PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Kuchinta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nixon Red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Kuchinta
vs
Red

188 cm
20
188 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

190 cm
20
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruno Kuchinta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nixon Red!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuchinta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Red.
Red throws a leg kick but Kuchinta sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kuchinta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kuchinta fails with a takedown attempt.
Red connects with a solid leg kick.
Kuchinta staying out of range there.
Red lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Red throws a solid leg kick but Kuchinta takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Red.

Kuchinta shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Red manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Red wants to sweep here but Kuchinta controlling him for the moment.
Kuchinta pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Red is keeping the position for now.

Kuchinta drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Red manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Kuchinta has Red in his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Red is looking to stand up but Kuchinta won't let him.

Kuchinta looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Red gets to his feet - Kuchinta follows without any prompting.
Red throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Kuchinta has Red up against the cage in a clinch.
Kuchinta jumps guard but Red stands there with Kuchinta around his waist. Kuchinta gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Kuchinta manages to pull guard.
Red controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Kuchinta looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Red has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kuchinta is proving hard to escape from.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuchinta is looking to stand up but Red isn't so interested in that idea.
Kuchinta keeping moving, preventing Red from controlling successfully.
Red won't allow Kuchinta to sweep him here.

Kuchinta looking for a guillotine here but Red defends easily.
Red controls from within his opponent's guard.
Kuchinta looking to hit a scissor sweep but Red is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kuchinta moves away from the strike by Red.
Kuchinta fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Red looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Red misses with an uppercut.
Kuchinta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Red moves away.
Red throws a shot to the body.
Red thows a left - swing and a miss!
Red waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuchinta.
Kuchinta lands with a nice body punch.
Red throws a lazy right hand but Kuchinta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Red lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Red throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nixon Red seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuchinta comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fighters circling - Red throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kuchinta dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Red throws a hook to the side of Kuchinta's head but Kuchinta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kuchinta is looking to clinch but Red is avoiding it.
A slow jab from Red misses its intended target.

Kuchinta feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
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!
Red wants to get back to his feet but Kuchinta is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kuchinta trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Red is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Red looks gassed!
Kuchinta trying to control the position from guard on top but Red is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuchinta tries to free his leg and advance position but Red is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nixon Red will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kuchinta lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Red. That snapped Kuchinta's head back.
Red tries to land a leg kick but Kuchinta saw it coming and moves away.
Red thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kuchinta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Red.
Kuchinta fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Red avoids it really well and circles away.
Kuchinta lands a jab to the nose.
Kuchinta is looking to clinch but Red is avoiding it.
Kuchinta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Red pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kuchinta moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Kuchinta closes the distance and clinches.

Red breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuchinta checks a low kick from Red.
Kuchinta shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Red as he jumps to the side.
Kuchinta is looking to wear down Red with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kuchinta walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Red misses with a hook to the body

and Kuchinta counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Red gets full guard.
Kuchinta stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Red swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kuchinta throwing strikes from guard but Red blocks nicely.
Red avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Red preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kuchinta stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Red swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuchinta slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Kuchinta creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Red sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kuchinta fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Red avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Kuchinta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Red throws a nice inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kuchinta blocks a jab.
Red swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Red throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kuchinta counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Red misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Red gets caught flat footed, as Kuchinta shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Red can do anything to dispel that myth.
Red keeping moving, preventing Kuchinta from controlling successfully.
Kuchinta stops Red from standing up.
Kuchinta tries to free his leg and advance position but Red is retaining full guard.
Red wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Kuchinta manages to pass to side control.
Kuchinta is trying to control. Red wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Red is defending against the submission attempts here by Kuchinta.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Red on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuchinta not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kuchinta not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Red tries to kick Kuchinta off but Kuchinta keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Kuchinta not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kuchinta seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Kuchinta is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Red doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Kuchinta.
Red trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Kuchinta dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Red. Kuchinta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab by Kuchinta.

Kuchinta scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Red pushes Kuchinta away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Kuchinta gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Bruno Kuchinta overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Kuchinta swings around for an armbar but Red sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Kuchinta's guard.

Red avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Kuchinta is working an open guard so Red takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Red throws a sloppy body shot
and Kuchinta counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A big right from Red misses.
Kuchinta moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kuchinta shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kuchinta was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Kuchinta is working for a guillotine from mount but Red frees his head quite easily.
Kuchinta pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Red tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kuchinta unloads with some shots from mount but Red bucks and avoids them well.

Kuchinta goes for an armbar but Red turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Red.
Red sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Red has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kuchinta is proving hard to escape from.
Red wants to control from the top but Kuchinta keeps moving.

Kuchinta is working an open guard so Red takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Kuchinta blocks a head kick by Red.
Red turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kuchinta lands with a nice body punch.
Red throws a left and a right that both miss

so Kuchinta counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuchinta passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Kuchinta tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kuchinta has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Red managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Kuchinta.
Red defending against the ground and pound.
Red is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Kuchinta is controlling him well.
Kuchinta wants to control but Red is keeping him busy.

Kuchinta is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Red has escaped the position, nice work there.

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.

Kuchinta is trying to get an arm triangle but Red is defending well.
Red tries to improve position but can't.

Kuchinta is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Red has escaped the position, nice work there.
Kuchinta taking a break here but Red is having none of it and regains half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Kuchinta showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kuchinta 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 Nard Betker scores the fight for Bruno Kuchinta!
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for Bruno Kuchinta!
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Bruno Kuchinta!

Bruno Kuchinta wins by unanimous decision!