PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between El Jewpacabra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Leclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Leclair's choice of entrance music: king crimson - 21st century schizoid man . Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Jewpacabra
vs
Leclair

189 cm
21
185 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

175 cm
30
183 lbs
18 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, El Jewpacabra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Leclair!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Leclair has closed the distance and engaged Jewpacabra in a clinch.
Leclair managing to block the knees to the body from Jewpacabra.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leclair.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jewpacabra as Leclair tries to tie him up.
Leclair blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jewpacabra trying to land knees to the body.
Leclair throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jewpacabra trying to land knees to the body.
Leclair lands a damaging elbow.
Jewpacabra tries to land knees in the clinch but Leclair avoids the damage to the body.
Leclair blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jewpacabra looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Jewpacabra.
A short body shot lands from Jewpacabra as the two fighters clinch.
Jewpacabra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jewpacabra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leclair crunches a lovely knee into Jewpacabra's ribcage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leclair blocks an elbow strike from Jewpacabra.
Leclair is pushing Jewpacabra up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Leclair avoiding damage as Jewpacabra throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leclair blocks an elbow strike.
Leclair trying to stall but Jewpacabra improves his position.
Jewpacabra blocks a body shot from Leclair.
Jewpacabra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jewpacabra missing with knees to the body.
Leclair is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Leclair throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jewpacabra can't find room to land a body shot as Leclair controls the action.
Leclair putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jewpacabra in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Leclair stalling in the clinch but Jewpacabra improves position.
Jewpacabra looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jewpacabra gets through Leclair's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Leclair leaning against his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jewpacabra.
Jewpacabra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leclair.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leclair on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jewpacabra lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jewpacabra just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leclair's brow.
Leclair taking a breather.
Jewpacabra lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Jean Leclair has been cut.
Jewpacabra throws an elbow that misses.
Come on Leclair - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leclair is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jewpacabra is defending well for now.
Leclair using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jewpacabra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jewpacabra swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Leclair misses with a knee strike.
Leclair softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jewpacabra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jewpacabra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leclair lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jewpacabra pushes off an throws an elbow but Leclair leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Jewpacabra.
Leclair avoids the elbow strike from Jewpacabra, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jewpacabra looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Leclair misses with a knee to the head.
Leclair dodges an elbow strike from Jewpacabra.
Leclair leaning his opponent against the cage.
Leclair goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Leclair tries to stall but Jewpacabra uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Leclair holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Leclair trying to control the position but instead, Jewpacabra has worked for underhooks and has pushed Leclair into the cage.
Jewpacabra looking to throw knees to the head but Leclair is blocking nicely.
Jewpacabra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Leclair in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jewpacabra avoids the elbow strike from Leclair, against the cage.
Leclair lands an elbow inside.
Jewpacabra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leclair avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Jewpacabra.
Leclair blocks an elbow strike.
Jewpacabra tries to land a knee to the head but Leclair blocks with his arms.
Jewpacabra throws an elbow that misses.
Leclair prevents a body shot from Jewpacabra.
Jewpacabra prevents a body shot from Leclair.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jewpacabra tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jewpacabra lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short left from Jewpacabra.
Jewpacabra lands an elbow that stopped Leclair in his tracks for a moment.
Leclair dodges an elbow strike from Jewpacabra.
Jewpacabra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leclair avoids it.
Leclair is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jewpacabra missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leclair connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jewpacabra's face.
Leclair tries to land knees in the clinch but Jewpacabra avoids the damage to the body.
Jewpacabra misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jewpacabra takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

