PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thufir Hawat (ranked 1431 p4p, 3074 weight class) and Nicandro Aloisio (ranked 193 p4p, 388 weight class). Nicandro Aloisio has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Hawat
vs
Aloisio

185 cm
22
178
6 - 3 - 0

180 cm
23
175
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

PWNAGE™

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thufir Hawat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nicandro Aloisio!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aloisio scores with a hook.
Hawat throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Aloisio counters with a nice uppercut.
Hawat lands a leg kick that knocks Aloisio off balance momentarily.
A lazy left from Aloisio finds it's target.
Aloisio looks to land a combination. Hawat sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Aloisio lands the left hand.
Hawat chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Aloisio can pounce on him.
Aloisio slips under a jab.
Hawat is looking to land body kicks.
Aloisio lands with a good body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aloisio cracks Hawat with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nicandro Aloisio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Aloisio.
Hawat walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hawat has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Hawat throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Aloisio ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Aloisio scores with a decent looking hook.
Hawat throws a body kick that misses.
Aloisio is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hawat walks into a stiff left hand from Aloisio.
Aloisio connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawat stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aloisio.
Hawat takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hawat takes a swing at Aloisio's ribcage but misses.
Aloisio blocks a head kick by Hawat.
Aloisio digs a good body shot into Hawat's ribs.
Hawat takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Aloisio connects with a leg kick.
Aloisio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawat.
Aloisio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hawat swings for the body but Aloisio moves out of range.
Hawat misses with a low kick.
Hawat throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hawat throws a head kick that misses.
Hawat moves out of range of the body kick from Aloisio.
Hawat fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aloisio manages to avoid it.
Aloisio fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hawat avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawat misses with an attempted mid kick.
Aloisio is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hawat had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Hawat misses
and Aloisio counters with a straight right hand.
Aloisio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hawat paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hawat misses with an attempted mid kick.
Aloisio lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hawat misses with an uppercut. Aloisio saw that one coming.
Hawat scores with a decent looking hook.
Aloisio ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Aloisio lands a jab to the nose.
Aloisio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hawat.
Hawat misses with a straight left.
Aloisio takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Aloisio throws a leg kick which misses Hawat's front leg but catches the back leg as Hawat tries to avoid it.
Aloisio moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hawat moves out of range as Aloisio throws a body kick.
Aloisio misses with an attempted mid kick.
Aloisio just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHawat.
Aloisio tries to close the distance and clinch but Hawat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aloisio tries to clinch up.
And Hawat counters with a quick kick to the body but Aloisio blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawat is looking to land body kicks.
Aloisio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Aloisio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hawat.
Aloisio looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Aloisio darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hawat misses with a kick to the body
and Aloisio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hawat misses with a body kick.
Hawat swats away the attempt to clinch by Aloisio.
Aloisio tests Hawat's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hawat wants to slow Aloisio down by chopping away at his legs.
Aloisio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aloisio throws a push kick but Hawat slaps the foot to one side.
Aloisio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aloisio follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Aloisio finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hawat takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hawat takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Aloisio chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aloisio with a jab.
Hawat throws a body kick that misses.
Hawat checks a low kick from Aloisio.
Hawat misses with an uppercut. Aloisio saw that one coming.
Aloisio takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hawat misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Aloisio tries to clinch up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Aloisio. That's going to slow Hawat down.
Aloisio looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hawat drops his hands momentarily and Aloisio takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Aloisio moves out of range as Hawat strikes.
Aloisio looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Aloisio lands a front kick.
Aloisio lands with a straight right. Hawat didn't see that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aloisio on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Aloisio works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hawat takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A low kick lands for Aloisio.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nicandro Aloisio dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Aloisio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Aloisio throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nice shot lands for Aloisio.
Hawat throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hawat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hawat misses with a body kick.
The crowd cheers as Aloisio lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hawat doesn't seem phased though.
A left lands for Hawat.
Aloisio tries to clinch but Hawat moves out of range.
Hawat on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hawat has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Aloisio.
Aloisio is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Aloisio throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aloisio with a nice cross.
Aloisio scores with a nice head shot.
Hawat keeps the fight on the outside.
Aloisio avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aloisio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aloisio lands a nice hook to Hawat's body. Hawat takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nicandro Aloisio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aloisio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawat.
Hawat digs a good body shot into Aloisio's ribs.
Aloisio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hawat misses the shot to the body.
Aloisio connects with a right hand. Hawat shakes it off.
Aloisio wants to clinch.
Aloisio tries to close the distance and clinch but Hawat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hawat swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hawat lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hawat throws a hook but Aloisio avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Aloisio on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hawat attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Aloisio throws a nice outside leg kick.
Aloisio tries to clinch but Hawat moves out of range.
Hawat is looking to score with low kicks.
Hawat looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And Aloisio responds with a good body kick, but Hawat manages to step out the way in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aloisio misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hawat throws a half hearted mid kick.
It seemed like Aloisio was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Aloisio connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Aloisio throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawat takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Aloisio tests Hawat's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hawat walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Aloisio throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Aloisio scores with a spinning back kick!
Hawat throws a chopping leg kick but Aloisio manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hawat throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Aloisio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hawat is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hawat misses with a body kick.
Hawat takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hawat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aloisio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hawat swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aloisio tries to clinch there but Hawat circles away.
Hawat takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hawat scores with a body shot.

