PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aldo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Run this town-rihhana. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gonzalez
vs
Aldo

183 cm
25
148 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

170 cm
20
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Aldo!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo moves out of range of the strikes.
Gonzalez throws a sloppy head kick
and Aldo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gonzalez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gonzalez throws a head kick that misses

and Aldo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gonzalez's guard.

Gonzalez throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Aldo escapes and throws Gonzalez's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Gonzalez is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Aldo is controlling him well.
Gonzalez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Aldo is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Gonzalez will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aldo has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Aldo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez trying desperately to get to his feet.
Gonzalez wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Gonzalez rolls, trying to escape but Aldo keeps control of the position.
Gonzalez looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Aldo is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Gonzalez has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Aldo has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Gonzalez taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Aldo doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jose Aldo!
A pretty intense looking Jose Aldo took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.