PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mac Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gordon Lefleaur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gordon Lefleaur has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hansen
vs
Lefleaur

172 cm
35
162 lbs
29 - 20 - 1

184 cm
35
170 lbs
32 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zipp Zapp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mac Hansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gordon Lefleaur!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lefleaur tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hansen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lefleaur tries to clinch there but Hansen circles away.

Lefleaur closes the distance and clinches.
Lefleaur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lefleaur misses with some punches.
Lefleaur misses with a punch on the inside.
Lefleaur lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lefleaur has a couple of punches blocked by Hansen.
Lefleaur prevents the takedown attempt.
Hansen blocking some punches.
Lefleaur tries a body shot but Hansen blocks it.
Lefleaur tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lefleaur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lefleaur misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hansen blocking some punches.
Lefleaur tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lefleaur tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hansen tries to score a body lock takedown but Lefleaur shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hansen.
Lefleaur is pressed up against the cage. Hansen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lefleaur down to the mat. Lefleaur avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mac Hansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lefleaur looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lefleaur uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hansen.
Lefleaur scores with a jab. Hansen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Lefleaur rushes Hansen and presses him up against the cage.
Hansen prevents a body shot from Lefleaur.
Lefleaur slowing the pace effectively.
Lefleaur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lefleaur misses with the head strike.
Lefleaur lands with a left to the head.
Lefleaur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lefleaur misses with a punch on the inside.
Lefleaur prevents a takedown attempt there.
We've been hearing reports that Hansen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Hansen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lefleaur is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lefleaur misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lefleaur goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lefleaur has a couple of punches blocked by Hansen.
Lefleaur working aggressively here.
Hansen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lefleaur gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lefleaur misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hansen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lefleaur slows down the pace here.
A body shot lands from Lefleaur.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lefleaur.
Lefleaur lands a left hand.
Hansen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lefleaur working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hansen is trying to drag Lefleaur to the mat but Lefleaur just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Lefleaur misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lefleaur misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lefleaur gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hansen.
Lefleaur struggles to land a body shot inside as Hansen controls his hands.
Lefleaur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lefleaur tries to work over Hansen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lefleaur lands with a left to the head.
Lefleaur lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lefleaur scores with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lefleaur digs a right hand underneath Hansen's ribcage. Hansen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A body shot lands from Lefleaur.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gordon Lefleaur dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lefleaur feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hansen's calf.
Lefleaur misses with a few strikes there.
Lefleaur throws a hook but Hansen avoids it easily.
Lefleaur throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hansen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lefleaur fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hansen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hansen misses with a body shot.
Lefleaur tries to bum rush Hansen with a series of wild strikes but Hansen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hansen throws a body punch but Lefleaur moves out of range.
Crunch! Hansen slams his shin into Lefleaur's torso.
Lefleaur is looking to clinch but Hansen is avoiding it.
Lefleaur ducks under a wild hook from Hansen.
Lefleaur motions for Hansen to come forward. Lefleaur throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lefleaur lands a really nice looking cross but Hansen seems unphased.
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!
Lefleaur moves in looking to clinch but Hansen pushes him off.
Hansen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lefleaur.
Lefleaur lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hansen's sensitive parts.
Lefleaur lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hansen's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lefleaur circles away quickly and effectively.
Lefleaur tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hansen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That kick from Lefleaur tenderised Hansen's leg. Hansen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lefleaur avoids the body shot from Hansen.
Gordon Lefleaur seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hansen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lefleaur throws out the jab.
Lefleaur scores with a kick to the body.
Lefleaur lands a head kick. Hansen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Mac Hansen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lefleaur swings widly with a right hand
and Hansen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Lefleaur really felt that one!
Sloppy strikes from Hansen. Those never looked like landing.
Lefleaur misses with an uppercut. Hansen saw that one coming.
Hansen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hansen looks for the body kick but Lefleaur saw that one coming.
Hansen throws a lazy uppercut
letting Lefleaur counter with a right hand.
Lefleaur throws a right and a left that Hansen avoids nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hansen misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lefleaur is looking to clinch.
Nice straight punches there by Lefleaur. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lefleaur.

