PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miquel Mendoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jose Aldo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Miquel Mendoza's chin.

Aldo
vs
Mendoza

172 cm
33
157 lbs
21 - 17 - 0

165 cm
26
147 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under!

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 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miquel Mendoza!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Kavanagh and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo lands an overhand right.
Mendoza slips a straight right by Aldo.
Mendoza wants to clinch
and Aldo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Mendoza!
Aldo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mendoza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mendoza tries to clinch up but Aldo circles away and keeps his distance.
Aldo jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Mendoza clinches up against the cage.
Aldo is looking to break free of the clinch but Mendoza has double underhooks.
Mendoza scores with a knee to the head.
Mendoza misses with an elbow strike.
Aldo avoids a wild elbow strike from Mendoza.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mendoza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aldo's brow.
Aldo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Mendoza is controlling him.
Mendoza misses with a knee to the head.
Aldo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mendoza has him pressed against the cage.
Aldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza wants a takedown.
Mendoza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mendoza has Aldo pressed against the cage, preventing Aldo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Aldo wants to get back to striking at distance but Mendoza won't allow it.
Aldo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mendoza has him pressed against the cage.
Aldo is looking to break free of the clinch but Mendoza has double underhooks.
Aldo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Aldo wants to get back to striking at distance but Mendoza won't allow it.
Mendoza has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Aldo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mendoza misses with a knee strike.
Mendoza lands a good knee to the midsection. Aldo won't want to take too many of those.

Mendoza is trying to trip Aldo. He has hold of a leg but Aldo is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Mendoza persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Mendoza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mendoza throwing strikes from guard but Aldo blocks nicely.
Aldo keeping moving, preventing Mendoza from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aldo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mendoza trying to control the position from guard on top but Aldo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mendoza missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mendoza tries to free his leg and advance position but Aldo is retaining full guard.
Mendoza throws an elbow that misses. Aldo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mendoza's guard. Nice move by Aldo!

Mendoza has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Aldo off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Aldo misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza misses with a series of wild punches.
Aldo misses with a double jab.
Jose Aldo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aldo misses with a looping right.
Aldo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mendoza fails in his attempt to clinch.

Mendoza pushes Aldo up against the cage in a clinch.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Mendoza is controlling him.
Mendoza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aldo.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mendoza throws an elbow but misses.
Aldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mendoza 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.
Mendoza scores a nice knee to the body.
Mendoza lands an elbow that stopped Aldo in his tracks for a moment.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Mendoza has him pressed against the cage.

Aldo breaks the clinch.
Miquel Mendoza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza tries to clinch but Aldo is having none of it.
Aldo looks to land a left hand but Mendoza moved out of range nicely.

Mendoza moves into range and clinches up with Aldo.
Mendoza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aldo.
Mendoza misses with a knee strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aldo tries to break the clinch but Mendoza is controlling the position.
Aldo avoids a wild elbow strike from Mendoza.
Aldo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Aldo is trying to break free.
Mendoza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mendoza looking to throw knees to the head but Aldo is blocking nicely.
Mendoza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mendoza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Aldo working hard to break the clinch.
Aldo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mendoza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miquel Mendoza dominated that round.
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.

Mendoza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mendoza looks to land a combination but Aldo avoids it well.
Aldo throws a body punch but Mendoza moves out of range.
Mendoza wants to clinch.
Mendoza tries to clinch there but Aldo circles away.
Aldo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mendoza is looking to clinch.
Mendoza closes the distance and clinches up with Aldo, looking for a takedown. Mendoza pushes Aldo against the cage but Aldo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mendoza tries to clinch but Aldo is having none of it.

Mendoza has Aldo up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mendoza.
Mendoza missing with knees to the body.

