PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Aldo Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aldo Jr comes to the cage accompanied by Dream On. Jose Aldo Jr has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Aldo Jr
vs
Brandao

172 cm
27
145 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
153 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Hardcore Nutrition

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jose Aldo Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Brandao!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandao lands a head shot.

Aldo Jr drives through and clinches with Brandao against the cage.
Aldo Jr putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brandao in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Aldo Jr with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aldo Jr tries to land a knee to the head but Brandao blocks with his arms.
Aldo Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brandao avoids it.
Aldo Jr is trying to break the clinch but Brandao has him pressed against the cage.

Aldo Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aldo Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brandao throws a jab when Aldo Jr was well out of range.
Aldo Jr is looking to score with low kicks.
Aldo Jr looks to throw the jab but Brandao is out of range.
Brandao misses with a body shot.
Brandao is looking to clinch but Aldo Jr is avoiding it.
Brandao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Aldo Jr.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aldo Jr looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brandao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Aldo Jr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao lands the left hand.
Brandao with a jab.
Brandao fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Aldo Jr tries to clinch up.
Brandao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brandao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aldo Jr.
Aldo Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brandao lands a body shot.
Brandao scores with a nice right hand.
Brandao scores with a nice strike.
Brandao throws a lazy right hand but Aldo Jr sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brandao throws a series of punches but Aldo Jr avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandao just misses with a punch to the body.
Brandao lands a nice looking body shot.
Brandao misses the shot to the body.
Brandao connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Aldo Jr momentarily.
Aldo Jr takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Brandao lands a nice shot that snaps Aldo Jr's head back.
Brandao is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Aldo Jr had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Brandao misses with an uppercut

so Aldo Jr counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Brandao looking for a guillotine here but Aldo Jr defends easily.

Brandao is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Aldo Jr frees his head nicely. Oh but Brandao has switched to an armbar! Aldo Jr is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Diego Brandao!