PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Holliday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Aldonado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aldonado has chosen Run This Town as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Holliday
vs
Aldonado

170 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

172 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Holliday!
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, Jose Aldonado!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Aldonado shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Holliday's guard.
Holliday has a closed guard, preventing Aldonado from standing up.
Holliday wants to sweep here but Aldonado controlling him for the moment.

Aldonado avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Aldonado trying to stand up but can't free himself from Holliday's guard.
Aldonado is looking to advance position but Holliday has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Holliday controlling the position easily from mount.
Holliday dominating with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday content just to control the position here.
Holliday lands a big elbow.
Aldonado is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Aldonado is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Holliday controlling the pace for now.

Holliday jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Aldonado manages to avoid the submission attempt.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Holliday seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Aldonado for as long as he can get away with.
Aldonado taking punishment in the form of punches.
Holliday controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mike Holliday just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Aldonado is looking to clinch but Holliday is avoiding it.
Aldonado fails with an attempt to clinch.
Aldonado moves out of range of the strikes.
Holliday has his takedown stuffed
and Aldonado connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice sprawl there from Aldonado as Holliday shoots in.
Holliday is breathing heavily.
Aldonado tries to close the distance and clinch up but Holliday swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aldonado fails with the takedown
and Holliday counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldonado wants to clinch.
Aldonado moves in looking to clinch but Holliday pushes him off.
Aldonado pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aldonado fails with the takedown
and Holliday counters with a two punch combo.
Aldonado lands a jab to the nose.
Holliday throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aldonado takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Aldonado has a takedown stuffed.
Mike Holliday has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Aldonado.
Holliday fails to land with a series of punches.
Aldonado walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldonado tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Holliday counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Holliday moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Holliday lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Aldonado slips a jab and a cross from Holliday.
Aldonado lands a high kick!
Holliday misses with the combination.
Aldonado moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Aldonado does it's job there.
Aldonado lands with a kick to the temple. Holliday shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Holliday misses with a two punch combination.
Aldonado tries to clinch
and Holliday counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Aldonado plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Holliday closes the distance and clinches up with Aldonado, looking for a takedown. Holliday pushes Aldonado against the cage but Aldonado circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Aldonado misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Holliday 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.

Holliday displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aldonado throws out the jab.
Aldonado doesn't manage to clinch there - Holliday circles away.
Aldonado fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aldonado throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Holliday throws a combination that misses
and Aldonado counters with a head kick.
Aldonado tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aldonado lands a front kick.
Holliday shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Aldonado defends it nicely.
Holliday swings for the body but Aldonado moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holliday circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aldonado misses with a takedown
and Holliday counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Holliday digs a good hook to Aldonado's body.
Holliday dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Aldonado as he avoids it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Holliday there.
Holliday scores with a decent looking hook.
Aldonado scores with a nice right hand.
Holliday works over Aldonado's head and body with a nice combination.
Aldonado shoots in but no luck this time.
A slapping leg kick lands for Aldonado.
Holliday sizes up Aldonado with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Aldonado tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Holliday counters with a nice uppercut.

Holliday closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Holliday lands in his opponent's guard.
Holliday slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holliday has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aldonado wants to stand and escape but Holliday is having none of it.
Holliday seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Holliday decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Holliday scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Holliday.
Aldonado is letting Holliday control him for a moment.
Aldonado trying to control but Holliday flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Aldonado is in bad spot here.
Holliday loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Aldonado hold on?
Holliday punishes Aldonado with strikes from the back mount.
Aldonado looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good control from Holliday.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Holliday dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Holliday fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Aldonado avoids it really well and circles away.
Aldonado swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Holliday counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Aldonado stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Aldonado wants it to stay on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Holliday as Aldonado shoots in.

Holliday scores with a takedown into Aldonado's guard.
Holliday prevents Aldonado from getting back to his feet.
Holliday looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mike Holliday just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Holliday slips a jab from Aldonado.
Holliday avoids the head kick by Aldonado.
Holliday scores with a nice right hand.
Aldonado keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Holliday.
Holliday throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Aldonado counters with a nice low kick that buckles Holliday's knee momentarily.
Holliday looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Aldonado is fending him off so far but Holliday persists. Nope, Aldonado circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Holliday. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holliday shoots in but Aldonado avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Holliday thows a body shot but no joy.
Aldonado throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Holliday.
Aldonado tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Holliday paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Holliday lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Aldonado tries to clinch there but Holliday circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Aldonado throws a sloppy head kick and Holliday moves out of range easily.
Aldonado throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Holliday lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A lazy left from Holliday finds it's target.
Holliday throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mike Holliday is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aldonado moves out of range as Holliday strikes.
Holliday avoids the head kick by Aldonado.
Mike Holliday is winning the standup battle so far.
Holliday throws a jab when Aldonado was well out of range.
Holliday uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aldonado.
Nice sprawl there from Aldonado as Holliday shoots in.
Aldonado shoots for a takedown but Holliday saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Holliday circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Holliday counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holliday stuffs the takedown attempt from Aldonado. Aldonado gets slowly back to his feet.
Aldonado throws a head kick that Holliday semi-blocks.
Holliday lands a glancing blow to the side of Aldonado's head.
Holliday dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Holliday lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aldonado circles away quickly and effectively.
Holliday is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Aldonado.
Aldonado connects with a high kick.
Aldonado wants to clinch
and Holliday counters with a nice body shot.
Aldonado defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Holliday.
Aldonado cracks a nice hook into Holliday's ribs.
Aldonado tries to clinch but Holliday moves away
and Holliday counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aldonado thinking.
Aldonado tries to clinch up

and Holliday counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holliday is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Holliday passes Aldonado's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Mike Holliday is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Holliday lands a nice short elbow.
Holliday looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Aldonado with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Holliday moves nicely into side control.
You can see the frustration on Aldonado's face as Holliday controls the position.
Jose Aldonado has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Holliday showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Holliday has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Holliday!