PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Michael Aalto (ranked 2018 p4p, 1387 weight class) and Paulo Roberto (ranked 165 p4p, 126 weight class). Roberto has chosen Samba de Roda as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aalto
vs
Roberto

177 cm
37
157
27 - 28 - 0

173 cm
31
149
19 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Conquer
Shadow Realm Apparel

NARCOS

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 27 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Aalto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paulo Roberto!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Roberto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aalto thinks about countering with a body kick.
Aalto throws a good cross that connects.
Roberto wants to clinch.
Roberto is looking to clinch but Aalto is avoiding it.
Aalto lands a nice shot to the body.

Roberto forces Aalto back against the cage and clinches.
Roberto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Aalto is trying to break the clinch but Roberto is controlling him.
Roberto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Aalto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Aalto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aalto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Aalto presses Roberto against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Aalto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Aalto prevents a body shot from Roberto.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roberto.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberto misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aalto throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberto.
Roberto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aalto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aalto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Roberto or not.
Aalto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roberto blocks a body shot from Aalto.
Roberto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Roberto.
Aalto struggles to land a body shot inside as Roberto controls his hands.
Aalto is looking to break free of the clinch but Roberto has double underhooks.
Roberto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto lands with a right to the head.
Aalto working aggressively here.
Roberto scores with a shoulder strike.
Roberto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Roberto has a couple of punches blocked by Aalto.
A short right from Roberto on the inside.
Roberto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Roberto misses with an elbow strike.
Roberto lands a damaging elbow.
Roberto is working Aalto over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aalto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Roberto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roberto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aalto is breathing heavily.
Roberto lands an elbow inside that Aalto shrugs off.
Roberto landing knees to the head.
Roberto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Aaltos head.
Roberto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Aalto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Roberto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aalto is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Roberto misses with a knee to the head.
Roberto lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Aalto.
Aalto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aalto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roberto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aalto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roberto lands a nice elbow.
Roberto lands a nice elbow.
Roberto gets through Aalto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Aalto wants to get back to striking at distance but Roberto won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aalto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roberto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Aalto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roberto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Roberto working aggressively here.
Roberto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aalto blocks it with crossed arms.
Aalto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aalto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aalto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Aalto struggles to land a body shot inside as Roberto controls his hands.
Roberto has a couple of punches blocked by Aalto.
Roberto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aalto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right hook to the body lands for Roberto.
Roberto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aalto is trying to push Roberto away but Roberto has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Roberto misses with the head strike.
Roberto lands with a short shot to the head.
Roberto lands a shot to the body.
Roberto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Aalto's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roberto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Aalto backwards.
Roberto lands a left hand.
Roberto lands a body punch in the clinch.
Roberto lands with a left to the head.
Roberto missing with knees to the body.
Aalto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roberto tries to land knees in the clinch but Aalto avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Roberto obliges.
Roberto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roberto pushes Aalto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roberto prevents Aalto from breaking the clinch.
Roberto lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roberto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Roberto utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roberto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Roberto lands a hook that snaps the head of Aalto backwards.
Roberto blocks an uppercut.
Roberto prevents Aalto from breaking the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Roberto dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Roberto gets a clinch.
Roberto tries to land knees in the clinch but Aalto avoids the damage to the body.
Roberto lands a body shot.
Roberto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aalto struggles to land a body shot inside as Roberto controls his hands.
Roberto gets through Aalto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Roberto misses with the head strike.
Roberto prevents Aalto from breaking the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Aalto.
Roberto scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roberto.
Roberto misses with some punches.
A short right from Roberto.

Aalto is rocked!
Aalto tries to circle away but Roberto has him pinned against the cage.
Oh Aalto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roberto lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aalto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roberto's elbow.
Roberto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Roberto lands with a light punch inside.
Aalto working hard to break the clinch.
Aalto takes a shot to the head.
Aalto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Aalto fails to land.
Aalto tries to throw a body punch but Roberto avoids it by throwing Aalto back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Roberto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberto lands a big right hand that drops Aalto! The killer instinct kicks in and Roberto finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Roberto!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
In his post fight interview, Paulo Roberto started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.