Video of Jose Aldo's One Professional Career Loss
by Luke Thomas on Nov 18, 2009 9:04 AM EST
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PrintMike Brown fans will be heartened by how Aldo loses this bout. In the middle of the ring Aldo's takedown defense and scrambling is excellent. Against the fence, not so much. From there his guard is passed, he is mounted and improperly defends the choke.
A sturdy, strong and most importantly, technically fundamental Brown could do serious damage following a similar gameplan to Azevedo.
Unless, of course, Aldo has improved. And he has.
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Exactly what I predicted in another post. I think Brown is going to wear on him through the first two rounds. Aldo will make a reckless mistake early in the third with Brown ending up in his guard. Brown will finish it with GNP in the last couple minutes of the round.
I know it’s a ridiculously precise prediction but it’s all in fun. I won’t gloat if I get it right.
He got cautious after that fight.
3 wins by decision followed this one.
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Jose Aldo, Sub Rd 2
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Though Brown has loss this way...
From the fight’s we’ve seen… I’m not sure he’ll pull off a sub. It’s possible he can but I see him using his jiu-jitsu more as a defensive thing to go along with his striking. It’s definitely an unknown quantity though.
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This is how I see it happening.
1st round is a tentative “The respect each others power and skill” one. 2nd round Aldo blitzes Brown and dazes him. Brown takes it to the ground to recover and gets subbed.
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Was that even technically a choke?
Looked more like a crossface. Though with that body triangle in there, that’s still a horrible place to be.
That fight was against a tough 155 pounder too. Different animal.
by Jonathan Snowden on Nov 18, 2009 11:50 AM EST reply actions
There are 1,000 differences
The time of the fight, the opponent, the ring, the preparation, Aldo’s age. I could do this ad nauseum.
I don’t spend all of my time writing a post articulating the differences. I expect the readers to pick that up on their own.
What I focus in on, however, are meaningful levels of overlap (or at least what I think are meaningful levels of overlap). In this case, Brown’s size (he used to fight 155), wrestling, sub defense and cage tactics against a still youthful Aldo seems to me a helpful comparison.
by Luke Thomas on Nov 18, 2009 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
Well, the fight is in a foreign language and many readers will not know that the opponent was a super tough guy at 155. He’s not Brown. Brown is a featherweight who fought at lightweight when that was the only other option.
I’m not saying it’s not helpful. It is a neat fight to watch. Thanks for posting it.
by Jonathan Snowden on Nov 18, 2009 7:44 PM EST up reply actions
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