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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank The Blade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank The Blade is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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150 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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145 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Aldo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank The Blade!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Blade is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The Blade scores with a spinning back kick!
The Blade tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aldo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Blade closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Aldo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Blade.
Aldo wants a takedown but no success here.
Aldo tries for a takedown but The Blade manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Aldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Blade landing knees to the body.
Aldo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. The Blade smiles and moves away.
Aldo throws a big shot that misses.
The Blade has taken the fight to the clinch.
The Blade is working Aldo over against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Blade.
Aldo is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Blade landing knees to the body.
The Blade lands an elbow that stopped Aldo in his tracks for a moment.
The Blade lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from The Blade.
The Blade using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Blade putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Aldo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The Blade lands a knee to the body.
The Blade lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from The Blade.
The Blade lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Aldo or not.
The Blade is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Blade scores with a knee to the head.
The Blade unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Blade lands a body punch.
The Blade unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aldo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Blade is leaning against Aldo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The Blade gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Blade lands an elbow that stopped Aldo in his tracks for a moment.
Aldo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as The Blade walks away with a smile on his face. Aldo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The Blade throws a half hearted mid kick.
The Blade rushes Aldo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The Blade gets underhooks to prevent Aldo's takedown attempt.
Aldo managing to block the knees to the body from The Blade.
The Blade crunches a lovely knee into Aldo's ribcage.
The Blade landing knees to the head.
The Blade scores with a nice hook to the head.
The Blade lands a nice knee to the body.
The Blade lands a right hand.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from The Blade.
The Blade throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A knee to the head by The Blade.
The Blade landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The Blade with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Blade obliges.
The Blade with a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from The Blade.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A knee to the head by The Blade.
Aldo takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. The Blade gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The Blade utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The Blade landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The Blade using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Blade scores with a nice hook to the head.
Aldo managing to block the knees to the body from The Blade.
Aldo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Aldo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. The Blade gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The Blade 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.
The Blade tries to land knees in the clinch but Aldo avoids the damage to the body.
The Blade lands a body punch in the clinch.
The Blade lands a shot to the body.
The Blade with a knee to the head.
The Blade using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Blade connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aldo's face.
Aldo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The Blade cracks Aldo with a nice body shot.
Aldo is working for takedown but The Blade is calmly controlling the position for now.
The Blade lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from The Blade.
Aldo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Aldo takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Blade gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Blade 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 drops down looking for an ankle pick but The Blade pulls his leg out and moves away.
Aldo avoids the head kick by The Blade.
Frank The Blade is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aldo keeps the fight on the outside.
Aldo misses with the combination.
Aldo fails to land with a series of punches.
Aldo tries to bum rush The Blade with a series of wild strikes but The Blade uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Blade throws a head kick but Aldo moves out of range.
The Blade wants to clinch.
Aldo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Aldo blocks the body kick.
Jose Aldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The Blade tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Aldo is able to avoid easily.
Aldo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Aldo throws the left hand but The Blade avoids the punch easily.
Aldo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The Blade moves out of range as Aldo strikes.
The Blade takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The Blade defending well as Aldo loads up on a big left hand.
Aldo scores with a nice strike.
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.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Aldo!
Aldo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Aldo misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Aldo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aldo working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Aldo creates some space and throws a big elbow, but The Blade sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank The Blade dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Aldo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Blade moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Blade lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Aldo thows a leg kick but The Blade checks it
and The Blade counters with a nice leg kick.
The Blade misses with a head kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Aldo!
The Blade lands with a slapping head kick.
The Blade tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aldo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aldo scores with a hook.
The Blade wants to clinch up but Aldo keeps it at a distance.
Aldo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The Blade misses with a low kick.
The Blade pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Frank The Blade is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aldo checks a low kick from The Blade.
The Blade walks into a left hand.
Aldo misses with a two punch combination.
The Blade tries to close the distance and clinch but Aldo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aldo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo works over The Blade's head and body with a nice combination.
The Blade is breathing heavily.
The Blade tries to clinch but Aldo moves out of range.
Aldo throws a series of punches but The Blade moves out of range.
The Blade takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The Blade ducks under a wild hook from Aldo.
Aldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Aldo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Good exchange - Aldo coming out on top.
Aldo closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming The Blade to the mat! The Blade manages to get full guard.
Aldo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Aldo working the ground and pound but The Blade is defending the strikes.
Aldo throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and The Blade works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Blade blocking the ground and pound attempt from Aldo.
Ground and pound from Aldo.
The Blade blocking the ground and pound attempt from Aldo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Blade keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Aldo slips a nice elbow through The Blade's hands, connecting with The Blade's forehead.
Aldo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Aldo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Aldo seems content to control.
The Blade taking some punishment here, with Aldo in his half guard.
Aldo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The Blade is staying active underneath Aldo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Aldo throws a strike but The Blade avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Aldo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The Blade really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Aldo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Aldo wants to control from the top but The Blade keeps moving.
Aldo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo trying to control but The Blade is working from the bottom.
Aldo pushes down on The Blade's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The Blade avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Aldo.
Aldo maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! The Blade could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Aldo has cracked it and The Blade is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Aldo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jose Aldo!
Jose Aldo retains his featherweight title!
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