PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Aldo
vs
Sanchez

180 cm
22
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo throws a series of punches but Sanchez avoids them all with ease.
Sanchez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Aldo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Aldo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Aldo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sanchez backs up against the cage.
Aldo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Aldo misses with a few strikes there.
Aldo tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sanchez takes a swing at Aldo's ribcage but misses.
Aldo throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Aldo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Aldo is breathing heavily.
Aldo looks to land a combination but Sanchez avoids it well.
Antonio Aldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Aldo is just out of range.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Sanchez.
Sanchez lands an elbow.
Sanchez working the ground and pound from side control.

Sanchez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Aldo has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sanchez creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Aldo sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Aldo is rocked!
Aldo avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sanchez.

Sanchez thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aldo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Aldo wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The strikes coming from Sanchez are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Aldo takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Sanchez thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Aldo is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sanchez connects with a decent elbow.
Sanchez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Sanchez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Aldo has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sanchez working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sanchez tries to move into full mount but can't pass Aldo's legs.
Sanchez looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Aldo is avoiding damage well.
Sanchez sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Aldo is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sanchez throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Sanchez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Aldo is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sanchez avoids a punch combination nicely.

Sanchez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Aldo sprawls well initially but Sanchez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sanchez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Sanchez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Sanchez is trying to work for a kimura but Aldo is defending well.
Aldo is trying to stand up here but Sanchez is controlling him well.
Nice strikes from Sanchez there.
Aldo tries to kick Sanchez off but Sanchez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sanchez thows a huge punch but Aldo dodges it nicely.
Sanchez working over Aldo with some ground and pound. Aldo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sanchez wants to control but Aldo is keeping him busy.
Aldo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanchez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Aldo looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sanchez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sanchez is nestled in close to Aldo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Aldo is in trouble now - Sanchez has advanced to mount!
BOOM! Sanchez connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Sanchez looking to secure an arm triangle but Aldo defends it well.
Sanchez unloading with bombs!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aldo is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Sanchez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sanchez with shots to the head and body - Aldo looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Sanchez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Aldo misses with a double jab.
Sanchez swings for the body but Aldo moves out of range.
Aldo throws a body kick that misses.
Aldo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Sanchez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Sanchez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sanchez frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
A nice elbow there by Sanchez.
Sanchez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanchez is landing with some decent strikes but Aldo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Juan Sanchez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanchez lands a heavy elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez lands with some strikes.
Sanchez looking to finish Aldo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Aldo!
Aldo is trying to stand.

Sanchez has control of Aldo's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Aldo regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Sanchez raining down shots from the mount!
Sanchez dominating with strikes here.
Sanchez with the ground and pound from mount.
BOOM! Sanchez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sanchez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sanchez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Aldo is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Sanchez unloading with bombs!
Sanchez cracks Aldo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Aldo is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Sanchez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Aldo hang on?
Sanchez is landing with some decent strikes but Aldo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sanchez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Aldo is squirming around, avoiding Sanchez's attempts to control the action.

Aldo is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Sanchez locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Aldo is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Juan Sanchez!