PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rage Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephane Boucher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boucher has chosen Take It Outside as his entrance music. Rage Johnson had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Johnson
vs
Boucher

179 cm
25
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
26
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Intelligent

U.S.F. Wear ||Bear Inc.||

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rage Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Stephane Boucher!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Boucher's waist but Boucher gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johnson off to one side.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Boucher has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Johnson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Boucher checks the leg kick nicely there.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt
letting Boucher counter with a right hand.
Johnson goes for a double leg but Boucher avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Boucher continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rage Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson tries to stall but Boucher uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Johnson can't get the takedown.

Boucher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Boucher counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Boucher, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnson prevents Boucher from breaking the clinch.
Boucher works on Johnson's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Boucher avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Johnson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Boucher after a bit of a struggle.
Johnson controlling the action here for a moment.
Boucher wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Boucher wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Johnson taking a breather.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boucher stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Johnson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Boucher walks away with a smile on his face. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Boucher blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Boucher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt
and Boucher counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
Johnson is breathing heavily.

Boucher fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Boucher won't allow it.
Johnson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Boucher working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boucher works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Boucher working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Boucher has double underhooks.
Boucher wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boucher makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Boucher can't break the clinch.
Johnson fails to pull guard.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Boucher keeps him there for the moment.
Boucher lands with a right to the head.
Boucher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boucher blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Boucher keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeps control of Boucher as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Boucher works on Johnson's body with a couple of short punches.
Johnson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson wants a takedown but no success here.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Boucher works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Johnson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Boucher's efforts to push away.
Boucher is trying to break free.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Boucher holds him up against the cage and eventually Johnson drops back down to his feet.
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!
Boucher is pushing Johnson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephane Boucher dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Boucher doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.

Johnson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Boucher keeps moving.
Boucher wants to stand up but Johnson is controlling him.
Boucher keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Boucher can't keep his opponent in guard - Johnson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Boucher pushes Johnson off looking to stand but Johnson dives back in and keeps control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Boucher defend it? Johnson steps over the head and cranks it - Boucher is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Johnson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rage Johnson!
Rage Johnson made sure to mention his sponsor, U.S.F. Wear ||Bear Inc.|| in his post fight interview.