PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Fleece Johnson (ranked 17171 p4p, 24977 weight class) and Michael Scott (ranked 682 p4p, 643 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Johnson
vs
Scott

200 cm
38
185
34 - 17 - 0

180 cm
24
185
15 - 4 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Vegan Gains
Condemned

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fleece Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Scott!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Scott staying out of range there.
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.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Scott throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Johnson throws a hook but Scott blocks it.
Nice uppercut there from Scott.
Scott throws a nice inside leg kick.
Scott lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Johnson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Scott takes a step back to recover.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick from Scott.
As Scott tries to get set, Johnson tries to push him back and clinch up but Scott manages to avoid the attempt.
Johnson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Scott counter with a right hand.
Michael Scott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick from Scott.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body kick there by Johnson.
Good standup being displayed there by Scott as he connects with a hook.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Scott tries to land a body kick
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Scott throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson pushes Scott away with a front kick.
Scott connects with a solid leg kick.
Johnson punishes Scott's body with a nice straight punch.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Scott.
Scott lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Scott throws a low kick, looking for Johnson's leg but Johnson calmly moves out of range.
Scott connects with a high kick.
Scott connects with a right hand. Johnson shakes it off.
Johnson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Scott tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Scott.
Johnson throws a quick counter kick to the body but Scott avoids it.
Scott looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Scott.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scott lands with a thumping leg kick.
Johnson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A countering left hand to the body from Scott misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws an off balance right hand
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Scott misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Scott tries to land a front kick but Johnson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Scott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Scott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Scott.
Scott throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson tries to counter by clinching up but Scott breaks away and moves out of range.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Scott fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Scott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Johnson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Scott.
A swing and a miss from Scott.
Scott looks to land a body kick but Johnson moved away.

Johnson instigates a clinch.
Johnson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Scott dominated that round.
That's time! Johnson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Scott pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johnson is out of range and Scott settles back down.
Scott misses with a body kick.
Johnson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Scott.
Scott tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnson is able to avoid easily.
Johnson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Johnson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Scott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Scott misses with a looping right.
As Scott looks to move away, Johnson throws a big counter combo but Scott just gets out of the way.
Scott blocks a jab.

Johnson clinches up with Scott and pushes him back against the ropes.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Michael Scott has been cut.
Scott tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Scott takes an elbow to the forehead.
Our sources have told us that Johnson has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Scott lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Scott throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Scott leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Johnson lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson pushes Scott back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Scott breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Scott tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Scott lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Scott throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Scott.
Scott lands a slapping body shot.
Scott misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson lands a leg kick that knocks Scott off balance momentarily.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Scott fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Scott misses with a wild body shot.
Fleece Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Scott looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Scott misses with an uppercut
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scott lands a jab to Johnson's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Michael Scott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Scott tries to land a front kick but Johnson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Johnson with a hook.
Scott missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Scott stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Johnson.
A telegraphed right hand from Scott misses the target.
Scott tries to land a leg kick but Johnson saw it coming and moves away.
Scott defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Scott. Scott obviously looking to wear him down.
A head kick misses from Scott.

Johnson clinches up against the ropes.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from Scott, against the ropes.

Scott breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Scott throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johnson misses with a looping left.

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

That was a close second round but I would say that Fleece Johnson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Michael Scott's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Scott throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Scott takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Scott circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Scott is out of range.
Scott steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Scott.
Scott throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson tries to move into range but Scott moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Scott circles away.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Scott looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
As Scott tries to get set, Johnson tries to push him back and clinch up but Scott manages to avoid the attempt.
Scott throws a body shot but no joy.
Scott pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Johnson throws a big counter combination but Scott scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Scott slips the punch.
Scott loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Johnson is looking to counter punch.
Johnson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson half committed to a counter leg kick.
Scott misses with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Scott.
Johnson tries to counter by clinching up but Scott breaks away and moves out of range.
Scott tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Scott slips under a jab.
Johnson tries to clinch but Scott moves out of range.
Scott now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Scott scores with a jab to the body.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson with a knee to the head.
A short right from Johnson on the inside.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Scott throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson throws a combination. Scott tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Scott lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Scott.
Scott throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good work by Johnson as he checks the leg kick.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Scott.
An inside leg kick lands from Scott.
Scott throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Scott counters with a body kick that stops Johnson in his tracks momentarily.

Johnson clinches.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A left hand lands to the body for Scott.
Scott can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

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.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!