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{{short description|Canadian Lethwei fighter (born 1991)}}
{{Infobox martial artist
| name= Dave Leduc
| image= Dave Leduc WLC Post fight.jpg
| caption= Leduc in August 2019
| other_names     = ''The King of Lethwei''<br>''Steel Giraffe''<br>''ဒေဝ (pronounced 'day-wa')''
| nationality     = Canadian
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1991|12|13}}
| birth_place     = Gatineau, Quebec
| residence       = Dubai, [[Place:United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates]]
| occupation      = {{hlist|prize fighter|actor|trainer|}}
| height          = {{height|m=1.88|precision=1}}
| weight          = 165 lb <!-- https://youtu.be/mlTac5YgPxI?t=22 -->
| fighting_out_of = {{flagicon|MM}} Myanmar<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} {{wipe|Canada}}
| style           = Lethwei, Sanshou, Jeet Kune Do
| stance          = orthodox
| years_active    = (2013–present)
| team            = Patenaude Martial Arts (2009–present)
| trainer         = Sifu Patrick Marcil
| spouse          = {{marriage|Irina Terehova|December 13, 2016}}
| url             = {{url|https://leduclethwei.com|Official website}}
| module          = {{Infobox person| embed=yes
| signature       = Dave Leduc Signature.svg
| signature_size  = 120
}}
}}

'''Dave Leduc''' (born 13 December 1991)<ref name="everything">{{cite web|last1=Terehova|first1=Irina|title=Everything You Need To Know About Quebec's Sensation, Dave Leduc|url=http://www.irinatee.com/2016/04/11/everything-need-know-quebecs-sensation-dave-leduc/|website=Irinatee|date=11 April 2016}}</ref> is a Canadian Lethwei fighter who competes in the World Lethwei Championship,<ref name="WLC9 Dave">{{cite web|author=TFN Staff|title= DAVE LEDUC TO FACE SETH BACZYNSKI IN WLC DEBUT|url=https://www.thefightnation.com/dave-leduc-to-face-seth-baczynski-for-wlc-debut/|website=The Fight Nation|date=18 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830204855/https://www.thefightnation.com/dave-leduc-to-face-seth-baczynski-for-wlc-debut/|archive-date=30 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> where he is the current WLC Cruiserweight World Champion.<ref name="WLC Champ">{{cite web|author=Gerald NG|title=LEDUC LIFTS WLC CRUISERWEIGHT BELT BY KO AGAINST BACZYNSKI|url=https://www.fightmag.com.au/2019/08/03/leduc-lifts-wlc-cruiserweight-belt-by-ko-against-baczynski/|website=FIGHTMAG|date=3 August 2019}}</ref> He is also the undefeated Openweight Lethwei World Champion under traditional rules.<ref name="Muaythai Authority">{{cite web|title=Dave Leduc: Lethwei World Champion|url=http://muaythaiauthority.com/dave-leduc-lethwei-world-champion|website=Muaythai Authority|date=11 June 2017 }}</ref> Leduc gained widespread notoriety by becoming the first Canadian to win in the controversial Prison Fight.<ref name="prison fight">{{cite web|last1=Arnaud|first1=Fanny|title=Un Québécois gagne un prison fight en Thaïlande|url=http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2014/09/15/un-quebecois-gagne-un-prison-fight-en-thailande|website=Le Journal de Montréal|date=16 September 2016}}</ref> In 2016, he travelled to Myanmar to achieve his dream of fighting Burmese bareknuckle boxing,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebodylockmma.com/lethwei/a-royal-portrait-dave-leduc-king-of-lethwei|title=A royal portrait: Dave Leduc, King of Lethwei|last=Bhrodri Morgan|website=The Body Lock|language=en-US|date=30 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="Bloody elbow">{{cite web|author=Lucas Bourdon|title=Lethwei champion Dave Leduc: 'I didn't like Muay Thai, because there were gloves'|url=https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2019/8/1/20750483/lethwei-champion-dave-leduc-interview-seth-baczynski-ufc-fight-pass-myanmar-kickboxing-muay-thai|website=Bloody Elbow|date=1 August 2019}}</ref> considered the world's most brutal sport.<ref name="Brutal world">{{cite web|title=The Most Brutal Sport in the World Uses Bare Knuckles and Head Butts|url=https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/3kgyen/lethwei-brutal-sport-burmese-kickboxing-myanmar|author=Karl R. De Mesa|website=VICE|date=12 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="Brutal sport ugly chicken">{{cite web|title=Lethwei : The world's most brutal sport|url=http://uglychicken.com/lethwei-worlds-brutal-sport/|website=Ugly Chicken|date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707045037/http://uglychicken.com/lethwei-worlds-brutal-sport/|archive-date=7 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Leduc challenged and defeated Tun Tun Min,<ref name="Goliath">{{cite news|author=Kyaw Zin Hlaing|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/sports/24187-myanmar-s-lethwei-goliath-toppled-by-canadian-dave.html|title=Myanmar's lethwei goliath toppled by Canadian 'Dave'|date=13 December 2016|work=Myanmar Times}}</ref> who was then recognized as the best in the world and became the first non-Burmese to win a Lethwei Golden Belt.<ref name="first foreigner">{{cite news|url=https://www.themix.net/2020/03/dave-leduc-wears-the-crown-of-world-lethwei-champion|title=Dave Leduc Wears The Crown Of World Lethwei Champion|author=Dane Becker|date=16 March 2020|website=The Mix}}</ref><ref name="Burmese boxing Dave leduc">{{cite news|author=Joe Henley|url=http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2130593/burmese-bare-knuckle-kick-boxing-goes-mainstream|title=Burmese bare-knuckle kick-boxing goes mainstream as foreigners discover ancient combat sport|date=28 January 2018|website=South China Morning Post}}</ref> The same year, he married [[Place:Moldavia|Moldavia]]n writer and model Irina Terehova in a nationally televised traditional Burmese wedding ceremony in [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]] with approximately 30 million viewers in Myanmar.<ref name="Journal de montreal full pages">{{cite news|author=Pierre-Paul Biron|url=http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/05/26/ils-ont-change-de-vie-il-vend-tout-ici-et-devient-une-vedette-en-asie|title=Ils ont changé de vie: il vend tout ici et devient une vedette en Asie|date=27 May 2016|website=Le Journal de Montréal}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Born in Gatineau, Leduc starting playing baseball<ref name="lapresse">{{cite web|last1=Comtois|first1=Martin|title=En prison pour ce battre|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/le-droit/sports/sport-regional/201409/15/01-4800300-en-prison-pour-se-battre.php|website=Le Droit|date=15 September 2014|access-date=8 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602064309/http://www.lapresse.ca/le-droit/sports/sport-regional/201409/15/01-4800300-en-prison-pour-se-battre.php|archive-date=2 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> at a young age and played in the United States as a pitcher.<ref name="everything"/>

At the age of seventeen,<ref name="L'ascension de Dave Leduc" /> Leduc began practicing martial arts under the guidance of Sifu Patrick Marcil<ref name="asia times" /> at Kung Fu Patenaude.<ref name="Fosses aux tigres" /> He began learning Sanshou and competed in amateur fight nights.<ref name="Batir un champion">{{cite web|last1=Marcil|first1=Patrick|title=Bâtir un champion! Dave " Nomad " Leduc|url=https://gatineau.patenaudemartialarts.com/gatineau-martial-arts-kickboxing-mma/batir-champion-dave-nomad-leduc/|website=Gatineau Martial Arts|date=28 May 2017}}</ref> Early on, Leduc started training headbutts combinations and adding bareknuckle bag sessions into his training regimen, setting himself up for his future career in Lethwei.<ref name="Muaythai Authority" /> The application of Jeet Kune Do principles into Leduc's striking style<ref name="asia times">{{cite web|last1=Eaton|first1=Matt|title=Bare essentials: Canadian raises profile of Burmese combat sport|url=https://asiatimes.com/article/bare-essentials-canadian-raises-profile-burmese-combat-sport/|website=Asia Times|date=15 May 2017 }}</ref> forged his unpredictable and unorthodox style.<ref name="jetli">{{cite web|last1=Tee|first1=Irina|title=In Bed with Dave Leduc|url=http://www.jetli.com/2017/03/dave-leduc-professional-fighter|website=Jet Li|date=20 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325025908/http://www.jetli.com/2017/03/dave-leduc-professional-fighter|archive-date=25 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Brutal sport ugly chicken" /><ref name="lapresse"/><ref name="Patenaude martial arts">{{cite web|last1=Marcil|first1=Patrick|title=Spotlight: Dave Leduc|url=http://gatineaumartialarts.com/spotlight-dave-leduc|website=Gatineau Martial Arts|date=26 January 2016|access-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223215119/http://gatineaumartialarts.com/spotlight-dave-leduc/|archive-date=23 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2011, at nineteen years old, Leduc was managing a nightclub and owned his own [[Engineering:Limousine|limousine]] company,<ref name="Vice">{{cite web|last1=Lelièvre|first1=Benoît|title=Le champion de boxe à mains nues québécois que vous ne connaissez pas|url=https://www.vice.com/fr_ca/article/paejxm/le-champion-de-boxe-a-mains-nues-quebecois-que-vous-ne-connaissez-pas?|website=VICE Quebec|date=30 May 2017}}</ref> but in 2016 he decided to sell everything he owned and make his permanent move to Asia.<ref name="asia times"/>

== Before Lethwei ==
=== Mixed martial arts (2013–2014) ===
In 2013, Leduc started fighting MMA in Canada and went undefeated in amateur in his three fights, winning two of them by submission via guillotine choke.<ref name="mma amateur dave">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/41056-david-leduc|title=Dave Leduc MMA Stats|website=Tapology|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref> His most recent win was against Tristar Gym fighter and Georges St-Pierre's protege,<ref name="opponent mma">{{Cite web|url=http://tkomma.ca/2018/07/03/georges-st-pierres-protege-training-partner-yukinori-akazawa-signs-tko/|title=GSP's PROTEGE AND TRAINING PARTNER YUKINORI AKAZAWA SIGNS WITH TKO|website=TKO MMA|date=3 July 2018}}</ref> Yukinori Akazawa, which he won by unanimous decision.<ref name="Yukinori">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/bouts/fightquest-25-dave-leduc-vs-yukinori-akazawa|title=Dave Leduc vs. Yukinori Akazawa|website=Tapology|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>

In 2014, Leduc made his pro debut against future UFC welterweight fighter Jonathan Meunier. Having never cut weight as an amateur, the fight was set at Leduc’s walking weight of 171lbs giving a noticeable size advantage to his opponent. Leduc lost the fight by referee stoppage in the first round and would return to the cage in November 2015 to face future Pancrase & ONE Championship title contender Koyomi Matsushima, this time attempting to drop down to 155lbs. Leduc stated his inexperience in cutting weight made him stay for an excessive amount of time in [[Medicine:Sauna|sauna]] and briefly lost consciousness exiting the sauna. Severely dehydrated and weakened, Leduc missed the 155lbs weight limit by 3lbs, but the fight still was on. During the fight, Leduc threw a kick while his opponent was charging forward, which brought both men on the ground. Matsushima fell into Leduc's triangle choke and while trying to tighten the choke, Leduc got caught by a hammer fist.<ref name="mma podcast">{{Cite web|url=https://podtail.com/en/podcast/coach-chris-wonderboy-treningspodcast/-episode-6-coach-chris-wonderboy-with-dave-leduc/|title=Episode 6 : Coach Chris & Wonderboy with Dave Leduc|website=Podtail|date=18 November 2018}}</ref> Matsushima won TKO into the first round.<ref name="mma dave">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Dave-Leduc-181589|title=Dave Leduc MMA Stats|website=Sherdog|access-date=2018-02-02}}</ref>

