PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Jim Leen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leen comes to the ring accompanied by Marine Corps Hymn. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Leen
vs
Johnson

186 cm
18
181 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Leen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Adam Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Leen moved out of range.
Johnson throws a poor cross that misses
and Leen counters with a low kick, right behind Johnson 's knee.
An inside leg kick lands from Leen.
Johnson throws a body punch but Leen moves out of range.
Johnson thuds a left hand into Leen's body.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leen was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
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.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Leen throws a body kick that misses.
Leen cracks the inside of Johnson's front leg.
Leen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Johnson's head.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leen.
And Leen counters with a quick kick to the body but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses
and Leen counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johnson lands a really nice looking cross but Leen seems unphased.
Leen throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Leen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leen cracks the inside of Johnson's front leg.
Leen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leen manages to avoid it.
Leen slips under a jab.
Leen throws a counter high kick but Johnson was just alert enough to avoid it.
Johnson scores with a jab.
Johnson throws the left hand but Leen avoids the punch easily.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Leen moved out of range nicely.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
It appears Leen was looking to counter with a kick there.
Leen lands with a nice body kick.
Johnson takes a swing at Leen's ribcage but misses.
Leen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Johnson will feel that in the morning.
Leen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Leen thows a body kick. Johnson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Leen ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Leen looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Leen delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson swings for the body but Leen moves out of range.
Leen throws a front kick that sends Johnson stumbling back into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leen.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Leen's head but Leen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Leen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Leen tried to counter with a leg kick but Johnson avoided it.
Johnson misses with a hook.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Leen scores with a kick to the body.
Leen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leen moves forwards but Johnson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Leen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leen.
Leen throws a head kick that Johnson semi-blocks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jim Leen will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Leen lands with a kick to the ribs.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leen looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Leen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Leen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Leen, right into the meat.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Leen.
Johnson lands with a shot to the body.
Leen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Johnson will feel that in the morning.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Leen moved out of range nicely.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Johnson takes a step back to recover.
Leen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Leen ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Leen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leen feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Leen lands a front kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leen connects with an inside leg kick.
Leen slips a straight right by Johnson.
Leen moves away from the strike by Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Johnson avoids a kick to the body.
Johnson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Leen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Leen scoring well with a low kick there.
Leen throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Johnson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnson.
Leen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Leen is just out of range.
Leen misses with a body kick.
Leen thows a body kick. Johnson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Leen slips under a jab.
Johnson blocks the body kick.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Leen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Johnson throws a jab when Leen was well out of range.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Johnson cracks a nice hook into Leen's ribs.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Leen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Leen lands a high kick!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Leen.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Leen.
Johnson swings for the body but Leen moves out of range.
A jab from Johnson misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson lands a lovely overhand right.
Leen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Leen throws a front kick that sends Johnson stumbling back into the ropes.
Leen misses with a body kick.
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 Jim Leen will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!

Leen fakes the leg kick and cracks Johnson in the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Leen - that will leave a mark!
A big left from Johnson misses.
Johnson misses with a hook to the body
and Leen counters with an outside leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Leen!
Johnson connects with a jab.
Johnson lands a body shot.
Johnson throws a sloppy body shot
and Leen counters with an inside leg kick.
Jim Leen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Leen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Johnson throws a hook but Leen blocks it.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Leen is looking to land body kicks.
Leen throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
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!
Leen moves out of range of the strikes.
Leen looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Johnson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Leen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Leen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jim Leen is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Leen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Leen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Leen, right into the meat.
Johnson throws a body punch but Leen moves out of range.
Leen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Leen staying out of range there.
An inside leg kick lands from Leen.
Leen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Johnson tests Leen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Leen.
Leen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Leen. Johnson shrugs it off though.
Leen throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Leen.
Leen slips under a jab from Johnson.
An inside leg kick lands from Leen.
Johnson throws a hook but Leen avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Leen.
Leen is looking to slow Johnson down with leg kicks.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Leen.
Leen moves away from the strike by Johnson.
Johnson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Leen.
Leen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Leen.
Adam Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Leen.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Leen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Leen 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Leen!
A very excited looking Jim Leen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.