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[Applause] Aldo here we go Blue trunks for Chad Mendes green trunks for Jose Aldo Mendes with the early leg kick he’s putting pressure on right away the whole theme of his training camp was to make Aldo work Aldo is in my opinion most dangerous in the first round Mendes really wants to mimic the game plan of Frankie Edgar and we saw in that first round Edgar took a lot of damage from Aldo via jab and leg kicks but ni combination by the champion ni counter vicious body shot landed by alog oh he caught him with that left ran that’s the danger when you want to make him work this is what happens you awake the sleeping giant looking to sweep the leg again Jose Aldo got clipped he also landed a nice right hand right before he got caught with an overhand of his own lot of kicks early for Mendes oh Alo down for a moment back up big left hook by Mendes that stunned him and that makes a statement early it certainly does oh just missed with that uppercut Mendes says I am now a complete mixed Marshal artist you could see a lot of confidence on the face of Chad men yeah he’ll he’ll unleash now not just the Striking the clinch game everything in his Arsenal he’s got to be careful cuz at any moment Jose Aldo can strike as Chad learn in his first fight Chad said I got complacent literally for a second and it cost me the fight good left again by Mendes Chad worked extensively on checking leg kicks we saw in Jose Aldo’s fight against Chan Jung he only kicked the Korean zombie once and broke his foot as he kicked so hard now the kicking display against yah Faber was at times hard to watch Jose was so dominant Against The California Kid California kid so tough he was hanging in there and his entire leg turned perf at that TJ Dillashaw shocked the world defeating henah baral can his teammate do it tonight here in Rio another nice leg kick there from Mendes but he eats a body kick from Al just about to the Midway point of the first of a potential five five minute rounds interesting to see Mendes is standing right in front of Aldo talk to him this week that was not something he wanted to do he wanted to cut more angles and work around the more stationary fighter in Jose Aldo he also wants that pressure Factor he wants to be in the face of Jose Aldo and he is so far he is doing that he is making Aldo work no [Applause] doubt Mendes at 5 fight win streak four of the wins by knockout four straight in [Applause] fact on the counter with the left oh another nice left hand for menz o huge combination Alo everything Aldo lands hurt but there with a smile which means it probably hurt yeah shrugs it off there’s the first big leg kick Aldo gets out of the way of the kick from Mendes he checked that nicely with his knee oh all body Alo went to the body but he ate a beautiful counter left hook and a nice combination there from Chad Mendes yeah the hands just look very very good so far for Mendes bang lwig has been such a huge Factor at Team Alpha and interesting for this Camp Dwayne Ludwick actually wasn’t there with Mendes for the last month but so far so good in gaining the respect of Aldo on the feet well Martin cman doing a nice job with the Striking as well there stay there stay there there are you okay stay there stay there stay there away hold away up this is exactly what he doesn’t want he doesn’t want Aldo get a chance to rest can you see he wants to keep the Pace High doctor doctor stay where you are please and you can see right there he’s trying to trying to get his range and block those punches andair him and his fingers are W wide and catches all the right in the eye but this is the exact opposite of what Mendes wants that’s why he wants to get this thing started he wants to keep that pace High the only chinks in the armor of Jose Aldo we’ve seen come in rounds four and five like the homic fight like the Frankie Edgar fight both which by the way he still won Alo comes out strong Mendes right in his face again W look at that combination oh he eats it oh now look how fast Aldo gets back up Mendes put him down Aldo just bounces right back just big left hook by Jose Alo he lands again on top trying to finish Mendes Mendes has got to try and control all those wrists here and recover that’s another big left oh and he’s in the mid 20 seconds on the clock he rocked him and MZ is up this is the danger when you want to make the champ work this is how he works put another left on the side of the head of Mendes uppercut that Chad still has in Rec oh my that was way after the buzet what do he say about trying to tame the tiger well he said don’t hit it with a twig right now I mean that that’s the referee’s job when he knows that Buzzard’s coming he’s got to get in between the fighters when they’re exchanging like that Mendes scored early looks confident but Jose Aldo able to push it to that gear he Rock again Mendes says okay I’ve improved a lot Jose hasn’t I say to you again Brian though how much more can he improve his technique is as sound as it gets he show there when when he when he puts out a lot of output he hurts people bad he hurt Chad very badly twice in that round and Chad would be very wise to try and keep this in the Clincher get it to the mat Mendes said accidental know it’s accidental but you know the in round one when he poked all in the eye it benefited Jose Aldo this could very well benefit Mendes he may not have recovered from that right hand yet