar blocks a jab.
A leg kick checked by Guatar.
Guatar thinks about countering with a body kick.
Guatar misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut lands for Puto. That snapped Guatar's head back.
Guatar changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Puto avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Guatar slips a straight right by Puto.
Guatar connects with a body shot that sends Puto's belly button to the back.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Guatar.
Puto misses with a leg kick
and Guatar counters with a nice uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Guatar as he connects with a hook.
Guatar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Puto manages to avoid it.
Puto appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Guatar
and Puto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Puto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guatar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puto moves out of range of the leg kick from Guatar.
Nice uppercut lands for Puto. That snapped Guatar's head back.
Puto lands with a thumping leg kick.
Johnny Guatar is winning the standup battle so far.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Puto lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Guatar has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Guatar and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Puto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guatar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Puto can do to turn this around?
Puto throws a big shot that misses.
Guatar thumps Puto with a low kick.
Puto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Guatar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Guatar stuns Puto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Guatar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Guatar looks to land a left hand but Puto moved out of range nicely.
Puto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Guatar throws a body shot but no joy.
Puto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Puto throws a big shot that misses.
Puto misses with an uppercut. Guatar saw that one coming.
Puto slips a jab and a cross from Guatar.
Guatar works the jab nicely.
Guatar looks to score with a jab to the body but Puto is just out of range.
A big left from Guatar misses.
Puto uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Guatar has time to react.
A shot to the liver by Guatar. Beautiful body shot.
Guatar scores with a nice strike.
Guatar throws a wild body kick that Puto sees coming a mile off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guatar tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Puto is able to avoid easily.
Puto throws a series of punches but Guatar moves out of range.
Puto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Guatar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Puto lands with a hook. Guatar tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

It looks like Johnny Guatar has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puto swings for the body but Guatar moves out of range.
Guatar throws a predictable looking body shot
and Puto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Puto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Guatar.
Guatar throws a solid leg kick but Puto takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Guatar.
Puto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Puto throws a sloppy head kick
letting Guatar counter with a right hand.
Puto lands with a nice combination. Guatar backs away looking to recover.
Puto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guatar.
Guatar moves out of range of the leg kick from Puto.
A little feinted left hand from Guatar on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Puto throws a hook but Guatar avoids it easily.
Puto looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Guatar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Puto slips a straight right by Guatar.
Guatar checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Guatar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Guatar blocks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Puto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Guatar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Guatar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Puto checks the leg kick.
Puto tries a quick counter leg kick but Guatar is wise to it.
Pinchi Puto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Guatar misses with a kick to the body
and Puto counters with a stiff right hand.
Puto avoids the body shot from Guatar.
A low kick from Puto misses
and Guatar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guatar lands a body shot.
Puto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Guatar misses with a looping right.
Puto scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puto misses with an attempted mid kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Guatar misses the target.
A nice side step and Puto releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Guatar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Puto at a distance.
Puto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Puto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Puto keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Guatar checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A little feinted left hand from Guatar on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Guatar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Puto on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
No joy there for Guatar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Puto fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Guatar.
Puto throws a leg kick that misses.
Guatar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Good leg kick by Puto.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guatar connects with a body shot that sends Puto's belly button to the back.
Puto looks to score with a jab to the body but Guatar is just out of range.
Guatar thinks about countering with a body kick.
Puto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puto connects with a good right hand that stumbles Guatar. Guatar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Guatar with a hook.
Puto looks to land a left hand but Guatar moved out of range nicely.
Guatar changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Puto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Guatar scores with a nice right hand.
Guatar lands a slapping body shot.
Guatar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Guatar is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Guatar lands with a good body shot.
Guatar throws a nice inside leg kick.
Guatar scores with a body shot.
Puto throws a low kick but Guatar moves out of range easily.
Puto misses with an uppercut. Guatar saw that one coming.

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 Johnny Guatar.
Well Guatar 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Guatar!
Johnny Guatar seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.