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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Darmody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aldo comes to the cage accompanied by Pregador Luo - Já Posso Suportar. James Darmody told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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145 lbs
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141 lbs
10 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gustavo Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Darmody!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo connects with a body shot that sends Darmody's belly button to the back.
Darmody on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A left lands for Aldo.
Darmody scores with a hook.
Darmody misses with a double jab
and Aldo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Aldo connects with a solid leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Darmody there.
Darmody looks for the body kick but Aldo saw that one coming.
Aldo connects with a leg kick. Darmody looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Aldo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aldo dodges the punch combination from Darmody.
James Darmody seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aldo takes the fight into the clinch.
Aldo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aldo scores with a shot to the side of Darmody's head.
Darmody is trying to break the clinch but Aldo is controlling him.
Darmody blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aldo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darmody blocks it with crossed arms.
Aldo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Darmody has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aldo can't find room to land a body shot as Darmody controls the action.
Darmody breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Darmody jabbing away but nothing is landing.
No joy there for Darmody, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Aldo clinches up with Darmody and pushes him back against the cage.
Aldo trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Aldo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Aldo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Darmody is trying to force a seperation but Aldo has the dominant position.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Darmody avoids the damage to the body.
Aldo prevents Darmody from breaking the clinch.
Aldo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Darmody has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Aldo seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Darmody can turn it around.
Aldo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aldo has Darmody pushed against the cage.
Darmody has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo lands a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Aldo as the two fighters clinch.
Aldo has Darmody pressed against the cage, preventing Darmody from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Darmody digs a right hand underneath Aldo's ribcage. Aldo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Aldo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Aldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Darmody wants to break the clinch but can't.
Aldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aldo misses with a knee strike.
Aldo prevents Darmody from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Aldo.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Darmody avoids the damage to the body.
Darmody is trying to break the clinch but Aldo is controlling him.
Darmody is trying to push Aldo away but Aldo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Aldo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Aldo misses with some punches.
Aldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aldo tries a knee to the head but Darmody blocks it.
Aldo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Darmody wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Aldo fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gustavo Aldo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Darmody throws a poor cross that misses
and Aldo counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Aldo ducks under a wild hook from Darmody.
Aldo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Darmody is rocked!
Darmody misses with a combination
and Aldo counters with a crisp right that sends Darmody to the canvas! Aldo follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gustavo Aldo!
Gustavo Aldo bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
James Darmody was interviewed post fight and said 'I blame God for this loss. He wasn't with me tonight, he usually is, but he must be mad at me or something, I dunno'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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