went for the knee and the toes ouch we’ve had nine Brazilian champions in UFC history the only one active is Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes wants to make it an American [Applause] sweep let’s go guys fight they continue so quick so Is AO both of these guys are incredible athletes longtime soccer player Jose Aldo Mendes moving a lot more now here in round two than he was in round one he’s switching his stance often as well he’s doing what he wanted to do and making all the work if he can survive this round we’ll see how much of the gas tank is left for Jose Aldo who’s known to fade a little bit he cut so much weight to get to 145 lbs Mendes little bit of red on on that left leg and he wants to keep that leg in and out so Aldo just can’t start to tee off on it yeah that’s part of the reason why men is is switching stances so absolutely get that get that left leg out of Harm’s Way I don’t care what weight class it is if Jose Aldo hits you in the leg that would drop heavy nicely done Jose Aldo little classic Muay thae there checked here’s it all the want Mendes says I got that kick this is what Aldo wants he wants Mendes standing in front of him this is where he excels you give Jose Alo a stationary Target he will unleash combinations that are devastating to the body Mendes again nice body kick with that lead left and he switches with the right side very smart of Chad men to start attacking the body of Aldo his game is to a trm that’s a heavy leg kick and missed though just past the Midway point of the second round of this championship fight see this is the pace where the champ gets criti criticized a little bit did tremendous damage to finish round one when he was being off now he’s kind of happy to counter and use that laser jab of his 17 fight winning streak for Aldo has not lost since 2005 look at that jab unbelievable so fast really put that on display in the Frankie Edgar fight oh huge combination countered there by Chad Mendes Mendes again that kick was checked to the body vicious is hook to the body by Aldo see if Jose keeps the combinations going where starts to go one punch at a time not a whole lot of takedown attempts from Chad Mendes and he again that’s just due to the takedown defense of Jose Alden greay Maynard has gone down there to train with those guys and come back saying look I’m a 155 pounder and a big one at that and I couldn’t get Jose down and that’s in training you guys are tired yeah I asked his coach Andre there said hey does anybody get Jose down he says only when I get him really really tired some of the guys from Brazilian national wrestling team can get him down but it’s usually at the end of practice and they can’t hold him down yeah after 10 rounds for Aldo right yeah pretty even round two another nice body shot by Alo you see a little Swagger and some confidence in mendz yeah well now he’s recovered he’s recovered from that late combination in round one oh head kick I was surprised that Aldo didn’t come out a little bit more aggressive and trying to capitalize the fact that he hurt Mendes so bad Mendes tried to stutter step in the best footwork at Team Alpha Male possessed by the bantamweight champion TJ Dilla certainly final seconds of the round oh nice left hand there from Mendes ra as he switches stances one earlier tonight he also a member of Team Alpha Male Aldo Comes Out Swinging everything he throws is so vicious [Applause] checked head and a is said to Jose Aldo you’re up 20 and another poke that’s a danger of push away with that open hand over Al getting a little [Applause] frustrated it was the left eye the first time now it’s the right eye yeah Chad’s just he’s got to tighten up those fingers listen listen to me listen good okay you have to think about your Technique that’s two times now listen to me please think about your Technique if oh know I know I know you’re not doing it on purpose if it happens again I will be forced to take a b please think about your hands okay thank you okay two times I told him he has to think about his technique okay this is accidental if it happens again I’m going to be forced to take a point you understand concentrate on your fight thank you Mark GD taking control of the situation in accidental the battle continues but if it happens again a point deduction to Mendes and that could be huge if this fight goes the distance these guys are choing now oh huge left hand there lands right the bridge of the nose of Aldo very early here in round three just missed with that left hook the speed of the champion incredible nice body shot there from all the combinations like Andre Piner is called [Applause] for the only featherweight champion in UFC [Applause] history switching back and forth again Aldo faints a little bit before his combinations he’s disrupting the Rhythm there of Aldo and that’s having some success Landing his shots when he stands straight like this this is where he eats a lot of those Jabs from Alo coming into tonight Aldo has never been knocked down caught with that quick hook it look like he was knocked down from that left hand in round one why I said coming into [Applause] tonight treering is the champion when Aldo decides to get off first it is tough to stop oh and this is the case Brian of Chad Mendes could still very well win this fight but this is a case of Chad Mendes going I’ve improved exponentially but still Jose Aldo has an answer yeah no this this this not this fight’s