PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Roxas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roxas kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Are You Ready?. The crowd seem to be enjoying Aldo's choice of entrance music: Till I Collapse. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Roxas
vs
Aldo

178 cm
26
217 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

200 cm
25
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

White Gorilla Nutrition
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White Gorilla Nutrition

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Roxas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Aldo!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch but Roxas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roxas fails with the takedown

and Aldo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Roxas is trying to drag Aldo to the mat but Aldo just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Aldo trying to land knees to the body.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Roxas avoids the damage to the body.
Aldo crunches a lovely knee into Roxas's ribcage.
Aldo prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Roxas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aldo with a knee to the head.

It looks like Sean Roxas has been cut.
Aldo landing knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roxas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Aldo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Roxas is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roxas avoids it.
Aldo crunches a lovely knee into Roxas's ribcage.
Aldo crunches a lovely knee into Roxas's ribcage.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Roxas avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aldo obliges.
Aldo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Aldo missing with knees to the body.
Aldo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aldo misses with some punches.
Aldo landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Aldo.
Aldo lands a knee to the body.
Aldo lands a knee to the body.
Aldo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roxas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aldo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Roxas's face.
Aldo lands a knee to the body.
Aldo working Roxas over with knees to the body.
Aldo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Aldo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Aldo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Aldo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Roxas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Aldo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aldo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roxas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Aldo.
A knee to the head by Aldo.
Aldo lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Aldo.
Roxas takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aldo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Roxas tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Aldo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aldo lands a nice knee to the body.
Aldo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Roxas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Aldo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aldo crunches a lovely knee into Roxas's ribcage.
Aldo scores a nice knee to the body.
Aldo lands a knee to the head.
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 Sean Roxas's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Aldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roxas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aldo wants to clinch.
Aldo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Aldo instigates a clinch.
Aldo with a knee to the head.
Roxas is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Aldo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Roxas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Aldo lands a good knee to the midsection. Roxas won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Roxas takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo lands a knee to the head.
Aldo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roxas is defending well for now.
Aldo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Roxas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Aldo landing knees to the head.
Roxas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Roxas managing to block the knees to the body from Aldo.
Knees in the clinch landing for Aldo.
A knee to the head by Aldo.
Aldo lands a knee to the body.
Aldo lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo connects with a knee to the head.
Aldo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Roxas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Aldo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roxas is defending well for now.
Aldo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Roxas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Roxas 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roxas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aldo lands a knee to the body.
Roxas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Aldo connects with a knee to the head.
Aldo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo working Roxas over with knees to the body.
Aldo trying to land knees to the body.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Roxas avoids the damage to the body.
Aldo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Aldo lands a knee to the body.
Aldo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Roxas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the head but Roxas blocks with his arms.
Aldo trying to land knees to the body.
Roxas has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Aldo after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Roxas. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Roxas managing to block the knees to the body from Aldo.
Aldo connects with a knee to the head.
Aldo is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Aldo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Aldo scores with a knee to the head.
Roxas managing to block the knees to the body from Aldo.
Aldo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roxas drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Aldo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
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.
The cut man is working on Sean Roxas's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Aldo tries to clinch up but Roxas circles away and keeps his distance.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roxas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aldo moves in looking to clinch but Roxas pushes him off.
Aldo tries to clinch but Roxas moves out of range.
Roxas shoots in and drives through. Aldo sprawls well.
Roxas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roxas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Roxas keeps it at a distance.
Roxas swats away the attempt to clinch by Aldo.

Roxas shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Aldo napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Aldo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Aldo wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Aldo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Aldo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roxas 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.
Aldo is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Aldo taking a bit of punishment here - Roxas scoring with strikes.
Aldo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Check out the look on Roxas's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roxas lands a decent elbow from side control.
Roxas has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Aldo!
A nice elbow there by Roxas.

Aldo is rocked!
Roxas loads up with a big shot that hurts Aldo! He's pulled Roxas in close but Roxas has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Aldo survive? More strikes from Roxas and Aldo is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Sean Roxas!
After the fight, Sean Roxas was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.