=== Muay Thai (2013–2016) ===
In 2013, Lethwei being illegal in the province of Quebec<ref>{{cite web|author=EMagraken|title=Quebec Government Confirms Amateur Muay Thai / Kickboxing / MMA Illegal|url=https://combatsportslaw.com/2017/02/08/quebec-government-confirms-amateur-muay-thai-and-kickboxing-illegal|website=Combat Sports Law|date=8 February 2017}}</ref> and having difficulty getting a fight in Myanmar, Leduc went on his first trip to neighboring Thailand to begin his professional career.<ref name="Bloody elbow" /><ref name="Move to Thailand">{{cite web|last1=Terehova|first1=Irina|title=This Canadian Man Dropped Everything To Live His Dream Life In Thailand|url=https://www.mtlblog.com/this-canadian-man-dropped-everything-to-live-his-dream-life-in-thailand%E2%80%A8#|website=MTL Blog|date=7 March 2016}}</ref>

In 2016, Myanmar's lack of training facilities<ref name="Vice"/> led Leduc to leave everything behind and moved to Phuket, Thailand<ref name="Radio Canada">{{cite web|last1=Vermette|first1=Kim|title=Allez simple pour l'Asie|url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/special/2017/aller-simple-pour-l-asie/index-4.html|website=Radio-Canada|date=12 March 2017}}</ref> in order to train at Tiger Muaythai, Asia's biggest training camp.<ref name="Asian star">{{cite news|url=http://www.sympatico.ca/actualites/insolite/dave-leduc-quebecois-vedette-asie-1.3404251|title=Un Québécois vend tout et devient une vedette en Asie|date=3 November 2017|website=Sympatico}}</ref> Leduc was invited to the ''2016 Tiger Muaythai Tryouts'' and went on to win a spot on the professional fight team, along with teammate Dan Hooker.<ref name="fight team win">{{cite web|title=Congrats to the Figh &#91;sic&#93; Team Tryout 2016 winners & welcome to Tiger Muay Thai|url=https://www.tigermuaythai.com/congrats-figh-team-tryout-2016-winners-welcome-tiger-muay-thai|website=Tiger Muaythai|date=9 April 2016}}</ref>

=== Prison Fight: Fight For Freedom  ===

[[File:Dave Leduc Prison Fight 2014.png|thumb|left|Leduc at Prison Fight inside Klong Pai maximum security prison.]]

On July 12, 2014, Leduc took part in the controversial Prison Fight,<ref name="Le droit irina and Dave">{{cite web|last1=Comtois|first1=Martin|title="Le Nomade" s'arrêtera|url=https://www.ledroit.com/sports/le-nomade-sarretera-263fd99436c9dfb8d1c868eaa164d007|website=Le Droit|date=22 December 2017}}</ref> where inmates can reduce their sentences and even earn their freedom by winning a series of fights against foreign fighters.<ref name="Prison">{{cite news|last1=Forgan|first1=Duncan|title=Prison Inmates in Thailand Fight Foreigners for Their Freedom|url=http://time.com/24630/prison-inmates-in-thailand-fight-foreigners-for-their-freedom//|website={{wipe|Time (magazine)}}|date=14 March 2014}}</ref> The Prison Fight event is sanctioned by the Thai Department of Corrections and described as a way for inmates to battle their way to an early release.<ref name="Ecuador News">{{cite web|title=(Spanish)Pelean por su libertad|url=http://www.eldiario.ec/noticias-manabi-ecuador/432715-pelean-por-su-libertad|website=El Diario Ecuador|date=12 May 2017}}</ref> The event took place in the maximum security Klong Pai Central Prison, in Nakhon Ratchasima, two hours north of [[Place:Bangkok|Bangkok]].<ref name="prison fight"/> Leduc faced Thahan Chor.Chatchai who was an experienced Muay Thai fighter who competed multiple times at Lumpini Stadium, but was arrested and  incarcerated for trafficking [[Chemistry:Methamphetamine|methamphetamine]]. Leduc won by unanimous decision and left the top of his opponent's head lacerated because of repetitive elbow strikes.

When it came to fighting convicts, Leduc said to the ''Bangkok Post'' that he wouldn't feel bad if he won and his rival's sentence weren't reduced.<ref name="Prison fighters">{{cite web|last1=Arterbury|first1=John|title=Prison fighters prize future over future|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/print/421369/|website=Bangkok Post|date=20 June 2014}}</ref> Leduc explained to Argentinian news Infobae the mentality of the inmates at the Prison Fight events, saying:

{{cquote|
"They do not fight for money, they fight for their freedom. I only fight for honor and glory."<ref name="Spanish news">{{cite web|last1=Baldo|first1=Emmanuel|title=(Spanish) Prison Fight: el torneo carcelario de Muay Thai en el que el vencedor gana la libertad|url=http://www.infobae.com/america/deportes/2017/05/07/prison-fight-el-torneo-carcelario-de-muay-thai-en-el-que-el-vencedor-gana-la-libertad/|website=Infobae|date=7 May 2017}}</ref> "They deserve to get my 100%, if he wins, then he earns it."<ref name="Prison fighters" />
}}

In 2017, Leduc's prison fight was featured in the Showtime documentary ''Prison fighters: 5 Rounds To Freedom''.<ref name="Visão Prison Fight">{{cite web|first=Sílvia|last=Caneco|title=(Spanish) Estes presos podem lutar (literalmente) pela liberdade|url=https://visao.sapo.pt/actualidade/mundo/2017-05-08-Estes-presos-podem-lutar--literalmente--pela-liberdade|website=Visão|date=8 May 2017}}</ref> The film is narrated by ''Sons of Anarchy'' star Ron Perlman<ref name="Realscreen">{{cite web|last1=Hansen|first1=Darah|title=Showtime Sports doc showcases "Prison Fighters"|url=http://realscreen.com/2017/01/10/showtime-sports-doc-showcases-prison-fighters|website=Real Screen|date=10 January 2017}}</ref> and aims at examining a controversial practice in Thailand's criminal justice system.<ref name="Showtime">{{cite web|title=Showtime Sports announces original documentary "Prison fighters: 5 Rounds To Freedom"|url=http://www.boxingnews24.com/2017/01/showtime-sports-announces-original-documentary-prison-fighters-5-rounds-freedom|website=Boxing News 24|date=9 January 2017}}</ref>

== Lethwei career ==
=== 2016 ===
==== 1st Myanmar Lethwei World Championship ====
On August 21, 2016, Leduc was invited to make his Lethwei debut at the 1st Myanmar Lethwei World Championship in Yangon, Myanmar,<ref name="first Lethwei Fight">{{cite web|title=Myanmar Lethwei World Championship -ပထမအကိမ္ ျမန္မာ့ ရုိးရာ လက္ေ၀ွ ့ကမာ ့ခ်န္ပီယံ လုပြဲတြင္ ျမန္မာ လက္ေ၀ွ ့သမား ၆ ဦး အႏုိင္ရ(Burmese)|url=http://www.xinhuamyanmar.com/myanmar/social/6164-2016-08-21-14-19-26|website=Xinhua Myanmar|date=21 August 2016}}</ref> against Too Too, (34-0) undefeated, 75&nbsp;kg Lethwei World Champion.<ref name="lethwei">{{cite web|last1=Nomad|first1=Team|title=Dave Leduc To Fight In The Bloodiest And Most Brutal Form Of Striking Martial Art, Lethwei|url=http://teamnomadlife.com/index.php/2016/08/15/dave-leduc-fight-in-the-bloodiest-and-most-brutal-form-of-striking-martial-art-lethwei|website=Team Nomad|date=12 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818133530/http://teamnomadlife.com/index.php/2016/08/15/dave-leduc-fight-in-the-bloodiest-and-most-brutal-form-of-striking-martial-art-lethwei/|archive-date=18 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Lethwei Fight">{{cite web|last1=Marcil|first1=Patrick|title=Fight Team Patenaude|url=http://gatineaumartialarts.com/fight-team-patenaude-aout-2016/|website=Gatineau Martial Arts|date=16 August 2016|access-date=3 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303202554/http://gatineaumartialarts.com/fight-team-patenaude-aout-2016/|archive-date=3 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Leduc took the country by storm by completely dominating the fight,<ref name="La passion frappante de Dave Leduc">{{cite news|author=Anthony Da Silva-Casimiro|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/la-revue/20160831/281547995323831|title=La passion frappante de Dave Leduc|date=31 August 2016|work=La Revue}}</ref> which ended in a draw according to traditional Lethwei rules.<ref name="too too lethwei">{{cite web|last1=Starr|first1=Marie|title=Myanmar Triumphs In Lethwei Championship|url=https://www.myanmore.com/yangon/2016/08/myanmar-triumphs-in-lethwei-championship|website=Myanmore|date= 23 August 2016}}</ref> With his performance, Leduc won the heart of the Myanmar people.<ref name="too too">{{cite web|last1=Marcil|first1=Patrick|title=Dave Leduc et le Championnat du monde de Lethwei|url=http://gatineaumartialarts.com/un-quebecois-champion|website=Gatineau Martial Arts|date=24 August 2016|access-date=26 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227150510/http://gatineaumartialarts.com/un-quebecois-champion/|archive-date=27 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== Championship pursuit ====
After his dominant performance over Too Too, Leduc challenged Myanmar star Tun Tun Min, at the time, the openweight Lethwei world champion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://myanmar.mmtimes.com/sports/21194-2016-08-31-08-05-57.html|title=ဂျီတီဂျီဂရု(ပ်)၏ တတိယမြောက် ရိုးရာလက်ဝှေ့ပွဲစဉ်အတွက် ဆုကြေးငွေ ကျပ်သိန်း ၅၀၀ ခန့် အသုံးပြုမည်|last=Hlaing|first=Kyaw Zin|date=31 August 2016|work=Myanmar Times}}</ref> The match was held at Thein Pyu Stadium and organized by Great Tiger Group (GTG). Tun Tun Min was the heavy favorite heading into this title defense against Leduc. Tun Tun Min started strong and dominated the early rounds. In the later rounds, Leduc came back and floored his opponent a few times. The match was closely contested and ended in a draw according to traditional Lethwei rules.<ref name="TTM first">{{cite news|author=Steven Rae|url=https://thebodylockmma.com/lethwei/best-lethwei-fights-dave-leduc-vs-tun-tun-min-1|title=Best Lethwei Fights: Dave Leduc vs. Tun Tun Min 1|date=7 April 2019|website=BodylockMMA}}</ref> After the match, Tun Tun Min was quoted saying that he had difficulties with Dave's control of distance, but that he was confident to put on a better performance in their rematch in December 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://myanmar.mmtimes.com/sports/22214-2016-10-13-08-37-37.html|title=ချန်ပီယံအတွက် နောက်ထပ် ပြိုင်ဘက်ကောင်း တစ်ယောက် သို့မဟုတ် ဒေ့ဗ်လက်ဒက်|last=Hlaing|first=Kyaw Zin|date=13 October 2016|work=Myanmar Times|access-date=2 December 2018}}</ref>

==== Going for gold ====
[[File:La Fosse aux Tigres-Dave-ring.jpg|thumb|Leduc before his world title challenge at Thein Pyu Stadium, 2016]]

