PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roderick Seterra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Seterra's choice of entrance music: Faint. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aldo
vs
Seterra

182 cm
21
190 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

183 cm
28
190 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

King of Fists

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anderson Aldo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roderick Seterra!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Seterra. Seterra obviously looking to wear him down.
Seterra feints and then cracks Aldo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Aldo down.
Aldo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aldo. Seterra does a little dance to reset his feet.
Despite the aggression on Seterra's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Aldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Seterra circles away.
Seterra misses with a series of wild punches.
Aldo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Aldo is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Seterra jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aldo misses with the combination.
Seterra appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Anderson Aldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seterra slips under a jab from Aldo.
A good leg kick by Seterra.
Aldo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Aldo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo just misses with a punch to the body.
Aldo takes a swing at Seterra's ribcage but misses.
Good work by Seterra as he checks the leg kick.
Aldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seterra is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Seterra throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aldo is looking to counter punch.
Seterra misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aldo just misses with a punch to the body.
Seterra is looking for the big counter here.
Seterra keeps Aldo at a distance using the push kick.
Seterra scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Seterra throws a head kick that misses.
Aldo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hellfire Antechamber in the buildup to the fight.
Seterra misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Aldo is looking to counter punch.
Aldo throws the left hand but Seterra avoids the punch easily.
Aldo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seterra's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Aldo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Seterra scrambles back to his feet.
Aldo misses with a looping right.
Aldo scores with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big right from Aldo misses.
Aldo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aldo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aldo misses with a body shot.
Seterra throws out a counter right but Aldo avoids it with no problem.
Aldo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aldo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Aldo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Roderick Seterra has been cut.
Seterra throws a right and a left that both miss.
Seterra throws a series of punches but Aldo moves out of range.
Seterra lands a high kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Aldo has Seterra up against the ropes in a clinch.

Seterra pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Seterra.

Aldo moves into range and clinches up with Seterra.

Seterra pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Seterra throws a quick inside leg kick.
Seterra swinging wildly here.
Aldo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Seterra. Seterra obviously looking to wear him down.
Aldo missing with a left hand there. Seterra was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Seterra misses with a low kick as Aldo jumps back.
A chopping leg kick lands by Seterra.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo misses with a two punch combination.

Aldo forces Seterra back against the ropes and clinches.
Seterra wants to break free but Aldo has control.
Aldo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aldo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Seterra's efforts to push away.
Aldo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Seterra avoids the damage to the body.
Aldo leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Aldo has a couple of punches blocked by Seterra.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Seterra.
Aldo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Seterra or not.
A hook to the body from Aldo.
Seterra is trying to push Aldo away but Aldo has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Anderson Aldo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roderick Seterra's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Good leg kick by Seterra there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Seterra throws a leg kick which misses Aldo's front leg but catches the back leg as Aldo tries to avoid it.
Seterra ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Aldo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Aldo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Aldo lands the left hand.
Roderick Seterra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aldo lands with a good body shot.
Seterra throws a predictable looking body shot
and Aldo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Seterra rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aldo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Aldo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aldo cracks a nice hook into Seterra's ribs.
Aldo with a nice cross.
Anderson Aldo is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seterra scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Aldo lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo lands a right hook to the body.
Aldo with a hook.
A jab from Aldo misses.
Seterra slips a jab and a cross from Aldo.
An inside leg kick from Seterra misses.
Seterra misses with a double jab
and Aldo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aldo misses with a wild body shot.
Seterra slips a jab from Aldo.
Aldo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Seterra uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Aldo.
Seterra lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Seterra gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Aldo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo avoids a kick to the body.
Seterra connects with a solid leg kick.
Seterra throws a sloppy head kick and Aldo moves out of range easily.
Seterra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aldo throws a head kick but Seterra moves out of range.
Seterra changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Seterra keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Seterra.
Seterra lets loose with a powerful body kick. Aldo will feel that in the morning.
Aldo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Seterra on the side of the head.
and Aldo counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Seterra! He's just covering up as Aldo starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anderson Aldo!
Anderson Aldo retains his middleweight title!