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Featherweight Title Bout
1st round – Josh Rosenthal is the referee for this featherweight title bout. Faber misses with a push kick to start it off. Faber runs at Aldo but misses with a couple rights. Aldo kicks Faber and then jumps backwards. Aldo trips up Faber but Faber connects with a push kick as well. Faber switches stances and misses with a right hand. Faber rushes in and misses with his first takedown attempt. Faber hit with a light right hand. Aldo gets clipped with a right hook. Aldo misses with an uppercut and then again with a left. He does connect with a knee up the middle. Faber takes a deep breath and then throws a right hand, which missed. Faber rushes in and hits with a combo. Aldo lands a knee to the body. Faber gets seperation with a push front kick. Aldo hits with a spinning back kick as the round ends.
UNOFFICIAL SCORING - Aldo 10-9
2nd round – The 2nd round is underway and Faber just misses with a couple of right hands. Aldo trips up Faber and then hits with a right hand to the body of Faber. Faber leads in with a right hand but misses with most of it. Aldo missed with an uppercut but hit with a second one. Aldo lands a leg kick to the thigh of Faber. Faber rushes in and misses with a kick. Aldo hits with a leg kick again. Aldo is picking Faber apart with his kicks and he lands another one. Faber shoots but pulls back and squares up again. A front kick by Faber barely makes contact. Aldo almost drops Faber with a low kick. Faber hits with a right hand after getting hit with a low leg kick again. Aldo hits with a solid leg kick to the body as the 2nd round bell sounds.
UNOFFICIAL SCORING – Aldo 10-9 (Aldo 20-18)
3rd round – Faber makes Aldo miss and fakes a shoot. Aldo hits with a solid right hand to the body. He then shakes off a takedown attempt by Faber. Aldo hits with another leg kick and seems to hae hurt Faber. Faber hits with a left. Alfo hits with a body shot and Faber is hurting. Faber barely hits with a left hand. Aldo connects with a let and then goes down with Faber but gets right back up. He delivers anotehr kcik and then tees off with right hand to the body. Faber fights back and hits with a right hand to stop Aldo’s flurry. Aldo hits with a trip and then a right hand. Faber charges in on Aldo but then retreats. Aldo connects with a low leg kick. Aldo lands a left to the body and then drops Faber as the 3rd round bell saves him.
UNOFFICIAL SCORING – Aldo 10-9 (Aldo 30-27)
4th round – Aldo lands another body kick as the 4th starts. Aldo hits with a low leg kick that has Faber jumping on one leg. The fight is on the ground now after a flurry by Aldo. Aldo mounts and gets his arms around Aldo’s body. Aldo peppers Faber with a couple of punches to the head. Faber is scrambling but cant get out of Aldo’s grasp. He finally does and gets back to his feet. Faber misses with a left jab. Aldo trips Faber up again and then joins him on the ground. Aldo is on top of Faber and trying to transition. He is in side control and trying to mount. He begins to hammer on Faber’s head with shots. Faber almost is finished but pops up for a moment. The ref is looking carefully, but lets the action go on. Aldo lands elbow after elbow as Faber bucks up. Aldo connects with punch after punch as Faber bucks out once again. Faber scrambles and Aldo continues to hammer away with punches as the round ends.
UNOFFICIAL SCORING – Aldo 10-9 (Aldo 40-36)
5th round – The final round is underway and Aldo looks fresh. Faber rushes in but Aldo escapes. A right by Faber is blocked and so is another right. Faber jumps at Aldo’s feet but Aldo chooses to allow him to his feet. Faber gets up and takes a right from Aldo. Aldo comes in at Faber and then back away. Faber hits with a right hand and then misses with a takedown. Aldo hits with a leg kick to the body of Faber. Faber rushes away from Aldo and then squares off again. He goes in for a takedown and gets clipped with a body shot. Faber hits with a right jab and then jumps at Aldo’s feet. Aldo hits with a left hand from the top position. Aldo stands on top of Faber and hits with a right hand. Faber tries an upkick as the bell sounds to end the fight.
UNOFFICIAL SCORING – Aldo 10-9 (Aldo 50-45)
OFFICIAL SCORING – Aldo over Faber unanimous decision (49-45, 49-45, 50-45)