PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julien Touret (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Touret comes to the cage accompanied by La Valse d'Amelie. Patterson has chosen Llama In My Living Room as his entrance music. Julien Touret could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Floyd Patterson's chin.

Touret
vs
Patterson

193 cm
40
267 lbs
31 - 20 - 0

201 cm
29
278 lbs
24 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Sully's Bar & Grill

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 31 - 20 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Julien Touret!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Floyd Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patterson throws out a powerful jab.

Touret closes the distance and clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Patterson.
Patterson takes a shot to the head.
Patterson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Touret using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patterson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Touret dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Touret tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Touret misses with the head strike.
Patterson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Patterson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Patterson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Patterson manages to break the clinch.
Touret takes one on the button.
Julien Touret seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Touret moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Touret misses with the head strike.
Touret 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.
Patterson lands with a light punch inside.
Patterson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Touret's elbow.
Patterson gets through Touret's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Patterson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Touret looks to land a left hand but Patterson moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson throws a sloppy head kick and Touret moves out of range easily.
Touret misses with a straight right.
Patterson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Patterson punishes Touret's body with a nice straight punch.
Touret ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Touret waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Patterson.
Touret does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Touret waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Patterson.
Touret misses with a low kick.
Touret throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Touret throws a body shot but no joy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Touret.
Patterson scores with the left hand. Touret knows he should have avoided that one.
Patterson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Touret's sensitive parts.
Nice body kick from Patterson.
Patterson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Touret is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Touret misses with an uppercut.
Touret closes the distance looking to clinch
and Patterson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson throws a front kick that sends Touret stumbling back into the cage.
Patterson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Touret. That did some damage!
No joy there for Touret, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Touret throws the left hand but Patterson avoids the punch easily.
Patterson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Patterson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Patterson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Touret takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Patterson connects with a body shot.
Patterson connects with a leg kick. Touret looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
An inside leg kick lands from Patterson.
Patterson throws a shot to the body.
Nice body kick there by Patterson.

Patterson sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Touret to the ground! Patterson dives into full mount looking to finish!

Touret is rocked!

It looks like Julien Touret has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Patterson controlling his opponent.
Oh Touret is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Patterson is continuing to stall.
Touret tries to hold on but Patterson pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Touret seems to have got his legs back now.
Touret is wriggling around trying to escape.
Patterson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Touret is looking to improve his position but Patterson isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Patterson controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Floyd Patterson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julien Touret's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Patterson is looking to slow Touret down with leg kicks.
Floyd Patterson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Patterson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Patterson scores with a leg kick.
Patterson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Touret looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Patterson scores with a jab. Touret acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Touret fails with an attempt to clinch.
Touret takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Touret misses with an uppercut.
Touret fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Patterson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Patterson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Touret misses the jab.
Patterson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Patterson scores with a shot to the side of Touret's head.
Touret blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Touret misses with a short punch on the inside.
Touret swings wildly with an uppercut but Patterson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Touret takes an elbow to the temple.
Patterson pushes off an throws an elbow but Touret leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Touret.

It looks like Floyd Patterson has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Patterson.
Touret is trying to maintain a safe position but Patterson gets an underhook and turns Touret into the cage.
Touret lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Touret dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Julien Touret has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Touret looking to stall.
Nice elbow from Patterson.

Patterson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Patterson drops Touret with a big left hand and mounts him. Touret is in big trouble!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Patterson controlling from the full mount.
Touret wants to control but Patterson is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Touret can't escape the position.
Patterson avoids the attempt from Touret to control.
Touret tries to reverse the position but Patterson maintains control.
Touret tries to hold on but Patterson postures up.
Touret is wriggling around trying to escape.
Patterson controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Touret is working to get back to half guard.
Touret flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Touret is trying to escape the mount.
Touret tries to hold on but Patterson postures up.
Touret is trying to escape the mount.
Touret slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson stalling.
Touret wants to get back to full guard.
Touret regains full guard. Nicely done.
Touret is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Floyd Patterson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Touret closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Touret misses with a hook.
Touret backing away here, and Patterson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Patterson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Patterson scores with a spinning back kick!
Patterson thows a body kick. Touret tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Touret will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Patterson.
A cross from Patterson lands.
Touret takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Patterson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Patterson connects with a solid leg kick.
Patterson connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patterson scores with a push kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Patterson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Patterson with a nice cross.
Patterson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Patterson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Touret wants to clinch up but Patterson keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson lands with an overhand left.
Touret tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Touret takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Patterson jabs Touret to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A big right from Touret misses.
Patterson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Touret misses with an uppercut
and Patterson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Patterson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Touret misses with an uppercut.
Touret takes a jab right on the kisser.
Touret takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Look low, kick high! Patterson uses the oldest trick in the book to send Touret tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Patterson is absolutely delighted - when Touret wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Floyd Patterson!
An out of breath Floyd Patterson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.