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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jean Leclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Sarai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leclair comes to the cage accompanied by king crimson - 21st century schizoid man . Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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183 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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193 cm
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170 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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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
8 - 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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stephen Sarai!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sarai doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Leclair counters by moving into the clinch.
Leclair working Sarai over with knees to the body.
Leclair has Sarai pressed against the cage.
Sarai tries to pull guard but Leclair holds him up against the cage and eventually Sarai drops back down to his feet.
Leclair content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Leclair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Come on Leclair - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jean Leclair.
Leclair misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leclair looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Leclair clinches.
Sarai tries to pull guard but Leclair holds him up against the cage and eventually Sarai drops back down to his feet.
Jean Leclair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stephen Sarai.
Leclair leaning against his opponent.
Sarai tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Leclair connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sarai's face.
Leclair avoiding damage.
Leclair with a knee to the head.
Sarai tries to pull guard but Leclair holds him up against the cage and eventually Sarai drops back down to his feet.
Sarai is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leclair lands a body punch.
Leclair digs a right hand into Sarai's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sarai's gas tank.
Leclair lands a shot to the body.
Sarai looks gassed!
Leclair landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leclair lands an elbow that stopped Sarai in his tracks for a moment.
Leclair using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leclair manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Leclair unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Leclair leaning against his opponent.
Leclair with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Leclair effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Leclair for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leclair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Leclair lands a good knee to the midsection. Sarai won't want to take too many of those.
Leclair leaning against his opponent.
Leclair lands a body shot in the clinch.
Come on Leclair - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jean Leclair.
Sarai takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Leclair feints and then cracks Sarai's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sarai down.
Leclair has Sarai up against the cage in a clinch.
Leclair has Sarai pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leclair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Leclair landing knees to the head.
Sarai tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Leclair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Leclair has Sarai pushed against the cage.
Leclair lands with a left to the head.
Leclair lands a shot to the body.
Come on Leclair - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leclair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sarai takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Leclair dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Leclair throws a nice inside leg kick.
Leclair has managed to clinch.
Leclair lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sarai takes a knee right on the jaw!
Leclair tries to land a knee to the head but Sarai blocks with his arms.
Leclair has Sarai pushed against the cage.
Leclair softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Leclair lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sarai or not.
Leclair works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sarai is breathing heavily.
Sarai jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Leclair walks away with a smile on his face. Sarai gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Leclair has managed to clinch.
Leclair with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Leclair lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Leclair.
Jean Leclair has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Leclair using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Leclair is struggling to control the position.
Leclair gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Leclair scores a nice knee to the body.
Leclair using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Leclair just leaning against Sarai, taking a breather.
Leclair lands a nice shot to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Leclair.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jean Leclair.
Leclair closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sarai takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Leclair.
Leclair lands a body punch in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Leclair is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sarai can do to turn this around?
Leclair is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Leclair gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Leclair.
Sarai letting Leclair take a breather here.
Sarai tries to pull guard but Leclair holds him up against the cage and eventually Sarai drops back down to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leclair lands a knee to the head.
Leclair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sarai lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leclair with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Leclair.
Leclair taking a breather.
Leclair lands a nice shot to the body.
Knees to the body from Leclair.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Leclair lands a body shot.
Leclair working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarai fails to pull guard.
Jean Leclair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stephen Sarai.
Sarai jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Leclair walks away with a smile on his face. Sarai gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sarai takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Leclair closes the distance and clinches.
Leclair lands a good knee to the midsection. Sarai won't want to take too many of those.
Leclair stalling.
Leclair unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leclair lands with a light punch inside.
Leclair holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sarai takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Leclair dominated that second round.
That's time! Leclair's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Sarai takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sarai tries for a takedown but Leclair circles away easily
and Leclair finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Sarai gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Leclair moves into the clinch.
Leclair has Sarai pushed against the cage.
Leclair lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Leclair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Leclair working Sarai over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Leclair using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leclair landing knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Knees to the body from Leclair.
Sarai being controlled against the cage.
Leclair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sarai lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Leclair.
Leclair is pushing Sarai up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sarai fails to pull guard.
Jean Leclair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stephen Sarai.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarai tries to pull guard but Leclair won't allow it.
Leclair landing knees to the head.
Leclair stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jean Leclair.
Leclair has managed to clinch.
Leclair lands an elbow just above Sarai 's eye.
Leclair lands a body shot.
Leclair tries a knee to the head but Sarai blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leclair leaning against his opponent.
Sarai jumps guard but Leclair stands there with Sarai around his waist. Sarai gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sarai fails to pull guard.
Jean Leclair is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Leclair is struggling to control the position.
Sarai tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Leclair smiles and moves away.
Leclair chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Leclair jabs Sarai right on the nose. Sarai blinks but takes it well.
Sarai doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Leclair counters with a three punch combo that has Sarai backing up. Sarai nods at Leclair to acknowledge the strikes.
Sarai shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Leclair counters with an outside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Leclair, right into the meat.
Leclair throws a combination. Sarai tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Leclair is looking to slow Sarai down with leg kicks.
Stephen Sarai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stephen Sarai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good standup being displayed there by Leclair as he connects with a hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jean Leclair showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Leclair 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:24
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:25
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Leclair!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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