PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alistar McLean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Bouchard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

McLean
vs
Bouchard

175 cm
25
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alistar McLean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Bouchard!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McLean moves into the clinch.

Bouchard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bouchard takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McLean slips a straight right by Bouchard.
Bouchard stuffs the takedown.
McLean displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
McLean lands with a shot to the body.
McLean jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

McLean feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
McLean postures up in Bouchard's guard and throws a big left but Bouchard blocks it.
McLean controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McLean throws a strike but Bouchard rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
McLean is adopting a defensive guard.
McLean wants to control but Bouchard passes easily into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bouchard trying to control the action but McLean is working from the bottom.
Bouchard not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Bouchard is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
McLean wants to get back to full guard but Bouchard has mounted him!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bouchard jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but McLean manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Bouchard stands up and beckons McLean to his feet.
McLean scores with a jab to the head.
McLean connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McLean scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McLean lands a nice hook to Bouchard's body. Bouchard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McLean lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bouchard circles away quickly and effectively.
Bouchard throws a right hand that misses
and McLean counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McLean tests Bouchard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bouchard tries to close the distance and clinch up but McLean swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bouchard darts in and clinches McLean up against the cage.
McLean has had enough of the clinch but Bouchard keeps him there for the moment.
McLean looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McLean is struggling to control the position.
McLean wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bouchard prevents McLean from breaking the clinch.
Bouchard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bouchard wants a takedown but no success here.

Bouchard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bouchard is trying hard to land a takedown here. McLean sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
McLean fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bouchard on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLean scores with a one two! Bouchard had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
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!
McLean clobbers Bouchard with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bouchard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bouchard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McLean lands with a right hand.
Bouchard looks to clinch
and McLean counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McLean cracks Bouchard with a right hand to the side of the head.
Alistar McLean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McLean scores with a nice right hand.
A jab from McLean does it's job there.
McLean misses with a series of wild punches.
McLean keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Horrible takedown by Bouchard or perhaps it was just good defense by McLean which made him look bad.
Alistar McLean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Bouchard.
Bouchard wants to clinch up but McLean keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alistar McLean dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

McLean bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bouchard's head.
Bouchard shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with McLean but McLean pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice shot by McLean.
McLean misses with an uppercut. Bouchard saw that one coming.
Bouchard tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McLean swivels and escapes.
McLean throws a jab but it's blocked by Bouchard.
McLean scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice sprawl there from McLean as Bouchard shoots in.
Alistar McLean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Bouchard.
McLean lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheers as McLean lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bouchard doesn't seem phased though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McLean throws a right hand that misses
and Bouchard counters with a leg kick.
Nice shot by McLean.
Bouchard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McLean.
Bouchard has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
McLean scores with a jab. Bouchard acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McLean throws a right hand that Bouchard ducks under and follows up with a left that Bouchard also avoids with ease.
Alistar McLean is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bouchard is looking to clinch but McLean is avoiding it.
Bouchard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bouchard has a takedown stuffed.
Bouchard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bouchard's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McLean connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bouchard scrambles back to his feet.
McLean throws a hook but Bouchard blocks it.
McLean misses with a wild combination.
McLean lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McLean sizes up Bouchard with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McLean uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bouchard.
Nice body kick there by Bouchard.
Bouchard drops his hands momentarily and McLean takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLean stuffs the takedown attempt from Bouchard. Bouchard gets slowly back to his feet.
Bouchard is breathing heavily.
McLean lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bouchard lands a leg kick that knocks McLean off balance momentarily.
McLean lands a head shot.
Bouchard is trying desperately to land a takedown but McLean is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Bouchard.
Bouchard fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bouchard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bouchard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bouchard fails with a takedown attempt.
A lazy left from McLean finds it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Bouchard.

McLean gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McLean is trying to break the clinch but Bouchard is controlling him.

Bouchard ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bouchard no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
McLean postures up.
McLean trying to control the position from guard on top but Bouchard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McLean chips away with some ground and pound.
Bouchard manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
McLean working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bouchard landing shots from mount.

Bouchard is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Bouchard looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bouchard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bouchard doesn't manage to clinch there - McLean circles away.
McLean lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alistar McLean dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

McLean throws a leg kick that misses.
Bouchard shoots in but no luck this time.
McLean smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

McLean pushes Bouchard up against the cage in a clinch.

Bouchard pulls guard.
McLean in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McLean controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bouchard is trying to keep McLean in close.
McLean lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bouchard wants to sweep here but McLean controlling him for the moment.
McLean throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

McLean is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Bouchard is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Bouchard has escaped and now he's on top!
Bouchard lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bouchard wants to control from the top but McLean keeps moving.
McLean on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if McLean tries to get out of the position.

McLean working for a triangle but Bouchard defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bouchard passes McLean's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Bouchard throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
McLean is trying to get back to full guard.
McLean is trying to control but can't.
McLean is refusing to be controlled, as Bouchard sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bouchard passes to full mount!
Bouchard wants to control the pace but McLean is squirming around nicely.
Bouchard avoids the attempt from McLean to control.

Bouchard looking to isolate an arm here. McLean doesn't see it coming and as Bouchard extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Bouchard!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alex Bouchard!