PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Micheal Bates (ranked 5680 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Aldo (ranked 19095 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Aldo is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Bates
vs
Aldo

185 cm
28
174 lbs
10 - 12 - 0

193 cm
32
174 lbs
5 - 12 - 1

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

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 10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Micheal Bates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Anderson Aldo!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch but Bates swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bates half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

Bates moves into the clinch successfully.
Bates avoiding damage.
The referee calls for Bates to work.
Bates gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

Bates has clasped his hands together around Aldo's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Bates landing strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bates taking a breather here.
Bates seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Aldo for as long as he can get away with.
Bates cracks Aldo with a big right hand but Aldo just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bates in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bates creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bates scoring with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo wants to control but Bates postures up.
Bates working the ground and pound.
Bates is looking to take a break and control but Aldo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bates working the ground and pound from side control.
Bates is chipping away with strikes.
Bates working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Bates wants to lay and pray for a moment but Aldo keeps working.
Bates connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Aldo some visible discomfort.
Bates trying to control the action but Aldo is working from the bottom.
Bates taking a breather here.
Bates definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bates creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bates working the ground and pound but Aldo is defending the strikes.
Bates working away.
Aldo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bates is putting a hurting on Aldo here, landing some big shots from side control.
Bates working the ground and pound from side control.
The strikes coming from Bates are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Bates trying to control the position but Aldo is working away.
Aldo is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Bates is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bates scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Aldo?
Bates connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bates pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bates breaks from Aldo's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Aldo is rocked!
Bates unloading with bombs!
Aldo is still in real trouble! Can Bates finish him?
Bates lands a couple of good shots and Aldo has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Aldo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bates. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bates scores with strikes from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bates is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Aldo is in bad spot here.
Aldo seems to have recovered his senses.
Bates trying to control.
Bates connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Aldo to escape the position.
Bates lands a shot to the body.
Can Aldo hold on?! Bates is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Bates tries to get the hooks in deep but Aldo pushed the leg off.
Aldo is trapped and Bates is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Bates lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Aldo hold on?!
Bates loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Aldo hold on?
Bates scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Aldo is looking for a way out.
Bates lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bates has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aldo is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Bates scores with punches to the body.
Aldo is keeping busy.
Bates has Aldo flattened out and is raining down punches.
Aldo is covering up but some of the strikes from Bates are getting through and doing damage.
Bates keeps control of the position easily here as Aldo tries to buck him off.
Bates loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Aldo hold on?
Bates lands strikes from the back and Aldo isn't doing enough to escape the position. The referee steps in to end the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Micheal Bates!