PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Skap Hazard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Alves
vs
Hazard

175 cm
29
180 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

180 cm
26
176 lbs
14 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thiago Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Skap Hazard!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hazard misses with a hook. Alves ducked under it nicely.
Alves thuds his shin into the meat of Hazard's side.
Hazard throws a shot from downtown. Alves moves away and avoids it.
Alves tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hazard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alves is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It seemed like Hazard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hazard dips to his left and cracks Alves with an uppercut!
Hazard avoids the head kick by Alves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hazard swats away the attempt to clinch by Alves.
Hazard swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hazard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hazard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Alves fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hazard, pushing him back against the cage.
Alves looking to slow down the pace here.
Alves holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hazard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hazard as Alves tries to tie him up.
Alves misses with some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Hazard's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Alves has Hazard pressed against the cage, preventing Hazard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hazard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Alves misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves is stalling here.
Good body shot from Alves.
Hazard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Alves trying to stall but Hazard improves his position.
Hazard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Alves has him pressed against the cage.
Hazard blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alves.
Alves stalling in the clinch.
Hazard blocks an uppercut.
Hazard is trying to break the clinch but Alves is controlling him.
Alves is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hazard has had enough of the clinch but Alves keeps him there for the moment.

Hazard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hazard throws a lazy right hand but Alves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thiago Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves tries to clinch but Hazard moves out of range.
Alves thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hazard if he has to take too many more of those.

Alves moves into the clinch.
Hazard prevents a body shot from Alves.

Hazard breaks from the clinch.
Hazard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hazard takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Skap Hazard has been cut.
The fighters circling - Hazard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Alves has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hazard is trying to break free.
Alves misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hazard is trying to push Alves away but Alves has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Alves stalling.
Hazard avoids the elbow strike from Alves, against the cage.
Hazard is trying to break the clinch but Alves is controlling him.
Alves swings wildly with an uppercut but Hazard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hazard managing to block the knees to the body from Alves.
Hazard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Alves.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hazard is looking to break free of the clinch but Alves has double underhooks.
Hazard is trying to push Alves away but Alves has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hazard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Alves has him pressed against the cage.
Alves pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Alves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hazard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Alves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Skap Hazard's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Alves slips a jab from Hazard.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hazard darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Alves pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hazard looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hazard lands with a straight right. Alves didn't see that one coming.
Thiago Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alves doesn't manage to clinch there - Hazard circles away.
Hazard looks to score with a jab to the body but Alves is just out of range.
Alves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hazard throws out the jab.
Alves tries to clinch up but Hazard circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hazard on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A solid leg kick lands there for Alves.
Alves moves to clinch but Hazard breaks away
and Hazard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves is looking to clinch.
Alves tries to clinch there but Hazard circles away.
A little jabbing left from Hazard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Alves closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hazard counters with a stiff right hand.
Alves closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Hazard counter with a right hand.
Alves throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hazard takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Alves has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Alves.
Alves misses with an elbow over the top.
Alves manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Hazard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hazard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alves blocks a jab.
Hazard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alves takes one to the side of the head.
Hazard circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hazard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves throws a lazy body kick
letting Hazard counter with a right hand.
Good leg kick by Alves there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Skap Hazard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hazard listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hazard lands a slapping body shot.
Alves scoring well with a low kick there.
Alves tries to clinch but Hazard moves away
and Hazard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A clash of legs there as Hazard blocks the low kick.
Alves is looking to clinch but Hazard is avoiding it.
A little jabbing left from Hazard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Alves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hazard looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A big right from Hazard misses.
Alves wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Alves has managed to clinch.
Alves keeps control of Hazard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hazard working hard to break the clinch.
Alves lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alves struggles to land a body shot inside as Hazard controls his hands.
Alves is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hazard is defending well for now.

Hazard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alves defending well as Hazard loads up on a big left hand.
Hazard might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hazard with a nice cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skap Hazard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Skap Hazard's cut.
That's time! Alves's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Alves throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hazard swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Alves tries to clinch but Hazard is having none of it.
It seemed like Hazard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hazard misses with a hook.
Alves turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Alves tries to clinch but Hazard is having none of it.
Hazard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Alves is looking to clinch.
Alves is looking to clinch but Hazard is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hazard.
Alves looks to clinch
and Hazard counters with a right hand to the body.
Alves fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hazard swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Alves closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Hazard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alves drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Alves tries to clinch up
letting Hazard counter with a right hand.
Hazard scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Alves closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hazard counters with a stiff right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Alves looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little jabbing left from Hazard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves closes the distance but Hazard moves to the side
and Hazard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alves is looking to clinch.
Hazard looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Alves tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hazard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hazard takes a swing at Alves's ribcage but misses.
Alves dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hazard. That did some damage!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Alves wants to clinch up but Hazard keeps it at a distance.
Hazard circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Hazard counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves closes the distance but Hazard moves to the side
and Alves takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Alves doesn't manage to clinch there - Hazard circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hazard! But no joy.
Alves throws a body kick that misses.
Alves tries to clinch there but Hazard circles away.
Alves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hazard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It seemed like Hazard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Alves tries to clinch but Hazard is having none of it.
Alves feints and then cracks Hazard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hazard down.
Decent striking displayed by Hazard there.
Hazard swats away the attempt to clinch by Alves.
Hazard throws out a counter right but Alves avoids it with no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves swinging wildly here.
Hazard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It seemed like Hazard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Alves tries to clinch but Hazard moves out of range.
Hazard takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Alves scores with a push kick.
Hazard keeps the fight on the outside.
A little jabbing left from Hazard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Alves throws a body kick that misses.
Hazard now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Alves is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hazard paws at him with a jab and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Skap Hazard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hazard has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Skap Hazard!
A less than humble Skap Hazard misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.