PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aldo has chosen Rough Rida as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kim
vs
Aldo

183 cm
27
195 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

180 cm
34
185 lbs
17 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mikey Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jose Aldo!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kim tries a head kick but it misses.
A punch combination from Aldo misses.
Nice uppercut there from Kim.
Aldo misses with a body shot.
Aldo misses with a looping right.
Kim misses with a kick to the body.
Aldo throws a series of punches but Kim avoids them all with ease.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kim, right into the meat.
Aldo looks winded!
Kim will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Aldo has managed to clinch.
Kim lands a damaging elbow.
Kim blocks a body shot from Aldo.
Aldo misses with a punch on the inside.
Kim with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aldo.
Kim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Jose Aldo has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice elbow from Kim.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Aldo avoids the elbow strike from Kim, against the cage.
Kim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kim pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kim.
Kim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aldo is defending well for now.
Aldo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kim pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Aldo dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
Kim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Aldo blocks an elbow strike from Kim.
Nice elbow from Kim.
Aldo blocks the elbow strike.
Kim landing knees to the head.
Kim landing knees to the body.
Kim landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kim lands an elbow just above Aldo 's eye.
Kim lands a knee to the head.
Kim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kim throws an elbow that misses.
Kim lands an elbow that stopped Aldo in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
Kim lands a nice elbow.
Kim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Aldo avoids the elbow strike from Kim, against the cage.
Kim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Aldo avoids the elbow strike from Kim, against the cage.
Kim pushes off an throws an elbow but Aldo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Aldo misses with a punch to the body.
Kim lands a nice elbow.
Aldo managing to block the knees to the body from Kim.
Kim blocks an uppercut.
Aldo tries a body shot but Kim blocks it.
Kim landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kim pushes off an throws an elbow but Aldo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Aldo misses with some punches.
Kim using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kim throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Kim.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kim.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo struggles to land a body shot inside as Kim controls his hands.
Kim lands an elbow inside that Aldo shrugs off.
Kim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Aldo avoiding damage as Kim throws knees to the body.
Kim lands a damaging elbow.
Kim looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Aldo tries a body shot but Kim blocks it.
Kim lands an elbow that stopped Aldo in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kim obliges.
Aldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aldo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kim gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kim pushes off an throws an elbow but Aldo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Kim.
Kim utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee 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!
Aldo dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
Kim lands a knee to the body.
Kim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kim tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kim trying to land knees to the body.
Kim tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
Aldo misses with the head strike.
Aldo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Aldo misses with a punch on the inside.
Kim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kim throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aldo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kim lands a knee to the body.
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aldo avoiding damage as Kim throws knees to the body.
Kim lands a nice knee to the body.
Kim lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aldo throws a punch but it's blocked by Kim.
Kim missing with knees to the body.
Kim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Aldo's defenses.
Kim throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms.
Kim trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikey Kim dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jose Aldo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kim bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nice shot lands for Kim.
Kim feints and then cracks Aldo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Aldo down.

