PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Alfredo Alarcon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larken Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rose is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Lion. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alarcon
vs
Rose

182 cm
25
180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
182 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
KO power

Excellent MT
Determined

Kalashnikov Nutrition & Supplements (160Q)

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alfredo Alarcon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Larken Rose!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose moves in looking to clinch but Alarcon pushes him off.
Larken Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rose moves to clinch but Alarcon breaks away
and Alarcon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alarcon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rose has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Rose forces Alarcon back against the ropes and clinches.
Rose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rose prevents a body shot from Alarcon.
Rose misses with a punch to the body.
Rose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alarcon tries to work over Rose's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alarcon tries a body shot but Rose blocks it.
Alarcon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Roses head.
Alarcon tries to stall but Rose uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Alarcon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rose blocks an uppercut.
Rose scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right handed body shot lands from Rose.
Alarcon slows down the pace here.
A left hand lands to the body for Rose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alarcon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alarcon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rose misses with a body punch.
Alarcon definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rose misses with a punch on the inside.
Alarcon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rose misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rose throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alarcons head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Alarcon.
Rose tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alarcon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rose is leaning against Alarcon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rose lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alarcon backwards.
Rose can't find room to land a body shot as Alarcon controls the action.
Rose scores with a hook to the body.
Alarcon trying to stall but Rose improves his position.
Rose lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rose lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Rose on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rose misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rose scores with a nice hook to the head.
Alarcon is trying to maintain a safe position but Rose gets an underhook and turns Alarcon into the ropes.
Alarcon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Alarcon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alarcon working aggressively here.
Rose tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alarcon's elbow.
Rose tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rose goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rose.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Alarcon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheers as Alarcon lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rose doesn't seem phased though.
Alarcon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Rose clinches up against the ropes.
Alarcon scores with a shot to the side of Rose's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alarcon blocks an uppercut.
Rose misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rose misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Larken Rose dominated that round.
That's time! Alarcon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Alarcon avoids the body shot from Rose.
Rose tries to clinch but Alarcon moves away
and Alarcon makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Alarcon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rose manages to avoid it.
Rose tries to close the distance and clinch but Alarcon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rose misses with a looping right.
Larken Rose is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rose doesn't manage to clinch there - Alarcon circles away.
Rose tries to clinch there but Alarcon circles away.
Rose closes the distance looking to clinch
and Alarcon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rose tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Alarcon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alarcon just misses with a punch to the body.
Rose looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Alarcon is looking to wear down Rose with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rose moves to clinch but Alarcon breaks away
and Rose takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Alarcon on the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alarcon. Rose does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Rose was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rose drops his hands momentarily and Alarcon takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rose tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Alarcon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alarcon connects with a right hand. Rose shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose tries to close the distance and clinch but Alarcon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rose tries to clinch but Alarcon is having none of it.
Rose throws a combination that misses
and Alarcon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rose tries to close the distance and clinch but Alarcon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice jab there from Alarcon.
Rose tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alarcon lands a nice shot to the body.
Rose tries to clinch up.
Alarcon jabs at Rose's body.
Rose fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alarcon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rose.
Rose let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Alarcon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rose, pushing him back against the ropes.
Rose lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alarcon backwards.
Rose lands a left hand that snaps the head of Alarcon backwards.
Alarcon prevents a body shot from Rose.
Alarcon blocking some punches.
Rose misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rose makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Alarcon is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Alarcon can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
A head punch on the inside from Rose fails to land.
Rose misses with some punches.
Alarcon blocking some punches.
Rose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Rose.
Rose can't find room to land a body shot as Alarcon controls the action.
Alarcon taking a breather.
Alarcon struggles to land a body shot inside as Rose controls his hands.
Alarcon takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Rose fails to land.
Alarcon is working Rose over against the ropes.
Rose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alarcon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rose goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfredo Alarcon dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Alarcon takes the fight into the clinch.
Rose swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alarcon trying to stall but Rose improves his position.
Rose working aggressively here.
Alarcon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rose blocks an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rose as Alarcon tries to tie him up.
Rose lands a nice shot to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Alarcon takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rose's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose tries to throw a body punch but Alarcon avoids it by throwing Rose back against the ropes.
Rose makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rose tries to throw a body punch but Alarcon avoids it by throwing Rose back against the ropes.
A short left from Rose.
Rose working aggressively here.
Rose misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alarcon cracks Rose with a nice body shot.
Alarcon blocking some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Alarcon.
Rose's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alarcon tries to work over Rose's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Alarcon.
Alarcon blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Alarcon breaks from the clinch.
Rose looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A quick step to the side and Alarcon tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Rose.
Alarcon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rose tries to close the distance and clinch but Alarcon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rose on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rose wants to clinch.
Rose tries to clinch there but Alarcon circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Alarcon as he connects with a hook.
Rose is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rose fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rose moves in looking to clinch but Alarcon pushes him off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alarcon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rose tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Alarcon counters with a left to the body.
Alarcon lands an overhand right.
Alarcon keeps the fight on the outside.
Rose closes the distance but Alarcon moves to the side
and Alarcon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good exchange - Alarcon coming out on top.
Alfredo Alarcon is winning the standup battle so far.
Alarcon keeps the fight on the outside.
Rose is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alarcon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Alarcon swats away the attempt to clinch by Rose.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alfredo Alarcon showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Alarcon has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alfredo Alarcon!
After the big win, Alfredo Alarcon made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Kalashnikov Nutrition & Supplements (160Q) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.