PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Skyy John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lincoln Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aldo has chosen Domination as his entrance music. Lincoln Aldo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

John
vs
Aldo

186 cm
24
271 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

185 cm
28
233 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Skyy John!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lincoln Aldo!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
John on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Aldo looks for a takedown but John sprawls well.
Aldo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

John drives through and clinches with Aldo against the cage.
John lands a knee to the head.
John creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
John pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Aldo blocks the elbow strike.
John lands an elbow just above Aldo 's eye.
John trying to land knees to the body.
John tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
John landing knees to the head.
Aldo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. John is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
John tries to land a knee to the head but Aldo blocks with his arms.
John tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
John using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
John with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the cage, John throws an elbow but misses.
Aldo blocks the elbow strike.
John looking to throw knees to the head but Aldo is blocking nicely.
John tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aldo avoiding damage as John throws knees to the body.
John with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
John tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
John tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
Aldo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Skyy John has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lincoln Aldo.
Aldo looking for a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
John throws a knee to the head but misses.
John using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aldo wants a takedown but no success here.
Aldo goes for a takedown in the clinch but John prevents it.
A short uppercut from Aldo.
John tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
Aldo managing to block the knees to the body from John.
John misses with a knee strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on John - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
John with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo is looking to take this one to the mat.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as John takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
John landing knees to the body.
John is trying to stall.
Aldo is working for takedown but John is calmly controlling the position for now.
John tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
John scores with a knee to the head.
John tries to land a knee to the head but Aldo blocks with his arms.
John tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
John tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
John is defending well against a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms.
John tries to land a knee to the head but Aldo blocks with his arms.
John using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aldo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Aldo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
John connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aldo's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
John looking to throw knees to the head but Aldo is blocking nicely.
John tries to land knees in the clinch but Aldo avoids the damage to the body.
John is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Aldo displaying some good clinch control by pressing John up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
John with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skyy John dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

John drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
John closes the distance but Aldo moves to the side

and Aldo counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for John!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Aldo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
John is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
John is working hard here to advance position.
Aldo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Aldo trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo avoids the attempt from John to control.
Aldo controlling the position easily from mount.
John tries to hold on but Aldo postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
John is looking to get to half guard.
Aldo landing punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
John sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
John wants to get back to his feet.
John is trying to get back to full guard.
John avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Aldo.
John keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Aldo is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. John doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Aldo.
Aldo controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo tries to pass the half guard into mount. John knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Aldo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Aldo decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Aldo scores with a crisp jab that stopped John in his tracks.
John stuffs the takedown attempt from Aldo. Aldo gets slowly back to his feet.
John wants to clinch
and Aldo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
John tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Aldo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lincoln Aldo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Aldo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

John fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Aldo, pushing him back against the cage.
John tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but John has him pressed against the cage.
John tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
John throws a knee to the head but misses.

Aldo tightens his grip and picks John up, before dumping him to the ground. John manages to land in guard.

Aldo stands up from guard. Let's bang!
John moves to clinch but Aldo breaks away
enabling Aldo to counter with a crisp jab.

Aldo manages to get an easy takedown there - catching John on his heels. He'll look to pass John's guard now, I'm sure.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Aldo prevents John from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Aldo being controlled here momentarily.
John preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
John working a defensive guard here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Aldo trying to control the position from guard on top but John is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Skyy John.
Aldo swinging wildly here.
Horrible takedown by Aldo or perhaps it was just good defense by John which made him look bad.

Aldo gets a takedown into half guard.
Aldo prevents John from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Aldo wants to lay and pray for a moment but John keeps working.
John is trying to control but can't.
John is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
John keeping hold of Aldo's head, controlling as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Aldo wants to stand up but John is controlling the position.
John on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if John tries to get out of the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Lincoln Aldo.
Aldo moves out of range of the body kick.
John looks to clinch

and Aldo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Aldo is figuring out what he wants to do next.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldo trying to control from half guard but John is working away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aldo is just content to waste time from the top position. John takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lincoln Aldo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Aldo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lincoln Aldo!