On December 11, 2016, their very anticipated rematch took place at the Air KBZ Aung Lan Championship in [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]], Myanmar.<ref name="myanmar times tun tun min">{{cite news|author=Kyaw Zin Hlaing|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/sports/25635-knee-injury-sidelines-lethwei-champ.html|title=Knee injury sidelines Lethwei champ|date=7 April 2017|work=Myanmar Times}}</ref> The two previously fought in October to a draw, but the rematch was sweetened by an added bonus: ownership of the ''Openweight Golden Belt''.<ref name="Goliath" /> Leduc opened the fight offensively, landing his signature fake roundhouse kick to [[Social:Sidekick|sidekick]] and a counter elbow on Tun Tun Min's face soon after the opening bell. Following these attacks, the spectators witnessed an exceptional show of respect by Tun Tun Min, his usual bull rushing style was replaced by a noticeable slower pace. The round continued with aggressive attacks from both sides. Leduc executed multiple counters and takedowns and continually striking Tun Tun Min's knee with his front kick, resulting in the weakening of his leg.<ref name="Batir un champion"/> In round three, seeing an opening in a high kick, Leduc caught Tun Tun Min's overextended leg and flipped him to the floor twisting his knee, forcing his team to call his time-out.<ref name="Vice" /> The third round continued with a visibly shaken Tun Tun Min. After a short exchange in the clinch followed by a final takedown, Tun Tun Min was not able to continue and forfeit. Leduc was awarded the Golden Belt, becoming the first non-Burmese fighter to hold the Lethwei openweight world title.<ref name="Brutal sport ugly chicken"/><ref name="Asian star" /><ref>{{cite web|title=デーブ・レダックチャンピオン Dave Leduc Champion|url=https://miruhon.net/51700|website=The Weekly Fight|date=12 December 2016}}
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*{{cite news|author=Martin Comtois|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/le-droit/sports/autres-sports/boxe/201612/13/01-5051089-victoire-a-mains-nues.php|title=Victoire à mains nues|date=13 December 2016|work=Le Droit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818092556/http://www.lapresse.ca/le-droit/sports/autres-sports/boxe/201612/13/01-5051089-victoire-a-mains-nues.php|archive-date=18 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''' Documentary '''


The journey to the world title was captured by Canal D<ref name="Fosses aux tigres 2">{{cite web|title=Nouveautés de l'automne 2017|url=http://www.canald.com/emissions/nouveautes-de-l-automne-2017|website=Canal D|access-date=2 August 2017}}</ref> as part of the French documentary La Fosse aux Tigres,<ref name="Fosses aux tigres">{{cite web|last1=Comtois|first1=Martin|title=David Leduc de retour dans la fosse aux lions|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/le-droit/sports/autres-sports/201511/23/01-4924111-david-leduc-de-retour-dans-la-fosse-aux-lions.php|website=Le Droit|date=23 November 2015}}</ref> which aired in November 2017.<ref name="canal D documentaire">{{cite web|title=Cet automne, Canal D intéresse, informe et divertit les amateurs de documentaires|url=https://www.actusmedias.com/cet-automne-canal-d-interesse-informe-et-divertit-les-amateurs-de-documentaires|website=Actus Medias|date=9 August 2017}}</ref> The documentary follows Leduc training and traveling to [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]] to win the Lethwei world title.<ref name="documentary dave leduc">{{cite web|last1=Da Silva-Casimiro|first1=Anthony|title=Le périple de Dave Leduc raconté|url=https://www.info07.com/sports/2017/11/7/le-periple-de-david-leduc-raconte.html|website=Info 07|date=7 November 2017}}</ref>
The movie was filmed in {{wipe|Canada}}, Thailand and Myanmar.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Comtois|first1=Martin|title="Le Nomade" passe au petit écran|url=https://www.lesoleil.com/sports/le-nomade-passe-au-petit-ecran-9fd117cf59f57756e8abc22e8e9fac45|website=Le Soleil|date=7 November 2017}}
*{{cite web|title= La Fosse Aux Tigres|url=http://vuesurlecanada.ca/television/details/fosse-aux-tigres|website=Eye on Canada|date=30 November 2015}}
*{{cite web|title=Dave Leduc : La Fosse Aux Tigres|url=http://lafosseauxtigres.com/dave-leduc.php|website=La Fosse aux Tigres|date=11 February 2017}}</ref>

=== 2017 ===
==== Lethwei in Japan ====

''' Lethwei in Japan 2: Legacy '''

[[File:Dave Leduc in Tokyo Japan.png|thumb|Leduc sweeping Phoe Kay at Lethwei in Japan 2 in Tokyo.]]

On February 16, 2017, for the second event organized by the International Lethwei Federation Japan<ref name="Lethwei Japan Headliners">{{cite web|title=ラウェイ日本大会 Headliners Lethwei in Japan 2|url=http://miruhon.net/58393|website=The Weekly Fight|date=12 January 2017}}</ref> Leduc headlined Lethwei in Japan 2 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo Dome City, Japan.<ref name="Prefight Japan">{{cite web|title=Pre fight : Lethwei Legacy 2 Japan|url=http://miruhon.net/59333|website=The Weekly Fight|date=1 February 2017}}</ref>

Leduc defended his title for the first time against veteran Lethwei fighter Phoe Kay.<ref name="Dave Leduc vs Phoe Kay">{{cite web|title=【ラウェイ】カナダ人ラウェイ王者、超過激空手が参戦(Japanese)|url=http://efight.jp/news-20170112_253556|website=eFight Japan|date=12 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Press Conference Japan">{{cite web|title=Press Conference Update ~ Lethwei Legacy 2 Japan|url=http://miruhon.net/60532|website=The Weekly Fight|date=15 February 2017}}</ref> In the first round, Leduc performed a vicious spinning elbow knockout, forcing Phoe Kay's corner to call the permitted time out.<ref name="Burmese phoe kay fight">{{cite web|title=သတင္း အားကစား ဖုိးေကကို အလဲထိုး အရာလက္ေဝွခ်န္ပီယံသရဖူ ကာကြယ္ ပ္သံ)|url=http://burmese.dvb.no/archives/189977|website=Burmese DVB|date=17 February 2017}}</ref> They revived him and the fight continued, but Phoe Kay looked hurt. In the second round, after several knockdowns, Leduc ended the match by KO, winning his first title defense.<ref name="Leduc winner">{{cite web|title=ポーケーを圧倒したデーブ・レダックDave Leduc overwhelmed Phoe Kay|url=http://miruhon.net/63548|website=The Weekly Fight|date=21 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="Lethwei Japan Phoe Kay">{{cite web|last1=Marcil|first1=Patrick|title=Gatineau Fight Team: Avril en action!|url=https://gatineau.patenaudemartialarts.com/gatineau-martial-arts-kickboxing-mma/gatineau-fight-team-avril-action|website=Gatineau Martial Arts|date=12 April 2017}}</ref>

The Japanese people loved the brutality and aggression of Lethwei, and more events were announced to be held in [[Place:Tokyo|Tokyo]].<ref name="Lethwei in Japan">{{cite web|title=Post fight : Lethwei Legacy 2 Japan|url=https://miruhon.net/62837|website=The Weekly Fight|date=17 February 2017}}</ref>

''' Lethwei in Japan 3: Grit '''

On April 18, 2017, for his second title defense,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://miruhon.net/64893|title=Weigh ins for Lethwei in Japan 3 GRIT - 明日開催！第3回日本ラウェイ大会『ラウェイinジャパン 3 ～GRIT～』後楽園ホール大会！計量と公開記者会見終了|website=The Weekly Fight|date=17 April 2017}}</ref> Leduc faced Turkish Australian fighter Adem Yilmaz at Lethwei in Japan 3 in Tokyo, Japan<ref name="Adem vs dave">{{cite web|author=Brendan Tunks|title=Adem Yilmaz Vs Dave Leduc|url=https://www.mantisboxing.com/blog|website=Mantis Boxing|date=13 April 2017}}</ref> under traditional Lethwei rules.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://miruhon.net/64893|title=4・18『Lethwei in Japan 3 ～GRIT～』全対戦7カード発表！ミャンマーvs.日本（4対4）vs.USA（2対2）にカナダの現ラウェイ王者が再参戦！相手は第1回大会参戦のオーストラリア選手！ – 週刊ファイト|website=The Weekly Fight|date=3 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="the fight nation">{{cite web|last1=Eaton|first1=Matt|title=Embracing tradition: The rise of LethweiI|url=http://www.thefightnation.com/embracing-tradition-the-rise-of-lethwei/|website=The Fight Nation|date=18 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="Lethwei Japan Phoe Kay" />

This match was the first Lethwei world title fight headlining two non-Burmese in the sport's history. For the occasion, the Ambassador of Myanmar to Japan was present at the event held in the Korakuen Hall.<ref name="Myanma Allin Daily">{{cite journal|date=21 April 2017|title=Lethwei in Japan 3 GRIT|url=http://www.free4reader.com/issue_detail.php?id=10002|language=Burmese|journal=Myanma Allin Daily}}</ref>

In the first round, Leduc came out dominant over Yilmaz, scoring two knockdowns and landing a strong headbutt in the clinch. In the second round, Leduc dislocated his right index finger in the clinch. The cornerman did not replace his bones and Leduc was not able to use his right hand the rest of the fight. Leduc managed to land elbows and many headbutts on Yilmaz before the final bell.<ref name="Burmese Adam yilmaz fight">{{cite web|title=တင္း အားကစား ႐ုပ္သံျမန္မာ့ရာလက္ေဝွခ်န္ပီယံ ေဒ့ဗ္လက္ဒက္ ခ်န္ပီယံဘြဲ ဆက္ထိန္|url=http://burmese.dvb.no/archives/201923|website=Burmese DVB|date=19 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="Fight recap">{{cite web|title=第3回純ラウェイ日本大会『ラウェイinジャパン 3 ～GRIT～』！メインはカナダvs.オーストラリアの重量級対決! - LETHWEI IN JAPAN 3 GRIT - Dave Leduc VS Adem Yilmaz|url=https://miruhon.net/67126|website=The Weekly Fight|date=19 April 2017}}</ref>

After five rounds, the fight was declared a draw according to Lethwei rules, with Leduc earning the ''up draw'' for drawing blood and executing all four knockdowns of the match. The Japanese crowd and the near 13 million viewers watching,<ref name="the fight nation" /> were made aware of Leduc's injury, which made the fight exciting and earned him the respect of the fans.<ref name="Myanma Allin Daily" />

''' Lethwei in Japan 4: Frontier '''

For his third straight title defense, Leduc was set to face American Veteran Cyrus Washington at Lethwei in Japan 4 in [[Place:Tokyo|Tokyo]], {{wipe|Japan}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://miruhon.net/68007|title=Dave Leduc Vs Cyrus Washington at Lethwei in Japan 4 FRONTIER - 第4回日本ラウェイ大会『ラウェイinジャパン４ FRONTIER』5試合発表！デーブ・レダック vs. セイラス|website=The Weekly Fight|date=5 May 2017}}</ref>

The American challenger Cyrus Washington announced he was pulling out of the fight<ref name="Tokyo showdown">{{cite news|author=Kyaw Zin Hlaing|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/sports/26113-stage-set-for-tokyo-showdown.html|title=Stage set for Tokyo showdown|date=23 May 2017|work=Myanmar Times}}</ref> citing a hand injury he sustained during training.<ref name="new opponent">{{cite web|last1=Eaton|first1=Matt|title=Dave Leduc Gets new opponent as Cyrus Washington injured|url=http://www.thefightnation.com/dave-leduc-vs-cyrus-washington-set-for-epic-showdown-in-japan|website=The Fight Nation|date=21 May 2017}}</ref> Following this news, Leduc's opponent changed to 2016 & 2017 SUPER Muaythai Champion Nilmungkorn Sudsakorngym from Thailand.<ref name="bare knuckles">{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Pierre|title=Bare Knuckles: Interview w/ Lethwei Champ Dave "The Nomad" Leduc|url=http://www.muay-thai-guy.com/bare-knuckles-interview-w-lethwei-champ-dave-the-nomad-leduc.html|website=The Muay Thai Guy|date=14 June 2017}}</ref> Nilmungkron and Leduc exchanged words at the pre-fight press conference, where Nilmungkorn stated that: ''he will win the first Japanese Lethwei Belt''.<ref name="nilmungkorn vs Leduc">{{cite web|author= ေဇာ္ေဇာ္လိင္|title=Dave Leduc Vs Nilmungkorn Sudsakorn သတင္း သတင္းဓာတ(Burmese)|url=http://burmese.dvb.no/archives/212712|website=Burmese DVB|date=16 June 2017}}</ref> The matchup was billed as Lethwei vs. Muaythai.<ref name="bare knuckles" /> Leduc was quoted saying "It’s lethwei versus Muaythai. I will finish Nilmungkorn off very quickly and show the world that lethwei is the most devastating form of striking".<ref name="press conference sudsakorn">{{cite web|title=(Japanese)前日計量と公式会見完了で準備完了！明日決戦！『ラウェイinジャパン４ FRONTIER』TDCホール大会|url=https://miruhon.net/70786|website=Miruhon|date=15 June 2017}}</ref>

