PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Algropalla Moskatte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manjuah Aloisis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Moskatte
vs
Aloisis

179 cm
22
175 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

168 cm
20
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

Rage's Cloths

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Algropalla Moskatte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Manjuah Aloisis!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aloisis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aloisis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moskatte scores with a kick to the midsection.

Aloisis clinches up against the cage.
Moskatte connects with a knee to the head.
Aloisis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Moskatte crunches a lovely knee into Aloisis's ribcage.
Moskatte misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Aloisis wants to stall.
Aloisis takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aloisis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aloisis should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Aloisis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Moskatte is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Manjuah Aloisis.
Aloisis has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Moskatte.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Aloisis crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Moskatte - the referee stops the clock and Aloisis gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Moskatte. Aloisis manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Aloisis looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aloisis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Moskatte clinches with his opponent.
Moskatte unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moskatte scores with a knee to the head.
Moskatte landing knees to the body.
Moskatte landing knees to the head.
Moskatte putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Aloisis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Moskatte scores with a knee to the head.
Moskatte lands a nice knee to the body.
Moskatte scores with a knee to the head.
Moskatte utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Moskatte lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moskatte scores a nice knee to the body.
Moskatte working Aloisis over with knees to the body.
Moskatte scores with a knee to the head.
Moskatte connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Moskatte.
Aloisis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Moskatte putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Aloisis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moskatte using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Moskatte landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Moskatte unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moskatte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aloisis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Moskatte with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aloisis is struggling to control the position.
Moskatte lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Moskatte.
Moskatte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Moskatte.
Aloisis is trying to stall.
Aloisis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aloisis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moskatte.
Aloisis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Moskatte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aloisis avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Moskatte as Aloisis tries to tie him up.
Moskatte misses with a knee to the head.
Moskatte missing with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Aloisis to work.
Aloisis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Manjuah Aloisis.
Aloisis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moskatte.
Moskatte misses with a body kick.
Moskatte wants to clinch but Aloisis slips to the side

and Aloisis counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Aloisis.
Moskatte scores with a knee to the head.
Moskatte tries to land knees in the clinch but Aloisis avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moskatte scores a nice knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Moskatte with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moskatte obliges.
Moskatte landing knees to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Moskatte as Aloisis tries to tie him up.
Moskatte unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moskatte lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moskatte with a knee to the head.
Aloisis wants to stall.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moskatte obliges.
Moskatte throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moskatte being controlled against the cage.
Moskatte with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Algropalla Moskatte dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Aloisis takes the fight into the clinch.
Moskatte with a knee to the head.
Aloisis will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Moskatte up against the cage.
Aloisis trying to stall but Moskatte improves his position.
Stalling in the clinch from Aloisis.
Algropalla Moskatte has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Manjuah Aloisis.
Moskatte tries to clinch up but Aloisis circles away and keeps his distance.
Moskatte tries to clinch but Aloisis is having none of it.

Aloisis has closed the distance and engaged Moskatte in a clinch.
Aloisis trying to control the position but instead, Moskatte has worked for underhooks and has pushed Aloisis into the cage.
Moskatte with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Aloisis looking to stall.
Moskatte tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aloisis is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aloisis tries to stall but Moskatte uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Manjuah Aloisis.
Aloisis swats away the attempt to clinch by Moskatte.
Aloisis moves out of range of the body kick from Moskatte.
A head kick from Moskatte lands but Aloisis takes it in his stride.
Aloisis misses the jab.
Aloisis 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.
Moskatte fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Moskatte tries to close the distance and clinch but Aloisis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moskatte moves in looking to clinch but Aloisis pushes him off.
Aloisis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Moskatte.
Moskatte wants to clinch up but Aloisis keeps it at a distance.
Aloisis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moskatte.
Moskatte bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Moskatte scores with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Aloisis misses its intended target.
Moskatte throws a leg kick which misses Aloisis's front leg but catches the back leg as Aloisis tries to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moskatte throws a head kick that half lands.
Moskatte plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Moskatte has Aloisis up against the cage in a clinch.
Moskatte unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aloisis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moskatte working Aloisis over with knees to the body.
Moskatte connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aloisis's face.
Aloisis is trying to maintain a safe position but Moskatte gets an underhook and turns Aloisis into the cage.
Moskatte connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aloisis's face.
Moskatte tries to land a knee to the head but Aloisis blocks with his arms.
Aloisis looking to slow down the pace here.
Moskatte unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aloisis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moskatte lands a knee to the body.
Moskatte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aloisis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aloisis is trying to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moskatte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aloisis blocks it with crossed arms.
Aloisis is trying to maintain a safe position but Moskatte gets an underhook and turns Aloisis into the cage.
Moskatte using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Moskatte landing knees to the head.
Aloisis managing to block the knees to the body from Moskatte.
Aloisis is trying to stall.
Moskatte tries to land a knee to the head but Aloisis blocks with his arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Moskatte as Aloisis tries to tie him up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Manjuah Aloisis.