Aloisio closes the distance and pushes Hawat back into the cage.
Aloisio misses with a body punch.
Aloisio has a couple of punches blocked by Hawat.
Hawat is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Aloisio lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Aloisio fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aloisio cracks Hawat with a nice body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Aloisio.
Hawat looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Aloisio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right hand to the body from Hawat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aloisio lands an elbow inside.
Hawat avoids a wild elbow strike from Aloisio.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Hawat breaks from the clinch.
Aloisio throws a front kick that sends Hawat stumbling back into the cage.
Hawat needs to keep his hands up - Aloisio had a free shot at his head there.
Aloisio tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hawat manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hawat lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Aloisio tries to clinch but Hawat moves out of range.
Aloisio is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hawat misses with a straight left.
Aloisio moves out of range of the body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Aloisio.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hawat takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice body kick from Hawat.
Hawat looks to land a body kick but Aloisio moved away.
Hawat closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nicandro Aloisio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Aloisio slips a straight right by Hawat.
Aloisio lands with a hook. Hawat tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hawat pushes Aloisio away with a front kick.
Aloisio scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Aloisio scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Aloisio closes the distance and pushes Hawat back into the cage.
Aloisio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hawat prevents a body shot from Aloisio.
Hawat will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Aloisio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Aloisio tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hawat just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hawat avoids a wild elbow strike from Aloisio.
Aloisio is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hawat to keep the fight standing.
Aloisio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hawat's efforts to push away.
Aloisio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hawat's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aloisio tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hawat smiles and moves away.
Thufir Hawat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicandro Aloisio.

Aloisio has taken the fight to the clinch.
Aloisio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Aloisio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hawat wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aloisio has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Aloisio.
Aloisio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hawat backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Aloisio.
Aloisio misses with a body punch.
Nicandro Aloisio seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hawat.
Hawat is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Hawat escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aloisio fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hawat.
Aloisio lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hawat's sensitive parts.
Thufir Hawat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawat tried to score with a low kick but Aloisio checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Aloisio! But no joy.
Aloisio connects with a single shot there.
Aloisio avoids the body shot from Hawat.
Aloisio punishes Hawat's body with a nice straight punch.
Hawat looks to throw the jab but Aloisio is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aloisio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Aloisio blocks a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Aloisio - just one landing.
Aloisio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hawat.
Hawat tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Aloisio throws a push kick but Hawat slaps the foot to one side.
Hawat looks to land a left hand but Aloisio moved out of range nicely.
Aloisio wants to clinch up but Hawat keeps it at a distance.
Aloisio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hawat swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aloisio fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hawat.
Aloisio tries to close the distance and clinch but Hawat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aloisio gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hawat drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hawat on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Aloisio. Aloisio obviously looking to wear him down.
Hawat misses with a looping left.
Aloisio punishes Hawat's body with a nice straight punch.
The fighters circling - Hawat throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An inside leg kick lands from Aloisio.
Aloisio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawat.
Aloisio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Aloisio bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hawat's head.
Aloisio cracks Hawat with a good jab.

Aloisio clinches up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aloisio lands a shot to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Aloisio pushes off an throws an elbow but Hawat leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aloisio has a couple of punches blocked by Hawat.
Aloisio jumps guard but Hawat stands there with Aloisio around his waist. Aloisio gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hawat looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Aloisio lands with a short shot to the head.
Hawat swings wildly with an uppercut but Aloisio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nicandro Aloisio is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A head punch on the inside from Hawat fails to land.
Aloisio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hawat blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Aloisio.
Aloisio misses with a body punch.
Aloisio jumps guard but Hawat stands there with Aloisio around his waist. Aloisio gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nicandro Aloisio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Aloisio has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nicandro Aloisio!
Our winner, Nicandro Aloisio, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.