PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patricio Freire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freire has chosen Havoc as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Aldo
vs
Freire

175 cm
19
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
155 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patricio Freire!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Freire darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Freire is trying to control the action in half guard but Aldo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Freire throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Freire is just content to waste time from the top position. Aldo takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Freire has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Freire with a flurry of punches that miss.
Freire controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Freire stands up from Aldo's guard - Freire perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freire gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Aldo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Aldo moves in looking to clinch but Freire pushes him off.
Freire gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Aldo to counter with a crisp jab.
Freire tries to score a power double leg takedown but Aldo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Freire somewhat.
Jose Aldo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patricio Freire.
Freire closes the distance and clinches up with Aldo, looking for a takedown. Freire pushes Aldo against the cage but Aldo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Freire moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Aldo tries to clinch there but Freire circles away.
Aldo takes a swing at Freire's ribcage but misses.

Freire looking to score a takedown here. Aldo is defending well but Freire drives through and ends up in Aldo's guard.
Freire throws a big right hand that misses.
Freire pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Aldo is keeping the position for now.
Freire trying to control but Aldo is working from the bottom.
Freire is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freire's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Patricio Freire wasn't active enough on the ground.
Freire is trying hard to land a takedown here. Aldo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Aldo moves in looking to clinch but Freire pushes him off.

Aldo clinches up with Freire and pushes him back against the cage.

Aldo breaks the clinch.
Freire with a poor takedown
and Aldo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aldo tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Freire paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Freire feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Freire trying to control but Aldo is working from the bottom.
Freire looking to sit in guard and control but Aldo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Freire is trying to keep Aldo in close.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Freire is proving hard to escape from.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patricio Freire dominated that round.
That's time! Aldo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Aldo lands with a nice body punch.

Aldo rushes Freire and presses him up against the cage.
Aldo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Freire pulls his leg out and moves away.
Aldo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Freire throws out the jab.
Aldo looks to score with a jab to the body but Freire is just out of range.
Aldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aldo just misses with a punch to the body.
Aldo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Freire manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freire shoots in but no luck this time.
Jose Aldo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aldo tries to clinch

and Freire counters with a shoot takedown. Aldo fights it but they end up in guard.
Freire slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Freire trying to control the position from guard on top but Aldo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Freire is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Freire is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Patricio Freire wasn't active enough on the ground.
Freire fails with a takedown attempt.
Freire shoots in for a takedown but Aldo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jose Aldo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patricio Freire.
Freire shoots in for a double leg but Aldo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Freire is trying hard to land a takedown here. Aldo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Aldo closes the distance and clinches.

Aldo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Aldo has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Freire gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Aldo wants a takedown but no success here.

Aldo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Freire is defended easily by Aldo.
Aldo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Aldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Freire circles away.

Freire darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freire is looking to advance position but Aldo won't allow it.
Aldo pushes Freire off looking to stand but Freire dives back in and keeps control.
Freire wants to control but Aldo is keeping him busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Freire misses with a head shot. Aldo uses the momentum to regain guard.
Freire throws a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patricio Freire showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Aldo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Aldo looks to clinch

and Freire counters with a single leg into guard. Aldo didn't expect that.
Freire won't allow Aldo to get back to his feet.
Freire throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Aldo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Freire gets to his feet - Aldo follows without any prompting.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Freire keeps it at a distance.
Aldo looks to land a combination but Freire avoids it well.

Freire tries to keep at a distance but Aldo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Aldo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Freire is defending well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aldo is looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo wants to get back to striking at distance but Freire won't allow it.
Freire wants to take the fight to the mat but Aldo manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Freire tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Aldo smiles and moves away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Freire.
Jose Aldo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patricio Freire.
Freire drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Freire gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Aldo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Freire thinking.
Freire takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo moves in looking to clinch but Freire pushes him off.
Freire closes the distance and clinches up with Aldo, looking for a takedown. Freire pushes Aldo against the cage but Aldo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Freire shoots in but no luck this time.
Aldo takes a swing at Freire's ribcage but misses.

Aldo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Aldo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Freire gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Freire jumps guard and drags Aldo to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Aldo wants to get up but he can't break Freire's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Aldo postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Freire trying to keep a closed guard but Aldo is proving a slippery customer.

Freire is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Patricio Freire has got the better of the ground game so far.
Freire looking for a sweep. Not yet Freire, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Freire is proving hard to escape from.
Freire trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Freire is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Freire pulls Aldo in close to his closed guard and prevents Aldo from doing any damage or advancing position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aldo is looking to stand up but Freire won't let him.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Patricio Freire.
I've got Freire winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patricio Freire!
Patricio Freire decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.