PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksander Putin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bourque comes to the cage accompanied by "Business Time" by Flight of the Conchords. Timothy Bourque has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bourque
vs
Putin

225 cm
28
270 lbs
21 - 7 - 0

185 cm
26
230 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Knock Out Artistry
MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Timothy Bourque!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aleksander Putin!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Putin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bourque circles away quickly and effectively.
Bourque throws a sloppy head kick and Putin moves out of range easily.
A nice combination there by Putin.

It looks like Timothy Bourque has been cut.

Putin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bourque tries to break the clinch but Putin is controlling the position.
A right hook to the body lands for Putin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Putin has a couple of punches blocked by Bourque.
Bourque has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Bourque pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Putin moves in looking to clinch but Bourque pushes him off.
Putin swinging wildly here.
Bourque misses with the combination.
Bourque scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Aleksander Putin has been cut.
Bourque keeps the fight on the outside.
Good exchange - Bourque coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourque connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Putin momentarily.
Bourque throws a nice looking combination but Putin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bourque keeps the fight on the outside.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bourque checks a leg kick.
Putin wants to clinch.
Bourque cracks Putin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Putin tries to clinch up.
The fighters circling - Putin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Putin tries to clinch there but Bourque circles away.
Putin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bourque avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Bourque as he checks the leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bourque.
Putin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Putin misses with a double jab
and Bourque makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bourque throws a head kick that misses.
Bourque fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bourque throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Putin stumbling backwards into the cage! Putin bounces back off the cage towards Bourque, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Bourque lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Bourque celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Timothy Bourque!
Timothy Bourque retains his heavyweight title!