PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tyler Crain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julien Touret (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crain kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Roots - Kool On. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crain
vs
Touret

192 cm
21
242 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

193 cm
20
267 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Great elbows
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyler Crain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julien Touret!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crain lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Touret at a distance.
A head kick misses from Crain.
Crain throws a leg kick but Touret sees it coming and moves out of range.
Touret misses with a body kick.
Crain looks for the body kick but Touret saw that one coming.
Touret buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Crain throws a nice looking combination but Touret bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Crain throws a low kick but it's checked well by Touret.
Some bone on bone action there as Crain checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Touret wants to clinch.
Crain scores with a leg kick.
Crain ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Crain on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Touret. Touret obviously looking to wear him down.
Tyler Crain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Touret pushes Crain up against the ropes in a clinch.
Crain managing to block the knees to the body from Touret.
Touret lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crain backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crain using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Touret has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Crain looking to slow down the pace here.
Crain misses with a body punch.
Crain is looking to break free of the clinch but Touret has double underhooks.
Crain working hard to break the clinch.

Crain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crain looks to land a body kick but Touret moved away.
Touret takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Touret dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Crain. That did some damage!
Crain keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Touret cracks Crain with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Touret throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crain fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice jab there from Touret.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Touret lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crain circles away quickly and effectively.
Crain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Touret uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Touret throws out a leg kick but Crain moves out of range and Touret only half commits.
Crain misses with a body shot.
Crain throws a head kick that misses.
Crain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Crain looks to throw the jab but Touret is out of range.
Crain takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Crain checks a leg kick.
Crain looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Crain chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Touret can pounce on him.
Touret has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Crain.
Crain throws a sloppy head kick and Touret moves out of range easily.
Crain lands a nice hook to Touret's body. Touret takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Touret doesn't manage to clinch there - Crain circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crain misses with a low kick.
A low kick from Crain is predictable there
and Touret makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Touret throws a front kick aimed at Crain's knee but Crain avoids it well.

Touret has Crain up against the ropes in a clinch.
Crain misses with the head strike.
Crain misses with some punches.
A short left from Touret.
Touret keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Crain's efforts to push away.
Touret is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crain is defending well for now.
A short uppercut from Crain.
Crain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Touret's elbow.
Crain tries to break the clinch but Touret is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Crain breaks from the clinch.

Touret clinches.
Touret is pushing Crain up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Crain tries to break free but Touret pushes him back against the ropes.
Touret scores with a shot to the side of Crain's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crain putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Touret in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Touret looks gassed!
A short uppercut from Crain.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crain throws a head punch that misses.
Crain softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Touret avoids the elbow strike from Crain, against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tyler Crain will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Crain connects with a jab.
Crain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crain looks for the body kick but Touret saw that one coming.
Touret throws out a loose jab but Crain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crain misses with an uppercut.
Touret looks to throw the jab but Crain is out of range.
Crain scores with a nice right hand.
Touret moves out of range of the body kick from Crain.

Touret moves into the clinch.
Crain lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Crain.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crain tries to land knees in the clinch but Touret avoids the damage to the body.
Touret lands an elbow inside.
Touret lands a good knee to the midsection. Crain won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crain is trying to force a seperation but Touret has the dominant position.
Touret goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tyler Crain has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short left from Touret.
Crain is trying to push Touret away but Touret has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Touret with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crain throws a head punch that misses.
Crain lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Crain tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crain misses with a body punch.
Crain stalling in the clinch but Touret improves position.
Touret landing knees to the head.
Crain lands with a short shot to the head.
Touret misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crain lands a hook that snaps the head of Touret backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Crain's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Touret leaning his opponent against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Touret creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Crain misses with the head strike.
Crain trying to stall but Touret improves his position.
Touret tries to throw a body punch but Crain avoids it by throwing Touret back against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Crain just misses with a elbow thrown towards Touret's brow.

Crain manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Touret looks to land a right hand but Crain moved out of range.
Crain blocks a low kick nicely.
Crain swings for the body but Touret moves out of range.

Touret has managed to clinch.
Crain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crain dodges an elbow strike from Touret.
Touret gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Tyler Crain has been cut.
Crain is looking to break free of the clinch but Touret has double underhooks.
Crain looking to throw knees to the head but Touret is blocking nicely.
Crain throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crain avoiding damage as Touret throws knees to the body.
Crain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crain tries a body shot but Touret blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Touret keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Crain's efforts to push away.
Touret blocks an elbow strike.
Crain cracks Touret with a nice body shot.
Crain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Touret's elbow.
Crain lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crain scores with a shoulder strike.
Crain lands an uppercut.
Crain scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crain gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Crain can't find room to land a body shot as Touret controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Crain dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tyler Crain's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Crain lands a front kick to the face, that drops Touret to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crain catches Touret napping and connects with a fantastic 3 punch combination that sends Touret crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but he's all over the place - can he beat the count?!? 4,5,6,7,8...9...10! He didn't make it back to his feet! Crain raises both arms skywards and takes in the roar from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tyler Crain!
After winning the bout, Tyler Crain thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.