PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julien Touret (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tamias Poochyena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Touret comes to the cage accompanied by La Valse d'Amelie. Poochyena has chosen This Life - Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Touret
vs
Poochyena

193 cm
34
267 lbs
20 - 10 - 0

225 cm
37
295 lbs
41 - 18 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic 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 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julien Touret!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 18 - 3, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tamias Poochyena!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poochyena lands with a hook. Touret tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Poochyena connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Touret's hands.
Poochyena's jab looks to have found its range, popping Touret under the eye.
Poochyena is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Touret is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And Poochyena responds with a good body kick, but Touret manages to step out the way in time.
Poochyena lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Touret throws a series of punches but Poochyena moves out of range.
Poochyena displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Touret throws out the jab.
Jab, jab by Touret - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poochyena throws a hook but Touret avoids it easily.
Poochyena cracks Touret with a good jab.
A big right from Poochyena misses.
Touret scores with a jab to the jaw.
Poochyena catches Touret with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A chopping leg kick lands by Poochyena.
Touret chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Touret wants to clinch but Poochyena slips to the side
and Poochyena counters with a right hand to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Touret!

It looks like Tamias Poochyena has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poochyena lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poochyena tests Touret's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Touret throws a right hand that misses
and Poochyena makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Touret has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Shark Tank in the buildup to the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Touret. Poochyena does a little dance to reset his feet.
Poochyena has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Touret takes one on the button.
Touret throws a head kick that misses.
Poochyena throws out a counter right but Touret avoids it with no problem.
Touret takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Poochyena takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poochyena throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Touret wants to slow Poochyena down by chopping away at his legs.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Poochyena! But no joy.
Touret ducks under a wild hook from Poochyena.
Touret throws a lazy body kick
and Poochyena counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Touret checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Touret moves into range and clinches up with Poochyena.
Poochyena is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Touret is keeping busy.
A left hand lands to the body for Touret.
Touret scores with a shot to the side of Poochyena's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Touret misses with a punch to the body.
Touret looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Poochyena displaying some good clinch control by pressing Touret up against the cage.
Poochyena working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Touret digs a right hand into Poochyena's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Poochyena's gas tank.
Touret lands with a left to the head.
Poochyena managing to block the knees to the body from Touret.
Poochyena swings wildly with an uppercut but Touret uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Touret tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Poochyena stalling against the cage.
Poochyena is looking to control Touret's arms but Touret gets an underhook and turns him. Now Poochyena has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tamias Poochyena dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tamias Poochyena's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Touret scores with a jab.
Tamias Poochyena seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Touret fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Poochyena on the side of the head.
Poochyena throws a hook but Touret blocks it.
Touret tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Poochyena manages to circle out of the way.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Poochyena in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Touret misses with a wild body shot.
Poochyena throws a lazy right hand but Touret sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Poochyena on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Touret swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Poochyena swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Poochyena slips under a jab.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A right-left combo lands from Poochyena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Touret throws a leg kick but Poochyena moved away.
A countering left hand to the body from Poochyena misses.
Touret misses with a left hand
and Poochyena counters with a left to the body.
Jab from Poochyena.
Poochyena throws a wild body kick that Touret sees coming a mile off.
Poochyena's jab looks to have found its range, popping Touret under the eye.
A slapping body kick lands there for Poochyena.
Poochyena with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Touret tries to clinch there but Poochyena circles away.
Poochyena let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Touret misses with an uppercut.
Touret thows a leg kick but Poochyena checks it
and Poochyena counters with a nice body shot.
Poochyena takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Poochyena misses with a hook.
Touret is looking to counter the offense by Poochyena and move into the clinch.

Touret instigates a clinch.
Touret unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Poochyena is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poochyena misses with a punch to the body.
Touret scores with a shot to the side of Poochyena's head.
Touret using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Touret tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Poochyena's elbow.
Touret lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Touret is leaning against Poochyena and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Touret.
Poochyena avoiding damage as Touret throws knees to the body.
Touret tries to land knees in the clinch but Poochyena avoids the damage to the body.
Touret prevents Poochyena from breaking the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Touret.
Touret putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Poochyena in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Come on Touret - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Touret tries a knee to the head but Poochyena blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Touret.
Touret with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Touret tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Poochyena's elbow.
Touret goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Touret misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poochyena.
Poochyena avoiding damage as Touret throws knees to the body.
Touret using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poochyena has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Poochyena leaning against his opponent.
Touret misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poochyena.
Touret lands a hook that snaps the head of Poochyena backwards.
Touret misses with a punch to the body.
Touret goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Touret lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Touret scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Touret lands an elbow that stopped Poochyena in his tracks for a moment.
Touret missing with knees to the body.
Touret unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Touret throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julien Touret dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tamias Poochyena's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Touret throws an off balance right hand
letting Poochyena counter with a right hand.
Poochyena swings for the body but Touret moves out of range.
Touret is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Poochyena.
Poochyena scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab from Touret misses.
Poochyena throws the left hand but Touret avoids the punch easily.
Poochyena swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poochyena misses with a straight left.
As Poochyena tries to get set, Touret tries to push him back and clinch up but Poochyena manages to avoid the attempt.
Poochyena missing with a left hand there. Touret was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Touret slips a jab and a cross from Poochyena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poochyena looks to throw a body kick
and Touret counters with a nice uppercut.
Poochyena throws a right hand that misses
and Touret counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Poochyena thinking.
Poochyena takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A telegraphed right hand from Poochyena misses the target.
Touret dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Poochyena. That did some damage!
Touret scores with a jab to the body.
Touret tries to clinch but Poochyena is having none of it.
Poochyena thinks about the counter body kick.

Touret gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Touret misses with a knee strike.
Julien Touret has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poochyena doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Touret missing with knees to the body.
Touret throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Poochyena blocks it with crossed arms.
Poochyena managing to block the knees to the body from Touret.
Touret tries to throw a body punch but Poochyena avoids it by throwing Touret back against the cage.
Touret lands with a right to the head.
Touret lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Touret lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Touret lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Poochyena backwards.
Touret tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Touret missing with knees to the body.
Poochyena blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Poochyena blocks a body shot from Touret.

Poochyena breaks the clinch.
Touret is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Poochyena can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Touret throws a quick inside leg kick.
Touret rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poochyena moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheers as Touret lands an impressive looking overhand right. Poochyena doesn't seem phased though.
Poochyena displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Touret throws out the jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Poochyena finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Poochyena loads up on a big right hand but Touret slips the punch.
Touret misses with an uppercut. Poochyena saw that one coming.
Poochyena looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Touret clinches up with Poochyena and pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poochyena avoids a wild elbow strike from Touret.
Touret misses with a knee strike.
Touret works on Poochyena's body with a couple of short punches.
Poochyena blocks an elbow strike from Touret.
Touret has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Poochyena - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Touret, and another! Poochyena is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 3, 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.