PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Pinto Nobre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pinto Nobre has chosen Disturbed - The Night as his entrance music. The key to victory for Antonio Aldo has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Aldo
vs
Pinto Nobre

180 cm
24
153 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

185 cm
19
150 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Miguel Pinto Nobre!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pinto Nobre shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Pinto Nobre was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Aldo can't escape the position.

Pinto Nobre goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Aldo is on top in guard.

Pinto Nobre had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Aldo defends it easily.
Pinto Nobre keeping moving, preventing Aldo from controlling successfully.
Pinto Nobre is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Aldo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Aldo scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pinto Nobre throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Pinto Nobre working for a triangle but Aldo defends it easily.

Pinto Nobre looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Aldo throwing strikes from guard but Pinto Nobre blocks nicely.
Pinto Nobre keeping moving, preventing Aldo from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pinto Nobre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Aldo.

Pinto Nobre working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Aldo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Aldo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Pinto Nobre is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Aldo defends well.
Pinto Nobre looks gassed!
Aldo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Aldo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Aldo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pinto Nobre is keeping the position for now.
Pinto Nobre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Aldo.
Aldo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Aldo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Aldo trying to control the position from guard on top but Pinto Nobre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aldo throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Aldo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Aldo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Aldo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Aldo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pinto Nobre down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Aldo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Pinto Nobre avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Aldo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Miguel Pinto Nobre will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pinto Nobre tries to score a power double leg takedown but Aldo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Pinto Nobre somewhat.
A nice combination there by Aldo.
Pinto Nobre has a takedown stuffed.

Aldo closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Pinto Nobre to the mat! Pinto Nobre manages to get full guard.
Aldo pushes down on Pinto Nobre's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Aldo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aldo trying to control from half guard but Pinto Nobre is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo is looking to stall here but Pinto Nobre recovers full guard.

Aldo is sitting in close to Pinto Nobre's body. Pinto Nobre has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Aldo is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Aldo is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Pinto Nobre.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Miguel Pinto Nobre!