In front of a sold out Tokyo Dome City Hall, the 25-year old made a noticeable entrance dressed as the grim reaper. Leduc kept his promise and dominated his opponent, winning by knockout at 2m:23sec of the second round.<ref name="result nilmungkorn vs leduc in Japan">{{cite web|title=ラウェイinジャパン４ FRONTIER (Japanese)|url=https://ameblo.jp/tks0604/entry-12284453895.html|website=Ameblo Japan|date=17 June 2017}}</ref> In the first round, Leduc landed a head butt on Nilmungkorn which disoriented him. This was shorty followed by his signature right kick to right punch move, hitting Nilmungkorn on the jaw forcing him to use his time-out. In the second round, Leduc proved too much for the veteran Thai fighter,<ref name="nine limbs">{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Pierre|title=LEDUC Proves 9 Is Greater Than 8|url=http://www.muay-thai-guy.com/dave-leduc-2-article.html|website=The Muay Thai Guy|date=22 June 2017|access-date=29 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625205458/http://www.muay-thai-guy.com/dave-leduc-2-article.html|archive-date=25 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> ending the match with a knee to the face.<ref name="tiger muaythai">{{cite web|title=TMT Fighter Dave "The Nomad" Leduc sucesfully &#91;sic&#93; defends his Lethwei Bare Knuckle World Title|url=http://www.tigermuaythai.com/tmt-fighter-dave-the-nomad-leduc-sucesfully-defends-his-lethwei-bare-knuckle-world-title|website=Tiger Muaythai|date=24 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="Lethwei In Japan 4 : Frontier">{{cite web|title=Lethwei In Japan 4 : Frontier|url=http://www.mma-japan.net/2017/06/20/lethwei-in-japan-4-frontier/|website=MMA Japan|date=20 June 2017}}</ref>

==== Back in Myanmar ====
During Leduc's rise in Lethwei, fans often entertained the idea of a match with Cyrus Washington<ref name="asia times"/> and pushed for a fight between the two. Having been the only other fighter to score a win over Tun Tun Min, Leduc agreed to a clash with the crafty Lethwei veteran in order to solidify his legacy.<ref name="Nomad Lethwei-to defend">{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Pierre|title=LETHWEI Champ Leduc To Defend|url=http://www.muay-thai-guy.com/lethwei-champ-leduc-to-defend.html|website=The Muay Thai Guy|date=16 August 2017}}</ref>

"I respect Cyrus a lot, he is a crafty veteran, he has fought some of the best fighters of the sport, but he has never fought anyone like me. I am not like the others, I’m the King of Lethwei and he wants a taste of the crown", Leduc said in an interview.<ref name="Cyrus Washington">{{cite web|last1=Eaton|first1=Matt|title=Dave Leduc Vs Cyrus Washington set for epic showdown|url=http://www.thefightnation.com/dave-leduc-vs-cyrus-washington-set-for-epic-showdown-in-japan|website=The Fight Nation|date=3 May 2017}}</ref>

On August 20, 2017, Leduc faced Cyrus Washington inside the Thuwunna National Indoor Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar, defend his openweight Lethwei world title against,at the occasion of ''Myanmar Lethwei World Championship''.<ref>{{cite web|title=(Japanese)対戦カード発表！！ミャンマー vs. 世界！８・20『第2回ラウェイ・ワールド・チャンピオンシップ』|url=http://miruhon.net/74902|website=The Weekly Fight|date=7 August 2017}}
*{{cite web|last1=Marcil|first1=Patrick|title=Le lethwei: Le " Dure " des styles de kickboxing |url=https://gatineau.patenaudemartialarts.com/gatineau-martial-arts-kickboxing-mma/lethwei-dure-styles-de-kickboxing/|website=Gatineau Martial Arts|date=28 August 2016}}</ref> With more than 100 fights on his record, Washington was the more experienced fighter of the two with Leduc having only 22 fights.<ref name="L'ascension de Dave Leduc">{{cite web|last1=Marcil|first1=Patrick|title=L'ascension de Dave "The Nomad" Leduc|url=https://gatineau.patenaudemartialarts.com/gatineau-martial-arts-kickboxing-mma/lascension-de-dave-the-nomad-leduc/|website=Gatineau Martial Arts|date=24 August 2016}}</ref> Leduc dominated by applying pressure, drawing blood, and backing his opponent down. Washington spent rest of the fight running from Leduc and going to the mat at every engagement of the clinch trying to protect his badly cut forehead from any further damage. The fight was declared a draw under traditional Lethwei rules marking Leduc's fourth title defense in eight months.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Pierre|title=NOMAD Leduc Retains Lethwei Belt|url=http://www.muay-thai-guy.com/nomad-leduc-retains-lethwei-belt.html|website=The Muay Thai Guy|date=26 August 2017}}
* {{cite web|last1=Marcil|first1=Patrick|title=Le lethwei: Le " Dure " des styles de kickboxing |url=https://gatineau.patenaudemartialarts.com/gatineau-martial-arts-kickboxing-mma/lethwei-dure-styles-de-kickboxing/|website=Gatineau Martial Arts|date=28 August 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.thefightnation.com/dave-leduc-returns-for-fifth-title-shot-in-december|title=Dave Leduc returns for fifth title shot on 10 December|date=20 November 2017|publisher=The Fight Nation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816135812/http://www.thefightnation.com/dave-leduc-returns-for-fifth-title-shot-in-december/|archive-date=16 August 2018}}</ref>

==== Aung Lan Championship ====
Historically, the ''Air KBZ Aung Lan Golden Belt Championship'' was a kryptonite event for Lethwei champions, Leduc having won the title by defeating Tun Tun Min, who had won it from Saw Nga Man on the same stage. On 10 December, marking exactly one year after becoming champion, Leduc faced former WKN heavyweight world champion,<ref name="Fight Leduc Vs Jallon">{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Eaton|title=Dave Leduc returns for fifth title shot on 10 December|url=http://www.thefightnation.com/dave-leduc-returns-for-fifth-title-shot-in-december|website=The Fight Nation|date=20 November 2017}}</ref> Frenchman Corentin Jallon.<ref name="Dave vs Jallon">{{cite web|author=MTA Team|title=Dave Leduc's Next Title Fight Confirmed|url=http://muaythaiauthority.com/dave-leducs-next-title-fight-confirmed|website=Muaythai Authority|date=20 November 2017}}</ref> "This time I keep the belt. Fighting him is gonna be like a crocodile bringing a gazelle in the water." Leduc said.<ref name="Open Weight Champion">{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Eaton|title=Dave Leduc returns for fifth title shot on 10 December|url=http://rough.asia/news/dave-leduc-returns-for-fifth-title-shot-on-10-december|website=ROUGH Asia|date=21 November 2017}}</ref>

Inside the Thein Phyu stadium in [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]], Leduc executed his ceremonial fight dance Lethwei yay, announcing the start of the match. Just before the first exchange, Leduc challenged Jallon with the Lekkha moun. The Frenchman automatically replied with a flurry of punches, which Leduc countered with an accurate elbow counterattack. In the third round, Leduc executed a diving headbutt which landed directly Jallon's right eye, drawing blood. In the fourth round, Leduc had Jallon bent over the ropes from trying to avoid a head butt. While he had Jallon's back, Leduc did a provocative humping movement.<ref name="title defence 2017">{{cite web|title=(Burmese) Dave Leduc vs Corentin Jallon|url=http://www.myanmarload.com/news/15992|website=Myanmarload|date=17 December 2017}}</ref> The Myanmar crowd reacted strongly to the scene, clapping and cheering.<ref name="result Jallon">{{cite web|author=Zuzakar Kalaung|title=Boxing your way into Myanmar culture|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/news/boxing-your-way-myanmar-culture.html|website=Myanmar Times|date=15 December 2017}}</ref>

Leduc punished Jallon for the duration of the fight,<ref name="Lethwei Jallon vs Leduc">{{cite web|author=ရႊဘုတ္|title=(Burmese)''ကြၽန္ေတာ့္ကို အႏိုင္ယူၿပီး ခ်န္ပီယံဘြဲ႕လုႏိုင္မယ့္သူကို မေတြ႕ေသးပါဘူး''|url=http://www.7daydaily.com/story/115378|website=7Day News|date=14 December 2017}}</ref> opening deep cuts, and showcasing his signature headbutts in the clinch.<ref name="La presse +">{{cite web|last1=Comtois|first1=Martin|title=«Le Nomade sur le chemin du retour|url=https://www.ledroit.com/sports/le-nomade-sarretera-263fd99436c9dfb8d1c868eaa164d007|website=Le Droit|date=22 December 2017}}</ref> The fight was declared a draw according to Lethwei rules and Leduc retained the openweight Lethwei World champion title.<ref name="Burmese boxing Dave leduc"/> This fight marked his fifth consecutive title defence of 2017.<ref name="Still champion">{{cite web|author=Sifu Patrick Marcil|title=Dave Leduc toujours champion!|url=https://gatineau.patenaudemartialarts.com/gatineau-martial-arts-kickboxing-mma/dave-leduc-toujours-champion/|website=Patenaude Martial Arts|date=10 December 2017}}</ref>

=== 2018 ===
==== Chasing the 4th title ====

[[File:Dave Leduc - MLWC 2018.jpg|thumb|left|Leduc raising the Myanmar flag in Yangon, 2018]]

On 19 August 2018, at the 3rd Myanmar Lethwei World Championship,<ref name="Pre fight Weekly fight">{{cite web|title=前日計量、記者会見終了！第4回ミャンマー・ラウェイ・ワールド・チャンピオンシップ（MLWC-4）ミャンマー・ヤンゴン大会|url=https://miruhon.net/103961|website=The Weekly Fight|date=18 August 2018}}</ref> Leduc returned to face former Rajadamnern Stadium, WPMF and IKF Champion Diesellek TopkingBoxing inside the Thein Pyu Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar.<ref name="Fox Asia preflight">{{cite web|last1=Arthur|first1=Richard|title=Dave Leduc to defend Golden Belt at Lethwei World Championship 2018|url=https://www.foxsportsasia.com/combat-sports/929398/dave-leduc-to-defend-golden-belt-at-lethwei-world-championship-2018/|website=FOX Sports Asia|date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217112655/https://www.foxsportsasia.com/combat-sports/998872/lethwei-king-dave-leduc-ready-to-go-to-war-to-defend-his-openweight-golden-belt/|archive-date=17 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The matchup was mediatized as ''Lethwei vs Muaythai''. With more than 200 fights to his record, Diesellek was the more experienced fighter of the two, with Leduc having only 24 fights.<ref name="Sports News 9">{{cite web|title=King Of Lethwei Dave Leduc Retains Golden Belt|url=http://sportsnews9.com/news/king-of-lethwei-dave-leduc-retains-golden-belt/|website=Sports News 9|date=23 August 2018}}</ref> For this fight and for the first time in his career, Leduc flew his longtime trainer Sifu Patrick Marcil to Myanmar.<ref name="Dave Leduc & Sifu Pat">{{cite web|title=Dave Leduc, un champion du monde de Lethwei aux anges|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1119273/dave-leduc-un-champion-du-monde-de-lethwei-aux-anges|website=Radio-Canada|date=21 August 2018}}</ref> Prior to the bout, Leduc said in an interview that he respected Diesellek's left kick, having knocked out current Lumpini Stadium and Rajadamnern Stadium champion Youssef Boughanem in brutal manner at Lumpini Stadium in 2012.<ref name="Fight Sports Asia">{{cite web|last1=Fletcher|first1=Daniel|title=Diesel lek Top King Boxing vs. Youssef Kiatpetch Gym|url=https://fightsportasia.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/diesel-lek-vs-youssef-kiatpetch/|website=Fight Sports Asia|date=1 April 2012}}</ref>

