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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke McKendrick (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 . Jean Leclair is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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182 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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175 cm
23
183 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luke McKendrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Leclair!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McKendrick misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leclair.
A good leg kick by Leclair.
Leclair slips a jab and a cross from McKendrick.
Leclair has McKendrick up against the cage in a clinch.
Leclair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McKendrick takes a shot to the head.
Leclair leaning against his opponent.
Leclair has McKendrick pressed against the cage, preventing McKendrick from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McKendrick being controlled against the cage.
McKendrick jumps guard but Leclair stands there with McKendrick around his waist. McKendrick gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Leclair.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jean Leclair.
McKendrick rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leclair moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Leclair.
McKendrick shoots in looking for a takedown but Leclair manages to keep the fight standing, pushing McKendrick's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from McKendrick is defended easily by Leclair.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke McKendrick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leclair wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKendrick is looking to slow Leclair down with leg kicks.
McKendrick lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Leclair takes one to the side of the head.
McKendrick swinging wildly here.
Leclair lands a front kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKendrick lands a body shot.
Leclair tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McKendrick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leclair works McKendrick's body with a nice hook.
Leclair throws a body punch but McKendrick moves out of range.
McKendrick misses the jab.
Leclair connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Leclair takes the fight into the clinch.
Leclair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
McKendrick tries to circle away but Leclair has him pinned against the cage.
McKendrick has had enough of the clinch but Leclair keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on McKendrick's face as he tries to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leclair will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning McKendrick up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McKendrick as Leclair tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Leclair dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Leclair throws a body punch but McKendrick moves out of range.
Leclair shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
McKendrick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leclair manages to avoid it.
Leclair connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Leclair throws a solid leg kick but McKendrick takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Leclair.
McKendrick lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Leclair at a distance.
McKendrick misses with a straight left.
McKendrick misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from McKendrick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Leclair.
Leclair has closed the distance and engaged McKendrick in a clinch.
McKendrick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Leclair tries to land a knee to the head but McKendrick blocks with his arms.
McKendrick breaks from the clinch.
McKendrick throws a one two combo.
Leclair slips under a jab.
An inside leg kick from McKendrick misses.
McKendrick looks to land a right hand but Leclair moved out of range.
Luke McKendrick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKendrick takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from McKendrick is defended easily by Leclair.
McKendrick has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Leclair.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leclair takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McKendrick lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leclair circles away quickly and effectively.
McKendrick takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Leclair lands a head kick. McKendrick smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKendrick just misses with a punch to the body.
Luke McKendrick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McKendrick misses with a hook. Leclair ducked under it nicely.
Leclair tries to close the distance and clinch up but McKendrick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Leclair misses with a body punch.
McKendrick can't break the clinch.
Leclair with a knee to the head.
McKendrick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McKendrick is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Leclair unloads a knee to the mid-section. McKendrick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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. McKendrick is defending well for now.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Leclair.
McKendrick drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Leclair leaning his opponent against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leclair lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McKendrick backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leclair is looking to control McKendrick's arms but McKendrick gets an underhook and turns him. Now Leclair has his back to the cage.
Leclair trying to land knees to the body.
Leclair lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Leclair showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
McKendrick shoots in and gets a takedown into Leclair's guard.
McKendrick passes Leclair's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
McKendrick is trying to control the action in half guard but Leclair is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Leclair wants to control but McKendrick is keeping busy.
Leclair tries to get to full guard but McKendrick has control of the leg.
Leclair is trying to maintain the position but McKendrick is very close to passing his half guard.
McKendrick throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McKendrick is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McKendrick passes the guard and advances to mount!
Leclair working to try and regain half guard.
McKendrick manages to capitalize on a mistake by Leclair to take his back!
McKendrick missing with strikes from the back.
McKendrick controlling well, preventing Leclair from escaping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKendrick gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
McKendrick is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Leclair won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips McKendrick off his unconscious opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Luke McKendrick!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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