PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rory Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julien Touret (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes into the arena with Eminem - Till I Collapse (ft. Nate Dogg) blaring out of the sound system. Touret has chosen La Valse d'Amelie as his entrance music. Julien Touret has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Jackson
vs
Touret

178 cm
27
270 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

193 cm
40
267 lbs
30 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rory Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Julien Touret!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Touret has closed the distance and engaged Jackson in a clinch.
Touret misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Touret on the inside.
Touret's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Touret lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Rory Jackson has been cut.
Jackson lands an uppercut.
Jackson has a couple of punches blocked by Touret.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jackson swings wildly with an uppercut but Touret uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Touret's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Touret misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Touret.
Touret gets through Jackson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Jackson breaks the clinch.
Touret looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Touret throws an off balance right hand
and Jackson counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Touret misses with a hook. Jackson ducked under it nicely.
Jackson misses with a few strikes there.
A nice side step and Touret releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Touret has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Touret fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jackson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Touret fails in his attempt to clinch.
Touret clobbers Jackson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jackson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Touret is able to avoid easily.

Touret cracks Jackson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Touret has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Jackson to stand back up!

Jackson is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Touret connects with an inside leg kick.
Oh Jackson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jackson seems to have got his legs back now.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Jackson breaks the clinch.
Touret takes a jab right on the kisser.
Touret is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jackson.
Touret moves out of range as Jackson strikes.
Touret misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jackson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Touret keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jackson.

Touret darts in and clinches Jackson up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
Jackson letting Touret take a breather here.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Touret blocks with his arms.
Jackson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jackson working hard to break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Touret as Jackson tries to tie him up.
Touret creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Touret throws an elbow but misses.
Jackson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.
Touret lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Touret has double underhooks.
Jackson avoiding damage as Touret throws knees to the body.
Touret lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jackson tries to throw a body punch but Touret avoids it by throwing Jackson back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson working aggressively here.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Touret throws an elbow but misses.
Touret using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Touret working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Touret pushes Jackson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Touret is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Touret.
Touret creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.
Touret gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Touret throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jackson blocks it with crossed arms.
Touret has Jackson pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Jackson is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Touret - that's hurt Jackson badly! Oh, another knee lands and Jackson is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Jackson doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Julien Touret!
A relieved looking Julien Touret thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.