The fight started with some exchanges in the clinch, with Diesellek trying the first headbutt of the fight which missed and Leduc landing a left uppercut.<ref name="Muaythai Turkey">{{cite web|last1=Alp|first1=Onur|title=Dave Leduc vs Diesellek|url=https://muaythai.com.tr/dave-leduc-vs-diesellek/|website=Muaythai Turkey|date=30 August 2018}}</ref> Leduc continued with a fake right knee, fake left knee, followed by a right elbow, knocking out his opponent.<ref name="MTA MLWC 3">{{cite web |author= MTA Team |title=The Most Terrifying Man in Combat Sports Returned Last Night |url= https://muaythaiauthority.com/watch-the-most-terrifying-man-in-combat-sports-returned-last-night|website=Muaythai Authority|date=19 August 2018}}</ref> Diesellek's corner called for the allowed injury time-out and woke him up.<ref name="Sports News 9" /> The fight resumed with a surprisingly energetic Diesellek, landing a left kick to Leduc's face. Shortly after, Leduc threw a fake kick to punch, closing the distance, followed by a knee to jaw knocking out Diesellek.<ref name="Fox Asia post fight">{{cite web|last1=Arthur|first1=Richard|title=King Of Lethwei Dave Leduc Retains Golden Belt|url=https://www.foxsportsasia.com/combat-sports/931503/king-of-lethwei-dave-leduc-retains-golden-belt/|website=FOX Sports Asia|date=23 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412221443/https://www.foxsportsasia.com/combat-sports/931503/king-of-lethwei-dave-leduc-retains-golden-belt/|archive-date=12 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Leduc won by KO at 2:23 of the first round, making this his sixth title defence.<ref name="Dave Leduc & Sifu Pat" /> Leduc raised the Myanmar flag in the ring and helped Diesellek get back to his corner before being awarded the (MLWC) Myanmar Lethwei World Championship Openweight belt.<ref name="Fox Asia post fight" />

==== Tun Tun Min trilogy ====

On December 16, 2018, the very anticipated third  between Tun Tun Min took place at the ''Air KBZ Aung Lan Golden Belt Championship'' in [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]]. The third fight saw Leduc fighting out of the red corner, the first time a foreigner has been able to do so in the history of Lethwei, as it is customary to have non-Burmese fighters come out of the blue corner.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxsportsasia.com/combat-sports/998872/lethwei-king-dave-leduc-ready-to-go-to-war-to-defend-his-openweight-golden-belt/|title=Lethwei king Dave Leduc ready to go to war to defend his Openweight Golden Belt|last=Arthur|first=Richard|date=15 December 2018|website=FOX Sports Asia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217112655/https://www.foxsportsasia.com/combat-sports/998872/lethwei-king-dave-leduc-ready-to-go-to-war-to-defend-his-openweight-golden-belt/|archive-date=17 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tun Tun Min was fully recovered, but had tremendous difficulty with the distance control of Leduc. At 1:28 seconds of the first round, Leduc landed a headbutt to the temple in the clinch which floored Tun Tun Min, but managed to get up at the count of eight.

At the 2:35 of the same round, Leduc executed a jumping elbow strike and knocked out Tun Tun Min for 43 second.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.scrapdigest.com/watch-lethwei-king-dave-leduc-just-brutalized-his-latest-opponent/43612|title=WATCH: Lethwei King Dave Leduc Just Brutalized His Latest Opponent|author=Dazzler|date=17 December 2018|website=ScrapDigest}}</ref>  His team had to call for the 2-minute injury time-out to revive him and attend to a cut above his right eye.<ref name="myanmar">{{cite news|author=Kyaw Zin Hlaing|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/news/fight-decade-ends-draw.html|title=Fight of the decade ends in a draw|date=18 December 2018|work=Myanmar Times}}</ref> Tun Tun Min came back to the fight visibly frustrated at not being able to land on Dave leading him to attempt a flying roundhouse kick and other acrobatic feats in an attempt to slow down his rival.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news-eleven.com/article/62956|title=ထွန်းထွန်းမင်း ဘာကြောင့်အနိမ့်သရေဖြစ်ခဲ့သလဲ|last=Moe Htet|first=Kyal Phyu|date=16 December 2018|website=Eleven Media Group}}</ref> The later rounds saw both boxers vying for a finish but ended without another knockout at the final bell and Leduc retained his title.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.duwun.com.mm/sport-news/other-sports/daeka-sittiukmiuiueliu-pitkiu-etapnliukte-nnm-id5135|title=ဒဏ်ရာကြောင့် စိတ်တိုင်းကျမထိုးနိုင်ခဲ့လို့ ပရိသတ်ကို တောင်းပန်လိုက်တဲ့ ထွန်းထွန်းမင်း|last=Htay|first=Ye Yint|date=16 December 2018|website=Duwun Sports}}</ref>

=== 2019 ===
==== World Lethwei Championship ====
In 2017, Leduc expressed his disagreement on WLC's modern Lethwei rules via an open letter on social media.<ref name="Rough Asia">{{cite web|last1=Scott|first1=Matthew|title=Inside Lethwei|url=http://rough.asia/analysis/inside-lethwei/|website=ROUGH Asia|date=11 July 2017}}</ref> The WLC is using the modern Lethwei rules implemented in 1996,<ref name="Rules">{{cite news |author=Mark Schroeder|date=17 September 2019|url=https://www.thefight-site.com/home/introduction-to-lethwei-1|title=Introduction to Lethwei|publisher=The Fight Site}}</ref> and removed controversial injury time-out.<ref name="the fight nation"/>

===== Relinquishing the titles =====
On March 9, 2019, despite a long-running feud with the promotion,<ref name="Nichols">{{Cite web|url=https://thebodylockmma.com/other/dave-leduc-explains-decision-to-join-world-lethwei-championship/|title=Dave Leduc explains decision to join World Lethwei Championship|last=Nichols|first=Jake|website=The Body Lock|language=en-US|date=10 March 2019}}</ref> Leduc announced that he had signed an exclusive contract with the World Lethwei Championship.<ref name="signature WLC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.duwun.com.mm/sport-news/other-sports/wlcne-sapliukliu-amwtepsnsneiumyedbkiu-metetamy-id12489|title=ထွန်းထွန်းမင်းကိုလည်း WLC က စာချုပ်ဖို့ ရှိပါတယ်။|author=Kyawko Ko|website=Duwun|language=my|date=10 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="all the belts">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefightnation.com/dave-leduc-signs-with-wlc-i-want-all-the-belts|title=DAVE LEDUC SIGNS WITH WLC: "I WANT ALL THE BELTS"|last=Eaton|first=Matt|website=The Fight Nation|language=en-US|date=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330213528/https://www.thefightnation.com/dave-leduc-signs-with-wlc-i-want-all-the-belts/|archive-date=30 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Signs WLC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fightmag.com.au/2019/03/13/dave-leduc-signs-with-world-lethwei-championship|title=DAVE LEDUC SIGNS WITH WLC, BARE-KNUCKLE FIGHTING ORGANIZATION|author=Misah Norouzi|website=Fight Mag|language=en-US|date=13 March 2019}}</ref> The exclusive contract would make it impossible for him to defend his various world titles.<ref name="Vacate belt 3">{{Cite web|url=https://yoyarlay.com/xxtnqmqr|title=မြန်မာ့ရိုးရာလက်ဝှေ့ချန်ပီယံ ဒေ့ဗ် (Dave Leduc) နဲ့ စာနယ်ဇင်းမီဒီယာများတွေ့ဆုံပွဲ|author=Thiha|language=my|website=Yoyarlay|date=25 March 2019}}</ref> On March 25, 2019, Leduc held a press conference at the Karaweik Palace in [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]], Myanmar announcing that he was relinquishing three of his four Lethwei world titles.<ref name="Vacate belt">{{Cite web|url=https://thebodylockmma.com/lethwei/dave-leduc-vacates-three-lethwei-titles-will-fight-exclusively-world-lethwei-championship|title= Dave Leduc vacates three Lethwei titles; will fight exclusively for World Lethwei Championship|last=Rae|first=Steven|website=The Body Lock|language=en-US|date=28 March 2019}}</ref> The three titles in question included the ''MLWC Title'', ''Air KBZ Aung Lan Championship title'' and the ''ILFJ Openweight Lethwei World title'',<ref name="Vacate belt 4">{{Cite web|url=http://burmese.dvb.no/archives/319574|title=WLC ႏွင့္ စာခ်ဳပ္ ခ်ဳပ္ခဲ့သည့္ ေဒ့ဗ္လက္ဒဗ္ လက္ရွိခ်န္ပီယံဘြဲ႔အားလံုး စြန္႔လႊတ္|author=Thiha|website=Burmese DVB|language=my|date=25 March 2019}}</ref> but keeping the Golden Belt, therefore remaining the Openweight Lethwei World Champion under traditional rules.<ref name="Vacate belt 2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefightnation.com/dave-leduc-clears-the-decks-for-wlc|title=DAVE LEDUC CLEARS THE DECKS FOR WLC|last=Eaton|first=Matt|website=The Fight Nation|language=en-US|date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413202739/https://www.thefightnation.com/dave-leduc-clears-the-decks-for-wlc/|archive-date=13 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===== WLC debut =====
For his promotional debut, Leduc was offered to face TUF 11 & TUF 25 competitor and UFC veteran Seth Baczynski.<ref name="Seth UFC 1">{{Cite web|url=https://m.sherdog.com/news/news/UFC-Veteran-Seth-Baczynski-Signs-MultiFight-Deal-with-World-Lethwei-Championship-153771#/slide/9|title=UFC VETERAN SETH BACZYNSKI SIGNS MULTI-FIGHT DEAL WITH WORLD LETHWEI CHAMPIONSHIP|author=Jason Burgos|website=Sherdog|date=2 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="WLC 9 1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2019/8/1/20750483/lethwei-champion-dave-leduc-interview-seth-baczynski-ufc-fight-pass-myanmar-kickboxing-muay-thai|title=Lethwei champion Dave Leduc: 'I didn't like Muay Thai, because there were gloves'|last=Bourdon|first=Lucas|website=Bloody Elbow|language=en-US|date=1 August 2019}}</ref> The bout was scheduled as the main event of WLC 9: King of Nine Limbs in Mandalay, Myanmar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/news/king-nine-limbs-lethwei-event-set-storm-mandalay.html|title='King of Nine Limbs' lethwei event set to storm Mandalay|website=Myanmar Times|author=Sithu Aung Myo Kyaw|language=en|date=3 July 2019}}</ref> for the inaugural Cruiserweight World Lethwei Championship.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2019/08/bare-knuckle-kickboxing-with-headbutts-11-time-ufc-veteran-seth-baczynski-gunning-for-title|title=Bare-knuckle kickboxing with headbutts? 11-time UFC veteran Seth Baczynski gunning for title|author=John Morgan|website=MMA Junkie|date=1 August 2019|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fightbookmma.com/multiple-time-lethwei-champion-dave-leduc-to-face-ufc-veteran-seth-baczynski-for-cruiserweight-world-lethwei-championship/|title=MULTIPLE-TIME LETHWEI CHAMPION DAVE LEDUC TO FACE UFC VETERAN SETH BACZYNSKI FOR CRUISERWEIGHT WORLD LETHWEI CHAMPIONSHIP|website=Fight Book MMA|language=en|date=5 May 2019}}</ref> Baczynski felt confident leading up to the fight because he had significantly more fighting experience than Leduc.<ref name="Seth UFC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lowkickmma.com/exclusive-seth-baczynski-talks-lethwei-debut|title=Exclusive: Headbutts & Bare Knuckles, Seth Baczynski Talks Upcoming Lethwei Debut|author=Michael Clifton|website=Low Kick MMA|date=30 July 2019}}</ref> On August 2, 2019, Leduc landed an elbow strike which exploded Bacynski's left ear<ref name="Lethwei World 3">{{Cite web|url=http://lethweiworld.com/dave-leduc-stops-seth-baczynski-in-round-2-the-only-ko-of-the-night|title=Dave Leduc Stops Seth Baczynski In Round 2|author= Matthew Carter|website=Lethwei World|date=29 August 2019}}</ref> and then knocked him out with punches to win the inaugural Cruiserweight World Lethwei Championship.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fightmag.com.au/2019/08/03/leduc-lifts-wlc-cruiserweight-belt-by-ko-against-baczynski/|title=Leduc lifts wlc cruiserweight belt by ko against baczynski|website=Fight Mag|date=3 August 2019|language=en}}</ref>

