PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Jorge Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kano Cunningham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorge Aldo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Aldo
vs
Cunningham

185 cm
20
160 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

174 cm
26
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kano Cunningham !
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo throws a low kick but Cunningham avoids it.
Aldo tries to land a leg kick but Cunningham saw it coming and moves away.
Aldo feints and then cracks Cunningham 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cunningham down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cunningham .
Cunningham moves out of range of the body kick from Aldo.
Cunningham checks a low kick from Aldo.
Aldo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cunningham .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aldo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cunningham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And Aldo counters with a quick kick to the body but Cunningham blocks it.
Cunningham throws a low kick but it's checked well by Aldo.

Aldo clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cunningham wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cunningham is trying to force a seperation but Aldo has the dominant position.
Aldo managing to block the knees to the body from Cunningham .
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Cunningham avoids the damage to the body.
Aldo is pushing Cunningham up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Aldo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aldo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aldo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cunningham looks winded!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aldo obliges.
Aldo looking to throw knees to the head but Cunningham is blocking nicely.
Cunningham avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Aldo lands a knee to the head.
Aldo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cunningham blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aldo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cunningham is defending well for now.
Aldo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aldo landing knees to the head.

It looks like Kano Cunningham has been cut.
Aldo lands a knee to the body.
Cunningham tries to circle away but Aldo has him pinned against the ropes.
Aldo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cunningham 's face.
Aldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aldo leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Aldo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cunningham in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cunningham takes a knee to the side of the body.
Aldo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aldo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cunningham blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo landing knees to the body.
Aldo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cunningham blocks it with crossed arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cunningham avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Aldo scores a nice knee to the body.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the head but Cunningham blocks with his arms.
Aldo crunches a lovely knee into Cunningham 's ribcage.
Aldo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cunningham tries to break free but Aldo pushes him back against the ropes.
Aldo connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Aldo.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Cunningham avoids the damage to the body.
We've been informed that Cunningham has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Aldo trying to land knees to the body.
Aldo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cunningham .
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Aldo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo slows down the pace here.
Aldo seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aldo lands a good knee to the midsection. Cunningham won't want to take too many of those.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cunningham avoids it.
Cunningham letting Aldo take a breather here.
Aldo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Aldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aldo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cunningham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Aldo controlling the action here for a moment.
Aldo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Aldo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kano Cunningham 's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cunningham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cunningham lands a two punch combo.
Cunningham takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cunningham on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Aldo. Aldo obviously looking to wear him down.
Aldo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cunningham blocks a low kick nicely.
Cunningham doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Aldo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cunningham throws a jab when Aldo was well out of range.
It appears Aldo was looking to counter with a kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cunningham thows a body kick. Aldo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Aldo dodges the punch combination from Cunningham .
Aldo fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cunningham just manages to avoid it.
Aldo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Aldo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Aldo rushes Cunningham and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the head but Cunningham blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham tries to land knees in the clinch but Aldo avoids the damage to the body.
Aldo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cunningham blocks it with crossed arms.
Cunningham takes a knee to the side of the body.
Aldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cunningham avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Cunningham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aldo is defending well for now.

Aldo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kano Cunningham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cunningham lands a head kick. Aldo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Aldo is looking to land body kicks.
Aldo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cunningham is looking for the big counter here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aldo throws a leg kick but Cunningham sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cunningham misses with a wild body shot.
Aldo jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo scores with a kick to the body.
Cunningham is breathing heavily.

Aldo pushes Cunningham up against the ropes in a clinch.
Aldo working Cunningham over with knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aldo obliges.

Aldo breaks the clinch.
Aldo throws a leg kick but Cunningham moved away.
Aldo is looking to land body kicks.
Aldo avoids the head kick by Cunningham .
Jorge Aldo is winning the standup battle so far.
Aldo misses with a body kick.
Aldo looks for the body kick but Cunningham saw that one coming.
Cunningham throws a fast counter high kick but Aldo manages to duck under it in time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aldo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Aldo is looking to counter with a body kick.
Aldo throws a leg kick that misses.
Cunningham throws a combination. Aldo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Aldo misses with a kick to the body.
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!
Aldo scores with a nice body kick.
Aldo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cunningham misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cunningham avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Aldo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cunningham checks it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Aldo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kano Cunningham 's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Aldo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cunningham . Aldo shrugs it off though.
Cunningham goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Aldo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cunningham 's sensitive parts.
A head kick misses from Aldo.
Aldo throws a nice head kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aldo lands with a kick to the temple. Cunningham shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Aldo forces Cunningham back against the ropes and clinches.
Aldo with a knee to the head.

Cunningham is rocked!
Knees in the clinch landing for Aldo.
Cunningham is still on wobbly legs! Can Aldo finish him?
Cunningham takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo creates a bit of space and fires a knee right up the middle, almost lifting Cunningham off his feet and sending him crashing to the canvas! Cunningham is trying to get back to his feet but his equilibrium is completely gone! The referee has called it off! This fight is over! Aldo is jumping up and down like a mad man, celebrating with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Jorge Aldo!
After winning the bout, Jorge Aldo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.