PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Evil Ryu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ryu
vs
Aldo

175 cm
29
148 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

170 cm
26
155 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Evil Ryu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jose Aldo!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo throws a sloppy head kick and Ryu moves out of range easily.
Aldo is looking to score with low kicks.
Ryu throws a nice head kick!
Aldo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ryu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ryu cracks Aldo with a good jab.
Aldo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Ryu has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Capoeira Academia in the buildup to the fight.
Good leg kick by Aldo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Aldo looks to land a body kick but Ryu moved away.
Aldo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Ryu clinches with his opponent.
Ryu using the Thai clinch to land knees 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!
Ryu lands a nice elbow.
Ryu lands a nice elbow.
Ryu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Aldo's defenses.

It looks like Jose Aldo has been cut.

Ryu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ryu throws out a powerful jab.
Aldo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Ryu has Aldo up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ryu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ryu misses with a head kick.

Ryu moves into the clinch successfully.

Ryu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Ryu has managed to clinch.
Ryu lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Aldo.
Ryu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aldo's face.

Ryu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Aldo tries to keep at a distance but Ryu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Aldo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ryu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right hook to the body lands for Ryu.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ryu presses Aldo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ryu lands an elbow that stopped Aldo in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ryu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aldo looks winded!
Ryu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ryu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Ryu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Ryu drives through and clinches with Aldo against the cage.

Ryu breaks from the clinch.

Ryu moves into the clinch.
Ryu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ryu crunches a lovely knee into Aldo's ribcage.

Ryu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Ryu has managed to clinch.
Ryu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ryu lands an elbow inside that Aldo shrugs off.
Ryu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Aldo takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Ryu.

Ryu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Ryu gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Ryu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Ryu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ryu lands a body shot.
Ryu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Ryu breaks from the clinch.
Aldo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Ryu drives through and clinches with Aldo against the cage.
Ryu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aldo's face.
Ryu lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ryu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ryu scores with a shoulder strike.
Ryu lands a good knee to the midsection. Aldo won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryu scores with a hook to the body.
Ryu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ryu lands an elbow just above Aldo 's eye.

Ryu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Ryu closes the distance and pushes Aldo back into the cage.
Nice body punch from Ryu - that landed with a thud.
Ryu lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ryu.
Ryu landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Ryu breaks the clinch.
Ryu lands with a kick to the ribs.

Ryu has closed the distance and engaged Aldo in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ryu lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice elbow from Ryu.

Ryu manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evil Ryu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jose Aldo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ryu darts in and clinches Aldo up against the cage.
Ryu lands a knee to the body.
Ryu lands with a light punch inside.
Ryu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ryu lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Ryu.
Aldo wants to stall.

Ryu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aldo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Ryu rushes Aldo and presses him up against the cage.
Evil Ryu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ryu landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aldo takes an elbow to the temple.

Ryu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jose Aldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ryu lands a jab to the nose.

Ryu clinches.
Aldo is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Aldo is trying to maintain a safe position but Ryu gets an underhook and turns Aldo into the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ryu lands a knee to the body.
Ryu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ryu is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ryu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Aldo is rocked!
Aldo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Aldo is still on wobbly legs! Can Ryu finish him?
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ryu obliges.
Ryu connects with a knee to the head.
Ryu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ryu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ryu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Aldo or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ryu lands an elbow that stopped Aldo in his tracks for a moment.
Ryu crunches a lovely knee into Aldo's ribcage.
Ryu has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Aldo - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Ryu, and another! Aldo is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Evil Ryu!
Evil Ryu spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.