PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between LaTroy Johnson (ranked 1142 p4p, 708 weight class) and Jeronimo Puno (ranked 139 p4p, 96 weight class). Puno has chosen RAGS 2 RICHES as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Johnson
vs
Puno

196 cm
28
280
14 - 8 - 0

193 cm
26
268
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Conviction
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, LaTroy Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeronimo Puno!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puno scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Puno moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Puno throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Jeronimo Puno has been cut.
LaTroy Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Puno closes the distance and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Puno.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Puno.
Puno blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Puno.
I was talking to Johnson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Puno lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson digs a right hand underneath Puno's ribcage. Puno let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Johnson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puno digs a right hand into Johnson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johnson's gas tank.
Puno lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Puno.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puno lands a shoulder strike.
Puno works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good body shot from Puno.
Puno lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short body shot lands from Puno as the two fighters clinch.
Puno lands with a left to the head.
Puno lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Puno.
Puno tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Puno misses with a short punch on the inside.
Puno tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Puno lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Puno avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puno has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Puno pushes Johnson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Puno throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
Puno tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Puno's elbow.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Puno misses with a body punch.
Puno misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson lands a knee to the body.
Puno misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Puno misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Johnson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Puno.
Puno working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Puno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Puno pushes Johnson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johnson working Puno over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Puno backwards.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Puno blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Puno fails to land.
A short left from Puno.
Puno managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
Puno tries to pull guard but Johnson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Puno lands a shoulder strike.
Johnson landing knees to the head.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Puno working aggressively here.
Puno doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson tries a body shot but Puno blocks it.
Puno can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson misses with some punches.
A short right from Johnson.
Puno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Puno.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puno working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Puno prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Puno up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Puno.
Puno struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Puno.
Puno misses with a punch to the body.
Puno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Puno.
Puno lands with a short shot to the head.
Puno scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Puno works on Johnson's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Puno misses with a punch on the inside.
Puno cracks Johnson with a nice body shot.
Puno softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Puno tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jeronimo Puno dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeronimo Puno's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Puno connects with a solid leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Puno.
Puno throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Puno.
Johnson tries to land a front kick but Puno steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Johnson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Puno. That one must have hurt.
Puno misses with a body kick.
Puno throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson defending well as Puno loads up on a big left hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Puno throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Johnson tumbling to the canvas!

Johnson is rocked!

It looks like LaTroy Johnson has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puno pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johnson is keeping the position for now.
Oh Johnson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Puno trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Puno content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Puno slips nicely into half guard.
Puno is pressing down on Johnson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Johnson is holding on for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Puno controlling the action here.
Puno working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Johnson's thigh. Johnson counters though and makes it back to full guard.

Puno has gone for a leg lock! Johnson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Puno's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Puno is adopting a defensive guard.
Johnson postures up.

Puno is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Johnson defends well.
Puno has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Johnson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Puno's guard.
Puno trying to hold on to Johnson's head to control him but Johnson postures up.
Johnson not doing much here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Johnson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jeronimo Puno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Puno avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Puno misses with a hook to the body
and Puno takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice defenses there by Johnson.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Puno has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Puno's head.
Puno lands a head shot.
Johnson slips a straight right by Puno.
Puno lands a nice shot that snaps Johnson's head back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Puno throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Puno throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A chopping leg kick lands by Puno.

Puno cracks Johnson with an uppercut from hell and Johnson crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Puno's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Puno wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Puno pushes down on Johnson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Puno tries to pass to full mount but Johnson defends it.
Puno is still trying to improve position.
LaTroy Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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!
Puno is trying to control the action in half guard but Johnson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Puno is working for a submission of some sort.
Puno is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Puno looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puno is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Puno is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Puno slips nicely into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Johnson is trying to stand.
Johnson is refusing to be controlled, as Puno sits in half guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Puno scores with a push kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Puno with a nice calf kick.
Johnson swings widly with a right hand
and Puno cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slapping leg kick lands for Puno.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeronimo Puno comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Puno 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeronimo Puno!
A relieved looking Jeronimo Puno thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.