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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claude LeBlanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying LeBlanc's choice of entrance music: Professor Green ft. Maverick Sabre - Jungle. Lorenzo Ortiz could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Claude LeBlanc's chin.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lorenzo Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Claude LeBlanc!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz misses with a head kick.
LeBlanc takes a kick to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Ortiz misses its intended target.
Claude LeBlanc seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ortiz scores with a nice head shot.
Ortiz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by LeBlanc.
LeBlanc misses with a body shot.
Ortiz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jab from LeBlanc.
Ortiz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from LeBlanc.
LeBlanc has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
LeBlanc throws a combination. Ortiz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jab by Ortiz.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ortiz closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A punch combination from LeBlanc misses.
Ortiz cracks LeBlanc with an open hand slap.
LeBlanc scores with the left hand. Ortiz knows he should have avoided that one.
Ortiz thows a leg kick but LeBlanc checks it
and LeBlanc counters with a low kick, right behind Ortiz 's knee.
LeBlanc feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ortizs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ortiz misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBlanc lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
LeBlanc throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
LeBlanc darts in looking for a takedown but Ortiz gets double underhooks and turns LeBlanc into the cage.
LeBlanc looks to land a left hand but Ortiz moved out of range nicely.
LeBlanc pushes Ortiz up against the cage in a clinch.
Ortiz throws a punch but it's blocked by LeBlanc.
LeBlanc throws a head punch that misses.
LeBlanc managing to block the knees to the body from Ortiz.
LeBlanc struggles to land a body shot inside as Ortiz controls his hands.
LeBlanc scores with a shoulder strike.
LeBlanc scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from LeBlanc.
LeBlanc misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from LeBlanc.
Still in the clinch, Ortiz scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
LeBlanc drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
LeBlanc blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
LeBlanc lands with a light punch inside.
LeBlanc is leaning against Ortiz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for LeBlanc.
LeBlanc has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Ortiz is trying to keep an underhook but LeBlanc manages to get the takedown into half guard.
LeBlanc thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
LeBlanc throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
LeBlanc missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ortiz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
LeBlanc not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
LeBlanc thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LeBlanc missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ortiz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ortiz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
LeBlanc takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
LeBlanc thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ortiz's head.
LeBlanc not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
LeBlanc is looking to take a break and control but Ortiz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
LeBlanc trying to control the action but Ortiz is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ortiz avoids the body shot from LeBlanc.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ortiz moves out of range of the strikes.
LeBlanc does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ortiz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from LeBlanc misses.
LeBlanc looks to land a combination but Ortiz avoids it well.
LeBlanc misses with a low kick.
Ortiz avoids the body shot from LeBlanc.
Ortiz throwing a counter right hand but LeBlanc manages to avoid it.
Ortiz takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice body kick there by LeBlanc.
LeBlanc connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ortiz takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ortiz lands a nice shot to the body.
Ortiz swings and misses with a shot to the body
and LeBlanc counters with a good low kick that Ortiz was not able to check.
Ortiz throws a head kick but LeBlanc moves out of range.
LeBlanc keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
LeBlanc moves out of range as Ortiz strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Claude LeBlanc dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
LeBlanc avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
LeBlanc lands a jab to the head.
Ortiz scores with a jab to the body.
Ortiz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ortiz closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
LeBlanc has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ortiz throws a low kick but LeBlanc avoids it.
Nice uppercut lands for LeBlanc. That snapped Ortiz's head back.
Ortiz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A little jabbing left from LeBlanc on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
LeBlanc walks into a straight right hand from Ortiz.
Ortiz swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortiz misses with a wild body shot.
LeBlanc lands a front kick.
LeBlanc uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ortiz has time to react.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ortiz throws a low kick but it's checked well by LeBlanc.
LeBlanc lands a really nice looking cross but Ortiz seems unphased.
LeBlanc blocks a head kick by Ortiz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBlanc tries to land a leg kick but Ortiz saw it coming and moves away.
Lorenzo Ortiz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ortiz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from LeBlanc.
LeBlanc checks the leg kick.
Ortiz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
LeBlanc looks like he wants to counter punch here.
LeBlanc keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ortiz.
Ortiz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ortiz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. LeBlanc manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ortiz throws a head kick but LeBlanc moves out of range.
LeBlanc throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A counter left hand to the body from Ortiz misses its target.
A swing and a miss from Ortiz.
Ortiz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ortiz loads up on a big right hand but LeBlanc slips the punch.
LeBlanc displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Ortiz as he connects with a hook.
