PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Driello Touredo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Kuchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivan Kuchenko has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Touredo
vs
Kuchenko

187 cm
18
242 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
262 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Driello Touredo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Kuchenko!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Touredo throws a wild body kick that Kuchenko sees coming a mile off.
Kuchenko keeps the fight on the outside.
Touredo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kuchenko takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kuchenko looks gassed!
A head kick misses from Touredo.
Kuchenko shoots in but no luck this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Touredo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kuchenko pinned against the cage. Kuchenko gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Touredo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kuchenko.
Touredo throws a head kick that misses.
Kuchenko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Touredo manages to avoid it.
Touredo lands a leg kick that knocks Kuchenko off balance momentarily.
Touredo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Touredo tries to close the distance and clinch but Kuchenko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Touredo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kuchenko.
Horrible takedown by Touredo or perhaps it was just good defense by Kuchenko which made him look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Touredo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Touredo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Touredo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ivan Kuchenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Touredo moves in looking to clinch but Kuchenko pushes him off.
Touredo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kuchenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kuchenko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Touredo throws out the jab.
Touredo tries to clinch but Kuchenko moves out of range.
Touredo throws a head kick that half lands.
Touredo tries a head kick but it misses.
Touredo keeps the fight on the outside.
Touredo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kuchenko defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Driello Touredo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Touredo lands a big head kick that sends Kuchenko tumbling to the mat! Touredo takes a step backwards and waves Kuchenko back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Kuchenko is rocked!

It looks like Ivan Kuchenko has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Touredo misses.
Touredo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Touredo misses with a wild body shot.
Touredo just misses with a punch to the body.
Touredo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kuchenko avoids it really well and circles away.
Touredo swats away the attempt to clinch by Kuchenko.
Kuchenko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Touredo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Touredo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Touredo tries a head kick but it misses.
Touredo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuchenko moves away.
Touredo doesn't manage to clinch there - Kuchenko circles away.

Touredo has closed the distance and engaged Kuchenko in a clinch.

Kuchenko has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Touredo uses from the top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Touredo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Kuchenko working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Touredo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Touredo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Touredo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kuchenko is proving hard to escape from.
Touredo is looking to advance position but Kuchenko has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Touredo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Touredo really wants to buck Kuchenko off and get back to his feet.
Touredo tries to hold on but Kuchenko pushes him away.
Touredo has given up his back.
Touredo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Touredo is trying to break free.

Kuchenko tightening his grip on Touredo, looking for the choke.
Touredo can't escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Touredo controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Driello Touredo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Kuchenko's cut.
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.

Kuchenko moves in looking to clinch but Touredo pushes him off.

Kuchenko moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Kuchenko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Touredo has had enough of the clinch but Kuchenko keeps him there for the moment.

Kuchenko jumps guard and drags Touredo to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Kuchenko keeping moving, preventing Touredo from controlling successfully.
Kuchenko throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuchenko managing to control the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kuchenko is looking to clinch but Touredo is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kuchenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Touredo lands with a kick to the temple. Kuchenko shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A chopping leg kick lands by Touredo.
Kuchenko is breathing heavily.
Touredo lands with a slapping head kick.
Kuchenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Touredo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Driello Touredo is winning the standup battle so far.
Touredo misses with a wild combination.
Touredo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Left hook, right uppercut from Touredo.
Touredo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kuchenko. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Touredo lands a big head kick that sends Kuchenko tumbling to the mat! Touredo takes a step backwards and waves Kuchenko back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Kuchenko is still on wobbly legs! Can Touredo finish him?
Driello Touredo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Touredo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kuchenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Touredo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kuchenko seems to have recovered his senses.
Touredo lands a hook that stumbles Kuchenko back into the cage. Touredo follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Kuchenko to the canvas! Touredo pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Kuchenko has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Driello Touredo!