El Jewpacabra dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jean Leclair's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jewpacabra changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jewpacabra clobbers Leclair with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Leclair's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jewpacabra connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Leclair scrambles back to his feet.
Jewpacabra uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Leclair has time to react.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jewpacabra, as that shot connected.
Jewpacabra throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leclair sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jewpacabra swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leclair pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jewpacabra lands a head shot.
Jewpacabra has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Leclair.
Leclair keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jewpacabra.
Jewpacabra throws a head kick that misses.
Jewpacabra lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jewpacabra misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jewpacabra cracks Leclair with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jewpacabra misses with a left hand
and Leclair counters with a nice body kick.
Jewpacabra lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jewpacabra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leclair.
A good leg kick by Jewpacabra.
Leclair on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jewpacabra jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Leclair throws a solid leg kick but Jewpacabra takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Leclair.
Jewpacabra tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
El Jewpacabra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leclair misses with a kick to the body.
Jewpacabra cracks Leclair with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jewpacabra throws a nice looking combination but Leclair bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jean Leclair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jewpacabra throws a shot from downtown. Leclair moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Jewpacabra misses.
Jewpacabra avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Leclair takes one on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jewpacabra gets a clinch.
Leclair blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Leclair will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jewpacabra up against the cage.
Leclair landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Leclair obliges.
Jewpacabra lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Leclair managing to block the knees to the body from Jewpacabra.
Jewpacabra goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Leclair on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jewpacabra just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leclair's brow.
Jewpacabra working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leclair is looking to control Jewpacabra's arms but Jewpacabra gets an underhook and turns him. Now Leclair has his back to the cage.
Jewpacabra working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Leclair scores with a nice hook to the head.
El Jewpacabra has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Leclair scores with a shot to the side of Jewpacabra's head.
Jewpacabra missing with knees to the body.
Leclair is looking to control Jewpacabra's arms but Jewpacabra gets an underhook and turns him. Now Leclair has his back to the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Jewpacabra fails to land.
Jewpacabra is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Leclair avoiding damage as Jewpacabra throws knees to the body.
Jewpacabra landing knees to the head.
Jewpacabra lands an elbow inside that Leclair shrugs off.
Leclair missing with knees to the body.
Leclair lands an elbow inside.
Leclair lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Leclair stalling in the clinch but Jewpacabra improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Leclair is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jewpacabra is defending well for now.
Jewpacabra crunches a lovely knee into Leclair's ribcage.
Leclair dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Leclair doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jewpacabra avoiding damage as Leclair throws knees to the body.
Leclair blocks an elbow strike from Jewpacabra.
Leclair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jewpacabra crunches a lovely knee into Leclair's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Leclair.
Leclair avoids a wild elbow strike from Jewpacabra.
A right hook to the body lands for Jewpacabra.
Leclair is breathing heavily.
Jewpacabra lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Leclair throws an elbow but misses.
Leclair managing to block the knees to the body from Jewpacabra.
Jewpacabra has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A nice left hand lands by Jewpacabra.
Jewpacabra lands a hook that snaps the head of Leclair backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

El Jewpacabra dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jean Leclair's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice straight punches there by Jewpacabra. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jewpacabra.
Leclair misses with a wild body shot.
Leclair throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jewpacabra lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jewpacabra tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Leclair is able to avoid easily.
A jab from Jewpacabra finds it's way through Leclair's defenses.

Jewpacabra gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Leclair avoids a wild elbow strike from Jewpacabra.
Jewpacabra managing to block the knees to the body from Leclair.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jewpacabra just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leclair's brow.
Leclair lands an elbow that stopped Jewpacabra in his tracks for a moment.
Leclair avoids the elbow strike from Jewpacabra, against the cage.
Leclair stalls.
Leclair throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jewpacabra lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Leclair using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jewpacabra pushes off an throws an elbow but Leclair leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Leclair is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jewpacabra is keeping busy.
Jewpacabra missing with knees to the body.
Jewpacabra taking a breather.
Jewpacabra throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jewpacabra just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leclair's brow.
Leclair wants to stall.
Jewpacabra lands a good knee to the midsection. Leclair won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leclair misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leclair scores a nice knee to the body.
Jewpacabra throws an elbow but it misses.
Leclair stalling in the clinch.
Leclair blocks an elbow strike from Jewpacabra.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jewpacabra gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jewpacabra just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leclair's brow.
Jewpacabra throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jewpacabra is trying to maintain a safe position but Leclair gets an underhook and turns Jewpacabra into the cage.
Leclair avoids a wild elbow strike from Jewpacabra.
Leclair blocks an uppercut.
Jewpacabra throws an elbow but it misses.
Jewpacabra misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Leclair blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jewpacabra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leclair lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leclair missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Leclair just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jewpacabra's brow.
Jewpacabra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jewpacabra unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leclair lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leclair takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jewpacabra tries to land knees in the clinch but Leclair avoids the damage to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jean Leclair has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jewpacabra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jewpacabra managing to block the knees to the body from Leclair.
Jewpacabra lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jewpacabra throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jewpacabra lands an elbow inside that Leclair shrugs off.
Leclair trying to land knees to the body.
Leclair managing to block the knees to the body from Jewpacabra.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short left from Jewpacabra.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leclair is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jewpacabra is defending well for now.
Jewpacabra lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jewpacabra lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Leclair lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Leclair lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jewpacabra avoiding damage as Leclair throws knees to the body.
Jewpacabra trying to land knees to the body.
Jewpacabra lands a right hand.
Jewpacabra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Leclair throws a punch but it's blocked by Jewpacabra.
Jewpacabra lands a nice uppercut.
Leclair missing with knees to the body.
Jewpacabra takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Jewpacabra.

That has opened up Jean Leclair's cut even more.
Jewpacabra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Jewpacabra.
Jewpacabra comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

And that's the end of the fight!
El Jewpacabra showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jewpacabra has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... El Jewpacabra!
In his post fight interview, El Jewpacabra started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.