PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Markus Serdal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Aguero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aguero has chosen Argentinian Magic as his entrance music. Sergio Aguero will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Serdal
vs
Aguero

170 cm
28
170 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

180 cm
26
175 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Markus Serdal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Aguero!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aguero staying out of range there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Aguero.
Serdal moves out of range of the leg kick from Aguero.
Sergio Aguero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aguero lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Aguero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Serdal.
Aguero cracks Serdal with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jab by Aguero.
Serdal fails to land with a series of punches.
Aguero scores with a leg kick.
Serdal misses with a few strikes there.
Aguero walks forward, straight into a front kick from Serdal.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sloppy strikes from Aguero. Those never looked like landing.
Aguero lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Aguero walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Serdal checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Serdal fails to land with a series of punches.
Serdal throws a sloppy head kick and Aguero moves out of range easily.
A punch combination from Serdal misses.
Serdal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Aguero throws a sloppy head kick and Serdal moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serdal jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sergio Aguero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Serdal throws a head kick that Aguero semi-blocks.
Serdal looks to land a combination but Aguero avoids it well.
Aguero is looking to clinch but Serdal is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Serdal.
Aguero misses with a kick to the body.
Serdal has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Aguero finds it's way round the side to connect with Serdal's head.
Aguero lands with a kick to the temple. Serdal shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Aguero moves to clinch but Serdal breaks away
and Serdal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Serdal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Aguero clinches up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aguero lands a good knee to the midsection. Serdal won't want to take too many of those.
Aguero pushes off an throws an elbow but Serdal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Aguero unloads a knee to the mid-section. Serdal lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Serdal has Aguero pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Aguero manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Aguero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Serdal is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serdal wants a takedown.
Serdal avoiding damage as Aguero throws knees to the body.
Aguero lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Serdal avoids a wild elbow strike from Aguero.
Nice elbow from Aguero.

Aguero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Serdal stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aguero.
Aguero slips a jab and a cross from Serdal.
Serdal takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Aguero connects with a leg kick. Serdal looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Serdal lands with an overhand left.
Serdal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Aguero avoids a punch combination nicely.
Serdal is breathing heavily.
Aguero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Aguero clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguero lands a shoulder strike.
Serdal takes an elbow to the temple.
Aguero pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Aguero landing knees to the body.
Aguero stalling the fight.
Aguero misses with an elbow strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Aguero.
Serdal tries for a takedown but Aguero manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Markus Serdal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Serdal managing to block the knees to the body from Aguero.
Aguero gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Aguero utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Aguero wants to stall.
Serdal wants a takedown but no success here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguero tries to land knees in the clinch but Serdal avoids the damage to the body.
Serdal wants to take the fight to the mat but Aguero manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Aguero creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Aguero pushes off an throws an elbow but Serdal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aguero lands an elbow just above Serdal 's eye.

Serdal has hold of one of Aguero's legs. Aguero is fighting the takedown attempt but Serdal gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Aguero seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Serdal drops back, looking for a kneebar! Aguero looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Aguero looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Aguero!
Serdal struggling a bit here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Aguero dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Danga de danga de dang - Serdal scores with a four punch combination!
Aguero pivots, looking for a leg kick but Serdal is out of range and Aguero settles back down.
Aguero thuds his shin into the meat of Serdal's side.
Serdal lands with a hook. Aguero tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Serdal throws a head kick that misses.
Nice defenses there by Serdal.
Aguero tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Serdal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A clash of legs there as Serdal blocks the low kick.
Serdal throws a nice looking combination but Aguero bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Serdal swats away the attempt to clinch by Aguero.
Aguero doesn't manage to clinch there - Serdal circles away.
Aguero connects with an inside leg kick.
Aguero looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Serdal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Aguero wants to slow Serdal down by chopping away at his legs.
Serdal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Aguero.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Serdal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Serdal takes a kick to the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Serdal.
Aguero lands a nice hook to Serdal's body. Serdal takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Serdal. Aguero does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aguero bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Aguero misses with a kick to the body.
Nice body kick there by Aguero.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aguero scores with a head kick.
Aguero tries to clinch up.
Aguero lands with a kick to the ribs.
Serdal dodges the punch combination from Aguero.
Serdal takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Aguero is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguero defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Serdal.
Aguero delivers a nice body kick.
Aguero throws a sloppy head kick and Serdal moves out of range easily.
Aguero buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Aguero scores with a nice body kick.
Aguero is looking to clinch.
Aguero fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Serdal.
Aguero connects with a solid leg kick.
Aguero feints and then cracks Serdal's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Serdal down.
Serdal will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Serdal moves out of range of the body kick from Aguero.
Serdal blocks a head kick by Aguero.
Serdal takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Aguero misses with a body shot.
Aguero has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Aguero scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Serdal throws a series of punches but Aguero moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serdal on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Aguero. Aguero obviously looking to wear him down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Aguero, right into the meat.
Aguero scoring well with a low kick there.
Aguero jabs Serdal right on the nose. Serdal blinks but takes it well.
Aguero throws a head kick that Serdal semi-blocks.
Markus Serdal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aguero tries to clinch but Serdal moves out of range.
Aguero looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aguero throws a nice outside leg kick.
Serdal avoids the head kick by Aguero.
Serdal misses with the combination.
Sergio Aguero seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aguero lets loose with a powerful body kick. Serdal will feel that in the morning.
A punch combination from Serdal misses.