LeBlanc throws a head kick that Ortiz semi-blocks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
LeBlanc on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
LeBlanc comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ortiz slips under a jab from LeBlanc.
LeBlanc scores with a hook.
LeBlanc lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ortiz circles away quickly and effectively.
Ortiz throws a jab but it's blocked by LeBlanc.
Ortiz moves out of range as LeBlanc strikes.
Ortiz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ortiz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
LeBlanc uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ortiz.
LeBlanc tries to land a front kick but Ortiz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
LeBlanc pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
LeBlanc takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ortiz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ortiz is looking to chop away at LeBlanc's legs.
Ortiz missing with a left hand there. LeBlanc was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ortiz lands a jab to LeBlanc's midsection.
LeBlanc looks to throw the jab but Ortiz is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LeBlanc ducks under a wild hook from Ortiz.
LeBlanc looks to land a left hand but Ortiz moved out of range nicely.
Ortiz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ortiz tries to work over LeBlanc's front leg with a kick but LeBlanc checks it.
Ortiz thows a left - swing and a miss!
LeBlanc throws a sloppy head kick and Ortiz moves out of range easily.
LeBlanc connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
LeBlanc cracks Ortiz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
LeBlanc gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ortiz is looking to score with low kicks.
It seemed like LeBlanc was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
LeBlanc looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ortiz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from LeBlanc.
LeBlanc moves away from the strike by Ortiz.
LeBlanc scoring well with a low kick there.
LeBlanc buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
LeBlanc throws a looping overhand right but Ortiz ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
LeBlanc scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
LeBlanc scores with a nice strike.
LeBlanc throws a jab but it's blocked by Ortiz.
LeBlanc scores with a nice right hand.
LeBlanc gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
LeBlanc misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Ortiz.
LeBlanc pushes off an throws an elbow but Ortiz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
LeBlanc works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch on the inside from LeBlanc fails to land.
Ortiz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
LeBlanc lands with a right to the head.
LeBlanc works on Ortiz's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
LeBlanc lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Claude LeBlanc showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
LeBlanc steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ortiz.
Decent striking displayed by LeBlanc there.
LeBlanc pushes Ortiz up against the cage in a clinch.
LeBlanc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ortiz blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, LeBlanc throws an elbow but misses.
LeBlanc tries to throw a body punch but Ortiz avoids it by throwing LeBlanc back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by LeBlanc.
LeBlanc lands an elbow that stopped Ortiz in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Lorenzo Ortiz has been cut.
LeBlanc lands a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
LeBlanc blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by LeBlanc.
LeBlanc presses Ortiz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
LeBlanc lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
LeBlanc lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ortiz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBlanc throws an elbow but it misses.
LeBlanc misses with a body punch.
LeBlanc lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for LeBlanc.
LeBlanc lands a hook to the side of the head.
LeBlanc lands with a right to the head.
LeBlanc pushes off an throws an elbow but Ortiz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
LeBlanc misses with a knee to the head.
Ortiz lands with a light punch inside.
LeBlanc misses with the head strike.
LeBlanc lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
LeBlanc pushes off an throws an elbow but Ortiz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
LeBlanc misses with a short punch on the inside.
LeBlanc throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
LeBlanc throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, LeBlanc just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ortiz's brow.
Ortiz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of LeBlancs head.
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!
LeBlanc blocking some punches.
Ortiz misses with a punch on the inside.
LeBlanc is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ortiz blocks an elbow strike.
Ortiz can't find room to land a body shot as LeBlanc controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Ortiz.
Ortiz working aggressively here.
LeBlanc tries for a takedown but Ortiz manages to get underhooks.
LeBlanc struggles to land a body shot inside as Ortiz controls his hands.
LeBlanc throws a head punch that misses.
LeBlanc just leaning against Ortiz, taking a breather.
Lorenzo Ortiz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Ortiz.
LeBlanc blocks a body shot from Ortiz.
LeBlanc gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ortiz blocks an uppercut.
Ortiz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from LeBlanc.
Ortiz blocks an uppercut.
LeBlanc lands with a light punch inside.
Ortiz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
LeBlanc effectively controlling the action here.
LeBlanc goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ortiz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
LeBlanc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ortiz.
Claude LeBlanc is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
LeBlanc lands with a light punch inside.
LeBlanc scores with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
LeBlanc lands a hook to the side of the head.
LeBlanc displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ortiz up against the cage.
LeBlanc goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
LeBlanc stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
LeBlanc blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Ortiz fails to land.
LeBlanc lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Ortiz.
Ortiz lands with a right to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Claude LeBlanc comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well LeBlanc 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Claude LeBlanc!
Our winner, Claude LeBlanc, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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