PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scott Aldridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cervantes De Leon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Aldridge
vs
De Leon

180 cm
25
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Scott Aldridge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cervantes De Leon!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Leon clinches up with Aldridge and pushes him back against the cage.
Aldridge wants a takedown.
Aldridge tries to stall but De Leon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
De Leon with a knee to the head.

It looks like Scott Aldridge has been cut.
De Leon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
De Leon gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Aldridge.
Aldridge misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Leon trying to control the position but instead, Aldridge has worked for underhooks and has pushed De Leon into the cage.
De Leon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aldridge tries to stall but De Leon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
De Leon is pressed up against the cage. Aldridge has hold of a leg and is looking to drag De Leon down to the mat. De Leon avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Aldridge. That's going to take a lot out of him.

De Leon gets in close and instigates a clinch.
De Leon prevents a takedown attempt there.
De Leon looking to stall.

Aldridge tightens his grip and picks De Leon up, before dumping him to the ground. De Leon manages to land in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Leon wants to stand and escape but Aldridge is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aldridge thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Aldridge is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Aldridge working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
De Leon wants to get back to his feet but Aldridge is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Aldridge slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Aldridge scoring with some ground and pound.
Aldridge postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldridge is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aldridge's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Aldridge passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Aldridge scoring with punches from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aldridge landing a few strikes.
Aldridge lands a few punches from side control.
De Leon really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Aldridge. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Aldridge in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... De Leon is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Scott Aldridge!