PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lester Neich (ranked 2859 p4p, 6156 weight class) and Uestus Johnston (ranked 277 p4p, 459 weight class). Johnston has chosen Clint Eastwood- Gorillaz as his entrance music. Uestus Johnston has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Neich
vs
Johnston

168 cm
20
145
9 - 5 - 0

180 cm
20
157
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lester Neich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Uestus Johnston!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnston throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Neich takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Neich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnston throws out the jab.
A lazy left from Johnston finds it's target.
Neich ducks right into an uppercut from Johnston.
Johnston slips a jab and a cross from Neich.
Neich misses with a body shot.
Johnston looks to throw the jab but Neich is out of range.
Johnston changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnston ducks under a wild hook from Neich.
Johnston throws out a loose jab but Neich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Neich cracks a nice hook into Johnston's ribs.
Johnston dodges the punch combination from Neich.
Johnston lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Johnston.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnston dodges the punch combination from Neich.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnston gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Neich misses with a hook
and Johnston counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Neich looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnston is just out of range.
Neich throws a looping overhand right but Johnston ducks down to avoid it.
Neich misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnston counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnston misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Neich fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Uestus Johnston has been cut.
Neich looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnston is just out of range.
Jab by Neich.
Neich looks to land a left hand but Johnston moved out of range nicely.
Neich swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Johnston counters with a nice body shot.
Neich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Neich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A big left from Neich misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neich throws a lazy right hand but Johnston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Johnston misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnston throws a series of punches but Neich avoids them all with ease.
Johnston paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Neich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnston.
Johnston lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Neich connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sloppy strikes from Johnston. Those never looked like landing.
Nice defenses there by Neich.
Neich throws a nice looking combination but Johnston bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnston dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnston throws a looping overhand right but Neich ducks down to avoid it.
Neich connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Neich connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Johnston's hands.
Neich lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Johnston at a distance.
Neich lands a jab to Johnston's midsection.
Neich throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnston.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neich throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnston makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Neich misses with a two punch combination.
Johnston is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Neich with a body shot.
Neich bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Johnston's head backwards.
Neich takes a swing at Johnston's ribcage but misses.
Johnston misses the jab.
Johnston loads up on a big right hand but Neich slips the punch.
A left and a right from Neich both land. Nice combination.
A big left from Neich misses.
Johnston works Neich's body with a nice hook.
Neich misses with a hook.
Johnston appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Johnston throws a series of punches but Neich avoids them all with ease.
Neich connects with a crisp jab.
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!
Johnston scores with a punch to the head.
Johnston misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neich lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
We've been informed that Johnston has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Johnston lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Neich misses with a body shot.
Neich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Neich was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Neich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnston lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Johnston closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Johnston slips a jab from Neich.
A big left from Johnston misses.
Neich throws a hook to the side of Johnston's head but Johnston sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnston is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Neich.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnston misses with a two punch combination.
Johnston bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Neich's head.
Johnston takes a swing at Neich's ribcage but misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Neich misses the target.
Neich swings for the body but Johnston moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lester Neich will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Uestus Johnston's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Neich misses with a body shot.
Johnston swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've been told by Neich's head coaches at Cope's Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Neich doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Neich misses with a straight left.
Neich loads up on a big right hand but Johnston slips the punch.
Johnston misses with a body shot.
Johnston pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Neich back to the ropes. Johnston follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Neich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Neich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnston moves away.
As Neich backs off Johnston throws a huge counter combo but Neich manages to avoid it all.
Johnston moves away from the strike by Neich.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnston fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Neich jabs at Johnston's body.
Johnston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Neich manages to avoid it.
It looked like Neich was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Johnston.
Neich moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnston avoids the body shot from Neich.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neich throws a body punch but Johnston moves out of range.
Johnston ducks under a wild hook from Neich.
Johnston ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnston drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnston tries to bum rush Neich with a series of wild strikes but Neich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnston lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Johnston misses with a double jab
and Neich counters with a straight right hand.
Neich looks to land a left hand but Johnston moved out of range nicely.
Johnston fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Neich's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Johnston connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Neich scrambles back to his feet.
Nice defenses there by Neich.
Johnston throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Neich scores with the left hand. Johnston knows he should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neich just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Neich. That snapped Johnston's head back.
Neich throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Johnston stumbling backwards into the ropes! Johnston bounces back off the ropes towards Neich, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Neich lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Neich celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lester Neich!