PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tane Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Thompson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to it was over. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thompson
vs
Aldo

176 cm
25
169 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

172 cm
27
157 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Crippler's Corner
Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tane Thompson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Aldo!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo lands the left hand.
Thompson thows a body shot but no joy.
Thompson misses with a looping right.
Thompson keeps the fight on the outside.
Thompson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Aldo looks to land a right hand but Thompson moved out of range.
Thompson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thompson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Aldo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Aldo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tane Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson scores with a nice body kick.
Aldo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Aldo counters with a left and a right that stings Thompson.
Thompson throws a body punch but Aldo moves out of range.
Thompson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Aldo momentarily.
Thompson delivers a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson misses with a hook.
Aldo scores with a hook to the body. Thompson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thompson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Aldo counters with a right hand to the body.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thompson tries to clinch but Aldo is having none of it.
Thompson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Thompson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice cross by Aldo.
Thompson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thompson misses the body punch
and Aldo counters with a left to the body.
Aldo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thompson scoring well with a low kick there.
Thompson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Aldo's head.
Thompson throws a hook but Aldo avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Thompson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Aldo momentarily.
Aldo tries to clinch but Thompson moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Thompson. Beautiful body shot.
Thompson tries to clinch
and Aldo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A clash of legs there as Aldo blocks the low kick.
Aldo with a hook.
Aldo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thompson.
Jab by Aldo.
Thompson slips a jab and a cross from Aldo.
Thompson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Aldo's sensitive parts.
Aldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thompson tries to clinch but Aldo moves away
and Aldo counters with a straight right hand.
Aldo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thompson at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Aldo finds it's way round the side to connect with Thompson's head.
Thompson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Aldo counters with a one-two to the body.
Thompson misses with an uppercut. Aldo saw that one coming.

Aldo closes the distance and clinches.

Aldo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thompson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aldo lands a jab to the head.
Aldo throws a shot to the body.
Aldo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Thompson's head.
Thompson darts in trying to clinch
and Aldo counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Aldo clinches.
Thompson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thompson is looking to control Aldo's arms but Aldo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thompson has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
Aldo is trying to break free.
Thompson lands an elbow just above Aldo 's eye.
Aldo can't break the clinch.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
Thompson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thompson throws a punch but it's blocked by Aldo.
Thompson controlling the action here for a moment.
Aldo wants to break free but Thompson has control.
Aldo avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.
Thompson slows down the pace here.
Aldo is trying to break free.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Aldo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Aldo clinches up against the cage.
Thompson misses with the head strike.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jose Aldo will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Thompson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Aldo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thompson scrambles back to his feet.
Thompson misses with a shot to the body
and Aldo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Aldo's corner calls for a 1-2. Aldo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Aldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aldo stuns Thompson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Thompson just misses with a punch to the body.
Aldo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thompson.
Thompson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Thompson misses the shot to the body.
Thompson misses with a straight right.
Thompson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Aldo counters with a left to the body.
Aldo scores with a hook to the body. Thompson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thompson throws a leg kick but Aldo moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aldo jabs at Thompson's body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Thompson.

Aldo rushes Thompson and presses him up against the cage.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Aldo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.

Aldo breaks the clinch.

Aldo has managed to clinch.
Aldo tries to circle away but Thompson has him pinned against the cage.
Thompson working aggressively here.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Aldo avoids the damage to the body.
Aldo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Thompson.
Aldo has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
Aldo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Aldo's efforts to push away.
Aldo is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands a right hand.
Thompson tries to work over Aldo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thompson keeps control of Aldo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thompson taking a breather.
Thompson can't find room to land a body shot as Aldo controls the action.
Thompson keeps control of Aldo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thompson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Thompson keeps control of Aldo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thompson lands a shoulder strike.
Thompson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thompson throws a head punch that misses.
Aldo can't break the clinch.
Thompson pushes off an throws an elbow but Aldo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thompson has a couple of punches blocked by Aldo.

Aldo manages to break the clinch.
Thompson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Aldo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Aldo keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Aldo misses.
Aldo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Aldo scores with a sloppy right hand. Thompson should have avoided that one.
A big left from Thompson misses.
Thompson throws a sloppy head kick and Aldo moves out of range easily.
Thompson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aldo lands a lovely overhand right.
Thompson looks to score with a jab to the body but Aldo is just out of range.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thompson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thompson misses with an uppercut. Aldo saw that one coming.
Aldo throws a jab when Thompson was well out of range.
Thompson slips under a jab.
Thompson throws a sloppy head kick and Aldo moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Aldo lands with an uppercut that bounces Thompson off the cage and back into rage.
Thompson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Aldo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A shot to the body from Thompson misses
and Aldo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Aldo moves away from the strike by Thompson.
Thompson slips under a jab.
Thompson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Aldo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Aldo counters with a nice body shot.
Aldo lands with a straight right. Thompson didn't see that one coming.
Nice body punch from Aldo.
Thompson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Thompson cracks the inside of Aldo's front leg.
Aldo misses with a body shot.
Aldo throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Aldo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Thompson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A big right from Thompson misses.
Thompson 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.
Thompson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Aldo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thompson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice uppercut there from Aldo.
Aldo tests Thompson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Aldo slips under a jab.
Thompson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Thompson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Thompson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Thompson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Aldo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson looks to clinch
and Aldo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Aldo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Thompson is rocked!
Aldo checks the leg kick.
Thompson throws a jab when Aldo was well out of range.
Thompson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Thompson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Aldo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab lands there for Aldo.
Aldo blocks a jab.
Thompson misses with a body shot
and Thompson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A decent looking cross lands there for Aldo.
A telegraphed right hand from Thompson misses the target.
Aldo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Thompsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Thompson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aldo digs a good hook to Thompson's body.
Tane Thompson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to clinch but Aldo is having none of it.
Thompson wants to clinch
and Aldo counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thompson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Aldo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Aldo scores with a hook to the body. Thompson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Aldo moves out of range as Thompson strikes.
Aldo connects with a body shot that sends Thompson's belly button to the back.
Aldo lunges at Thompson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thompson's hand.
Aldo ducks under a wild hook from Thompson.
Thompson tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Aldo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Aldo's efforts to push away.
Aldo is trying to break free.
Thompson 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 wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thompson lands with a left to the head.

Aldo breaks the clinch.
Thompson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jose Aldo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aldo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Aldo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Thompson.
Thompson wants to clinch
and Aldo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fighters circle momentarily. Aldo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Thompson tries to clinch up
and Thompson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands a high kick!
Thompson tries to clinch
letting Aldo counter with a right hand.
Aldo scores with the left hand. Thompson knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice cross by Aldo.
Some wild striking there from Aldo.
Aldo throws a series of punches but Thompson avoids them all with ease.
Thompson throws a big shot that misses.
A shot to the liver by Aldo. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Aldo moves into range and clinches up with Thompson.
Aldo wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
Aldo prevents a body shot from Thompson.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Aldo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Aldo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Aldo!
Jose Aldo is the new lightweight champion!