PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bruised Rib Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saint John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aldo comes to the cage accompanied by "Do You Really Wanna Hurt Me" by Culture Club. Saint John is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Rib Aldo
vs
John

170 cm
18
153 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 17 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

GREEN!160

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruised Rib Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Saint John!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Aldo moves into the clinch.
John is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Aldo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning John up against the cage.
Aldo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Aldo lands an uppercut.
Aldo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Aldo stalling the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Aldo.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo lands an uppercut.
Aldo effectively controlling the action here.
Nice body punch from Aldo - that landed with a thud.
John is trying to maintain a safe position but Aldo gets an underhook and turns John into the cage.
Aldo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of John backwards.
Aldo lands a left hand that snaps the head of John backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Aldo.
A short right from Aldo.
John should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Aldo lands on the inside with an uppercut.

John is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo pushes John against the cage. Aldo is working some dirty boxing. Aldo pushes off with a quick right hook! John goes down! John tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Aldo moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruised Rib Aldo!
After winning the bout, Bruised Rib Aldo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.