PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Justice Johnston (ranked 2550 p4p, 2798 weight class) and Aled Lloyd (ranked 300 p4p, 316 weight class). Lloyd is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rock You Like a Hurricane (2011). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnston
vs
Lloyd

182 cm
19
176
2 - 1 - 0

179 cm
20
170
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conquest Nutrition™ (160Q) $48

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Justice Johnston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aled Lloyd!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, John Mangel and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnston moves into range and clinches up with Lloyd.
Johnston misses with some punches.
Lloyd is trying to push Johnston away but Johnston has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Lloyd's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnston has Lloyd pushed against the cage.
Lloyd's coach down at Gold Samurai's Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Lloyd's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Johnston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to Johnston's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnston.
Johnston lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lloyd has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnston swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Lloyd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnston throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lloyd connects with a crisp jab.
Lloyd loads up on a big right hand but Johnston slips the punch.
Lloyd throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Johnston on the side of the head.
Lloyd uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lloyd lands with a hook. Johnston tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lloyd misses with an uppercut
and Johnston counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnston walks into a stiff left hand from Lloyd.
Lloyd misses with an uppercut
and Johnston counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lloyd tests Johnston's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lloyd connects with a looping right hand.

Johnston has managed to clinch.

Lloyd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Johnston closes the distance and pushes Lloyd back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnston lands a nice uppercut.
Johnston lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lloyd wants to break free but Johnston has control.
Lloyd blocks an uppercut.
Lloyd being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnston lands with a short shot to the head.

Lloyd manages to break the clinch.
Aled Lloyd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnston doesn't manage to clinch there - Lloyd circles away.
Johnston steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lloyd.
Lloyd throws a hook to the side of Johnston's head but Johnston sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnston uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lloyd.
Johnston throwing a counter right hand but Lloyd manages to avoid it.

Johnston gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Lloyd manages to break the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Lloyd.
Lloyd connects with a looping right hand.
Johnston uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lloyd.
Johnston takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd lands an overhand right.
Johnston defending well as Lloyd loads up on a big left hand.
Johnston scores with a decent looking hook.
Johnston pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lloyd might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lloyd throws a jab when Johnston was well out of range.

Johnston closes the distance and clinches.
Johnston keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lloyd's efforts to push away.
Johnston misses with some punches.
Johnston is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Johnston lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Johnston misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lloyd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lloyd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd wants to break free but Johnston has control.
Lloyd is trying to break the clinch but Johnston has him pressed against the cage.
Johnston lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnston makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lloyd is trying to break the clinch but Johnston has him pressed against the cage.
Johnston lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lloyd working hard to break the clinch.
Lloyd blocking some punches.
Lloyd working hard to break the clinch.
Johnston throws a punch but it's blocked by Lloyd.
Johnston fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnston working aggressively here.

Lloyd breaks the clinch.
Johnston steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lloyd.
Johnston slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lloyd throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Justice Johnston dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Johnston moves into the clinch successfully.
Lloyd tries to circle away but Johnston has him pinned against the cage.
Justice Johnston has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Johnston leaning his opponent against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Johnston - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lloyd wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnston won't allow it.
Johnston has Lloyd pushed against the cage.
Johnston misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnston has a couple of punches blocked by Lloyd.
Johnston misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Johnston fails to land.
Johnston gets through Lloyd's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Johnston misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnston swings wildly with an uppercut but Lloyd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnston tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnston pushes Lloyd back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnston misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnston is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lloyd can do to turn this around?
Lloyd is trying to break the clinch but Johnston has him pressed against the cage.
Johnston lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Lloyd's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lloyd blocking some punches.
Johnston lands a hook that snaps the head of Lloyd backwards.
Lloyd wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnston scores with a shoulder strike.
Johnston misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnston.
Johnston keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lloyd's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnston.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnston working aggressively here.
Johnston misses with the head strike.
Lloyd can't break the clinch.
Johnston stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lloyd tries to break free but Johnston pushes him back against the cage.
Lloyd blocking some punches.
Johnston throws a head punch that misses.
Johnston stalling the fight.
Lloyd is trying to push Johnston away but Johnston has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice left hand lands by Johnston.
Johnston lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnston makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johnston throws a punch but it's blocked by Lloyd.
Johnston manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd tries to break the clinch but Johnston is controlling the position.
Lloyd wants to break free but Johnston has control.
A short right from Johnston.
Lloyd blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Johnston fails to land.
Johnston lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Lloyd breaks the clinch.

Johnston fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lloyd, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnston has Lloyd pushed against the cage.
Johnston lands a hook to the side of the head.

Lloyd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnston tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lloyd counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Johnston shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lloyd throws a right hand that misses
letting Johnston counter with a right hand.
Johnston looks to land a right hand but Lloyd moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Lloyd on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lloyd swings widly with a right hand
and Johnston counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnston steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lloyd.
Johnston half committed to a counter leg kick.
Johnston lands with an overhand left.

It looks like Aled Lloyd has been cut.
Johnston moves away from the strike by Lloyd.
Johnston moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnston misses with a hook.
Johnston cracks a nice hook into Lloyd's ribs.
Lloyd misses with an uppercut
and Johnston counters with a stiff right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Justice Johnston dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aled Lloyd'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. This is the final round!

Lloyd misses with an uppercut.
Lloyd misses with a straight right.

Johnston instigates a clinch.
Lloyd wants to break free but Johnston has control.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lloyd.
Johnston throws a punch but it's blocked by Lloyd.
Johnston misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lloyd wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnston won't allow it.
Johnston misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Johnston fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Lloyd's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnston misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnston.

Lloyd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A left lands for Lloyd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lloyd scores with a jab to the head.
Johnston scores with a three punch combo!
Lloyd comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Johnston lands a really nice looking cross but Lloyd seems unphased.
Aled Lloyd seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lloyd drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A cross from Lloyd lands.
Lloyd scores with a nice head shot.
Johnston throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnston swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Johnston has managed to clinch.

Lloyd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lloyd fails to land with a series of punches.

Johnston gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnston is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lloyd is keeping busy.
Johnston throws a punch but it's blocked by Lloyd.
Johnston throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lloyds head.
Lloyd is trying to break the clinch but Johnston is controlling him.

Lloyd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lloyd throws a shot from downtown. Johnston moves away and avoids it.
A punch lands to the side of Johnston 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lloyd walks into a stiff left hand from Johnston.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lloyd.
Lloyd throws a looping overhand right but Johnston ducks down to avoid it.
Johnston connects with a single shot there.
Lloyd bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Johnston's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnston closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lloyd wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lloyd.
Johnston misses with some punches.
Johnston working aggressively here.
Johnston keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lloyd's efforts to push away.
Johnston misses with some punches.
Justice Johnston is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lloyd wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnston has him pressed against the cage.
Johnston throws a punch but it's blocked by Lloyd.
Lloyd working hard to break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnston.
Lloyd is trying to break the clinch but Johnston is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnston throws a head punch that misses.
Lloyd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johnston keeps control of Lloyd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnston softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lloyd.
Lloyd can't break the clinch.
Lloyd is trying to break free.
Lloyd is trying to break the clinch but Johnston has him pressed against the cage.
Lloyd is trying to break the clinch but Johnston has him pressed against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Justice Johnston showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johnston, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justice Johnston!
Justice Johnston made sure to mention his sponsor, Black Lab Clothing in his post fight interview.