Aguero drives through and clinches with Serdal against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Serdal avoiding damage as Aguero throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguero looking to slow down the pace here.
Aguero gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Aguero trying to land knees to the body.
Serdal is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Aguero gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Aguero lands an elbow just above Serdal 's eye.
Serdal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aguero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Serdal is defending well for now.
Aguero misses with an elbow over the top.
Aguero trying to land knees to the body.
Aguero gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Serdal.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Markus Serdal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aguero is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Aguero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Serdal's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Aguero.
Serdal on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Aguero. Aguero obviously looking to wear him down.
Aguero throws a leg kick but Serdal sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Serdal throws a right hand that Aguero ducks under and follows up with a left that Aguero also avoids with ease.
Serdal pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Serdal throws a right hand that Aguero ducks under and follows up with a left that Aguero also avoids with ease.
Aguero throws the kick towards the body but Serdal avoids it.
Aguero misses with a body shot.
Serdal lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aguero circles away quickly and effectively.
Aguero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Serdal blocks a low kick nicely.

Aguero gets a clinch.
Aguero stops a takedown attempt from Serdal.
Aguero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Serdal.
Serdal is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Aguero pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Aguero landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguero crunches a lovely knee into Serdal's ribcage.
Aguero crunches a lovely knee into Serdal's ribcage.
Aguero lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Aguero will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Serdal up against the cage.
Serdal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Aguero throws an elbow but misses.
Aguero prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Markus Serdal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees in the clinch landing for Aguero.
Serdal managing to block the knees to the body from Aguero.
Serdal tries to score a body lock takedown but Aguero shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Serdal avoiding damage as Aguero throws knees to the body.
Markus Serdal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguero misses with an elbow over the top.
Aguero lands a nice knee to the body.
Aguero missing with knees to the body.
Aguero just leaning against Serdal, taking a breather.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Serdal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aguero lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aguero obliges.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Aguero looking to throw knees to the head but Serdal is blocking nicely.
Aguero throws an elbow but it misses.
Aguero is pushing Serdal up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serdal drops down looking for an ankle pick but Aguero pulls his leg out and moves away.
Serdal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Aguero.
Serdal circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Serdal counter with a right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aguero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aguero displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Serdal throws out the jab.
Aguero tries to clinch there but Serdal circles away.
Aguero misses with a low kick.
Aguero avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serdal throws a head kick that misses.
Aguero turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Serdal moves out of range as Aguero throws a body kick.

Aguero gets a clinch.
Aguero taking a breather.
Aguero pushes off an throws an elbow but Serdal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sergio Aguero is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sergio Aguero seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Serdal has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Aguero avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Serdal is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Aguero is defending well.
Serdal is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Aguero is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aguero just leaning against Serdal, taking a breather.
Serdal goes for a takedown in the clinch but Aguero prevents it.
Aguero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Serdal avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Aguero comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Aguero 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Aguero!
A victorious Sergio Aguero thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.