PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Henrique Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivica Andric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andric comes into a darkened arena with his song building. La Voix kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Aldo
vs
Andric

171 cm
22
147 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

219 cm
23
140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henrique Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivica Andric!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andric throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aldo.
Andric stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aldo.
Aldo avoids the body shot from Andric.
Aldo feints and then cracks Andric's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Andric down.
Aldo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Aldo tries a low kick but Andric avoids it.
Aldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Andric circles away.
Andric throws a series of punches but Aldo avoids them all with ease.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Andric.
Good exchange - Andric coming out on top.
Aldo scores with a leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Aldo is defended easily by Andric.
Andric throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andric lands a right hook to the body.
Aldo walks into a straight right hand from Andric.
Andric blocks a low kick nicely.
Andric lands a two punch combo.
Aldo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Andric is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Aldo throws a chopping leg kick but Andric manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Aldo misses with a takedown attempt - Andric sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Andric throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Aldo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aldo dodges the punch combination from Andric.
Andric scores with a nice strike.

Aldo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Andric, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aldo prevents Andric from breaking the clinch.
Aldo fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henrique Aldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Andric blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aldo tries to stall but Andric uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Andric breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aldo throws a head kick but Andric moves out of range.
Ivica Andric is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Andric scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Aldo is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aldo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Andric dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Andric misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A nice combination there by Andric.
Andric fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Aldo looks for the body kick but Andric saw that one coming.
Aldo tries to clinch up but Andric circles away and keeps his distance.
Andric lands a jab-cross combination.

Aldo is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andric lands a brutal uppercut that launches Aldo off his feet! Aldo tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ivica Andric!