PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Philippe Allaire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Mclean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Allaire
vs
Mclean

165 cm
26
135 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

174 cm
26
139 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Philippe Allaire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brad Mclean!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allaire feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mcleans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Allaire scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Allaire keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Allaire throws a quick inside leg kick.
Allaire tries to clinch but Mclean moves out of range.
Allaire tries to clinch but Mclean moves out of range.
Allaire lands with a kick to the temple. Mclean shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Philippe Allaire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Allaire scores with a one two! Mclean had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Allaire looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Allaire closes the distance and pushes Mclean back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mclean tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Allaire pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Allaire gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Allaire breaks from the clinch.
Mclean shoots in but no luck this time.
Philippe Allaire has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brad Mclean.
Mclean fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Allaire closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allaire connects with a knee to the head.

Allaire breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mclean shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Allaire as he avoids it easily.

Allaire drives through and clinches with Mclean against the cage.
Allaire makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Allaire breaks from the clinch.

Allaire gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Allaire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mclean drops down looking for an ankle pick but Allaire pulls his leg out and moves away.
Allaire throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mclean.

Allaire drives through and clinches with Mclean against the cage.
Allaire lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
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!

Allaire pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allaire throws a one two combo.
Mclean tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Allaire swivels and escapes.
Allaire is looking to clinch.
Allaire throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mclean shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Allaire pinned against the cage. Allaire gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Allaire forces Mclean back against the cage and clinches.
Allaire scores with a hook to the body.
Allaire unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mclean lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mclean drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mclean looks winded!
Allaire crunches a lovely knee into Mclean's ribcage.

Allaire's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Allaire has managed to clinch.

Allaire breaks the clinch.

Allaire clinches up with Mclean and pushes him back against the cage.
Mclean has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Allaire is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Allaire's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Allaire goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mclean tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Allaire connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Allaire pushes Mclean up against the cage in a clinch.
Allaire with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Allaire breaks from the clinch.
Mclean shoots in but no luck this time.
As Mclean looks to move away, Allaire throws a big counter combo but Mclean just gets out of the way.
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!

Allaire closes the distance and clinches.
Mclean wants a takedown.

Allaire breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Allaire throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Mclean is rocked!
A good leg kick by Allaire.
Mclean is still on wobbly legs! Can Allaire finish him?

Allaire closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mclean takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mclean can't get the takedown.
Mclean seems to have recovered his senses.
Mclean drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Allaire gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Allaire landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Allaire breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Allaire closes the distance and pushes Mclean back into the cage.
Allaire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Allaire lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Allaire breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mclean fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Allaire connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mclean's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Philippe Allaire dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Allaire wants to clinch up but Mclean keeps it at a distance.
Allaire throws a nice head kick!
Mclean shoots in and drives through. Allaire sprawls well.
Allaire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mclean paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Allaire wants to clinch.
Allaire tries to close the distance and clinch but Mclean swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Philippe Allaire is winning the standup battle so far.
Allaire tries to clinch but Mclean moves out of range.
Allaire throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mclean shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Allaire as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allaire wants to clinch up but Mclean keeps it at a distance.
Allaire scores with a one two! Mclean had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Mclean scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mclean content to control rather than advance.
Mclean looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Allaire is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mclean can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mclean controlling the action here.
Allaire pushes Mclean off but Mclean dives into side control.
Allaire is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Mclean is controlling him well.

Allaire throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Allaire scores with a spinning back kick!
Philippe Allaire is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mclean takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Mclean gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Allaire lands with a kick to the temple. Mclean shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The fight stays on the outside here - Allaire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Allaire displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mclean.
Philippe Allaire has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brad Mclean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allaire tries to clinch but Mclean moves out of range.
Mclean is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Allaire.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allaire throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Allaire thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Mclean if he has to take too many more of those.
Allaire works over Mclean's head and body with a nice combination.
Allaire connects with a right that clearly hurt Mclean. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Allaire proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Mclean collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Philippe Allaire!
A very excited looking Philippe Allaire rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.