PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scott Aldridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sun Jian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Aldridge
vs
Jian

180 cm
25
194 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Atlantis

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 4 - 1 - 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sun Jian!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldridge is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jian sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Aldridge pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jian lands with a straight right. Aldridge didn't see that one coming.
Aldridge throws the left hand but Jian avoids the punch easily.
Aldridge fails with the takedown.
Jian misses with a hook. Aldridge ducked under it nicely.
Aldridge misses with a lunging right hand
and Jian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jian checks the leg kick nicely there.
Aldridge throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Aldridge looks to score with a jab to the body but Jian is just out of range.
Aldridge darts in looking for a takedown but Jian gets double underhooks and turns Aldridge into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Aldridge. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aldridge is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Aldridge breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jian jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jian avoids the head kick by Aldridge.
Jian listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Aldridge slips a straight right by Jian.
Aldridge swings widly with a right hand
enabling Jian to counter with a crisp jab.

Aldridge looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Jian avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Aldridge.
Aldridge is trying to control the action in half guard but Jian is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jian is trying to control but can't.
Aldridge throwing shots but Jian is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jian blocking the ground and pound attempt from Aldridge.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aldridge is trying to control the action in half guard but Jian is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Aldridge tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jian knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jian wants to improve his position but Aldridge is controlling well.
Aldridge content to control rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Scott Aldridge has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Jian misses with a straight right.

Aldridge closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Aldridge lands in his opponent's guard.
Aldridge throwing strikes from guard but Jian blocks nicely.
Aldridge throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aldridge loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jian 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 throws a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Aldridge accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
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.
Jian avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Aldridge is working Jian over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Aldridge is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Jian is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Jian has escaped and now he's on top!

Aldridge has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jian can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Aldridge dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Aldridge throws a big shot that misses.
Jian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Aldridge.
Jian takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Aldridge throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aldridge throws a quick inside leg kick.
Aldridge misses with a hook
and Jian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice uppercut lands for Jian. That snapped Aldridge's head back.
Jian scores with a jab.
Aldridge tries for a takedown but Jian sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jian throws a lazy uppercut

and Aldridge counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aldridge trying to control the action but Jian is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jian is holding on to half guard well.
Aldridge thows a huge punch but Jian dodges it nicely.
Aldridge wants to control but Jian is keeping him busy.
Aldridge works his foot free and advances to mount.
Aldridge landing strikes from the mount and Jian is in trouble!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jian can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jian avoids a series of strikes thrown by Aldridge.
Aldridge tries to control but Jian wriggling away.
Aldridge is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Aldridge raining down hammerfists from mount.
Aldridge lands with some strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Aldridge has control of Jian's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jian regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Aldridge lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldridge can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jian is looking to escape.

Aldridge has control of Jian's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jian regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Aldridge lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldridge breaks from Jian's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Aldridge has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Aldridge lands with some strikes.
Aldridge lands a big shot there that rocks Jian but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
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!
The referee warns Jian that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Jian is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aldridge connects with a bit shot that sees Jian covering up! More strikes from Aldridge and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Aldridge is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scott Aldridge!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Scott Aldridge waved his t-shirt featuring Atlantis's logo in front of the cameras.