PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patricio Freire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freire has chosen Havoc as his entrance music. Patricio Freire is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Aldo
vs
Freire

175 cm
20
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

165 cm
26
155 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patricio Freire!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo checks the leg kick.
Aldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Freire circles away.
Freire throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Freire takes a swing at Aldo's ribcage but misses.
Patricio Freire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aldo moves in looking to clinch but Freire pushes him off.
Aldo is looking to clinch but Freire is avoiding it.
Aldo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Freire manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Freire misses with a looping left.
Aldo tries to clinch there but Freire circles away.
Freire looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Aldo moves out of range of the strikes.
Aldo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Aldo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freire fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Freire thows a left - swing and a miss!
Aldo slaps away a takedown attempt from Freire, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Freire misses with a straight left.
Aldo tries to clinch up.
Aldo wants to clinch.
Freire tests Aldo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Aldo tries to clinch but Freire is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo wants to clinch.
Aldo slips under a jab from Freire.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Freire throws a push kick but Aldo slaps the foot to one side.
Freire throws a poor cross that misses
and Aldo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Freire thinking.
Freire throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Freire just misses with a punch to the body.
Freire misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freire lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Aldo backs up against the cage.

It looks like Jose Aldo has been cut.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Freire keeps it at a distance.
A jab lands there for Freire.
Aldo tries to clinch but Freire is having none of it.
Aldo is looking to clinch but Freire is avoiding it.
Freire scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Freire misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aldo.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Freire paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Freire misses with a low kick as Aldo jumps back.
Aldo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Freire manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Freire closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aldo is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Freire is controlling him well.

Freire is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Aldo is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Aldo being controlled for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patricio Freire dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jose Aldo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Aldo wants to clinch up but Freire keeps it at a distance.
Freire looks to land a left hand but Aldo moved out of range nicely.
Freire looks to land a right hand but Aldo moved out of range.
Jose Aldo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aldo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Aldo lands a glancing blow to the side of Freire's head.
Freire avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Freire swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Freire looks to throw the jab but Aldo is out of range.
Freire throws a body punch but Aldo moves out of range.
Patricio Freire seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aldo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freire tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aldo was well out of range. Poor timing from Freire.
Freire thows a body shot but no joy.
Aldo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Freire.
Freire throws a shot from downtown. Aldo moves away and avoids it.
No joy there for Aldo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Freire keeps the fight on the outside.
Freire misses with the combination.
Aldo tries to clinch there but Freire circles away.
Aldo cracks a nice hook into Freire's ribs.
Aldo wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Freire manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Aldo tries to clinch up but Freire circles away and keeps his distance.

Aldo has managed to clinch.

Aldo gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Aldo prevents Freire from improving his position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aldo is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freire wants to control but Aldo is keeping busy.
Freire manages to get to full guard.
Aldo won't allow Freire to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freire is trying to control the position but Aldo postures up.
Freire looking to hit a scissor sweep but Aldo is one step ahead there.

Freire is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Aldo won't allow Freire to sweep him here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Freire looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Aldo puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Freire is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jose Aldo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jose Aldo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Freire swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A looping hook to the body misses from Freire. Aldo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Freire uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aldo.
Freire is looking to land body kicks.
Freire ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aldo moves away.
Aldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aldo tries to clinch but Freire is having none of it.
Freire misses with a body shot.
Aldo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Aldo is looking to wear down Freire with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Freire swats away the attempt to clinch by Aldo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo moves in looking to clinch but Freire pushes him off.
Freire shoots for a double leg takedown but Aldo sprawls well. He's pushed Freire's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Freire throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Freire misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aldo.
Freire misses with a body shot.
Freire lands with a nice combination. Aldo backs away looking to recover.
Aldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Freire circles away.
Aldo moves in looking to clinch but Freire pushes him off.
Freire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Freire swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo tries to clinch there but Freire circles away.
Aldo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Freire misses the shot to the body.
Aldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Freire circles away.
Freire changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Aldo tries to avoid it but Freire manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Aldo to the ground. Aldo escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Aldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Freire circles away.
A big left from Freire misses.
A punch combination from Aldo misses.
Freire misses with a jab to the body
and Aldo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Patricio Freire has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Aldo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Aldo can't find room to land a body shot as Freire controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo lands a right hand.
Aldo can't find room to land a body shot as Freire controls the action.

Aldo lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Freire looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Freire trying to control here.
Aldo wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freire is looking to control Aldo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Freire avoid being mounted?
Aldo wants to stand up but Freire has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Aldo prevents Freire from improving his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Aldo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Freire manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Aldo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Aldo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!