PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Alkofer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abuda Taruda (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?

Alkofer
vs
Taruda

170 cm
24
140 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
138 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Heavy handed

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dennis Alkofer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abuda Taruda!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taruda with a lazy takedown attempt
and Alkofer counters with a slapping leg kick.
Alkofer misses with a straight left.
Taruda misses with a double jab
and Alkofer counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Alkofer.
Taruda misses with a combination
and Alkofer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Alkofer lands with a good body shot.
Alkofer feints a jab promting Taruda to slip. Alkofer then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Taruda slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Abuda Taruda has been cut.
Alkofer scores with a sloppy right hand. Taruda should have avoided that one.
Alkofer lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Taruda misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Alkofer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Taruda looks gassed!
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!
Alkofer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Taruda chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alkofer can pounce on him.
Alkofer jabs at Taruda's body.
Alkofer lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alkofer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Taruda.
Alkofer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Taruda takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alkofer lands a jab-cross combination.
Dennis Alkofer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alkofer connects with a leg kick. Taruda looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Abuda Taruda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alkofer lands with a shot to the body.
Taruda on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Alkofer scores with a punch to the head.
Alkofer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alkofer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Alkofer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alkofer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Taruda. That did some damage!
Alkofer connects with a body shot.
Alkofer scores with a jab. Taruda acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Alkofer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Alkofer, as that shot connected.
Alkofer thuds a left hand into Taruda's body.
Alkofer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alkofer lands with a nice body punch.
Alkofer lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Taruda backs up against the cage.
Jab, jab by Alkofer - just one landing.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Alkofer, right into the meat.
Alkofer is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Alkofer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Taruda has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Alkofer lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Taruda backs up against the cage.
Alkofer is working the combinations to good effect here.
Danga de danga de dang - Alkofer scores with a four punch combination!
Alkofer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Taruda has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Alkofer lands a lovely overhand right.
Jab from Alkofer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alkofer scores with a sloppy right hand. Taruda should have avoided that one.
Alkofer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Alkofer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Alkofer lands a slapping body shot.
Taruda takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Taruda tries to move into range but Alkofer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Taruda misses with a takedown
and Alkofer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Alkofer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Taruda on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Alkofer. Alkofer obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice body punch from Alkofer.
Taruda's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Alkofer lands a nice shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Alkofer.
Alkofer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taruda on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Alkofer. Alkofer obviously looking to wear him down.
Alkofer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Alkofer throws a leg kick which misses Taruda's front leg but catches the back leg as Taruda tries to avoid it.
Taruda takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alkofer scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Alkofer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Alkofer, as that shot connected.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Alkofer, right into the meat.
Alkofer scores with a three punch combo!
Alkofer lands a nice looking body shot.
Taruda takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taruda shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Alkofer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dennis Alkofer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Abuda Taruda.
Alkofer lands a jab to the head.
Alkofer scores with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Alkofer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Abuda Taruda's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Taruda shoots and misses
and Alkofer counters with a nice uppercut.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Taruda might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Alkofer has got the better of the exchanges.
Taruda takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Alkofer throws a right and a left that Taruda avoids nicely.
Taruda throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Alkofer counters with a leg kick.
Taruda has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Alkofer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Taruda fails with the takedown
and Alkofer counters with a left to the body.
Alkofer lands a body shot.
Alkofer throws a series of strikes that have Taruda backpedaling.
A nice inside leg kick there by Alkofer. That's going to slow Taruda down.
Alkofer connects with a looping right hand.
Dennis Alkofer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alkofer.
Taruda doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Alkofer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Taruda is breathing heavily.
Alkofer stuns Taruda with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Alkofer.
Alkofer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Taruda has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Alkofer misses with a double jab.
Alkofer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good leg kick by Alkofer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A decent looking cross lands there for Alkofer.
