PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Cox (ranked 7862 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Aldo (ranked 19436 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Aldo acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Cox
vs
Aldo

189 cm
27
183 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

193 cm
32
174 lbs
5 - 12 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Cox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anderson Aldo!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cox swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cox on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Aldo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Aldo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Aldo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aldo.
Aldo moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cox throws a right and a left that Aldo avoids nicely.
Aldo tries to clinch but Cox moves out of range.
Aldo tries to clinch up.
Aldo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cox throws a lazy right hand but Aldo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Cox backs off Aldo throws a huge counter combo but Cox manages to avoid it all.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cox lands an overhand right.
Cox lands a jab to the nose.
Aldo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cox avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aldo throws a nice inside leg kick.

Cox closes the distance and pushes Aldo back into the cage.
Cox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Cox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aldo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Cox forces Aldo back against the cage and clinches.

Cox breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cox darts in and clinches Aldo up against the cage.
Cox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aldo trying to land knees to the body.
Aldo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Aldo missing with knees to the body.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Cox avoids the damage to the body.
Cox scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cox avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Cox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Cox avoids the damage to the body.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Cox avoids the damage to the body.

Cox manages to break the clinch.
Anderson Aldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Cox clinches with his opponent.

Cox breaks the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Cox closes the distance and pushes Aldo back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aldo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Cox pushes Aldo up against the cage in a clinch.
Aldo missing with knees to the body.
Cox stalls.
Aldo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cox.
Cox is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Cox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Aldo is looking to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Aldo.
Aldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aldo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Cox clinches up with Aldo and pushes him back against the cage.
Aldo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cox is defending well for now.

Cox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cox throws a right and a left that both miss.

Cox closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Cox manages to break the clinch.
Cox keeps the fight on the outside.
Aldo throws a one two combo.
Cox fails to land with a series of punches.
Aldo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Aldo.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cox paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cox scores with a nice strike.

Cox closes the distance and clinches.
Cox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cox avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Cox avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Cox blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Cox breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Aldo.

Cox closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cox avoids it.
Cox is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Aldo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cox.
Cox avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Cox lands a nice shot to the body.
Cox managing to block the knees to the body from Aldo.

Cox manages to break the clinch.
Aldo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Aldo is looking to clinch.

Aldo instigates a clinch.
Cox blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aldo takes a shot to the head.
Aldo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cox is defending well for now.
Cox pushes Aldo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aldo letting Cox take a breather here.
Aldo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cox.
Cox lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Cox breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that John Cox will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Aldo misses with a double jab.
Aldo wants to clinch.
Aldo connects with an inside leg kick.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Cox keeps it at a distance.
That kick from Aldo tenderised Cox's leg. Cox is trying to keep his angry face on.
A chopping leg kick lands by Aldo.
Aldo blocks a jab.
Aldo scores with a leg kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Aldo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Anderson Aldo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aldo scores with a leg kick.
Aldo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cox has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
John Cox is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cox misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aldo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cox has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Cox gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Cox breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Aldo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cox. That did some damage!

Cox moves into the clinch.
Cox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cox managing to block the knees to the body from Aldo.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Cox avoids the damage to the body.
Aldo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cox.

Cox breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cox moves into the clinch.

Cox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aldo tries to clinch but Cox is having none of it.
Cox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aldo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cox misses with a series of wild punches.
Aldo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Aldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aldo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cox closes the distance and pushes Aldo back into the cage.
Cox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
John Cox has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cox breaks from the clinch.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cox paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cox is looking to clinch.
Aldo unleashes a big counter combination but Cox bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Cox tries to land a leg kick but Aldo saw it coming and moves away.
Cox misses with a head kick.
Aldo moves in looking to clinch but Cox pushes him off.
Cox looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Aldo throws a leg kick which misses Cox's front leg but catches the back leg as Cox tries to avoid it.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Cox keeps it at a distance.
A little feinted left hand from Cox on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Aldo scoring well with a low kick there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aldo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Aldo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Aldo is looking to clinch but Cox is avoiding it.
Aldo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Aldo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Aldo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cox's sensitive parts.
Cox circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cox counters with a three punch combo that has Aldo backing up. Aldo nods at Cox to acknowledge the strikes.
Aldo connects with a leg kick. Cox looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Aldo feints and then cracks Cox's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cox down.

