PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between flappy jr Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

jr Johnson
vs
Aldo

190 cm
24
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

187 cm
20
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, flappy jr Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Aldo!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo is looking to slow Johnson down with leg kicks.
Johnson moves out of range of the leg kick from Aldo.
Aldo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Aldo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
Johnson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aldo.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Aldo moves out of range.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson lands an overhand right.
Aldo misses with a low kick.
Aldo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick from Aldo.
Aldo misses with a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Aldo tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Aldo tries to land a front kick but Johnson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Aldo tries to clinch up.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aldo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Johnson swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johnson is out of range and Aldo settles back down.
An inside leg kick lands from Aldo.
Aldo lands with a slapping head kick.
Aldo misses with a low kick.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Aldo tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Aldo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Aldo throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Crunch! Aldo slams his shin into Johnson's torso.
Aldo slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Nice body kick from Aldo.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson checks the leg kick.
Aldo throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Aldo avoids them all with ease.
Aldo tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Aldo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
Aldo thuds his shin into the meat of Johnson's side.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Aldo moves out of range.
Aldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Aldo misses with a head kick.
Aldo tried to score with a low kick but Johnson checks it.
A head kick from Aldo lands but Johnson takes it in his stride.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Johnson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Aldo has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
Johnson wants a takedown but no success here.
Aldo lands a knee to the head.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Aldo holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo lands a nice knee to the body.
Aldo slows down the pace here.
Aldo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Aldo is struggling to control the position.
Johnson is working for takedown but Aldo is calmly controlling the position for now.
Johnson is working for takedown but Aldo is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for flappy jr Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Aldo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Johnson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Aldo manages to get underhooks.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Aldo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Aldo landing knees to the body.
Aldo lands a nice knee to the body.
Aldo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aldo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aldo is pushing Johnson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Aldo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Aldo lands a knee to the body.
Aldo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Aldo breaks from the clinch.
Aldo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aldo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Aldo.
Johnson tries to bum rush Aldo with a series of wild strikes but Aldo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Aldo throws a solid leg kick but Johnson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Aldo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aldo throws a nice head kick!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Johnson checks a leg kick.
Aldo avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Aldo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Aldo scores with a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Johnson checks a leg kick.
Aldo misses with a body kick.
Aldo connects with an inside leg kick.
Aldo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Aldo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Aldo.
Johnson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Aldo.
Aldo tries to land a leg kick but Johnson saw it coming and moves away.
Aldo dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson tries to bum rush Aldo with a series of wild strikes but Aldo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aldo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
flappy jr Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That kick from Aldo tenderised Johnson's leg. Johnson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Aldo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson lands a body shot.
Aldo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A head kick from Aldo lands but Johnson takes it in his stride.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Aldo tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Aldo needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aldo misses with a head kick.
Aldo tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Aldo pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Aldo avoids it well.
Aldo scores with a nice body kick.
Jose Aldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aldo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
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!
Johnson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aldo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Aldo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aldo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Aldo is looking to slow Johnson down with leg kicks.
Johnson throws a right hand that Aldo ducks under and follows up with a left that Aldo also avoids with ease.
A chopping leg kick lands by Aldo.
Aldo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Aldo has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
Johnson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Aldo landing knees to the head.
Johnson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Aldo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Aldo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Aldo.
Johnson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Aldo prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for flappy jr Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Aldo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Aldo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Aldo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Aldo scores a nice knee to the body.
Johnson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Aldo missing with knees to the body.
Aldo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aldo landing knees to the body.
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!
Aldo working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Aldo stalls.

Aldo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aldo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo throws a head kick that Johnson semi-blocks.
Aldo tries a head kick but it misses.
Aldo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Good work by Johnson as he checks the leg kick.
Aldo scoring well with a low kick there.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Aldo can pounce on him.
Aldo 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.
Aldo tries a head kick but it misses.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aldo.
Aldo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Aldo moves out of range.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Aldo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Aldo throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Aldo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Aldo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
A leg kick checked by Johnson.
Aldo scores with a kick to the body.
Jose Aldo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Aldo moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aldo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.

Aldo is fighting off a takedown attempt but Johnson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Aldo to the mat. Aldo regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Aldo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Johnson drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Aldo manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Johnson has Aldo in his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo trying to stand up but can't free himself from Johnson's guard.
Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Johnson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Johnson trying to work for an americana but Aldo has managed to regain full guard.
Aldo keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Aldo keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo pulls Johnson in to control the position.
Aldo keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Johnson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Aldo's guard.
Johnson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Johnson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Johnson wants to take a breather but Aldo is having none of it.
Johnson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
flappy jr Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aldo slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson looking to pass the guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
flappy jr Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Aldo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 26:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 26:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Aldo!