Following his performance, Leduc was invited on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast by Joe Rogan and both men discussed Lethwei.<ref name="JRE">{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3036975/dave-leduc-blasts-delusional-liam-harrison|title=Dave Leduc blasts 'delusional' Liam Harrison and challenges him to fight Lethwei|author=Nick Atkin|date=8 November 2019|website=South China Morning Post}}</ref> Leduc announced that the WLC had plans to host an event in the {{wipe|United States}}.<ref name="WLC events">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefightnation.com/dave-leduc-says-lethwei-is-coming-to-the-usa|title=DAVE LEDUC SAYS LETHWEI IS COMING TO THE USA|website=The Fight Nation|author=Matt Eaton|language=en|date=29 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227121742/https://www.thefightnation.com/dave-leduc-says-lethwei-is-coming-to-the-usa/|archive-date=27 December 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Spotlight on Lethwei ==
After winning the world title, Leduc dedicated his career solely to Lethwei<ref name="Muaythai Authority" /> and has been at the forefront of the sport's rise in international popularity.<ref name="nine limbs" /><ref name="Rough Asia" /> Leduc expressed his hopes that Lethwei fighters will remain true to the traditions of the martial art as it grows in popularity.<ref name="Lehwei To MMA" /> In 2017, Leduc helped the opening of gyms throughout the country<ref name="result Jallon"/> and promoting Lethwei outside of Myanmar.<ref name="move and developp Myanmar">{{cite news|first=Pierre-Paul|last=Biron|url=http://www.journaldequebec.com/2018/02/19/le-combattant-quebecois-qui-veut-developper-le-myanmar|title=Le combattant québécois qui veut développer le Myanmar|date=19 February 2018|website=Le Journal de Québec}}</ref><ref name="Canada seminar">{{cite web|first=Poulin|last=Louis-Charles|title=Leduc transmet sa passion à Papineauville|url=http://www.lamediatheque.tc/wp-content/uploads/html/PN_20171220/index.html#p=15|website=La Petite Nation|date=20 December 2017}}</ref>

On 8 October 2017, Myint Htwe, Minister of Health and Sports of Myanmar, awarded Leduc with a certificate of honor in recognition for his efforts as a proponent of Myanmar's national sport, being on the forefront of Lethwei's expansion internationally.

'''Offers to compete in mixed martial arts'''

After claiming the Myanmar Lethwei openweight belt, Leduc received offers from ONE Championship and other mixed martial arts organizations in Asia. However, he declined the offers, stating, "I need to stay focused on my thing. I like fighting with no gloves and with headbutts: that’s my passion.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebodylockmma.com/other/dave-leduc-remains-focused-lethwei/|title=Dave Leduc remains focused on Lethwei: "I like fighting with no gloves and headbutts—that's my passion"|last=Brandon Sibcy|date=2019-02-28|website=The Body Lock|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-04}}</ref>

''' Leduc Lethwei '''

After carving his way to the top of Lethwei,<ref name="The sport that he nows rules">{{cite web|first=Matthew|last=Scott|title=TFN Fight Week ; Old boy new face|url=http://www.thefightnation.com/tfn-fight-week-old-boy-new-face|website=The Fight Nation|date=29 June 2017}}</ref> Leduc founded ''Leduc Lethwei''.<ref name="Lehwei To MMA">{{cite web|last1=Scott|first1=Matthew|title=Lethal but legal lethwei laying the foundations for Myanmar's MMA boom|url=http://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/2101530/lethal-legal-lethwei-laying-foundations-myanmars-mma-boom|website=South China Morning Post|date=8 July 2017}}</ref> The first international team of fighters from {{wipe|Brazil}} and Costa Rica brought by Leduc Lethwei to Myanmar, was at the occasion of the ''Myanmar Lethwei World Championship'' in 2017.<ref name="Nomad Lethwei-to defend" />

''' Fighting style '''

Leduc has an unorthodox and aggressive striking style. He is known for his accurate elbow strikes and to have perfected the art of the headbutt.<ref name="Dave vs Jallon" /><ref name="Brutal sport ugly chicken"/> Leduc is known to taunt and provoke his opponents during the fight<ref name="result Jallon" /> and is often referred to as the ''King of Lethwei''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Taylor|first1=Tom|title=The King of Lethwei: Dave Leduc is conquering the world's most brutal sport|url=https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/exclusive-interviews/the-king-of-lethwei-how-dave-leduc-reached-the-pinnacle-of-the-worlds-most-brutal-sport|website=BJPENN|date=29 July 2019}}
* {{cite web|author=Andrew Whitelaw|title='King of Lethwei' Dave Leduc 'itching' for his next WLC fight|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3096012/dave-leduc-itching-fight-world-lethwei|website=South China Morning Post|date=4 August 2020}}
*{{cite web|author=Nabil Khatib|title=King of Lethwei : Dave Leduc|url=http://teambushido.com/king-lethwei-dave-leduc|website=Team Bushido|date=22 November 2017}}
*{{cite web|last1=Eaton|first1=Matt|title=Rules? We don't need no stinking rules|url=http://www.thefightnation.com/rules-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-rules/|website=The Fight Nation|date=29 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708014936/http://www.thefightnation.com/rules-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-rules/|archive-date=8 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Leduc adopted the Burmese lifestyle, and is often seen wearing a Longyi. This contributed to the Myanmar people welcoming the idea of having a foreigner as the champion of their national sport.<ref name="Burmese boxing Dave leduc" />

''' Instructor lineage '''

Bruce Lee → James DeMile → Jaques Patenaude → Patrick Marcil → Dave Leduc

== Outside the ring ==
In 2016, Leduc met Moldovan Canadian writer and model Irina Terehova when she traveled to Thailand.<ref name="irina tee travel">{{cite web|first=Veronique|last=Beland|title=Cette quebecois va te donner envie de partir à l'aventure et de jamais revenir|url=https://www.qclife.style/lifestyle/cette-quebecoise-va-te-donner-envie-de-partir-a-l-aventure-et-de-ne-jamais-revenir|website=Qc LifeStyle}}</ref> The two had never met before, but after writing a story on Leduc,<ref name="how I met my husband">{{cite news|author=Irina Tee|url=https://www.mtlblog.com/how-i-met-my-husband-thanks-to-mtl-blog|title=How I met My Husband Thanks To MTL Blog |date=16 January 2017|work=MTL Blog}}</ref> Terehova decided to leave Canada and meet him in Phuket.<ref name="Move to Thailand" /> The trip was supposed to last two weeks, but Terehova decided to stay and live with Leduc.<ref name="journal montreal">{{cite web|last1=Beaudin|first1=Marlie|title=Une Montréalaise quitte tout pour vivre le grand amour en Thaïlande|url=http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/06/16/une-montrealaise-quitte-tout-pour-aller-vivre-le-grand-amour-en-thailande|website=Le Journal de Montréal|date=16 June 2016}}</ref>

=== Wedding ===
On October 12, 2016, Leduc got engaged to Terehova on the Shwesandaw Pagoda in Bagan, Myanmar.<ref name="Engaged Bagan">{{cite web|title=How I Met My Husband Thanks To MTL Blog|url=https://www.mtlblog.com/lifestyle/how-i-met-my-husband-thanks-to-mtl-blog|website=MTL Blog|date=16 January 2017}}</ref> On December 13, 2016, the two were married on Leduc's birthday, in a traditional traditional wedding ceremony<ref name="wedding Yangon">{{cite web|author=Myannbuzz|title=မန္မာဓေလ့ထံုးစံအတိုင္း မဂၤလာပြဲ က်င္းပခဲ့တဲ့ ျမန္မာလက္ေဝွ႔ အလြတ္တန္း ကမၻာ့ခ်န္ပီယံ Dave Leduc တို႔စံုတြဲ|url=http://buzzy.com.mm/myanbuzz/3274|website=Buzzy|date=14 December 2017}}</ref> in [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]].<ref name="True News Myanmar">{{cite web|title=ျမန္မာ့လက္ေ၀ွ႔ အလြတ္တန္း ကမၻာ့ခ်န္ပီယံ Dave Leduc တို႔စံုတြဲ ျမန္မာ့ ထံုးတမ္းျဖင့္ လက္ထပ္ထိမ္းျမား|url=http://truenewsmm.blogspot.com/2016/12/dave-leduc.html|website=True News Myanmar|date=13 December 2016}}</ref> The ceremony was nationally televised live on MRTV<ref name="Burmese boxing Dave leduc"/> to approximately 30 million viewers,<ref name="Asian star" /> only two days after his world championship title fight,<ref name="Journal de montreal full pages"/> catapulting the couple to celebrity status in Myanmar.<ref name="vedette en Asie TVA nouvelles">{{cite news|url=http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2018/02/16/un-quebecois-vedette-des-arts-martiaux-en-asie|title=Un Québécois vedette des arts martiaux en Asie|date=16 February 2018|website=TVA Nouvelles}}</ref><ref name="Champion du monde La revue">{{cite news|author=Anthony Da Silva-Casimiro|url=http://www.journallarevue.com/sports/2016/12/20/tout-sauf-de-la-chance-pour-dave-leduc.html|title=Tout sauf de la chance pour Dave Leduc|date=20 December 2016|work=La Revue|access-date=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331211358/http://www.journallarevue.com/sports/2016/12/20/tout-sauf-de-la-chance-pour-dave-leduc.html|archive-date=31 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to Burmese magazine ''The Yangon Times'', the couple is a national emblem in Myanmar.<ref name="Yangon Times">{{cite web|title=Dave leduc နှင့် Irina Terehova မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏လင်မယား|url=http://www.theyangontimes.com/sport/dave-leduc-irina-terehova.html|website=The Yangon Times|date=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="Instagram">{{cite web|last1=Shabsove|first1=Emily|title=10 Montreal Couples on Instagram That Are Living The Life You Want|url=https://www.mtlblog.com/10-montreal-couples-on-instagram-that-are-living-the-life-you-want|website=MTL Blog|date=12 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="Narcity power couple">{{cite web|last1=Shabsove|first1=Mia|title=30 Canadian Power Couples|url=https://www.narcity.com/life/25-canadian-power-couples/2|website=Narcity|date=13 October 2017}}</ref> Leduc and his wife currently reside in Dubai, [[Place:United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates]].<ref name="Dave Leduc & Sifu Pat" />