Cox takes the fight into the clinch.
Cox lands with a short shot to the head.
Cox avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Aldo trying to land knees to the body.
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!
Cox lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Aldo crunches a lovely knee into Cox's ribcage.
Cox avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cox tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cox avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Aldo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cox.

Cox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aldo.

Cox clinches with his opponent.

Cox breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aldo moves in looking to clinch but Cox pushes him off.
Aldo feints and then cracks Cox's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cox down.
Cox keeps the fight on the outside.

Cox closes the distance and clinches.
Cox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aldo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cox is defending well for now.

Cox breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cox misses with a few strikes there.
Aldo is looking to slow Cox down with leg kicks.

Cox gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cox is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Anderson Aldo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Cox tries to clinch but Aldo is having none of it.
Aldo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cox.
Cox swats away the attempt to clinch by Aldo.
Cox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aldo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cox takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cox doesn't manage to clinch there - Aldo circles away.
Aldo throws a leg kick which misses Cox's front leg but catches the back leg as Cox tries to avoid it.
Aldo tries to clinch but Cox moves out of range.
Cox on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cox on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Aldo tries to clinch but Cox is having none of it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aldo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aldo is looking to clinch but Cox is avoiding it.
Cox misses with an uppercut. Aldo saw that one coming.
Aldo scoring well with a low kick there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aldo.
Cox takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Aldo fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cox darts in and clinches Aldo up against the cage.
Aldo avoiding damage as Cox throws knees to the body.
Aldo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cox is defending well for now.
Cox misses with a punch on the inside.
Cox lands with a left to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cox.
Cox managing to block the knees to the body from Aldo.

Cox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Cox has closed the distance and engaged Aldo in a clinch.
Aldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Cox avoids the damage to the body.

Cox breaks the clinch.
Aldo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Cox clinches up against the cage.
Aldo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cox avoids it.

Cox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aldo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cox throws a big counter combination but Aldo scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Aldo tries to keep at a distance but Cox has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cox avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cox struggles to land a body shot inside as Aldo controls his hands.

Cox breaks the clinch.
Aldo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cox swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cox fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Aldo is looking to slow Cox down with leg kicks.
Cox avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aldo moves in looking to clinch but Cox pushes him off.

Cox has managed to clinch.

Cox breaks from the clinch.

Cox has managed to clinch.

Cox breaks from the clinch.
Aldo tries to clinch up.
Aldo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Aldo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cox swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cox seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Aldo is looking to slow Cox down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Aldo, right into the meat.
Aldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Cox circles away.
Cox is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Aldo.
Cox is looking to clinch.
Aldo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Aldo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cox avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cox quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Aldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Cox circles away.
It appears Cox was looking to counter with a kick there.
Aldo feints and then cracks Cox's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cox down.
Cox keeps the fight on the outside.
A good leg kick by Aldo.

Cox takes the fight into the clinch.
Aldo missing with knees to the body.
Aldo trying to land knees to the body.
Cox avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Cox scores with a hook to the body.
Aldo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cox is defending well for now.

Cox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Aldo tries to keep at a distance but Cox has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cox managing to block the knees to the body from Aldo.
Aldo missing with knees to the body.

Cox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Aldo.
Aldo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Aldo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cox's sensitive parts.
Aldo wants to slow Cox down by chopping away at his legs.
Aldo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Cox keeps it at a distance.
An inside leg kick from Aldo misses.
Cox seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Aldo tries to clinch but Cox is having none of it.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cox paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Cox clinches up with Aldo and pushes him back against the cage.
Cox managing to block the knees to the body from Aldo.
A nice left hand lands by Cox.
Cox scores with a shoulder strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Anderson Aldo.
I think Aldo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

The fight is ruled a draw!