PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noel Jackson (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. Noel Jackson had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Jackson
vs
Touret

200 cm
35
272 lbs
12 - 26 - 0

193 cm
21
267 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Noel Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julien Touret!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Touret avoids it really well and circles away.
Touret looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jackson fails to land the takedown.
Touret lands with a right hand.
Jackson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Noel Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson shoots in but no luck this time.

Touret instigates a clinch.
Jackson fails to pull guard.
Jackson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Touret is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Touret lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Touret lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.

It looks like Noel Jackson has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Touret.
Jackson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Touret smiles and moves away.
Jackson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Touret pinned against the cage. Touret gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Julien Touret is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Touret.
Touret throws a good cross that connects.
Jackson tries to land a leg kick but Touret saw it coming and moves away.
Touret connects with a solid leg kick.
Touret dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jackson. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson motions for Touret to come forward. Jackson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Touret gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jackson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Touret lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Touret unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right hook to the body lands for Touret.
Touret creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Touret.
A short left from Touret.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nice elbow from Touret.
Jackson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Touret smiles and moves away.
Touret connects with a solid leg kick.
Touret connects with a leg kick. Jackson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Touret lands a left and a right that send Jackson crashing to the mat, dazed. Touret thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Touret scoring well with a low kick there.
Touret connects with an inside leg kick.
Noel Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Touret lands with a right that hurts Jackson. Jackson looks to clinch but Touret throws a short knee that drops Jackson. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Julien Touret!
Our winner, Julien Touret, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.