Taruda drops his hands momentarily and Alkofer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Alkofer looks to land a combination but Taruda avoids it well.
Alkofer misses with the combination.
Alkofer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alkofer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Taruda looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Taruda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Alkofer.
Taruda has his takedown stuffed
and Alkofer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dennis Alkofer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Abuda Taruda.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taruda 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.
Alkofer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Alkofer thuds a left hand into Taruda's body.
Taruda falls off balance throwing a combination
and Alkofer counters with a leg kick.
Alkofer lands with a nice body punch.
Alkofer scores with a decent looking hook.
Alkofer connects with a crisp jab.
Alkofer misses with the combination.
Alkofer works Taruda's body with a nice hook.
Alkofer lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taruda tries to clinch but Alkofer is having none of it.
Taruda with a poor takedown
letting Alkofer counter with a right hand.
Alkofer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alkofer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Alkofer is looking to slow Taruda down with leg kicks.
Alkofer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Taruda's head backwards.
Taruda throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Alkofer counter with a right hand.
Alkofer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Taruda on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Alkofer. Alkofer obviously looking to wear him down.
Taruda on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Taruda showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alkofer.
Taruda falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Alkofer connects with a looping right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alkofer misses with the combination.
Taruda has his takedown stuffed
and Alkofer counters with a nice uppercut.
Taruda throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Alkofer counter with a right hand.
Dennis Alkofer is winning the standup battle so far.
Alkofer cracks a nice hook into Taruda's ribs.
Alkofer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taruda manages to avoid it.
Taruda takes one to the chin there.
Alkofer looks to land a combination. Taruda sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Alkofer throws an overhand right that lands on Taruda's shoulder, as Taruda tries to avoid the shot.
Taruda with a poor takedown
and Alkofer counters with a thumping low kick.
Taruda has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Alkofer.
Taruda with a poor takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Alkofer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Taruda looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Alkofer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Abuda Taruda's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Nice uppercut there from Alkofer.
Taruda looks to land a combination but Alkofer avoids it well.
Taruda with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Alkofer to counter with a crisp jab.
Alkofer scores with a nice head shot.
Alkofer lands a leg kick that knocks Taruda off balance momentarily.
Taruda takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Alkofer lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Taruda swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Alkofer counters with an outside leg kick.
Alkofer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Alkofer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Taruda looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Alkofer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Taruda's head backwards.
Alkofer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Alkofer lands a jab to the head.
Taruda has his takedown stuffed
and Alkofer counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alkofer throws a body punch but Taruda moves out of range.
Alkofer throws a nice outside leg kick.
Alkofer takes a swing at Taruda's ribcage but misses.
Alkofer is looking to slow Taruda down with leg kicks.
Alkofer cracks Taruda with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Alkofer digs a good body shot into Taruda's ribs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Alkofer.
Alkofer connects with a leg kick. Taruda looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Alkofer lands a nice shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alkofer.
Alkofer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alkofer scores with a nice strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alkofer misses with a left hand
and Taruda counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Taruda takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Alkofer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Taruda throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Alkofer counters with a three punch combo that has Taruda backing up. Taruda nods at Alkofer to acknowledge the strikes.
Alkofer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Alkofer cracks Taruda with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Taruda shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Taruda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dennis Alkofer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Abuda Taruda.
Alkofer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Taruda on the side of the head.
Taruda misses with a takedown
and Alkofer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alkofer scores with a sloppy right hand. Taruda should have avoided that one.
Alkofer lands with a nice body punch.
Alkofer misses with a combination

and Taruda counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Alkofer's guard now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Taruda drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Taruda jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Taruda trying to control the position from guard on top but Alkofer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Abuda Taruda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Taruda gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Alkofer throws a poor cross that misses
and Taruda counters with a series of strikes. Alkofer will be more careful next time no doubt.
Alkofer misses with the combination.
Taruda with a poor takedown
and Alkofer counters with a straight right hand.
Alkofer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Taruda's calf.
A chopping leg kick lands by Alkofer.
Taruda swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Alkofer counters with a good low kick that Taruda was not able to check.
Taruda with a lazy takedown attempt
and Alkofer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alkofer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Taruda fails with the takedown
and Alkofer counters with a stiff right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dennis Alkofer.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Alkofer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dennis Alkofer!