PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jean Leclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Octavio Paixao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leclair's entrance music is king crimson - 21st century schizoid man . A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Paixao's choice of entrance music: "Death by Blonde" by Devotchka. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Leclair
vs
Paixao

175 cm
22
183 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

177 cm
25
183 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Leclair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Octavio Paixao!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paixao misses with a lunging right hand
and Leclair counters with a stiff right hand.
Paixao rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Leclair counters with a straight right hand.
Leclair is looking to clinch but Paixao is avoiding it.
Leclair tries to score with a low kick but Paixao moves his leg out of the way.
Paixao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Paixao throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Leclair counters with a big head kick but Paixao shrugs it off.
Leclair is looking to clinch.
A jab lands there for Paixao.
Paixao stalks Leclair and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Leclair's face. Leclair staggers backwards, shaken.
Paixao has a takedown stuffed.
Leclair lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Paixao ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Paixao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leclair manages to avoid it.
Paixao tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Leclair is able to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Leclair closes the distance and pushes Paixao back into the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Leclair.
Paixao taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Leclair controlling the action here for a moment.
Leclair lands an elbow just above Paixao 's eye.
Paixao blocks an uppercut.
Leclair with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leclair controlling the action here for a moment.
Paixao's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Leclair's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Paixao avoids the elbow strike from Leclair, against the cage.
Leclair putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Paixao in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Leclair slows down the pace here.
Paixao taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leclair pushes Paixao back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Leclair using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Paixao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leclair with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Leclair lands an uppercut.
Leclair's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Leclair.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Leclair stalling against the cage.
Leclair tries to land knees in the clinch but Paixao avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paixao taking a breather.
Leclair prevents Paixao from breaking the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Leclair.
Paixao blocking some punches.
Paixao trying to control the position but instead, Leclair has worked for underhooks and has pushed Paixao into the cage.
Leclair lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Paixao prevents a body shot from Leclair.
Leclair misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Leclair dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Leclair tries to move into range but Paixao moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Paixao throws an off balance right hand

and Leclair counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Leclair gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jean Leclair.
Paixao jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Leclair attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Leclair scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Paixao misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Paixao throws a leg kick that is checked
and Leclair counters with a nice low kick that buckles Paixao's knee momentarily.
Paixao fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Leclair looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Octavio Paixao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Paixao.
Paixao swings widly with a right hand
and Leclair counters with a nice uppercut.
Leclair throws a leg kick but Paixao sees it coming and moves out of range.
Leclair tries a head kick but it misses.
Paixao looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Paixao throws a right hand that misses

and Leclair counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Paixao looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Paixao works his way to full guard. Good work.
Paixao bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Leclair's guard.
Leclair knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Paixao on the ground.
Leclair is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paixao thows a big elbow that misses.
Leclair avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Paixao missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Leclair tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Paixao throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Paixao accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Paixao postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Leclair on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Leclair tries to get out of the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Paixao accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Paixao throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Paixao postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Paixao postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Leclair is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Paixao, into his guard.
Paixao looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Leclair puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Paixao is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Leclair's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Leclair's back!
Paixao thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Paixao throws a series of strikes and Leclair wriggles onto his back, so he's now mounted. He's in real trouble here.
Paixao has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Paixao landing shots from mount.
Paixao raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paixao with good strikes from the mount here!
Leclair taking shots to the head.
Paixao controlling the position easily from mount.
Leclair avoids a series of strikes thrown by Paixao.
Paixao throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Paixao fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Poor strikes thrown by Paixao there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paixao is landing with some decent strikes but Leclair is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leclair is bucking up trying to escape but Paixao cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Octavio Paixao will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Leclair avoids the head kick by Paixao.
Paixao misses with an uppercut
and Leclair counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Paixao is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Leclair misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Leclair.
Leclair chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Paixao can pounce on him.
Paixao closes this distance looking for a takedown but Leclair circles away.
Paixao misses with a hook
and Leclair counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leclair pushes Paixao away with a front kick.
Paixao rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Leclair counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Leclair.
Leclair missing with knees to the body.
Leclair is pushing Paixao up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leclair misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Leclair just leaning against Paixao, taking a breather.
Leclair lands an elbow that stopped Paixao in his tracks for a moment.
Leclair throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paixaos head.
Leclair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leclair wants to stall.
Leclair with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Paixao being controlled against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jean Leclair.
Leclair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paixao.
A slapping leg kick lands for Leclair.
Paixao throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Paixao is looking to score with low kicks.
Paixao throws a right hand that misses
and Leclair counters with a slapping leg kick.
Paixao scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Paixao lands a leg kick that knocks Leclair off balance momentarily.
Paixao misses with a lunging right hand
and Leclair counters with a nice body kick.
A jab lands there for Paixao.
Leclair lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leclair takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Leclair takes one to the side of the head.

Leclair closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Paixao quickly recovers to half guard.
Leclair is thwarting Paixao's attempts to control the position.
Paixao manages to get to full guard.
Paixao is trying to keep Leclair in close.

Paixao has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Leclair can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Paixao takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Paixao has his foot on Leclair's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Leclair works his way back into a safe position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paixao keeping full guard, as Leclair tries to pass.
Paixao manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Paixao jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Leclair is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Leclair and Paixao has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Leclair defending against the ground and pound.

Paixao is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Leclair knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Leclair is looking to reverse the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jean Leclair showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Leclair has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Leclair!