PBP Commentary

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 into the arena with Pregador Luo - Já Posso Suportar blaring out of the sound system. James Darmody looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Aldo
vs
Darmody

186 cm
24
145 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

190 cm
30
141 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Sin City Allstars

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 6 - 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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Darmody!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo misses with a double jab.
Darmody looks to land a combination but Aldo avoids it well.
Darmody has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Darmody there as he acknowledges the shot.
Darmody keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aldo scoring well with a low kick there.
Aldo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Darmody has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Aldo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Aldo throws a head kick but Darmody moves out of range.
Aldo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Aldo ducks under a wild hook from Darmody.
Aldo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aldo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Aldo throws a body shot but no joy.
Darmody punishes Aldo's body with a nice straight punch.
Darmody has his takedown stuffed

and Aldo counters by clinching up.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aldo trying to land knees to the body.
Aldo misses with a body punch.
Darmody tries to circle away but Aldo has him pinned against the cage.
Aldo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Aldo.
Darmody has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Aldo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aldo misses with a knee strike.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Darmody avoids it.
Aldo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aldo digs a right hand into Darmody's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Darmody's gas tank.
Aldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aldo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Darmody looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Aldo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Aldo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aldo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Darmody up against the cage.
Darmody managing to block the knees to the body from Aldo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darmody blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darmody wants to break free but Aldo has control.
Aldo tries to work over Darmody's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aldo lands a nice shot to the body.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Darmody avoids it.
Darmody is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aldo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Darmody lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aldo has Darmody pressed against the cage.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Aldo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Aldo.
Aldo missing with knees to the body.
Darmody tries to break free but Aldo pushes him back against the cage.
Aldo missing with knees to the body.
Aldo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Aldo landing knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Darmody's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Aldo misses with a knee to the head.
Aldo tries a knee to the head but Darmody blocks it.
Aldo struggles to land a body shot inside as Darmody controls his hands.
Aldo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Aldo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Darmody misses with a hook
and Aldo counters with a low kick, right behind Darmody 's knee.
Darmody tries a low kick but Aldo avoids it.
Aldo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Aldo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Aldo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Darmody misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aldo.
Darmody scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Aldo misses with a low kick.
Darmody misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Aldo to counter with a crisp jab.

Darmody is rocked!
Aldo walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Darmody drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Aldo swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Darmody's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 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.
The defeated James Darmody had this to say: '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'.