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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Genovese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Genovese's choice of entrance music: Kick-Ass: Music Soundtrack. Jose Aldo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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157 lbs
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157 lbs
10 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
23 - 19 - 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
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Genovese!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo sizes up Genovese with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Genovese keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Aldo. That snapped Genovese's head back.
Genovese tries to clinch but Aldo moves out of range.
Genovese wants to clinch up but Aldo keeps it at a distance.
Aldo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Genovese tries to clinch up
letting Aldo counter with a right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Genovese.
Aldo looks to land a left hand but Genovese moved out of range nicely.
Aldo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Genovese gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Aldo wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo has had enough of the clinch but Genovese keeps him there for the moment.
Genovese tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Genovese throws a punch but it's blocked by Aldo.
Aldo wants to get back to striking at distance but Genovese won't allow it.
Aldo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Genovese.
Aldo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Aldo avoids the body shot from Genovese.
Genovese rushes Aldo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Genovese wants to stall.
Genovese throws an elbow that misses.
Genovese trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo manages to break the clinch.
Genovese wants to clinch.
Genovese throws a big shot that misses.
Jose Aldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aldo cracks Genovese with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Aldo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aldo lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Genovese closes the distance and clinches.
Aldo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Genovese throws an elbow that misses.
Genovese looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Aldo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Genovese has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Aldo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Genovese creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Aldo's defenses.
Aldo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Aldo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Genovese prevents Aldo from breaking the clinch.
Genovese manages to break the clinch.
Genovese uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aldo.
Genovese shoots for a double leg takedown but Aldo sprawls well. He's pushed Genovese's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice body punch from Genovese.
Genovese moves into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Genovese.
Genovese throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice elbow from Genovese.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo avoids a wild elbow strike from Genovese.
Genovese lands an elbow inside.
Genovese lands with a left to the head.
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 is trying to force a seperation but Genovese has the dominant position.
Genovese throws an elbow but it misses.
Genovese lands a nice knee to the body.
Aldo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aldo is trying to break free.
Aldo blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Genovese.
Genovese using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Genovese throws a punch but it's blocked by Aldo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldo wants to break free but Genovese has control.
Aldo working hard to break the clinch.
Genovese's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Genovese tries to clinch up
and Aldo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Genovese dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Aldo misses with an uppercut
and Genovese counters with a nice leg kick.
Genovese throws a nice head kick!
Genovese clinches up with Aldo and pushes him back against the cage.
Genovese struggles to land a body shot inside as Aldo controls his hands.
Genovese comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Genovese is controlling him.
Genovese gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aldo.
Genovese pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Genovese tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aldo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Genovese slips under a jab from Aldo.
Aldo misses with a straight left.
Genovese throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jose Aldo is winning the standup battle so far.
Genovese keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo lands a jab to the nose.
Genovese is rocked!
Aldo moves in close and cracks Genovese with a massive right hand! Genovese, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Aldo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jose Aldo!
A very excited looking Jose Aldo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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