Aldo vs. Faber Live Play-by-Play: Jose Aldo (16-1) vs. Urijah Faber (23-3)

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Featherweight Title Bout

First 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. 

Faber switches stances and misses with a right hand.  He then rushes in and misses with his first take down attempt. 

Faber hit with a light right hand. 

Aldo gets clipped with a right hook, misses with an uppercut and then again with a left. He connects 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 separation with a push front kick and Aldo hits with a spinning back kick as the round ends.

UNOFFICIAL SCORING — Aldo 10-9

Second Round 

The second 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, who rushes in, and misses with a kick. 

Aldo hits with a leg kick again and begins picking Faber apart with his kicks as 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 second round bell sounds.

UNOFFICIAL SCORING — Aldo 10-9 (Aldo 20-18)

Third Round

Faber makes Aldo miss and fakes a shoot. 

Aldo hits with a solid right hand to the body. He then shakes off a take down attempt by Faber. 

Aldo hits with another leg kick and seems to have 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 leg, goes down with Faber, but gets right back up. He delivers another kick and then tees off with a 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 and lands a left to the body, dropping Faber as the third round bell saves him.

UNOFFICIAL SCORING – Aldo 10-9 (Aldo 30-27)

Fourth Round

Aldo lands another body kick as the fourth round 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 but 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 is almost 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)

Fifth 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 take down. 

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 take down 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, 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)