PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sang Fu Yung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Aldo
vs
Fu Yung

195 cm
25
285 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

215 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ron Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sang Fu Yung!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fu Yung throws a big shot that misses.
Fu Yung misses with an uppercut
and Aldo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aldo cracks Fu Yung with an open hand slap.
Sang Fu Yung seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fu Yung throws a head kick but Aldo moves out of range.
Aldo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Aldo avoids the head kick by Fu Yung.
Aldo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Aldo scores with a nice head shot.
Aldo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Aldo blocks a head kick by Fu Yung.
Fu Yung takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fu Yung misses with a right hand
and Fu Yung takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fu Yung misses with an uppercut.
Aldo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fu Yung moves forwards but Aldo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fu Yung showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aldo.
Fu Yung misses with an attempted mid kick.
Aldo cracks Fu Yung with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fu Yung tries a low kick but Aldo avoids it.
Fu Yung jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aldo lands a jab to Fu Yung's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fu Yung throws a series of punches but Aldo moves out of range.
Fu Yung throws a right and a left that Aldo avoids nicely.
Fu Yung slips a jab from Aldo.
Fu Yung pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Aldo slips under a jab.
Nice shot lands for Aldo.
Aldo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fu Yung.
Fu Yung throws a head kick that misses.

Aldo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Aldo works his way into side control.
Aldo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fu Yung keeps working.
Fu Yung is trying to get back to half guard.
Aldo trying to control the action but Fu Yung is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Fu Yung!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fu Yung wants to control but Aldo is having none of it.

Aldo quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Aldo but it's paid off an Fu Yung is forced to tap! Nice work by Aldo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ron Aldo!
Ron Aldo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.