PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Walter Sobchak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julien Touret (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Touret has chosen La Valse d'Amelie as his entrance music. Walter Sobchak has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sobchak
vs
Touret

190 cm
28
289 lbs
12 - 13 - 0

193 cm
22
267 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
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 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Walter Sobchak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julien Touret!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobchak throws a leg kick which misses Touret's front leg but catches the back leg as Touret tries to avoid it.
Touret with a nice cross.

It looks like Walter Sobchak has been cut.
Touret throws a solid leg kick but Sobchak takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Touret.
Touret misses with an uppercut

and Sobchak counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Touret misses with some punches.
Sobchak misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sobchak misses with the head strike.
Sobchak is leaning against Touret and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sobchak misses with a punch on the inside.
Touret is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sobchak takes an elbow to the temple.
Touret blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Touret throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sobchak.
Sobchak slows down the pace here.
Touret lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Touret throws an elbow that misses.
Sobchak blocks an elbow strike.
Touret lands an elbow that stopped Sobchak in his tracks for a moment.
Touret scores with a nice hook to the head.

Walter Sobchak's cut is getting worse.
Touret throws a head punch that misses.
Sobchak is looking to control Touret's arms but Touret gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sobchak has his back to the cage.
Sobchak is looking to break free of the clinch but Touret has double underhooks.
Touret lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Touret misses with the head strike.
Sobchak working aggressively here.
Sobchak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Touret misses with an elbow strike.
Sobchak tries to work over Touret's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sobchak stalling against the cage.
Sobchak can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Touret misses with an elbow strike.
Touret misses with a punch on the inside.
Touret working aggressively here.
Sobchak misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sobchak blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Touret throws an elbow but misses.
Sobchak blocks an elbow strike.
Sobchak tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Touret's elbow.
Sobchak presses Touret against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Touret has a couple of punches blocked by Sobchak.
Touret blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sobchak can't find room to land a body shot as Touret controls the action.
Touret working aggressively here.
Touret lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Touret blocks a body shot from Sobchak.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Touret lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Touret gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Walter Sobchak's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sobchak misses with a body punch.
Touret lands a nice elbow.

Jeez, Walter Sobchak's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Sobchak is trying to force a seperation but Touret has the dominant position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sobchak misses with a punch to the body.
Sobchak working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sobchak has a couple of punches blocked by Touret.
Sobchak misses with a punch to the body.
Touret lands a hook to the side of the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Walter Sobchak's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Julien Touret!
During a confident post fight interview, Julien Touret thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.