Aldo breaks from the clinch.
Aldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Aldo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Aldo throws a good cross that connects.
Jab, jab by Aldo - just one landing.
Miquel Mendoza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mendoza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aldo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mendoza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aldo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mendoza doesn't manage to clinch there - Aldo circles away.
Mendoza lands with an uppercut that bounces Aldo off the cage and back into range.
Mendoza wants to clinch.
Mendoza throws a head kick that misses.
Aldo walks into a straight right hand from Mendoza.
Mendoza throws a series of punches but Aldo avoids them all with ease.
Aldo misses with an uppercut.
Mendoza tries to close the distance and clinch but Aldo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza thows a body shot but no joy.
Aldo throws a hook but Mendoza blocks it.
Mendoza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Aldo misses with a wild body shot.
Mendoza ducks under a wild hook from Aldo.
Mendoza tries to clinch but Aldo moves out of range.
Aldo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mendoza.
Mendoza tries to clinch but Aldo moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Mendoza scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mendoza throws a right and a left that Aldo avoids nicely.
Mendoza slips under a jab.
Aldo misses with a wild body shot.
Aldo with a nice cross.
Aldo connects with the punch.
Mendoza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aldo throws a body punch but Mendoza moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Mendoza misses.
Aldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Mendoza has closed the distance and engaged Aldo in a clinch.
Mendoza lands an elbow inside.
Aldo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aldo can't break the clinch.
Mendoza looking to throw knees to the head but Aldo is blocking nicely.
Aldo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Aldo breaks the clinch.
Mendoza thows a body shot but no joy.
Mendoza tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Aldo counters with a nice body shot.
Mendoza blocks a jab.
Mendoza blocks a jab.
Mendoza throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Aldo to counter with a crisp jab.
Mendoza shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Aldo sprawls well. Aldo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mendoza gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza doesn't manage to clinch there - Aldo circles away.
Mendoza closes the distance but Aldo moves to the side
and Aldo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Aldo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mendoza.
Mendoza looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jose Aldo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miquel Mendoza.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendoza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aldo throws a hook but Mendoza avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mendoza looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mendoza throws out a loose jab but Aldo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aldo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Aldo swats away the attempt to clinch by Mendoza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Miquel Mendoza will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Mendoza takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mendoza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aldo lands with a cross.
Mendoza throws a left and a right that both miss
and Aldo counters with a straight right hand.
Mendoza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aldo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aldo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mendoza moves in looking to clinch but Aldo pushes him off.
Mendoza has his takedown stuffed
and Aldo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mendoza lands with an overhand left.
Mendoza tries to clinch but Aldo moves away
and Aldo counters with a left to the body.
Aldo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Aldo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mendoza fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Aldo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mendoza moves in looking to clinch but Aldo pushes him off.
Aldo throws an overhand right that lands on Mendoza's shoulder, as Mendoza tries to avoid the shot.
Mendoza tries to clinch up
and Aldo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mendoza moves in looking to clinch but Aldo pushes him off.
Aldo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Aldo scores with the left hand. Mendoza knows he should have avoided that one.
Aldo misses with a wild body shot.
Mendoza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Aldo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Aldo sizes up Mendoza with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Aldo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Mendoza.
Jose Aldo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aldo sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Mendoza trying to pass the guard but Aldo defending well.
Aldo tries to roll over but Mendoza keeps him under control.
Mendoza missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aldo moves into full guard.
Aldo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mendoza is controlling him.
Mendoza wants to control from the top but Aldo keeps moving.
Mendoza looking to sit in guard and control but Aldo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mendoza is proving hard to escape from.

Aldo postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Mendoza is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Aldo, into his guard.
Mendoza working some strikes from top position.
Mendoza has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Aldo trying to keep a closed guard but Mendoza is proving a slippery customer.
Mendoza trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mendoza distracts Aldo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Aldo tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Aldo wriggles free and stands up.
Mendoza ducks under a wild hook from Aldo.
Mendoza moves out of range as Aldo strikes.
Mendoza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aldo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldo throws the left hand but Mendoza avoids the punch easily.
Mendoza is looking to clinch but Aldo is avoiding it.
Mendoza works over Aldo's head and body with a nice combination.
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!
Mendoza takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Aldo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mendoza 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Miquel Mendoza!