PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jean Leclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Camillo Samcjez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leclair kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is king crimson - 21st century schizoid man . Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Leclair
vs
Samcjez

175 cm
31
183 lbs
19 - 15 - 0

182 cm
33
170 lbs
8 - 14 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Leclair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Camillo Samcjez!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Leclair has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Leclair.
Leclair lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leclair tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Samcjez avoids it.
Leclair lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Leclair.
Samcjez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Leclair lands a left hand that snaps the head of Samcjez backwards.
Samcjez is looking to break free of the clinch but Leclair has double underhooks.
Leclair lands an elbow inside.
Samcjez is trying to break free.
Leclair has Samcjez pressed against the cage.
Leclair lands an elbow just above Samcjez 's eye.
Leclair lands a nice elbow.
Samcjez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Leclair has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Samcjez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
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!
Leclair pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Leclair content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Leclair.
Samcjez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Leclair has Samcjez pressed against the cage, preventing Samcjez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Leclair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Leclair scores with a hook to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Leclair takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Leclair with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Samcjez is trying to force a seperation but Leclair has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leclair misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Samcjez.
Leclair lands an elbow that stopped Samcjez in his tracks for a moment.
Samcjez wants to break free but Leclair has control.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Leclair landing knees to the body.
Leclair lands a nice knee to the body.
Leclair just leaning against Samcjez, taking a breather.
Samcjez is trying to break the clinch but Leclair is controlling him.
Leclair stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jean Leclair.
Leclair throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Samcjez's head.
Samcjez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Leclair. Leclair obviously looking to wear him down.
Leclair throws a push kick but Samcjez slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Leclair gets tackled into the cage by Samcjez. Samcjez maintains the clinch.
Leclair is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Samcjez is defending well for now.
Samcjez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Samcjez has had enough of the clinch but Leclair keeps him there for the moment.
Leclair is struggling to control the position.
Leclair presses Samcjez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Leclair is pushing Samcjez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Samcjez wants to get back to striking at distance but Leclair won't allow it.
Samcjez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Samcjez wants to get back to striking at distance but Leclair won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Leclair.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leclair lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Samcjez tries to break the clinch but Leclair is controlling the position.
Leclair is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Samcjez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Leclair has him pressed against the cage.
Samcjez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Leclair is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Leclair lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Samcjez being controlled 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!
Knees to the body from Leclair.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Leclair dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Leclair clinches with his opponent.
Leclair lands with a light punch inside.
Leclair gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Leclair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Leclair landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Samcjez tries to break the clinch but Leclair is controlling the position.
Leclair is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Leclair lands an elbow that stopped Samcjez in his tracks for a moment.
Leclair keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Samcjez's efforts to push away.
Leclair lands an elbow inside.
Jean Leclair has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Leclair avoiding damage.
Samcjez managing to block the knees to the body from Leclair.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Samcjez wants to get back to striking at distance but Leclair won't allow it.
Samcjez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Samcjez tries to break free but Leclair pushes him back against the cage.
Leclair missing with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Leclair.
Samcjez avoids a wild elbow strike from Leclair.
Samcjez is trying to force a seperation but Leclair has the dominant position.
Leclair stalling in the clinch.
Samcjez is trying to break the clinch but Leclair is controlling him.
Leclair pressing his opponent against the cage.
Leclair lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leclair leaning his opponent against the cage.
Samcjez wants to break free but Leclair has control.
Samcjez tries to break free but Leclair pushes him back against the cage.
Samcjez tries to circle away but Leclair has him pinned against the cage.
Leclair lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Samcjez is looking to break free of the clinch but Leclair has double underhooks.
Leclair lands a body shot.
Leclair utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Samcjez wants to break free but Leclair has control.
Leclair lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leclair comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Leclair working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Leclair prevents Samcjez from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samcjez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Leclair lands a nice shot to the body.
Samcjez is breathing heavily.
Leclair is pushing Samcjez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Leclair lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Leclair.
A bit of stalling here from Leclair.
Leclair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Samcjez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leclair pressing his opponent against the cage.
Samcjez tries to circle away but Leclair has him pinned against the cage.
Leclair lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leclair lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leclair has Samcjez pressed against the cage, preventing Samcjez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Leclair lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Camillo Samcjez has been cut.
A short body shot lands from Leclair as the two fighters clinch.
Leclair landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leclair is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Samcjez can do to turn this around?
Samcjez is trying to push Leclair away but Leclair has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Knees to the body from Leclair.
Leclair content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Leclair.
Leclair is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Leclair lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leclair digs a right hand underneath Samcjez's ribcage. Samcjez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Leclair gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Leclair lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Leclair dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Camillo Samcjez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Samcjez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Leclair.

Samcjez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Leclair lands a good knee to the midsection. Samcjez won't want to take too many of those.
Leclair gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Leclair stalling the fight.
Leclair lands an elbow inside.
Leclair throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Samcjez blocks it with crossed arms.
Samcjez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Leclair is struggling to control the position.
Samcjez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Leclair landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leclair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Samcjez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leclair lands a knee to the body.
Samcjez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leclair scores a nice knee to the body.
Leclair stalling in the clinch.
Leclair landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leclair slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jean Leclair.
Samcjez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Leclair fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Samcjez, pushing him back against the cage.
Samcjez managing to block the knees to the body from Leclair.
Stalling in the clinch from Leclair.
Leclair lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leclair lands a nice elbow.

Samcjez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Samcjez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leclair.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Samcjez checks the leg kick.
Leclair throws a leg kick but Samcjez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Leclair connects with a leg kick. Samcjez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Samcjez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Leclair's head.
Leclair thumps Samcjez with a low kick.
Leclair misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Leclair lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Samcjez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Samcjez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Leclair takes the fight into the clinch.

Samcjez manages to break the clinch.
Jean Leclair is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Samcjez looks to score with a jab to the body but Leclair is just out of range.
Samcjez checks a leg kick nicely.
Samcjez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leclair was well out of range. Poor timing from Samcjez.
Leclair throws a sloppy head kick
and Samcjez counters with a three punch combo that has Leclair backing up. Leclair nods at Samcjez to acknowledge the strikes.
Leclair throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Samcjez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Leclair clinches with his opponent.
Leclair effectively controlling the action here.
Samcjez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Samcjez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Leclair landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Leclair.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Samcjez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Leclair has him pressed against the cage.
Samcjez can't break the clinch.
Camillo Samcjez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Samcjez pushes off an throws an elbow but Leclair leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Leclair!
Our winner, Jean Leclair, 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.