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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Akeem Mignott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akeem Mignott has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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145 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Akeem Mignott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jose Aldo!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo misses with a wild combination.
Mignott throws a head kick but Aldo moves out of range.
Aldo blocks a head kick by Mignott.
Aldo tries to clinch up but Mignott circles away and keeps his distance.
Aldo is looking to clinch.
Mignott wants to clinch.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mignott swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mignott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mignott looks for a takedown but Aldo sprawls well.
Mignott fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Aldo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo is looking to clinch but Mignott is avoiding it.
Aldo tries to clinch up
and Mignott counters with a leg kick.
Mignott clinches with his opponent.
Aldo is pressed up against the cage. Mignott has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Aldo down to the mat. Aldo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mignott circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aldo pushes Mignott up against the cage in a clinch.
Aldo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mignott pulls guard successfully.
Mignott keeping moving, preventing Aldo from controlling successfully.
Mignott keeping full guard, as Aldo tries to pass.
Mignott on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mignott tries to get out of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo keeps trying to improve his position.
Mignott striking off his back but it's not causing Aldo any problems.
Mignott is pulling down on Aldo's head to control his posture.
Mignott had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Aldo defends it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mignott lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Aldo!
Aldo looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mignott controlling the pace for now.
Mignott landing punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Mignott working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mignott controlling from mount.
Aldo can't escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mignott looking to finish Aldo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Aldo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akeem Mignott dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mignott fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mignott shoots in for a takedown but Aldo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mignott throws a right and a left that Aldo avoids nicely.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mignott paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aldo gets tackled into the cage by Mignott. Mignott maintains the clinch.
Aldo prevents a body shot from Mignott.
Mignott is trying to stall.
Mignott is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Aldo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akeem Mignott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mignott has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Aldo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A frustrated look appears on Aldo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Mignott is controlling him.
Mignott is trying to pull guard but Aldo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Aldo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Aldo is trying to stall.
Aldo crunches a lovely knee into Mignott's ribcage.
Mignott is trying to break free.
Aldo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Aldo trying to stall but Mignott improves his position.
Aldo lands a nice knee to the body.
Aldo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Aldo wants to break free but Mignott has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aldo rushes Mignott and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Aldo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Aldo landing knees to the head.
Aldo lands a knee to the head.
Aldo is looking to control Mignott's arms but Mignott gets an underhook and turns him. Now Aldo has his back to the cage.
Aldo seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Aldo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mignott tries to clinch but Aldo is having none of it.
Aldo tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo moves in looking to clinch but Mignott pushes him off.
Mignott is looking to clinch.
Aldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mignott circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aldo wants to clinch.
Aldo stuffs the takedown.
Aldo's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Aldo duly obliges.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Mignott keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mignott circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mignott counters with a nice kick to the body.
Akeem Mignott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mignott goes for a double leg but Aldo avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Aldo continues to drive forward.
Aldo lands a damaging elbow.
Aldo is trying to push Mignott away but Mignott has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Aldo tries to break the clinch but Mignott is controlling the position.
Mignott is trying to push Aldo away but Aldo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Aldo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Mignott keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Aldo's efforts to push away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aldo trying to stall but Mignott improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Aldo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Mignott swats away the attempt to clinch by Aldo.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Mignott keeps it at a distance.
Aldo tries to clinch up.
Aldo lands with a kick to the temple. Mignott shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mignott misses with a takedown attempt - Aldo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Aldo has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mignott swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aldo throws a head kick that Mignott semi-blocks.
Aldo throws a head kick that misses
and Mignott counters by moving into the clinch.
Aldo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mignott is looking for a takedown.
A frustrated look appears on Aldo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mignott is trying to push Aldo away but Aldo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Aldo trying to land knees to the body.
Mignott looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akeem Mignott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mignott jumps guard and drags Aldo to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Mignott has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Aldo has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Aldo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Aldo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mignott.
Mignott on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aldo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aldo scores a nice knee to the body.
Mignott drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mignott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mignott tries to land a leg kick but Aldo saw it coming and moves away.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mignott paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aldo tries to clinch up.
Aldo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Aldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mignott swats away the attempt to clinch by Aldo.
Aldo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mignott is defended easily by Aldo.
Aldo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mignott manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Aldo clinches up against the cage.
Aldo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Aldo is looking to break free of the clinch but Mignott has double underhooks.
Mignott is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Aldo lands a nice uppercut.
Mignott tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Aldo smiles and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo has Mignott up against the cage in a clinch.
Aldo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Aldo trying to control the position but instead, Mignott has worked for underhooks and has pushed Aldo into the cage.
Mignott just leaning against Aldo, taking a breather.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mignott looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mignott is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Aldo is defending well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Aldo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Aldo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Aldo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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