PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mamed Khalidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khalidov has chosen Eto Kavkaz as his entrance music. Mamed Khalidov looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Aldo
vs
Khalidov

180 cm
25
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
181 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jose Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mamed Khalidov!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo jabs Khalidov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Aldo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Khalidov shoots in for a takedown but Aldo shows good takedown defense.
Aldo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Aldo misses with a two punch combination.
Aldo tries to clinch but Khalidov is having none of it.
Aldo misses with a double jab.
Aldo misses with a double jab.
Aldo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Khalidov shoots in but no luck this time.
Khalidov looks gassed!
Aldo lands with a nice combination. Khalidov backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Mamed Khalidov has been cut.
Aldo scores with a jab to the head.
Khalidov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Aldo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aldo slaps away a takedown attempt from Khalidov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jose Aldo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mamed Khalidov.
Khalidov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aldo digs a good body shot into Khalidov's ribs.
Aldo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khalidov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo looks to land a combination but Khalidov avoids it well.
Aldo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Khalidov backs up against the cage.
Aldo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khalidov circles away quickly and effectively.
Aldo misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Aldo misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Aldo!
Aldo throws a series of punches but Khalidov avoids them all with ease.
Aldo is working the combinations to good effect here.
Aldo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khalidov stuffs the takedown.
Aldo misses with a wild combination.
Khalidov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Aldo.
Khalidov shoots in for a double leg but Aldo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Aldo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Aldo feints a jab promting Khalidov to slip. Aldo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Khalidov slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Khalidov shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Aldo manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
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!
Khalidov is stalling in the full guard.

Khalidov decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Aldo does no damage.
Aldo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Aldo is looking to wear down Khalidov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Khalidov tries to sprawl but Aldo drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Khalidov can do anything to dispel that myth.
Khalidov is pressing down on Aldo's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Khalidov tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Khalidov trying to control the position here.
Aldo prevents Khalidov from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo preventing the sweep.
Aldo throwing strikes from guard but Khalidov blocks nicely.
Khalidov is trying to control the position but Aldo postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Mamed Khalidov.
Khalidov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Aldo.
Aldo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Khalidov takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Aldo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mamed Khalidov's cut.
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.

Horrible takedown by Khalidov or perhaps it was just good defense by Aldo which made him look bad.
Aldo feints a jab promting Khalidov to slip. Aldo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Khalidov slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A left and a right from Aldo both land. Nice combination.
Jose Aldo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aldo keeps the fight on the outside.
Khalidov moves forwards but Aldo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Khalidov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Khalidov dodges the punch combination from Aldo.
Aldo lands a jab-cross combination.
Aldo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Aldo.
Khalidov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khalidov shoots in and drives through. Aldo sprawls well.
Jose Aldo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mamed Khalidov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidov shoots in but Aldo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Aldo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khalidov.
The crowd cheers as Aldo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Khalidov doesn't seem phased though.
Aldo works over Khalidov's head and body with a nice combination.
Aldo misses with the combination.
Aldo lands with an uppercut that bounces Khalidov off the cage and back into range.
Aldo's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Aldo duly obliges.
Jose Aldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice combination there by Aldo.
Aldo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Khalidov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Khalidov closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Khalidov is looking to advance position but Aldo won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khalidov decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Aldo jabs Khalidov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jose Aldo is winning the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khalidov throws a sloppy head kick and Aldo moves out of range easily.
Sloppy strikes from Aldo. Those never looked like landing.
Khalidov shoots in looking for a takedown but Aldo manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Khalidov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Khalidov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Aldo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Some wild striking there from Aldo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Khalidov darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Khalidov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Aldo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Khalidov looking for a submission but Aldo manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Khalidov gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Khalidov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Aldo looks to land a combination. Khalidov sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Aldo misses with a few strikes there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khalidov.
Aldo fails with an attempt to clinch.

Khalidov shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Khalidov showed some decent athleticism there.
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!
Khalidov is controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mamed Khalidov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mamed Khalidov's cut.
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 tries to bum rush Khalidov with a series of wild strikes but Khalidov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Aldo throws a right and a left that Khalidov avoids nicely.
Aldo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Aldo fails to land with a series of punches.
Khalidov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Khalidov misses with a takedown attempt - Aldo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Aldo punishes Khalidov's body with a nice straight punch.

Khalidov shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Khalidov is stalling here. Aldo is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Khalidov seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Aldo has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aldo has hold of Khalidov's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Khalidov seems comfortable defending it but Aldo has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Khalidov is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Khalidov is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Aldo couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jose Aldo!