not unwinable for either man right now with the way these guys are throwing it wouldn’t surprise me to see one of them unconscious before the end of this fifth round Aldo has won nine straight title fights nine and0 in fight scheduled for five [Music] rounds just pass the Midway point of this Championship foul and all those coach told him he said make sure you finish the round well want him to close these rounds two minutes left we’ll see how active he is in that last minute make that statement in the judge’s Minds not that many kicks from allo and not that many takedown attempts by men oh got him oh and again he’s hard the champ Auto Dred but he answered yeah Chad’s got to be careful going in there with his hands L Jo a got him about oh big knee what a sequence Big Shots by Alo both of these guys are still rocked Mendes oh the Tak down defend from Alo is just incredible absolutely even when Chad Ducks under the punches gets in on the h he just can’t even move him backward all those looking at Mark card saying is he intelligently defending himself and Mark said yes yeah he’s wishful thinking there it wasn’t long enough oh another big left hook to the champion again oh Mendes this is the best thing he can do is tie up Alo right here very smart that shows he wasn’t that rocked by that left hook if he’s able to duck under and get that high crotch and get the lift old school foot stop and as you mentioned Aldo suffered a broken foot it was on a kick against chansung Jung anything that Chad can do to maintain this positions that Mark G doesn’t separate going be knees right in front of bang Ludwick what recovery by Aldo he was hurt bad mendz missed on the last few got him on that one but you said it Brian he’s got to be careful still don’t drop the hands and boom Aldo scor in there talking to each other then just said something and both guys smiled at each other I mean there was some bad blood back and forth but the reality is these two guys respect each other yeah especially when you knock each other around like this wow what a round and the big flurry started with a Chad MZ uppercut boom right there Chad fakes the level change comes up with the uppercut got a little cocky came in and eats that overhand right to the back of the Year still got a long way to go before we get there we’ve never seen the champ endure that much damage in the first three rounds before but several times now he’s rocked Chad men real deeral fans trying to support the native [Music] ofous MZ listen to bang Ludwick he asked for more movement we’ll see if Aldo will finish his combinations with more kicks like Andre ped has asked for Team Alpha Male worked so long and so hard to get a UFC belt to Sacramento have a chance tonight to get their second inside the gym by beating another brilliant Brazilian hen BR TJ Dillashaw Mendes and Aldo here tonight it just shows how hard it is to win that belt they finally got their first belt with TJ dhaw in such a talented Camp American top team one of the best camps in the world has never had a UFC belt especially considering how dominant a fighter Uriah favor had been over the years to the body punch that was a punch Al Aldo tried to say that was an eye poke Mark got it on top it said it was a punch nice uppercut there for Mendes again Chad does need to be careful though cuz in a close fight like this a point deduction could be costly huge it would be absolutely huge and crazy to think that he could get a point deduction for an eye poke and Alo didn’t get one two late punches that rock the Challenger badly after round one great point but he get the point deduction for a third eye po three minutes what a nice jab look at the left eye of Jose Aldo come saying accidental headbutt and Godard saying let’s just fight uppercut again lot of bleeding out of the left eye they’re under the left eye Jose Aldo little cut near the forehead see that on the hairline Mendes so there might have been an accidental headbutt but the action continues the initial what Jose Alo thought was a poke in the eye was actually uppercut from Chad Mendes able to see the replay here they will be able to show it to you guys in between rounds and home much different than fight one that ended with one second on the clock in the very first round when I asked Aldo about the Striking improvements for Mendes he said all I see is a right hand he’s got no other weapons I am sure Jose Al’s opinion is change now aluto trying to turn the corner Mendes with that huge wind up he’s starting to he’s starting to look he’s starting to look for that uppercut a little too much you got to be careful all doesn’t hit him with a left hook Mark card says Nope continue to fight boys [Applause] nice right hand counter there from Aldo every round is been close Brian it has you know I think this is out of all those rounds this may be the one that most definitely being won by Mendes right now oh nice combination there from Mendes again the attacker the aggressor this round round one is tough to score both guys hurt each other but most significant damage actually came after Bell how judges score round [Applause] one just missed with the right Alo has not gone back to those kicks like his coach has asked for we saw that in his last fight as well where really hurt his foot when he just kicks so hard that when you check him like he just did to m does tremendous damage to his own foot and he said pre-fight I’m going to land some kicks going to