PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andres Aguinaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Son Goku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goku comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cha-La-Head-Cha-La kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aguinaldo
vs
Goku

190 cm
30
257 lbs
28 - 12 - 0

182 cm
28
235 lbs
23 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brute

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andres Aguinaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Son Goku!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goku lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Andres Aguinaldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aguinaldo avoids a kick to the body.
Aguinaldo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Goku connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Andres Aguinaldo has been cut.
Aguinaldo jabs Goku right on the nose. Goku blinks but takes it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aguinaldo. Goku does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aguinaldo swings for the body but Goku moves out of range.
Aguinaldo throws a right and a left that Goku avoids nicely.

Aguinaldo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Goku managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Aguinaldo.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Goku is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Aguinaldo has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aguinaldo in side control, throwing shots but Goku defends.

Aguinaldo goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Goku has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Aguinaldo but great work by Goku.

Goku decides to stand back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goku takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Goku moves in looking to clinch but Aguinaldo pushes him off.
Goku misses with a head kick.
Aguinaldo looks to land a combination but Goku avoids it well.
Goku looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Goku throws a head kick but Aguinaldo moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aguinaldo. Goku does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aguinaldo digs a good hook to Goku's body.

Aguinaldo 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.
Goku manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Aguinaldo manages to get himself to full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Aguinaldo holds on and takes a little breather.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Aguinaldo has his foot on Goku's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Goku works his way back into a safe position though.
Aguinaldo 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.

Aguinaldo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Goku defends it easily.

Aguinaldo has his foot on Goku's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Goku works his way back into a safe position though.
Goku trying to stand up but can't free himself from Aguinaldo's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Goku manages to get himself to full guard.
Aguinaldo wants to control from the top but Goku keeps moving.
Aguinaldo throws a big elbow that misses.
Aguinaldo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Goku's head.
Aguinaldo trying to control but Goku is working from the bottom.
Goku keeping full guard, as Aguinaldo tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguinaldo is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Aguinaldo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Goku keeping full guard, as Aguinaldo tries to pass.
Aguinaldo is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

We're going to have a standup here because Andres Aguinaldo wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Goku with a nice cross.
Goku uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aguinaldo.
Goku looks to land a combination but Aguinaldo avoids it well.
Goku throws a hook to the side of Aguinaldo's head but Aguinaldo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Goku swings for the body but Aguinaldo moves out of range.
Goku attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Aguinaldo misses with a hook.
A clash of legs there as Aguinaldo blocks the low kick.
Aguinaldo is looking to wear down Goku with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Goku jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Goku slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Aguinaldo gets a takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aguinaldo stops Goku from getting back to his feet.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Goku tries to roll over but Aguinaldo keeps him under control.
Nice strikes from Aguinaldo there.

Aguinaldo is working for a submission of some sort.
Aguinaldo thows a huge punch but Goku dodges it nicely.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Aguinaldo seems content to control.
Aguinaldo works his way into full mount!
Aguinaldo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Goku hang on?
Aguinaldo unloads with some shots from mount but Goku bucks and avoids them well.
Goku in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Goku is wriggling around trying to escape.
Goku in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aguinaldo postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Goku in real trouble here! The ref calls for Goku to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andres Aguinaldo!
After winning the bout, Andres Aguinaldo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.