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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nikita Kucherov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Dutra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dutra has chosen Da Booty Up as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nikita Kucherov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, George Dutra!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Dutra misses.
Kucherov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dutra, pushing him back against the cage.
Kucherov pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kucherov has a couple of punches blocked by Dutra.
Kucherov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kucherov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kucherov misses with the head strike.
Dutra is trying to break the clinch but Kucherov has him pressed against the cage.
Kucherov misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dutra blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kucherov.
Dutra can't break the clinch.
Kucherov tries to work over Dutra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kucherov leaning against his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kucherov misses with some punches.
Kucherov working aggressively here.
Dutra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kucherov throws a head punch that misses.
Dutra being controlled against the cage.
Dutra blocks an uppercut.
Kucherov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kucherov tries a body shot but Dutra blocks it.
Kucherov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kucherov working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kucherov.
Kucherov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kucherov can't find room to land a body shot as Dutra controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kucherov misses with a body punch.
Dutra blocks an uppercut.
Kucherov has a couple of punches blocked by Dutra.
Kucherov keeps control of Dutra as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kucherov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kucherov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dutra blocking some punches.
Kucherov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kucherov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kucherov scores with a shot to the side of Dutra's head.
Dutra's coach down at 3Band MMA ($500/week) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Dutra's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Dutra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kucherov.
Kucherov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kucherov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dutra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kucherov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kucherov has Dutra pressed against the cage, preventing Dutra from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dutra tries to break the clinch but Kucherov is controlling the position.
Kucherov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kucherov lands with a light punch inside.
Dutra tries to circle away but Kucherov has him pinned against the cage.
Kucherov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kucherov.
Kucherov tries to work over Dutra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kucherov throws a head punch that misses.
Kucherov misses with a body punch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kucherov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dutra is trying to maintain a safe position but Kucherov gets an underhook and turns Dutra into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kucherov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kucherov has Dutra pressed against the cage, preventing Dutra from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kucherov throws a head punch that misses.
Kucherov misses with the head strike.
Dutra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kucherov working aggressively here.
Kucherov throws a punch but it's blocked by Dutra.
Dutra blocks an uppercut.
Kucherov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dutra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kucherov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kucherov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Dutra.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikita Kucherov dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kucherov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dutra throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Nikita Kucherov has been cut.
Dutra bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kucherov's head.
Kucherov walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dutra checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dutra misses with the combination.
Kucherov is looking to counter punch.
Dutra has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kucherov finds it's way round the side to connect with Dutra's head.
Decent striking displayed by Kucherov there.
Kucherov punishes Dutra's body with a nice straight punch.
A head kick misses from Dutra.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kucherov throws a looping overhand right but Dutra ducks down to avoid it.
Kucherov lands an overhand right.
Dutra looks to land a combination but Kucherov avoids it well.
Kucherov scores with a nice strike.
Dutra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dutra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dutra throws a lazy right hand but Kucherov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kucherov jabs at Dutra's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kucherov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kucherov misses with a double jab.
Dutra misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kucherov tries to clinch but Dutra is having none of it.
A nice combination there by Kucherov.
Dutra takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dutra swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kucherov lands with a good body shot.
Oooooh!!! Dutra has knocked Kucherov down with a huge combo! Dutra steps away and waves a wobbly Kucherov back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Kucherov is rocked!
Dutra is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Dutra.
Oh Kucherov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dutra is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kucherov.
Nice straight punches there by Kucherov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kucherov.
Kucherov drives through and clinches with Dutra against the cage.
Kucherov seems to have got his legs back now.
Kucherov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dutra or not.
Kucherov working aggressively here.
Kucherov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dutra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kucherov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dutra misses with a head kick.
Kucherov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dutra can do to turn this around?
Kucherov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kucherov connects with a body shot that sends Dutra's belly button to the back.
Kucherov dodges the punch combination from Dutra.
George Dutra seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dutra misses with a looping right.
Kucherov has managed to clinch.
Kucherov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kucherov misses with a punch on the inside.
Dutra working hard to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kucherov.
Kucherov content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Dutra is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kucherov will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dutra up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kucherov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dutra blocks an uppercut.
Kucherov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dutra backwards.
Dutra blocks an uppercut.
Kucherov working aggressively here.
Nikita Kucherov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kucherov has a couple of punches blocked by Dutra.
Kucherov misses with a punch on the inside.
Kucherov has a couple of punches blocked by Dutra.
Kucherov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dutra blocking some punches.
Dutra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kucherov scores with a shot to the side of Dutra's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dutra is trying to break the clinch but Kucherov is controlling him.
Kucherov throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dutra.
Kucherov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dutra looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Kucherov fails to land.
Kucherov misses with the head strike.
Kucherov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kucherov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kucherov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kucherov misses with a punch on the inside.
Kucherov swings wildly with an uppercut but Dutra uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kucherov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikita Kucherov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nikita Kucherov's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Dutra misses with a head kick.
Kucherov tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Dutra manages to circle out of the way.
Kucherov scores with a jab to the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Kucherov. That snapped Dutra's head back.
Kucherov missing with a left hand there. Dutra was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dutra with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kucherov to score with a decent uppercut.
Dutra bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dutra is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Dutra avoids the body shot from Kucherov.
Dutra rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kucherov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dutra ducks under a wild hook from Kucherov.
Kucherov clinches up against the cage.
Kucherov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kucherov lands an uppercut.
Kucherov effectively controlling the action here.
Kucherov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dutra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kucherov stalling.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kucherov.
Kucherov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kucherov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kucherov tries to circle away but Dutra has him pinned against the cage.
Kucherov scores with a shot to the side of Dutra's head.
Kucherov has a couple of punches blocked by Dutra.
Kucherov has a couple of punches blocked by Dutra.
Kucherov slows down the pace here.
The referee calls for Kucherov to work.
Kucherov seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Dutra working hard to break the clinch.
Nikita Kucherov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dutra wants to get back to striking at distance but Kucherov won't allow it.
Kucherov keeps control of Dutra as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dutra is trying to push Kucherov away but Kucherov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kucherov struggles to land a body shot inside as Dutra controls his hands.
A frustrated look appears on Dutra's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dutra is trying to push Kucherov away but Kucherov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kucherov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kucherov keeps control of Dutra as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kucherov has Dutra pressed against the cage, preventing Dutra from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
George Dutra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kucherov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dutras head.
Kucherov keeps control of Dutra as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kucherov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dutra blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kucherov throws a punch but it's blocked by Dutra.
Dutra is trying to break the clinch but Kucherov is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Dutra's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dutra trying to stall but Kucherov improves his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kucherov misses with the head strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikita Kucherov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kucherov has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikita Kucherov!
George Dutra was interviewed post fight and said 'I've been to prison, loosing a fight ain't shit to me...'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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