PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julien Touret (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamarcus Winters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Touret comes to the cage accompanied by La Valse d'Amelie. Winters is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony. Jamarcus Winters has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Julien Touret's chin.

Touret
vs
Winters

193 cm
23
267 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
31
260 lbs
18 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

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 4 - 3 - 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 18 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jamarcus Winters!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Touret lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Winters lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Winters fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Touret manages to avoid it.
Touret lands with a nice body punch.
Touret slips a jab from Winters.
Touret throws a head kick that half lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Winters closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Winters blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Winters misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Touret.
Winters looking to throw knees to the head but Touret is blocking nicely.
Touret lands a right hand.
Winters's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Touret creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Touret lands an elbow inside that Winters shrugs off.
Winters has a couple of punches blocked by Touret.
Touret misses with a short punch on the inside.
Winters trying to control the position but instead, Touret has worked for underhooks and has pushed Winters into the cage.
Winters being controlled against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winters is trying to break the clinch but Touret is controlling him.
A nice left hand lands by Touret.
Winters gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Touret missing with knees to the body.
Winters tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Touret tries to land knees in the clinch but Winters avoids the damage to the body.

Winters breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Winters misses with a jab to the body
and Touret cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Touret tries to clinch but Winters is having none of it.

Winters moves into range and clinches up with Touret.
Winters lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Winters tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Touret pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Touret lands a left hand that snaps the head of Winters backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Winters lands a hook to the side of the head.
Winters tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Touret.
Winters lands a right hand that snaps the head of Touret backwards.
Touret wants to stall.
Touret pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Touret dodges an elbow strike from Winters.
Winters is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Touret is keeping busy.
Touret misses with an elbow over the top.
Winters throws a punch but it's blocked by Touret.
Winters misses with a short punch on the inside.
Winters avoids a wild elbow strike from Touret.
Touret creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Winters's defenses.
Touret pushes off an throws an elbow but Winters leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Winters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Touret lands with a left to the head.
Winters can't break the clinch.
Touret throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Winterss head.
Winters tries to circle away but Touret has him pinned against the cage.
Touret throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Winters takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Jamarcus Winters has been cut.
Touret is working Winters over against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winters misses with some punches.
Winters avoids a wild elbow strike from Touret.
Touret lands with a light punch inside.
Touret misses with an elbow strike.
Winters misses with the head strike.
Winters fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Touret lands an elbow inside.
Winters is pressed against the cage. Touret pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Winters! Two more big strikes from Touret and Winters crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Julien Touret!
During a confident post fight interview, Julien Touret thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.