Lefleaur instigates a clinch.
Hansen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lefleaur pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Lefleaur scores with a shoulder strike.
Lefleaur misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lefleaur content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hansen is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lefleaur.
Lefleaur scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lefleaur throws a punch but it's blocked by Hansen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lefleaur has a couple of punches blocked by Hansen.
Lefleaur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lefleaur works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lefleaur misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lefleaur has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lefleaur lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lefleaur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lefleaur scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lefleaur misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lefleaur lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lefleaur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hansen blocks an uppercut.
Lefleaur goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hansen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen blocking some punches.
Gordon Lefleaur seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lefleaur working aggressively here.
Lefleaur misses with some punches.
Lefleaur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lefleaur lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Lefleaur fails to land.
Lefleaur makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lefleaur tries to work over Hansen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lefleaur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Lefleaur.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lefleaur stalls.
Hansen is working for takedown but Lefleaur is calmly controlling the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gordon Lefleaur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hansen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lefleaur swings widly with a right hand
and Hansen counters with a nice kick to the body.
Lefleaur tries to clinch but Hansen is having none of it.
Hansen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lefleaur can pounce on him.
Lefleaur moves away from the strike by Hansen.
Hansen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lefleaur.
That kick from Lefleaur tenderised Hansen's leg. Hansen is trying to keep his angry face on.
An inside leg kick from Lefleaur misses.
Lefleaur misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A lazy left from Lefleaur finds it's target.
Lefleaur jabs Hansen right on the nose. Hansen blinks but takes it well.

Hansen is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hansen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lefleaur doesn't seem bothered though.
Oh Hansen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lefleaur drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lefleaur scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hansen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hansen tries to bum rush Lefleaur with a series of wild strikes but Lefleaur uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gordon Lefleaur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hansen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lefleaur.
Hansen is looking to wear down Lefleaur with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen dives in and grabs Lefleaur's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lefleaur pushes down on Hansen's head and hops out.
Hansen seems to have got his legs back now.
Hansen misses with a wild body shot.
Hansen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hansen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lefleaur fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hansen walks into a straight right hand from Lefleaur.

Lefleaur clinches up against the cage.
Lefleaur just leaning against Hansen, taking a breather.
A short left from Lefleaur.
Hansen can't get the takedown.
Hansen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lefleaur fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mac Hansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hansen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lefleaur lands a left and a right that send Hansen crashing to the mat, dazed. Lefleaur thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Lefleaur there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lefleaur lands with a cross.
Lefleaur throws a head kick that misses.
Lefleaur slips a jab and a cross from Hansen.
Hansen blocks a low kick nicely.
Hansen misses with a two punch combination.
Lefleaur fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lefleaur doesn't manage to clinch there - Hansen circles away.
Gordon Lefleaur is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lefleaur cracks the inside of Hansen's front leg.
Hansen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lefleaur throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hansen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lefleaur scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lefleaur with a nice cross.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lefleaur looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lefleaur lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hansen throws a right hand that Lefleaur ducks under and follows up with a left that Lefleaur also avoids with ease.

Lefleaur moves into the clinch.
Lefleaur swings wildly with an uppercut but Hansen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lefleaur misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lefleaur lands a shoulder strike.
Lefleaur lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lefleaur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lefleaur lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hansen backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lefleaur tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lefleaur misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lefleaur.
Lefleaur lands an uppercut.
Lefleaur softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lefleaur misses with the head strike.
Hansen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lefleaur is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Lefleaur working aggressively here.
Lefleaur lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hansen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lefleaur lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lefleaur.
Mac Hansen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lefleaur softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gordon Lefleaur comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lefleaur has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gordon Lefleaur!
An out of breath Gordon Lefleaur thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.