change the complexion of this fight I’m going to beat him again under 30 another nice combination from allo he’s really trying to close this round just misses on the well that shows he still got some cardio on the tank and explosiveness oh there’s no doubt he’s still throwing plenty of power Mark card right on top of the action he wants to Jump Right In in this final round could very well decide the winner of this fight five minutes remain Mendes strikes first caught with the left and a KCK two hooks have connected to the job Jose Alo that right hand that Aldo just landed on Mendes stop Mendes right in his tracks Aldo came to Rio de janiro at age 17 with literally nothing his story is remarkable him living on the gym cleaning the gym grew up in the tough streets of my house and that’s really the story of almost all the fighters in no un oh beautiful and he does Auto looking at Andre Piner excellent timing on that double leg by Mendes Chad’s got to stay busy here try to advance doesn’t want to lose this position the referee standing him up he’s got to try and get one of his arms around the head of Aldo and then rotate him away from the fence he’s going to try to do it around his waist and you can see Aldo getting his legs back to the fence now [Applause] can Chad earn points from this position is he better off standing and trading with Aldo now he’s a great he’s controlling the position right now so yes but he’s allowing Aldo to rest a little bit which could come back to bite him if Aldo’s able to get up and if Mendes is behind on the scorecards he’s got to finish this fight obviously yeah I would think mes needs I think Mendes needs to win this round I agree at the very least Alo pushing forward still just over three minutes remain oh what a nice combination the champion with the knee and he slides out of Harm’s Way watch out Chad Mendes incredibly he catches the knee to the chest goes for the take down Al still able to recover this may be the largest test of the UFC featherweight Champion’s [Applause] career and he hasn’t gassed out no and and I’ll agree with that you know the mark homnick fight he gassed out that was my kind of my point right he he had a lot of trouble cutting the weight almost passed out doing some of the promotions for that fight the week of he’s never taken damage like this but he has weathered it Landing some beautiful combinations here in round five and as I mentioned earlier Jose Auto 5 and0 in five round fights that Go the Distance uppercut two minutes remain oh rocked again with the right hand oh nice going for the Finish if we get to the last 30 seconds of this fight watch out buckle up just shows the kind of conditioning these two men have that they’ve been able to recover Aldo turns the corner nicely 90 seconds remain Mendes both guys exhausted Mendes sitting right in front of Alo here a little bit too much Chad tried that lead left hook duck Su excellent timing look at the take down the fens of AO though he came up he’s came up no that’s not a going shot that’s not [Music] a Mendes has got a minute one minute remains in our championship fight the rematch very close fight I think both men can try and steal the round right now it would put Jose Aldo ahead so far in round five Jose has been pushed as you said Brian perhaps unlike never before but he’s had the answer so many of these rounds have been closed both guys getting hurt I I’m glad I’m not a judge and instead sit next to you tonight uppercut 20 [Applause] seconds another nice leg kick check by Aldo 10 seconds remain swinging a Miss oh nice right hand for Mendes pushing forward they go the distance in the rematch here in Rio de Janeiro and there’s was a great Championship incredible back and forth both guys adapting to the other skills and game plan the lone Brazilian Champion modern day in the UFC Pedro jizo with Jose Aldo let’s go all the way back to the first round and break it down Brian right away we knew that Mendes wanted to push the pressure and there he is right at the beginning of the round hits Aldo with a nice left hook but then he knocks down Mendes big uppercut there from the champion really putting on that was the end of round one after the buzzer but had mendz rocked badly round two nice body shot there from the champion really was just back and forth striking beautiful head [Applause] kick in round three there is one of many huge uppercuts landed by the Challenger he fought up with two of those left Hooks and stunned the champion came forward thought he was going to finish Aldo and then Aldo Rock Mendes back and forth then round four really the most dominant I Believe by Chad Mendes really was getting off first moving being very smooth with his combination in round five Aldo landed several very nice punches but a big double leg there from Mendes nice combination there from the champion defends the Tak down tough one to score but back and forth incredible job and and what a fight put on by both of these Warriors fight replay brought to you by bug Light the perfect beer for whatever happens your ey favor Jose Aldo no more bad blood a lot of mutual respect after this one will Aldo defend or will Mendes be the new Champion here is Bruce Buffer with the official decision ladies and gentlemen after five rounds we go to the judges score cards for decision all three judges scored the contest 4946 for the winner and still the Undisputed UFC featherweight champion of the world Jose Alo J that