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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). Genovese has chosen Kick-Ass: Music Soundtrack as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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157 lbs
25 - 20 - 1 |
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157 lbs
11 - 13 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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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
25 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Genovese!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Genovese tries to clinch
and Aldo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Genovese tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Genovese moves into range and clinches up with Aldo.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Genovese just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aldo's brow.
Genovese lands a knee to the body.
Aldo is trying to force a seperation but Genovese has the dominant position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Genovese throws an elbow but misses.
Genovese lands an elbow inside that Aldo shrugs off.
Genovese keeps control of Aldo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Genovese looking to throw knees to the head but Aldo is blocking nicely.
Genovese connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aldo's face.
Aldo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Genovese misses with an elbow over the top.
Genovese throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aldo working hard to break the clinch.
Aldo is trying to push Genovese away but Genovese has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Aldo avoids the elbow strike from Genovese, against the cage.
Aldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Genovese putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Aldo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Genovese has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Genovese.
Aldo avoids a wild elbow strike from Genovese.
Genovese lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Aldo can't break the clinch.
Aldo wants to get back to striking at distance but Genovese won't allow it.
Genovese lands a nice elbow.
Genovese prevents Aldo from breaking the clinch.
Aldo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Genovese has him pressed against the cage.
Genovese using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Genovese throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Aldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Genovese just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aldo's brow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Genovese missing with knees to the body.
Genovese lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Genovese tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Genovese lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Genovese trying to land knees to the body.
Genovese with a knee to the head.
Genovese creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Aldo's defenses.
Aldo wants to break free but Genovese has control.
Genovese tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aldo is trying to push Genovese away but Genovese has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Genovese prevents Aldo from breaking the clinch.
Genovese prevents Aldo from breaking the clinch.
Aldo is trying to push Genovese away but Genovese has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Genovese lands an elbow inside.
Aldo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Genovese tries to land a knee to the head but Aldo blocks with his arms.
Aldo avoids a wild elbow strike from Genovese.
Aldo takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Genovese throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms.
Genovese connects with a knee to the head.
Genovese lands a nice elbow.
Aldo has had enough of the clinch but Genovese keeps him there for the moment.
Genovese using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aldo tries to break the clinch but Genovese is controlling the position.
Genovese landing knees to the body.
Genovese pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Aldo has had enough of the clinch but Genovese keeps him there for the moment.
Genovese misses with an elbow over the top.
Aldo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Aldo managing to block the knees to the body from Genovese.
Genovese with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Genovese misses with an elbow strike.
Aldo has had enough of the clinch but Genovese keeps him there for the moment.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Genovese has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aldo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Genovese keeps control of Aldo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aldo blocks the elbow strike.
Genovese missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Genovese.
Aldo tries to break free but Genovese pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Genovese misses with a knee to the head.
Aldo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Aldo blocks an elbow strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Genovese looking to throw knees to the head but Aldo is blocking nicely.
Genovese lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Genovese scores a nice knee to the body.
Genovese looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Genovese with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Genovese throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms.
Genovese pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
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!
Genovese tries to clinch but Aldo is having none of it.
Aldo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Genovese tries to close the distance and clinch but Aldo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Genovese tries to clinch up but Aldo circles away and keeps his distance.
Chris Genovese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Genovese has Aldo up against the cage in a clinch.
Aldo has had enough of the clinch but Genovese keeps him there for the moment.
Aldo tries to break the clinch but Genovese is controlling the position.
Genovese throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chris Genovese seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Aldo is trying to force a seperation but Genovese has the dominant position.
Genovese tries to land a knee to the head but Aldo blocks with his arms.
Genovese lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Genovese misses with an elbow over the top.
Genovese throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Genovese tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aldo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Genovese has him pressed against the cage.
Genovese using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Genovese tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aldo takes an elbow to the temple.
Aldo wants to break free but Genovese has control.
Aldo avoids a wild elbow strike from Genovese.
Genovese throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Genovese creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Aldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aldo is trying to push Genovese away but Genovese has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Genovese throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Genovese tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Genovese keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Aldo's efforts to push away.
Genovese throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Aldo can't break the clinch.
Genovese with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aldo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aldo blocks an elbow strike from Genovese.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Genovese looking to throw knees to the head but Aldo is blocking nicely.
Aldo is trying to break free.
Genovese throws an elbow that misses.
Genovese throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Genovese throws an elbow but misses.
Aldo blocks an elbow strike from Genovese.
Genovese misses with a knee to the head.
Genovese looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Genovese goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Aldo dodges an elbow strike from Genovese.
Aldo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Genovese with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Genovese landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aldo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Genovese missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Genovese misses with an elbow strike.
Genovese with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Genovese is breathing heavily.
Aldo wants to break free but Genovese has control.
Genovese looking to throw knees to the head but Aldo is blocking nicely.
Aldo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Genovese has him pressed against the cage.
Aldo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Genovese throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms.
Genovese pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Genovese misses with an elbow strike.
Genovese throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Genovese throws an elbow but misses.
Aldo working hard to break the clinch.
Aldo avoids a wild elbow strike from Genovese.
Aldo is looking to break free of the clinch but Genovese has double underhooks.
Aldo blocks the elbow strike.
Aldo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Aldo is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Genovese tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
Genovese misses with an elbow over the top.
Aldo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Genovese connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aldo's face.
Genovese tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Genovese throws an elbow but it misses.
Aldo blocks the elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Aldo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Genovese comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Genovese throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Genovese misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldo blocks an elbow strike.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Genovese is controlling him.
Aldo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Genovese.
Aldo avoids a wild elbow strike from Genovese.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Genovese showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Aldo with a nice cross.
Nice straight punches there by Aldo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Aldo.
Aldo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Genovese walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice uppercut there from Aldo.
Genovese tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Aldo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Genovese is rocked!
Aldo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Genovese doesn't seem bothered though.
Genovese is still on wobbly legs! Can Aldo finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Genovese leaves his chin hanging out and Aldo seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Genovese crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jose Aldo!
Jose Aldo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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