PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julien Touret (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timothy Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Touret comes to the cage accompanied by La Valse d'Amelie. Timothy Bourque will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Touret
vs
Bourque

193 cm
28
267 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

225 cm
43
270 lbs
48 - 22 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 - 6 - 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 48 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Timothy Bourque!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Touret closes the distance and clinches.
I was talking to Touret's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bourque blocks an elbow strike from Touret.
Bourque blocks the elbow strike.
Touret taking a breather.
Bourque tries to circle away but Touret has him pinned against the cage.
Bourque wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Touret tries to land a knee to the head but Bourque blocks with his arms.
Touret lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bourque tries to break the clinch but Touret is controlling the position.
Bourque's coach down at The Warehouse was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Bourque's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Touret scores with a nice hook to the head.

It looks like Timothy Bourque has been cut.
Touret throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Touret lands a good knee to the midsection. Bourque won't want to take too many of those.
Bourque looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Touret misses with a knee strike.
Touret lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Touret.
Bourque tries to break free but Touret pushes him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Touret scores with a nice short uppercut.
Touret is working Bourque over against the cage.
Bourque takes an elbow to the forehead.
The referee calls for Touret to work.
Bourque doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bourque takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Touret misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bourque.
Touret lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Timothy Bourque's cut even more.
Touret tries to land knees in the clinch but Bourque avoids the damage to the body.
Touret tries to land a knee to the head but Bourque blocks with his arms.
Touret scores with a shot to the side of Bourque's head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Touret - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bourque is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Touret lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bourque wants to get back to striking at distance but Touret won't allow it.
A short right from Touret on the inside.
Touret dodges an elbow strike from Bourque.
A frustrated look appears on Bourque's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bourque looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Touret landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bourque wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Touret has him pressed against the cage.
Bourque wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Touret lands with a light punch inside.
Bourque is trying to break the clinch but Touret is controlling him.
Touret lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Bourque is rocked!
Touret unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Bourque! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Touret is unloading with more strikes now! Bourque drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (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.