PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicandro Aloisio (ranked 1265 p4p, 1325 weight class) and Eric Draven (ranked 61 p4p, 64 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Aloisio
vs
Draven

180 cm
28
174
13 - 7 - 1

188 cm
28
210
11 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nicandro Aloisio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Draven!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Draven moves out of range of the body kick.
Draven appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Aloisio.
Aloisio fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Draven has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Aloisio looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Aloisio. That's going to slow Draven down.
Aloisio checks a leg kick.
Draven lands with a right hand.
A low kick from Aloisio misses
and Draven counters with a low kick, right behind Aloisio 's knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Draven is looking to chop away at Aloisio's legs.
Draven uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Aloisio has time to react.
Aloisio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Draven counters with a good low kick that Aloisio was not able to check.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aloisio is looking to slow Draven down with leg kicks.
Aloisio misses with a right hand
and Draven counters with a nice low kick that buckles Aloisio's knee momentarily.
Aloisio goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Draven unleashes a big counter combination but Aloisio bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Good leg kick by Aloisio.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aloisio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Draven throws out the jab.
Aloisio swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Draven misses with a leg kick
and Aloisio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Aloisio swings widly with a right hand
and Draven counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aloisio thinking.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Draven misses with a low kick as Aloisio jumps back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Draven dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Good shot there by Draven.
Aloisio fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Draven.
Aloisio lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draven misses with a kick to the body.
Draven throws a leg kick
enabling Aloisio to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draven throws a low kick, looking for Aloisio's leg but Aloisio calmly moves out of range.
Aloisio tried to counter with a leg kick but Draven avoided it.
Aloisio throws a leg kick but Draven checks it.
And Draven responds with a good body kick, but Aloisio manages to step out the way in time.
Aloisio lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Draven buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Aloisio takes one to the side of the head.
Aloisio misses with a leg kick
and Draven connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Aloisio misses with a body kick.
Draven flicks out a counter leg kick but Aloisio steps away.
Draven tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Aloisio throwing a counter right hand but Draven manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven throws a hook but Aloisio blocks it.
Draven throws a leg kick
and Aloisio counters with a nice low kick that buckles Draven's knee momentarily.
Aloisio tried to score with a low kick but Draven checks it.
Good work by Draven as he checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Aloisio avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Aloisio fires out a quick counter leg kick but Draven just manages to avoid it.
A low kick from Aloisio misses
and Draven counters with a straight right hand.
Aloisio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Draven throws out a counter right but Aloisio avoids it with no problem.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Draven tries a low kick but Aloisio avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Eric Draven will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Nice cross by Draven.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Aloisio might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Aloisio swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Draven steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Aloisio staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aloisio throws a low kick but Draven avoids it.
Draven looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aloisio throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Draven counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Draven misses with a leg kick
and Aloisio counters with a solid body kick.
Draven throws a nice outside leg kick.
Aloisio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Draven.
Nicandro Aloisio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draven throws a nice inside leg kick.
Draven takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Draven's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Draven lands an overhand right.
Aloisio walks into a straight right hand from Draven.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draven uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aloisio.
Aloisio moves out of range of the leg kick from Draven.
Draven checks a leg kick nicely.
A nice side step and Draven releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Aloisio checks a leg kick.
Aloisio throws a quick counter kick to the body but Draven avoids it.
Eric Draven is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Aloisio shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Aloisio throws a push kick but Draven slaps the foot to one side.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Draven! But no joy.
Aloisio does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Draven cracks Aloisio with a good jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Draven comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Draven 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Draven!
Our winner, Eric Draven, 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.