Moskatte moves into range and clinches up with Aloisis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moskatte unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aloisis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moskatte working Aloisis over with knees to the body.
Moskatte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aloisis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Moskatte is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aloisis can do to turn this around?
Aloisis looking to stall.
Moskatte landing knees to the body.
Moskatte using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Moskatte scores a nice knee to the body.
Aloisis stalling in the clinch but Moskatte improves position.
Moskatte lands a good knee to the midsection. Aloisis won't want to take too many of those.
Moskatte lands a knee to the head.
Moskatte unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aloisis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aloisis takes a knee to the side of the body.
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!
Stalling in the clinch from Aloisis.
Moskatte using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Moskatte putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Aloisis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Algropalla Moskatte dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Moskatte tries to close the distance and clinch but Aloisis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moskatte wants to clinch.
Moskatte lands a nice looking body kick.
Moskatte avoids the body shot from Aloisis.

Moskatte rushes Aloisis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Moskatte misses with a knee strike.
Moskatte landing knees to the body.
Moskatte missing with knees to the body.
Aloisis tries to stall but Moskatte uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Aloisis seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Manjuah Aloisis.
Moskatte moves out of range as Aloisis strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moskatte with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Moskatte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Moskatte is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Moskatte blocks a jab.
Algropalla Moskatte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aloisis looks to score with a jab to the body but Moskatte is just out of range.
Algropalla Moskatte is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Moskatte tries to keep at a distance but Aloisis has taken the fight into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Moskatte.
Moskatte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Moskatte trying to land knees to the body.
Aloisis controlling the action here for a moment.
Aloisis taking a breather.
Aloisis avoiding damage as Moskatte throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aloisis wants to stall.
Moskatte lands a knee to the head.
Moskatte misses with a knee to the head.
Aloisis has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Moskatte.
Aloisis pressing his opponent against the cage.
Aloisis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Moskatte tries a knee to the head but Aloisis blocks it.
Moskatte tries to land a knee to the head but Aloisis blocks with his arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Moskatte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aloisis avoids it.
Aloisis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Manjuah Aloisis.

Moskatte has managed to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moskatte landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moskatte with a knee to the head.
Aloisis avoiding damage as Moskatte throws knees to the body.
Aloisis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Moskatte tries a knee to the head but Aloisis blocks it.
Moskatte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aloisis blocks it with crossed arms.
Aloisis stalling in the clinch but Moskatte improves position.
Moskatte landing knees to the head.
Moskatte lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Aloisis wants to stall.
Moskatte landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Aloisis trying to control the position but instead, Moskatte has worked for underhooks and has pushed Aloisis into the cage.
Moskatte landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Aloisis takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moskatte misses with a knee to the head.
Aloisis has Moskatte pushed against the cage.
Aloisis stalling in the clinch but Moskatte improves position.
Manjuah Aloisis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A knee to the head by Moskatte.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Manjuah Aloisis.
Moskatte punishes Aloisis's body with a nice straight punch.
Moskatte tries a head kick but it misses.
Aloisis thows a body shot but no joy.

Moskatte closes the distance and pushes Aloisis back into the cage.
Moskatte landing knees to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aloisis leaning against his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aloisis looking to slow down the pace here.
Moskatte with a knee to the head.
Algropalla Moskatte is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Aloisis stalling in the clinch but Moskatte improves position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Algropalla Moskatte showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Moskatte has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Algropalla Moskatte!
An out of breath and clearly excited Algropalla Moskatte thanked Rage's Cloths for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).