PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Lucas Johnstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aroldis Puig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas Johnstone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johnstone
vs
Puig

167 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Oblivion Inc.

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lucas Johnstone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aroldis Puig!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Johnstone. Those never looked like landing.
Puig is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Johnstone with a body shot.
Puig pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johnstone is out of range and Puig settles back down.
Johnstone quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Puig digs a good body shot into Johnstone's ribs.
Puig takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A good leg kick by Johnstone.
Puig misses with a leg kick.
Johnstone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Puig manages to avoid it.
Johnstone misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puig attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Puig connects with a right hand. Johnstone shakes it off.
Johnstone pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puig is looking to slow Johnstone down with leg kicks.
Johnstone turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Puig scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Puig clinches up against the cage.
Puig misses with the head strike.
Johnstone throws a punch but it's blocked by Puig.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnstone.
A right hook to the body lands for Puig.
Puig misses with a body punch.
Johnstone looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Puig gets through Johnstone's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Puig.
Puig on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnstone tries to stall but Puig uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Puig blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Puig misses with a body punch.
Puig tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnstone avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puig tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnstone looking to throw knees to the head but Puig is blocking nicely.
Puig can't break the clinch.
Johnstone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Puig's elbow.

Puig breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick by Johnstone misses

and Puig holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Johnstone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Puig.
Johnstone swings wildly with an uppercut but Puig uses good head movement to avoid it.
Puig looking to throw knees to the head but Johnstone is blocking nicely.
Johnstone tries to work over Puig's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnstone looking to throw knees to the head but Puig is blocking nicely.
Johnstone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Puig makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johnstone can't find room to land a body shot as Puig controls the action.
Puig looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Johnstone misses with a body punch.
Puig blocks a body shot from Johnstone.
Johnstone blocks an elbow strike.
Puig lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnstone backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Puig.
Johnstone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Puig's efforts to push away.
Puig swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnstone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Puig tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnstone can't find room to land a body shot as Puig controls the action.
Puig throws a head punch that misses.
Johnstone tries a body shot but Puig blocks it.
Johnstone misses with some punches.
Puig lands with a light punch inside.
Johnstone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johnstone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johnstone tries to work over Puig's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from Puig.
Johnstone looking to throw knees to the head but Puig is blocking nicely.
Johnstone misses with a punch to the body.
Puig trying to control the position but instead, Johnstone has worked for underhooks and has pushed Puig into the cage.
Johnstone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puig working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnstone can't find room to land a body shot as Puig controls the action.

Puig pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Puig rushes Johnstone and presses him up against the cage.
Johnstone tries to land knees in the clinch but Puig avoids the damage to the body.
Puig working aggressively here.
Puig wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnstone won't allow it.
Puig misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnstone.
Johnstone takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puig lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnstone backwards.
Puig misses with a hook from the clinch.
Puig swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnstone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnstone lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnstone is looking to control Puig's arms but Puig gets an underhook and turns him. Now Johnstone has his back to the cage.
Johnstone scores with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Johnstone as Puig tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Johnstone has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Puig.
Puig throws a front kick aimed at Johnstone's knee but Johnstone avoids it well.
Johnstone throwing a counter right hand but Puig manages to avoid it.
Johnstone looks to land a right hand but Puig moved out of range.
Puig only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Johnstone misses with a jab, cross combination.
Puig ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Johnstone looks to score with a jab to the body but Puig is just out of range.
Puig steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnstone looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Puig wants to slow Johnstone down by chopping away at his legs.
Johnstone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puig.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnstone digs a good body shot into Puig's ribs.
Johnstone blocks a low kick nicely.
Puig tries a low kick but Johnstone avoids it.
Johnstone jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Johnstone looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Puig has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Puig tries a low kick but Johnstone avoids it.
Puig throws a low kick but Johnstone moves out of range easily.
Johnstone throwing a counter right hand but Puig manages to avoid it.
Johnstone thows a body kick. Puig tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Puig moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnstone works on Puig's body with a couple of short punches.
Johnstone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Puig avoids it.
Johnstone misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone tries to land knees in the clinch but Puig avoids the damage to the body.

Puig breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Puig misses with a body shot.
Johnstone tries to clinch but Puig is having none of it.
Johnstone throws a head kick but Puig moves out of range.
Johnstone is looking to land body kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Johnstone.
Puig takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Aroldis Puig has been cut.
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!
Johnstone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Puig throws a low kick, looking for Johnstone's leg but Johnstone calmly moves out of range.
Johnstone looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone blocks a leg kick.
Puig connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Johnstone's hands.
Johnstone connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Puig momentarily.

Johnstone has Puig up against the cage in a clinch.

Johnstone manages to break the clinch.
Puig misses with a hook
and Johnstone counters with a low kick, right behind Puig 's knee.
Puig misses with a low kick.
Puig keeps the fight on the outside.
Puig scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnstone doesn't seem bothered though.
Johnstone throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Puig is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Johnstone with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone throws a lazy body kick
and Puig counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnstone looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Johnstone throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnstone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sloppy strikes from Puig. Those never looked like landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnstone throws a lazy head kick
and Puig cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lucas Johnstone is winning the standup battle so far.
Puig misses with a low kick.
Johnstone throwing a counter right hand but Puig manages to avoid it.
Puig throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Johnstone dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aroldis Puig's cut.
That's time! Johnstone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Johnstone connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good work by Johnstone as he checks the leg kick.
Johnstone thows a leg kick but Puig checks it
and Puig counters with a two punch combo.
Johnstone swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Puig counters with a left and a right that stings Johnstone.
Puig swinging wildly here.
Johnstone attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Puig was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puig throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Johnstone on the side of the head.
Puig slips under a jab.
Johnstone looks to score with a jab to the body but Puig is just out of range.
As Johnstone backs off Puig throws a huge counter combo but Johnstone manages to avoid it all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Johnstone.
Puig tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Johnstone tries to land a front kick but Puig steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Johnstone shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Johnstone throws a lazy uppercut
and Puig counters with a right hand to the body.
Puig throws a leg kick that misses.
Johnstone was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Puig throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Puig lands with a shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Puig. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Puig.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puig takes a kick to the side of the head.
Johnstone shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Johnstone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Puig.
Despite the aggression on Puig's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Puig 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 Johnstone has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnstone and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnstone checks a leg kick.
Puig throws a half hearted mid kick.
Johnstone was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Puig throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Aroldis Puig seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnstone misses with a left hand
and Puig counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puig moves out of range as Johnstone throws a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puig throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnstone throws a counter high kick but Puig was just alert enough to avoid it.
Johnstone is looking to clinch.
Johnstone explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Puig tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Puig misses with a low kick.
Puig moves out of range as Johnstone throws a body kick.
Johnstone checks a leg kick nicely.
Puig throws a push kick but Johnstone slaps the foot to one side.
Johnstone motions for Puig to come forward. Johnstone throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puig scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Johnstone pushes Puig up against the cage in a clinch.
Puig tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnstone's elbow.
Johnstone managing to block the knees to the body from Puig.
Good body shot from Puig.
Puig takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Puig is trying to force a seperation but Johnstone has the dominant position.
Johnstone tries a knee to the head but Puig blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Johnstone fails to land.
Johnstone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnstone misses with a punch to the body.
Johnstone throws a punch but it's blocked by Puig.
Puig manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Puig managing to block the knees to the body from Johnstone.
Johnstone misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnstone misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aroldis Puig comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Puig 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 28:29

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