PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spencer Oswell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jose Aldo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Aldo
vs
Oswell

170 cm
19
150 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

172 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 - 4 - 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, Spencer Oswell!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo has his takedown stuffed
and Oswell counters with a straight right hand.
Aldo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Aldo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Aldo misses with a straight right.
Aldo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Oswell finds it's way round the side to connect with Aldo's head.
Aldo misses with a two punch combination.
Aldo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Oswell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oswell scores with a nice strike.
Oswell keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Oswell scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oswell misses with a double jab.
Aldo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oswell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aldo circles away quickly and effectively.
Oswell scores with a hook to the body. Aldo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Aldo dives in and grabs Oswell's left leg, looking for a takedown. Oswell pushes down on Aldo's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Aldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aldo lands a high kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jose Aldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aldo tries to clinch there but Oswell circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Aldo.

Aldo pushes Oswell up against the cage in a clinch.
Oswell gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Aldo.
Oswell is leaning against Aldo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Aldo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Aldo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aldo throws a head punch that misses.
Aldo throws a head punch that misses.
Oswell stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo has Oswell pressed against the cage, preventing Oswell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Oswell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aldo is looking to break free of the clinch but Oswell has double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Oswell.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Aldo takes a shot to the head.
Oswell keeps control of Aldo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aldo lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aldo is looking to break free of the clinch but Oswell has double underhooks.
Come on Oswell - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Aldo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Aldo tries a body shot but Oswell blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Aldo wants to break the clinch but can't.

Oswell breaks from the clinch.
Aldo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Oswell circles away quickly and effectively.
Aldo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oswell misses with a double jab.
Oswell lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Aldo backs up against the cage.
Oswell misses with the combination.
Oswell looks to land a combination. Aldo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Aldo misses with a two punch combination.
Aldo tries to clinch but Oswell moves out of range.
Aldo shoots in for a takedown but Oswell shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Aldo misses with a double jab
enabling Oswell to counter with a crisp jab.
Aldo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oswell misses with a few strikes there.
Aldo misses with an uppercut.
Oswell takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Oswell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Jose Aldo has been cut.
Oswell on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Oswell throws a shot to the body.
Oswell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Aldo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aldo is breathing heavily.
Oswell throws a nice looking combination but Aldo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Aldo misses with a double jab
and Oswell counters with a right hand to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Aldo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aldo thows a body kick. Oswell tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Aldo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oswell misses with a series of wild punches.
Aldo throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spencer Oswell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jose Aldo'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.

Aldo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Aldo moves in looking to clinch but Oswell pushes him off.
Oswell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aldo wants to clinch.
Aldo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Aldo shoots for a takedown but Oswell saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Aldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aldo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Aldo tries to clinch
and Oswell counters with a nice uppercut.
Oswell misses with a two punch combination.
Oswell throws a one two combo.
Aldo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Aldo is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aldo misses with a straight left.
Oh Aldo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oswell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Aldo seems to have got his legs back now.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Aldo. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oswell checks the leg kick.
Oswell scores with a shot to the body.
Oswell lands a nice shot to the body.
A combination from Oswell does no damage.
Aldo misses with a two punch combination.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Oswell keeps it at a distance.
Aldo throws a right hand that misses
and Oswell counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Oswell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oswell misses with a series of wild punches.
Oswell throws a nice looking combination but Aldo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A right-left combo lands from Aldo.
Oswell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spencer Oswell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Aldo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo throws a right hand that Oswell ducks under and follows up with a left that Oswell also avoids with ease.
Aldo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Oswell as he jumps to the side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oswell lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oswell.
Aldo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Aldo misses with a few strikes there.
Oswell is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Aldo rather than just go for the knockout.
Oswell checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Oswell throws a one two combo.
Oswell throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Aldo on the side of the head.
Oswell misses with a double jab.
Jose Aldo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oswell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Aldo. Those never looked like landing.
Aldo thows a leg kick but Oswell checks it
and Oswell counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oswell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oswell avoids a kick to the body.
Aldo misses with a few strikes there.
Aldo shoots in for a takedown but Oswell shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Aldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oswell throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oswell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Aldo tries to bum rush Oswell with a series of wild strikes but Oswell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Aldo dodges the punch combination from Oswell.
Oswell lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Oswell looks to land a combination. Aldo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Oswell misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Oswell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oswell moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oswell scores with a shot to the body.
Aldo wants to clinch but Oswell slips to the side
and Oswell counters with a series of strikes. Aldo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Aldo thows a body shot but no joy.
Oswell's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Oswell duly obliges.
Aldo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Oswell sprawls well. Oswell wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Aldo gets slowly back to his feet.
Aldo closes the distance but Oswell moves to the side
and Oswell counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice takedown defense from Oswell. No joy for Aldo on that attempt.
Aldo misses with a looping right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oswell lands a nice looking body shot.
Oswell misses with a two punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Aldo. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spencer Oswell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jose Aldo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Aldo misses with a low kick.
Oswell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Aldo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Oswell defends it nicely.
Oswell displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Aldo.
The fighters circle momentarily. Oswell darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Aldo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Oooooh!!! Oswell has knocked Aldo down with a huge combo! Oswell steps away and waves a wobbly Aldo back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aldo is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oswell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aldo circles away quickly and effectively.
Aldo throws a series of strikes that have Oswell backpedaling.
Oswell lands with a nice body punch.
Oswell ducks under a wild hook from Aldo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Oswell! Aldo is backing up but he can't get away as Oswell lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Aldo and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Spencer Oswell!
A victorious Spencer Oswell thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.