PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Kane (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. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kane
vs
Touret

200 cm
33
250 lbs
29 - 11 - 0

193 cm
25
267 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KO Clothing
Merciless Gladiators

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 29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ron Kane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julien Touret!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kane takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

It looks like Ron Kane has been cut.
We've been hearing reports that Kane has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Touret takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Touret takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kane throws a sloppy head kick and Touret moves out of range easily.
Kane swats away the attempt to clinch by Touret.
Kane swats away the attempt to clinch by Touret.
Touret tries to clinch but Kane moves out of range.
Kane misses with a hook. Touret ducked under it nicely.
Touret misses with a hook. Kane ducked under it nicely.
Touret closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kane counters with a big head kick but Touret shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Kane and Touret goes tumbling to the canvas! Kane follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in half guard, Kane seems content to control.
Touret avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kane.
Kane is nestled in close to Touret, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kane throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kane throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kane is looking to take a break and control but Touret is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kane tries to pass the half guard into mount. Touret knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kane not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Touret is refusing to be controlled, as Kane sits in half guard.
Touret is looking for a sweep. Kane is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Touret is trying to maintain the position but Kane is very close to passing his half guard.
Touret keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kane sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Touret defending well though.
Kane working Touret over with strikes.
Kane throwing shots but Touret is blocking nicely.
Kane working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Touret is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kane's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kane's back!
Touret controls the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Touret's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Touret controlling well, preventing Kane from escaping the position.
Kane looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Kane is really stuck here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Touret controlling the position well here. Kane rolled but Touret kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Kane tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Touret controls the position.
Kane can't escape the position.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Touret's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Touret really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Kane.
Kane can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Kane dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ron Kane's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kane keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Touret looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Touret tries to clinch
and Kane counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Touret throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kane's head.
Touret has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Touret on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Touret tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Whack! Kane lands a heavy head kick that drops Touret. The ref tackles Kane to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Touret was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Ron Kane!
Ron Kane gave a mention to KO Clothing in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).