PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luis Carboza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aldo has chosen Run this town-rihhana as his entrance music. Jose Aldo is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Carboza
vs
Aldo

178 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

170 cm
20
145 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luis Carboza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Aldo!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carboza tries to clinch but Aldo is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carboza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aldo jabs Carboza to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Carboza clinches up with Aldo and pushes him back against the cage.
Carboza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Aldo's efforts to push away.
Carboza missing with knees to the body.
Aldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aldo blocks an elbow strike from Carboza.
Carboza tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
Aldo has Carboza pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Carboza manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Carboza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Carboza working Aldo over with knees to the body.
Carboza gets underhooks to prevent Aldo's takedown attempt.
Aldo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Aldo stalling in the clinch but Carboza improves position.
Aldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carboza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aldo's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Carboza obliges.
Carboza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carboza tries to land a knee to the head but Aldo blocks with his arms.
Carboza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Carboza tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
Aldo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Carboza smiles and moves away.
Luis Carboza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Aldo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aldo circles away from the clinch attempt.

Carboza forces Aldo back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carboza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Carboza tries to land knees in the clinch but Aldo avoids the damage to the body.
Aldo managing to block the knees to the body from Carboza.
Carboza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aldo avoids it.
Carboza tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
Carboza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Carboza.
Carboza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Carboza misses with a knee to the head.
Carboza is breathing heavily.
Carboza tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carboza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carboza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aldo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Carboza to keep the fight standing.
Carboza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aldo.
Carboza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms.
Aldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Carboza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Carboza tries a knee to the head but Aldo blocks it.
Carboza prevents a takedown attempt there.
Aldo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Carboza is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Aldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carboza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carboza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aldo tries to pull guard but Carboza forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Carboza misses with a knee strike.
Carboza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Carboza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aldo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aldo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Carboza smiles and moves away.
Aldo shoots in and drives through. Carboza sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo keeps the fight on the outside.
Carboza wants to clinch up but Aldo keeps it at a distance.
Aldo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carboza tries to clinch up.
Carboza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aldo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aldo shoots in and drives through. Carboza sprawls well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carboza displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Aldo.
Carboza doesn't manage to clinch there - Aldo circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Carboza dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Aldo swats away the attempt to clinch by Carboza.
Carboza tries to clinch up but Aldo circles away and keeps his distance.
Carboza keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Luis Carboza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Carboza drives through and clinches with Aldo against the cage.
Carboza scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jose Aldo has been cut.
Aldo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Carboza just stands there and leans against the cage.
Aldo managing to block the knees to the body from Carboza.
Aldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carboza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Carboza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carboza lands an elbow inside that Aldo shrugs off.
Carboza looking to throw knees to the head but Aldo is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carboza misses with a knee to the head.
Carboza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aldo.
Aldo managing to block the knees to the body from Carboza.
Carboza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aldo blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carboza missing with knees to the body.
Carboza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aldo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carboza tries to land knees in the clinch but Aldo avoids the damage to the body.
Carboza looking to throw knees to the head but Aldo is blocking nicely.
Aldo looking to slow down the pace here.
Carboza trying to land knees to the body.
Carboza tries to land knees in the clinch but Aldo avoids the damage to the body.
Aldo is trying to pull guard but Carboza turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Luis Carboza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Aldo.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Carboza obliges.
Aldo avoiding damage as Carboza throws knees to the body.
Carboza trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carboza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Carboza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aldo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Carboza smiles and moves away.
Aldo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Carboza as he jumps to the side.
Carboza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aldo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carboza fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carboza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carboza tries to close the distance and clinch but Aldo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carboza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aldo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Carboza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carboza tries to clinch up.
Carboza is looking to clinch but Aldo is avoiding it.
Carboza doesn't manage to clinch there - Aldo circles away.
Luis Carboza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aldo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carboza wants to clinch.
Aldo circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carboza stuffs the takedown.
Carboza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Carboza pushes Aldo up against the cage in a clinch.
Carboza connects with a knee to the head.
Aldo avoiding damage as Carboza throws knees to the body.
Aldo takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carboza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carboza lands a good knee to the midsection. Aldo won't want to take too many of those.
Carboza missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carboza lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Carboza dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jose Aldo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Carboza tries to clinch but Aldo moves away
and Aldo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Aldo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aldo shoots in and drives through. Carboza sprawls well.
Aldo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carboza tries to close the distance and clinch but Aldo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carboza tries to clinch up but Aldo circles away and keeps his distance.
Carboza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aldo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carboza tries to clinch up but Aldo circles away and keeps his distance.
Carboza tries to clinch but Aldo moves out of range.
Carboza is looking to clinch.
Carboza tries to clinch up but Aldo circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carboza tries to clinch up.
Carboza is looking to clinch but Aldo is avoiding it.
Carboza tries to close the distance and clinch but Aldo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carboza tries to clinch up.
Carboza closes the distance looking to clinch
and Aldo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Carboza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aldo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carboza tries to close the distance and clinch but Aldo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carboza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aldo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carboza wants to clinch up but Aldo keeps it at a distance.
Carboza tries to clinch but Aldo moves away
and Aldo counters with a big head kick but Carboza shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carboza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aldo keeps the fight on the outside.

Carboza closes the distance and pushes Aldo back into the cage.
Carboza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Carboza.
Carboza avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Aldo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Carboza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carboza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aldo avoids it.
Aldo jumps guard but Carboza turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Carboza is pressed up against the cage. Aldo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Carboza down to the mat. Carboza avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Luis Carboza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Aldo.
Aldo with a lazy takedown attempt

and Carboza counters by clinching up.
Carboza crunches a lovely knee into Aldo's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carboza working Aldo over with knees to the body.
Carboza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Carboza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Carboza with a knee to the head.
Carboza lands an elbow just above Aldo 's eye.
Aldo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Aldo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Carboza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aldo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Carboza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carboza.
Carboza lands a good knee to the midsection. Aldo won't want to take too many of those.
Carboza scores with a knee to the head.
Aldo jumps guard but Carboza stands there with Aldo around his waist. Aldo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Carboza working Aldo over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carboza gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Aldo.
Carboza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Carboza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Carboza tries to land a knee to the head but Aldo blocks with his arms.
Carboza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aldo can do to turn this around?
Carboza looking to throw knees to the head but Aldo is blocking nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carboza stops a takedown attempt from Aldo.
A knee to the head by Carboza.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldo tries to stall but Carboza uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Carboza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jose Aldo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luis Carboza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carboza avoids a wild elbow strike from Aldo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luis Carboza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carboza has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luis Carboza!