=== Charity ===
Leduc's relationship and marriage to Terehova,<ref name="Married Dave Leduc">{{cite web|author=Irina Terehova|title=Life After Marrying A Lethwei World Champion Dave Leduc|url=https://www.jetli.com/2017/08/married-professional-fighter-dave-leduc|website=Jet Li|date=4 August 2017}}</ref> who has been famous in her own right as a writer for MTL Blog, have contributed to his celebrity beyond Lethwei. In 2017, Leduc and Terehova started getting involved with children at NLD AIDS center in [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]], who are infected with [[Biology:HIV|HIV]]/AIDS, bringing them chocolate and treats, as well as giving undisclosed donations.<ref name="NLD aids center">{{cite web|author=Myanmar New|title=ကေနဒါႏိုင္ငံသား ျမန္မာ့လက္ေ၀ွ႔ ကမၻာ့ခ်န္ပီယံ Dave ႏွင့္ဇနီး NLD AIDS Center သို႔ သြားေရာက္၍ ကေလးမ်ားအတြက္ မုန္႔မ်ားေပးေ၀|url=https://cantwait2say.com/archives/638|website=CantWait2Stay|date=5 October 2017}}</ref>

=== Controversy ===
In 2018, Leduc made headlines after posting a fan art on social media, showing of a 1000-kyats note with a picture of him printed on it, suggesting that the Central Bank of Myanmar was issuing a sports celebratory note with him on it. The announcement went viral and outraged the Myanmar population because of the sensitive nature of the issue. After the [[Social:8888 Uprising|8888 Uprising]], the government redesigned the national currency removing the picture of General Aung San, replacing it with Chinthe and elephants. The military regime in the 1990s tried to eradicate all traces of Aung San's memory, considered the father of modern-day Myanmar and who was assassinated by political rivals six months before independence on Jan. 4, 1948.<ref>{{cite news |title=Central Bank of Myanmar issuing new 1,000-kyat bank note|url=https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/central-bank-of-myanmar-issuing-new-1-000-kyat-bank-note|author= Arthur L. Friedberg|work=Coin World|date=4 January 2020}}</ref> Leduc was severely criticized, receiving multiple threats before going public and explaining the strategy behind his stunt, saying his goal was to revive the debate about bringing back Aung San on the currency. After his explanation, Leduc's tactic was acclaimed.<ref name="controversy">{{cite web|last1=Comtois|first1=Martin|title=De la fosse aux tigres à la controverse|url=https://www.ledroit.com/sports/de-la-fosse-aux-tigres-a-la-controverse-d95d35326f75264793d912a7d3a28305|website=Le Droit|date=14 May 2018}}</ref>

On 4 January 2020, to mark the 72nd anniversary of Myanmar's Independence Day, the Central Bank of Myanmar issued the new 1000-kyats notes displaying General Aung San after being absent for 30 years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Htwe |first1=Zaw Zaw|title=Gen. Aung San Returns to Myanmar Banknotes After 30-Year Absence|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/gen-aung-san-returns-myanmar-banknotes-30-year-absence.html|work=The Irrawaddy|date=7 January 2019}}</ref>

== Television ==
=== The Amazing Race Canada ===
In 2019, before headlining WLC 9, Leduc competed with his wife Irina Terehova on ''The Amazing Race Canada'' Season 7.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theloop.ca/watch-out-for-flying-chairs-when-this-passionate-amazing-race-canada-team-hits-the-starting-line|title=Watch out for flying chairs when this passionate 'Amazing Race Canada' team hits the starting line|author=Amber Dowling|website=The Loop|date=11 June 2019}}</ref> The couple made it clear that they weren't on the show for the prize money<ref name="JDM">{{Cite web|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/08/19/dave-et-irina-ennemis-publics-no-1|title=Dave et Irina, ennemis publics no 1|author=Marc-André Lemieux|website=Le Journal de Montréal|date=19 August 2019}}</ref> or to make friends,<ref name="sacdechips">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesacdechips.com/2019/08/21/un-couple-de-quebecois-fout-le-bordel-a-the-amazing-race-canada-et-le-roc-nest-pas-content|title=UN COUPLE DE QUÉBÉCOIS FOUT LE BORDEL À "THE AMAZING RACE CANADA" ET LE ROC N'EST PAS CONTENT|author=Philippe Melbourne Dufour|website=Le Sac De Chips|date=21 August 2019}}</ref> it was apparently Leduc's desire since teenage to compete on the show.<ref name="ledroit TARC/WLC seth">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ledroit.com/sports/-le-nomade--a-amazing-race-8082119dbdada6fe3bafa919285613da|title=" Le Nomade " à Amazing Race|author=Martin Comtois|website=Le Droit|date=17 June 2019}}</ref> Undoubtedly the most controversial seasons of the Canadian franchise,<ref name="shocker">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv-eh.com/2019/09/03/amazing-race-canada-shocker-and-the-final-three-teams-are|title=AMAZING RACE CANADA SHOCKER: AND THE FINAL THREE TEAMS ARE…|author=Greg David|website=Tv,eh?|date=3 September 2019}}</ref> Dave & Irina became the most notorious villains the franchise has known,<ref name="changed the game">{{Cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/entertainment/television/we-changed-the-game-the-amazing-race-canada-villains-blast-haters|title='We changed the game': 'The Amazing Race Canada' villains blast haters|author=Mark Daniell|website=Toronto Sun|date=5 September 2019}}</ref> while being practically unbeatable for the entire season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mtlblog.com/news/canada/qc/montreal/amazing-race-canada-couple-irina-and-dave-couldnt-care-less-about-the-haters|title=Montreal Couple Irina & Dave From Amazing Race Canada Couldn't Care Less About The Haters|author=Alexandra Toutant|date=22 August 2019|work=MTL Blog}}</ref> The couple outraged a lot of viewers and were deemed ''"un-Canadian"''.<ref name="irritating">{{Cite web|url=https://www.narcity.com/entertainment/ca/the-amazing-race-canada-couple-from-quebec-are-really-annoying-the-whole-country|title=These Two Quebecers Are Irritating The Whole Country On "The Amazing Race Canada"|author=Jean-Michel Clermont-Goulet|website=Narcity|date=21 August 2019}}</ref> They fell out of favour of viewers and fellow racers for their cutthroat way of racing,<ref name="biggest villains">{{Cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/entertainment/television/bff-moms-brand-dave-and-irina-biggest-villains-on-the-amazing-race-canada|title=BFF moms brand Dave and Irina 'biggest villains' on 'The Amazing Race Canada'|author=Mark Daniell|website=Toronto Sun|date=19 August 2019}}</ref> copying an answer at the [[Earth:Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park|Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park]] and stealing cabs in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv-eh.com/2019/07/23/amazing-race-canada-express-passes-and-stolen-cabs-in-yellowknife/|title=AMAZING RACE CANADA: EXPRESS PASSES AND STOLEN CABS IN YELLOWKNIFE|author=Greg David|website=Tv,eh?|date=23 July 2019}}</ref> The couple later revealed receiving [[Social:Death threat|death threat]]s when the show aired.<ref name="death threats">{{Cite web|url=https://www.narcity.com/gossip/ca/amazing-race-canadas-finale-dave-and-irina-received-death-threats|title=Amazing Race's Quebec {{sic|"Vill|ians"|nolink=y}} Received Death Threats For Being Un-Canadian|author=Elizabeth Keith|website=Narcity|date=12 September 2019}}</ref> They generated a remarkable amount of hate from Canadian viewers for referring to other contestants as [[Finance:Peasant|peasant]]s.<ref name="Hate is one">{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/hate-is-on-for-montreal-couple-on-the-amazing-race-canada|title=Hate is on for Montreal couple on The Amazing Race Canada|last=Kelly|first=Brendan|website=Montreal Gazette|date=7 August 2019}}</ref> After arriving first in Edmonton, Alberta, Leduc said ''“We’ll let the peasants fight for last place.”'', which became the title of episode 3.<ref name="peasants">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv-eh.com/2019/07/16/the-amazing-race-canada-one-way-fun-day-in-edmonton|title=THE AMAZING RACE CANADA: ONE WAY FUN DAY IN EDMONTON|author=Greg David|website=TV,eh?|date=16 July 2019}}</ref>

In the first episode of the season, in Kamloops, British Columbia, the couple quickly stood out and became the season's villains after trash-talking Canada’s Choice Jet & Dave.<ref name="Villains">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theloop.ca/villains-emerge-on-this-season-of-the-amazing-race-canada/|title=Villains emerge on this season of 'The Amazing Race Canada'|author=Amber Dowling|website=The Loop|date=24 July 2019}}</ref> Jet told Leduc about being a firefighter which he replied ''“That’s great because you will be back there next week.”'', which ended up being true.<ref name="trash talk hard">{{Cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/entertainment/television/im-in-denial-canadas-choice-sent-home-on-amazing-race-canada-premiere|title='I'm in denial': Canada's Choice sent home on 'Amazing Race Canada' premiere|author=Mark Daniell|website=Toronto Sun|date=3 July 2019}}</ref> In the fifth episode, in Nanaimo island, {{wipe|Vancouver}}, the remaining contestants teamed up and tried send the Quebec couple home, but as Leduc said, it was a “drastic failure.”<ref name="changed the game" /> Despite a well-laid plan against the couple and a record number of penalties taken by multiple teams, it was ultimately the Halifax twins who got eliminated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/entertainment/television/two-words-we-never-want-to-hear-again-clam-digging-challenge-sinks-halifax-twins-on-amazing-race-canada|title='Two words we never want to hear again': Clam-digging challenge sinks Halifax twins on 'Amazing Race Canada'|author=Mark Daniell|website=Toronto Sun|date=31 July 2019}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/entertainment/television/vancouver-couple-sound-off-on-surprise-amazing-race-canada-elimination|title=Vancouver couple sound off on surprise Amazing Race Canada elimination|author=Mark Daniell|website=Toronto Sun|date=30 August 2019}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.theloop.ca/the-amazing-race-canada-teams-really-dug-themselves-into-a-hole-this-week|title='The Amazing Race Canada' teams really dug themselves into a hole this week|author=Amber Dowling|website=The Loop|date=31 July 2019}}</ref>

Dave and Irina led the charge out of Thunder Bay to Wolfville, Nova Scotia, but faltered at the apple sorting challenge and were eventually the last team to meet host Jon Montgomery at the mat at Luckett Vineyards.<ref name="shocker" /><ref name="most hated">{{Cite web|url=https://www.narcity.com/gossip/ca/amazing-race-canada-dave-and-irina-eliminated-from-competition|title=The Most Hated "The Amazing Race Canada" Couple Leave The Race Saying "It's For The Best"|author=Alyssa Goulart|website=Narcity|date=6 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="eliminated">{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/much-hated-montreal-couple-bounced-from-the-amazing-race-canada|title=Much-hated Montreal couple bounced from the Amazing Race Canada|last=Kelly|first=Brendan|website=Montreal Gazette|date=6 September 2019}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2014
| ''Take it by Chali (Prod. by Quest)''
| rowspan=2|Himself
| Music video appearance<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc2KsE6l8zQ&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR19RPLKfC-p1OMxwLRhjVVckqhn5_2FwOyN_PD-xl8-uGaJLStmwC6JiWc|title=Chali ~ Take it (Prod. by Quest) (Starring Dave Leduc)|date=7 January 2014|website=Youtube}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|2017
| ''Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom''
| {{IMDb title|tt6152206|Prison Fighters}}
|-
| ''La Fosse aux Tigres''
| Biographic role
| {{IMDb title|5109866|La Fosse aux Tigres}}
|-
|2018
| ''Into Dave's Fist''
| rowspan=7|Himself
| Canal+ Myanmar documentary
|-
|rowspan=7|2019
| ''Denis Lévesque''
| {{IMDb title|8703098|Denis Lévesque}}
|-
| ''Myanmar Lethwei and Me''
| Canal+ Myanmar documentary
|-
| ''Power & Martial Arts : Lethwei''
| {{IMDb title|10937182|Power & Martial Arts}}
|-
| ''The Amazing Race Canada''
| {{IMDb title|3069720|Season 7}}
|-
| ''The Joe Rogan Experience''
| {{IMDb title|9076932|JRE MMA Show #81}}
|-
| ''Mike Ward : Sous écoute''
| {{IMDb title|11349698|Sous écoute}}
|-
| ''Underground''
| Gangster
| Myanmar movie in [[Social:Burmese language|Burmese]]
|-
|rowspan=1|2020
| ''Inactivity pandemic, evil of the century''
| Himself
| {{IMDb title|10311466|Inactivity pandemic}}
|-
|}

