PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Abuda Taruda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Bright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Taruda
vs
Bright

175 cm
23
138 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

168 cm
24
142 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abuda Taruda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Bright!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taruda fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bright connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Bright darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bright thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Taruda's head.
Bright lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taruda wants to improve his position but Bright is controlling well.
Bright passes to side control.
Taruda tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bright wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bright is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Taruda will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Bright lands a nice forearm strike.
Taruda is trying to improve his position.
Bright is putting a hurting on Taruda here, landing some big shots from side control.
Bright scores with punches from side control.
Bright working the ground and pound.
Bright controls the position.
Bright has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taruda tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bright wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bright grinds an elbow into Taruda's temple.
Bright lands an elbow.
Taruda is not content to let Bright control the position.

Bright thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bright just content to control the position.
Bright lands a nice forearm strike.
Bright working the ground and pound.
Taruda is looking to reverse the position.
Bright wants to control but Taruda is keeping him busy.
You can see the frustration on Taruda's face as Bright controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bright is putting a hurting on Taruda here, landing some big shots from side control.
Taruda tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bright wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Bright is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Taruda is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Taruda is trying to get back to half guard.
Bright has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Taruda!
Bright working Taruda over with strikes here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bright scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Taruda is wriggling around trying to escape.
Taruda is working hard here to advance position.
BOOM! Bright connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Taruda is working to get back to half guard.
Taruda is breathing heavily.

Bright with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bright content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taruda in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Bright.
Bright is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Taruda in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Taruda is bucking up trying to escape but Bright cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bright lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Taruda is rocked!
Taruda tries to reverse the position but Bright maintains control.
Taruda takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oh Taruda is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bright lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
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!
Bright tries to control but Taruda wriggling away.
Taruda seems to have got his legs back now.
Bright pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

It looks like Abuda Taruda has been cut.
Bright trying to control but Taruda is having none of it.
Bright lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bright in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Taruda tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bright lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bright can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Taruda is looking to escape.
Bright controlling his opponent.
Bright is landing with some decent strikes but Taruda is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bright is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Taruda can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bright is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Taruda can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bright wants to control the pace but Taruda is squirming around nicely.
Bright putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bright wants to control the pace but Taruda is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Bright dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Abuda Taruda's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bright drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bright lands a couple of elbows.
Taruda keeping moving, preventing Bright from controlling successfully.
Bright pushing down on Taruda's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Taruda looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bright is taking a breather. Taruda says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Bright has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bright moves into full mount! Taruda won't be happy about that!
BOOM! Bright connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Abuda Taruda's cut is getting worse.
Bright prevents Taruda from getting the reversal.
Bright can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Taruda is looking to escape.
Bright tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bright lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bright trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bright is landing with some decent strikes but Taruda is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Taruda is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bright controlling from the full mount.
Bright looking to control but Taruda is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bright controlling the pace for now.
Bright lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Abuda Taruda's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bright lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Taruda hang on?

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Abuda Taruda's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Michael Bright!