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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cornelius Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cornelius Brown will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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155 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jose Aldo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cornelius Brown! The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A thudding body kick lands there by Aldo!
Aldo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Brown takes a step back to recover. Aldo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. Brown moves in looking to clinch but Aldo pushes him off. Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Aldo looks for the body kick but Brown saw that one coming. Cornelius Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Aldo circles away.
Aldo misses with a head kick.
Brown takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Aldo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Brown has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Jose Aldo has been cut. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Brown misses with a knee to the head. Brown landing knees to the head.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Aldo trying to control the position but instead, Brown has worked for underhooks and has pushed Aldo into the cage. Aldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Aldo blocks with his arms.
Brown misses with a knee to the head. Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it. Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aldo tries to break the clinch but Brown is controlling the position. Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Aldo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aldo avoids it. Brown misses with a knee to the head. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aldo obliges.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Aldo has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown keeps control of Aldo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aldo's face.
Aldo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Brown with a knee to the head.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Aldo blocks with his arms.
Brown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms. Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Aldo blocks with his arms.
This has been an exciting period of action! Aldo trying to land knees to the body.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms. Aldo misses with a punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brown obliges. Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Aldo.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it. Aldo managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Aldo avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Brown with a knee to the head.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aldo avoids it. Aldo is looking to control Brown's arms but Brown gets an underhook and turns him. Now Aldo has his back to the cage. Brown misses with a knee strike.
Aldo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms. Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Aldo blocks with his arms.
Aldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. Aldo won't want to take too many of those. Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Aldo.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. A knee to the head by Brown.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Aldo trying to stall but Brown improves his position.
Aldo is breathing heavily. Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms. Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Brown misses with a knee strike.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aldo's face.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown misses with a knee strike.
Brown has Aldo pressed against the cage, preventing Aldo from circling away and getting back to striking at range. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Aldo avoids the damage to the body. Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aldo.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brown obliges. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cornelius Brown dominated that round. The cut man is working on Jose Aldo's cut. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Aldo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Brown if he has to take too many more of those.
A big left from Aldo misses. Aldo lands a head kick!
Aldo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Aldo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brown tries to clinch but Aldo moves out of range. Aldo misses with a head kick.
Aldo tries a head kick but it misses.
Aldo throws a leg kick which misses Brown's front leg but catches the back leg as Brown tries to avoid it. The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky. Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Aldo lands a front kick. Aldo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Brown is looking to clinch but Aldo is avoiding it.
Aldo lands a high kick!
Aldo circles away from the clinch attempt and Aldo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round. Brown wants to clinch. Aldo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Aldo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brown looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Brown has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Aldo. Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aldo paws at him with a jab and circles away. Brown steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aldo. Brown tries to clinch but Aldo moves out of range. Aldo scores with a push kick. Brown darts in and clinches Aldo up against the cage. Aldo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brown landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Brown misses with a knee to the head. Brown landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action! Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aldo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Brown misses with a short punch on the inside. Cornelius Brown seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown misses with a knee strike.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms. Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brown misses with a knee to the head. Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms. Brown missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Aldo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aldo avoids it. Aldo misses with a knee strike.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Brown is controlling him. Brown misses with a knee to the head. Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch. Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Aldo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aldo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aldo wants to stall.
Brown misses with a knee to the head. Aldo looking to stall.
Brown tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Aldo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms. Aldo takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cornelius Brown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on Jose Aldo's cut. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Aldo scores with a head kick. Brown tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time. Aldo scores with a kick to the body.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch. Brown fails in his attempt to clinch. Brown gets tackled into the cage by Aldo. Aldo maintains the clinch. Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Aldo blocks with his arms.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Brown tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Aldo blocks with his arms.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into Aldo's ribcage. Aldo is trying to push Brown away but Brown has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Aldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. A battle for position here, against the cage. Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Aldo.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms. Aldo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aldo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brown is defending well for now. Aldo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Aldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aldo stalling against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage. Brown connects with a knee to the head.
Aldo misses with a knee to the head. Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aldo's face.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aldo is trying to maintain a safe position but Brown gets an underhook and turns Aldo into the cage. Aldo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Aldo wants to stall.
Aldo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Aldo looking to slow down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Brown misses with a knee to the head. Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. A head punch blocked on the inside by Aldo. Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aldo throws an elbow that misses.
Aldo missing with knees to the body.
Brown misses with a knee strike.
Aldo taking a breather. Aldo seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Brown is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment. Aldo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Aldo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brown is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Aldo looking to stall.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown misses with a knee strike.
Brown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aldo trying to stall but Brown improves his position.
Aldo missing with knees to the body.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it. Brown tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. A frustrated look appears on Aldo's face as he tries to break the clinch. Aldo trying to land knees to the body.
Jose Aldo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Cornelius Brown is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight. Aldo is trying to stall.
And that's the end of the fight! I would just about give that final round to Cornelius Brown. I've got Brown winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:30 Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29 Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cornelius Brown!
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