== Championships and accomplishments ==
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'''Championships'''

*'''Lethwei World Champion'''
** Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt
***Nine successful title defenses
*  '''World Lethwei Championship'''
** WLC Cruiserweight World Championship (One time, inaugural)
* '''Air KBZ Aung Lan Championship'''
** Two successful title defenses <small>Vacated in 2019</small>
* '''International Lethwei Federation Japan'''
** ILFJ Openweight World Championship (One time, inaugural) <small>Vacated in 2019</small>
* '''Myanmar Lethwei World Championship''' 
** MLWC Openweight World Championship (One time) <small>Vacated in 2019</small>
* '''Sparta Sports and Entertainment''' 
** Sparta Lethwei Championship

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'''Awards, records, and honours'''

* '''Lethwei'''
** First non-Burmese Golden Belt champion
** First ever Fighter to be banned from Myanmar and Thailand at the same time.
** Certificate of honor awarded by Myint Htwe, Minister of Health and Sports of Myanmar
** Competed in the first Lethwei World Championship title fight in [[Earth:North America|North America]] {{small|vs. Cyrus Washington}}
** First Lethwei fighter on the Cover of Karaté Bushido magazine.<ref name="magazine cover">{{cite web |url=http://lethweiworld.com/dave-leduc-on-the-cover-of-legendary-magazine|title=Dave Leduc On The Cover Of Legendary Martial Arts Magazine|author=Matthew Carter|date=22 June 2010|publisher=Lethwei World}}</ref>
** 2019 Top 10 Sport Moments in Canada's National Capital Region<ref>{{cite web|author=Kim Vallières|title=Les 10 moments sportifs les plus marquants en 2019 à Ottawa et à Gatineau|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1444772/evenements-sports-palmares-bilan-2019-ottawa-gatineau|website=Radio-Canada|date=28 December 2019}}</ref>
* '''World Lethwei Championship'''
** First Canadian-born WLC Champion
** 2019 Top 3 Knockout of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wlc.com.mm/en/news/3-best-lethwei-fights-watch-during-quarantine|title=3 Best Lethwei Fights To Watch During Quarantine|website=WLC|date=2 Dec 2019}}</ref>
** 2019 Fight of the Year {{small|vs. Seth Baczynski at WLC 9}}<ref name="WLC 9 Bonus">{{cite web|author=Matthew Carter|title=WLC 9 Bonus : Dave Leduc Scores Belated $50,000|url=http://lethweiworld.com/wlc-9-bonus-dave-leduc-scores-belated-50000|website=Lethwei World|date=2 January 2020}}</ref>
* '''Lethwei World'''
** 2019 Lethwei Person of the Year<ref name="Lethwei world awards">{{cite web|author=Matthew Carter|title=2019 Lethwei World Awards|url= http://lethweiworld.com/2019-lethwei-world-awards|website=Lethwei World|date=2 January 2020}}</ref>
** 2019 Event of the Year {{small|headlined at WLC 9}}<ref name="Lethwei world awards" />
*'''Spia Asia Awards'''
** 2019 Best Sport Tourism Destination Campaign - Bronze {{small|headlined at WLC 9}}<ref name="Spia Awards">{{cite web|url=https://spiaasia.com/2019-winners|title=SPIA Asia 2019 Winners|website=Spia Asia|access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref>
*'''Asian Academy Awards'''
** 2019 Best Sport Program - National Winner {{small|headlined at WLC 9}}<ref name="Asian Awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.asianacademycreativeawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Full-List-of-National-Winners-by-Categories.pdf
|title=NATIONAL WINNERS 2020|website=Asian Academy Awards|access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>

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== Lethwei record ==
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2020-11-07 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Cyrus Washington || Sparta Wyoming IV || Cheyenne, Wyoming || TKO || 4 || 2:40
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |{{small| Defends Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt & wins Sparta Lethwei Championship}}
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2019-08-02|| Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Seth Baczynski || WLC 9: King of Nine Limbs || Mandalay, Myanmar || KO || 2 || 2:35
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |{{small| Wins Inaugural WLC Cruiserweight World Championship}}
|-  style="background:#c5d2ea;"
| 2018-12-16|| Draw ||align=left|{{flagicon|MYA}} Tun Tun Min || 2018 Air KBZ Grand Final Myanmar Championship || [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]], Myanmar || Draw || 5 ||
|-
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2018-08-19 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Diesellek TopkingBoxing || 2018 Myanmar Lethwei World Championship || [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]], Myanmar || KO || 1 || 2:23
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |{{small| Wins Openweight Myanmar Lethwei World Championship Title}}
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#c5d2ea;"|-  style="background:#c5d2ea;"
| 2017-12-10 || Draw ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Corentin Jallon || 2017 Air KBZ Aung Lan Championship || [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]], Myanmar || Draw || 5 ||
|-  style="background:#c5d2ea;"
| 2017-08-20 || Draw ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Cyrus Washington || 2017 Myanmar Lethwei World Championship || [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]], Myanmar || Draw || 5 ||
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2017-06-16 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Nilmungkorn Sudsakorngym || Lethwei in Japan 4: Frontier || [[Place:Tokyo|Tokyo]], {{wipe|Japan}} || KO || 2 || 2:23
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |{{small| Wins ILFJ Openweight World Championship}}
|-  style="background:#c5d2ea;"
| 2017-04-18 || Draw ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Adem Yilmaz || Lethwei in Japan 3: Grit || [[Place:Tokyo|Tokyo]], {{wipe|Japan}} || Draw || 5 ||
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2017-02-16 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|MYA}} Phoe Kay || Lethwei in Japan 2: Legacy || [[Place:Tokyo|Tokyo]], {{wipe|Japan}} || KO || 2 || 2:32
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2016-12-11 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|MYA}} Tun Tun Min || 2016 Air KBZ Aung Lan Championship || [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]], Myanmar || TKO (Forfeit) || 3 || 2:34
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |{{small| Wins Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt & Air KBZ Aung Lan Championship}}
|-  style="background:#c5d2ea;"
| 2016-10-09 || Draw ||align=left|{{flagicon|MYA}} Tun Tun Min || GTG International Challenge Fights || Yangon, Myanmar || Draw || 5 ||
|-  style="background:#c5d2ea;"
| 2016-08-21 || Draw ||align=left|{{flagicon|MYA}} Too Too || 2016 Myanmar Lethwei World Championship || [[Place:Yangon|Yangon]], Myanmar || Draw || 5 ||
|-
| colspan=9 | '''''Legend''''': {{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win |border=1px solid #CCFFCC}} {{legend2|#FFBBBB|Loss |border=1px solid #FFBBBB}} {{legend2|#c5d2ea|Draw/no contest |border=1px solid #c5d2ea}} {{legend2|White|Notes |border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{end}}

== Muaythai record ==
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2016-09-12 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Sakchay Saksoonton || Patong Boxing stadium || Phuket, Thailand || TKO || 2 ||
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2016-06-22 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Pechsila || Bangla Stadium || Phuket, Thailand || TKO || 3 ||
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2016-06-05 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|IRN}} Farhad Alamdarnezam || Rawai Boxing stadium || Phuket, Thailand || KO || 2 ||
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2016-05-14 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Sakchay Saksoonton || Rawai Boxing stadium || Phuket, Thailand || KO || 5 ||
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2016-04-25 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Chaiyo Thalangyanyeung || Patong Boxing stadium || Phuket, Thailand || KO || 2 ||
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2016-04-02 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Carlos Prates || Rawai Boxing Stadium || Phuket, Thailand || Decision || 5 ||
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2016-03-14 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Hiden Dragon Muay Thai || Bangla Stadium || Phuket, Thailand || KO || 2 ||
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2016-02-16 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Kwangpet For Vichanchai || Rawai Boxing Stadium || Phuket, Thailand || KO || 3 || 
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2016-01-16 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Dennua Aawut || Patong Boxing Btadium || Phuket, Thailand || KO || 2 ||
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2014-07-12 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Thahan Chor.Chatchai || Prison Fight || Klong Pai Central Prison, Thailand || Decision || 3 || 
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2014-06-29 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Vladislav Markov || Bangla Stadium || Phuket, Thailand || KO || 1 ||
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2014-05-16 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Yudtajak || Bangla Stadium || Phuket, Thailand || KO || 4 ||
|-  style="background:#fbb;"
| 2014-03-12 || Loss ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Jake Lund || Bangla Stadium || Phuket, Thailand || Decision || 5 ||
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2014-02-26 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|CHL}} Andres Da Forno || Bangla Stadium || Phuket, Thailand || TKO || 2 || 
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2014-02-17 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Jackrid Sitkrujaroon || Patong Boxing Stadium || Phuket, Thailand || KO || 1 ||
|-  style="background:#cfc;"
| 2013-03-29 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} James Lion Muaythai || Bangla Stadium || Phuket, Thailand || TKO || 2 ||
|-
| colspan=9 | '''''Legend''''': {{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win |border=1px solid #CCFFCC}} {{legend2|#FFBBBB|Loss |border=1px solid #FFBBBB}} {{legend2|#c5d2ea|Draw/No contest |border=1px solid #c5d2ea}} {{legend2|White|Notes |border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{end}}

==Professional mixed martial arts record==
|-

|{{no2}}Loss
|align=center| 0–2
|Koyomi Matsushima
|TKO (punches)
|Hybrid Pro Series 3
|{{dts|2015|May|2}} 
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:19
|Gatineau, Canada
|
|-
|{{no2}}Loss
|align=center| 0-1
|Jonathan Meunier
|TKO (punches)
|Hybrid Pro Series 2
|{{dts|2014|November|15}} 
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:36
|Gatineau, Canada
|
|-
{{end}}

==Amateur mixed martial arts record==
|-

|{{yes2}}Win
|align=center| 3–0
|Yukinori Akazawa
|Decision (unanimous)
|Fightquest 25
|{{dts|2013|June|29}} 
|align=center|3
|align=center|3:00
|Gatineau, Canada
|
|-
|{{yes2}}Win
|align=center| 2-0
|Jared Albu
|Submission (guillotine choke)
|Hybrid 17
|{{dts|2013|June|01}} 
|align=center|3
|align=center|1:05
|Gatineau, Canada
|
|-
|{{yes2}}Win
|align=center| 1-0
|Mitch Beekman
|Submission (guillotine choke)
|Hybrid 16
|{{dts|2013|February|23}} 
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:37
|Gatineau, Canada
|
|-
{{end}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{Facebook|kingleduc}}
* {{Instagram|kingleduc}}
* {{IMDb name|8918301}}

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{{S-bef|before=Tun Tun Min}}
{{S-ttl|title=Golden Belt – Openweight Lethwei World Champion|years=December 11, 2016}}
{{s-inc}}
{{s-break}}
{{s-new|Championship}}
{{S-ttl|title= 1st WLC Cruiserweight World Champion|years=August 2, 2019}}
{{s-inc}}
{{s-break}}
{{s-new|Championship}}
{{S-ttl|title= 1st ILFJ Openweight World Championship|years=June 16, 2017 – March 9, 2019<br><small>Vacated</small>}}
{{s-vac}}
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