PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Audette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Aldo
vs
Audette

177 cm
24
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
24
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, 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 Tokyo, Richard Audette!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Aldo looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Aldo passes Audette's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Audette is defending against the submission attempts here by Aldo.

Aldo looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Audette really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Aldo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Audette is trying to stand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Aldo is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Audette has managed to free his arm - good work.

Aldo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Audette sees it coming and defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aldo seems to be looking for submissions.

Aldo in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Audette tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Aldo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jose Aldo!
Our winner, Jose Aldo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.