Kim clinches up with Aldo and pushes him back against the cage.
Aldo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kim.
Kim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aldo.
Kim lands a damaging elbow.
Aldo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kim.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kim just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aldo's brow.
Kim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kim lands a nice elbow.
Aldo is breathing heavily.
Aldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aldo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kim prevents a body shot from Aldo.
Kim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aldo dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
Aldo misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim misses with an elbow strike.
Kim pushes off an throws an elbow but Aldo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kim with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aldo working aggressively here.
Aldo swings wildly with an uppercut but Kim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aldo avoids it.
Kim lands a nice elbow.
Kim landing knees to the body.
Aldo has a couple of punches blocked by Kim.
Kim trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kim just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aldo's brow.
Kim lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Kim.
Kim lands a nice elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kim just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aldo's brow.
Aldo blocks an elbow strike.
Kim lands an elbow that stopped Aldo in his tracks for a moment.
Kim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Aldo's defenses.
Kim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aldo is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim blocks an uppercut.
Aldo takes an elbow to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kim lands a nice elbow.
Kim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aldo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kim lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kim.
Kim landing knees to the head.
Kim creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kim throws an elbow but it misses.
Kim landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aldo misses with some punches.
Aldo managing to block the knees to the body from Kim.
Aldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aldo tries to work over Kim's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kim throws an elbow but misses.
Kim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim lands an elbow just above Aldo 's eye.
Kim misses with an elbow strike.
Aldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aldo misses with some punches.
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but Aldo blocks with his arms.
Aldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kim looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aldo avoids it.
Aldo misses with a punch on the inside.
Kim utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kim throws an elbow but it misses.
Aldo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kim pushes off an throws an elbow but Aldo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Aldo throws a punch but it's blocked by Kim.
Kim creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Aldo's defenses.
Kim lands a damaging elbow.
Aldo misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kim looking to throw knees to the head but Aldo is blocking nicely.
Kim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Aldo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Aldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aldo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kim pushes off an throws an elbow but Aldo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Kim.
A short body shot lands from Aldo as the two fighters clinch.
Aldo blocks an elbow strike from Kim.
Kim lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kim throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kim lands an elbow inside that Aldo shrugs off.
Aldo misses with a punch on the inside.
Aldo throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kim just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aldo's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikey Kim dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jose Aldo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Kim lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kim connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Aldo throws a jab when Kim was well out of range.
Aldo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kim counters with a low kick, right behind Aldo 's knee.
Jose Aldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aldo throws the left hand but Kim avoids the punch easily.
Kim misses with a head kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Aldo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kim - the referee stops the clock and Aldo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kim. Aldo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Aldo lands a jab to Kim's midsection.
Kim pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aldo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Aldo blocks a low kick nicely.

Kim moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo has a couple of punches blocked by Kim.
Kim lands an elbow just above Aldo 's eye.
Kim lands a nice knee to the body.
Aldo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kim gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kim unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aldo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kim tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aldo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kim.
Kim tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
Aldo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kim looking to throw knees to the head but Aldo is blocking nicely.
Kim misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Aldo on the inside.
Mikey Kim has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Aldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aldo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kim creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Aldo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kim.
Kim blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Aldo fails to land.
Jose Aldo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim blocks an uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A knee to the head by Kim.
Aldo is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Aldo avoiding damage as Kim throws knees to the body.
Kim is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aldo can do to turn this around?
Kim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Aldo.
Aldo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kim or not.
Aldo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Aldo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kim backwards.
Kim blocks an uppercut.
Aldo avoids a wild elbow strike from Kim.
Nice body punch from Aldo - that landed with a thud.
Kim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kim lands a damaging elbow.
Kim lands a damaging elbow.
Aldo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aldo misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Aldo fails to land.
Aldo misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kim lands an elbow inside that Aldo shrugs off.
Kim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kim throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kim throws an elbow that misses.
Kim throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kim throws an elbow that misses.
Kim lands an elbow that stopped Aldo in his tracks for a moment.
Aldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aldo tries a body shot but Kim blocks it.
Kim pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Aldo avoids the elbow strike from Kim, against the cage.
Aldo misses with a punch to the body.
Aldo throws a punch but it's blocked by Kim.
Aldo throws a head punch that misses.
Aldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Aldo.
Kim comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Kim.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kim pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kim misses with a knee strike.
Aldo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Aldo.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kim throws an elbow but misses.
Aldo is leaning against Kim and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kim landing knees to the head.
Kim prevents a body shot from Aldo.
Aldo has a couple of punches blocked by Kim.
Aldo blocks an elbow strike.
Kim pushes off an throws an elbow but Aldo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kim misses with an elbow strike.
Aldo dodges an elbow strike from Kim.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kim.
Kim misses with an elbow over the top.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikey Kim showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kim has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Mikey Kim!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Mikey Kim!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Mikey Kim!

Mikey Kim wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Mikey Kim thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.