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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joey Rigatoni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Boucher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Boucher has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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184 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Rigatoni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bob Boucher!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rigatoni looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Boucher wants to get back to full guard.
Rigatoni working Boucher over with strikes.
Rigatoni thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Boucher's head.
Rigatoni is trying to control. Boucher wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rigatoni thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Boucher wants to control but Rigatoni is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Rigatoni thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rigatoni is trying to control the action in half guard but Boucher is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Boucher throws a head kick that misses.
Boucher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rigatoni shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Rigatoni punching from mount but Boucher doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Rigatoni with good strikes from the mount here!
Rigatoni can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Boucher is looking to escape.
Boucher working to try and regain half guard.
Rigatoni jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Boucher is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Boucher and Rigatoni has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rigatoni decides to stand back up.
Rigatoni defending well as Boucher loads up on a big left hand.
Boucher has his takedown stuffed
and Rigatoni moves into the clinch.
Boucher is trying to drag Rigatoni to the mat but Rigatoni just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Boucher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boucher throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rigatoni wants the takedown. Boucher is fighting it off but Rigatoni persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Boucher's guard against the cage.
Boucher has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Rigatoni has passed into side control.
Rigatoni tries to score with some ground and pound. Boucher controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rigatoni trying to control the position but Boucher is working away.
Boucher takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Rigatoni misses with the ground and pound.
Rigatoni throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rigatoni wants to control but Boucher is keeping him busy.
Boucher is trying to control Rigatoni's posture but Rigatoni avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rigatoni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boucher jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boucher lands a head kick!
Boucher looks gassed!
Rigatoni dodges the punch combination from Boucher.
Rigatoni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boucher doesn't succeed with the takedown
so Rigatoni counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Joey Rigatoni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Boucher.
Rigatoni stands and throws Boucher's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Rigatoni dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rigatoni scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Boucher is not content to let Rigatoni control the position.
Boucher keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rigatoni throwing shots but Boucher is blocking nicely.
Rigatoni throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rigatoni stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Boucher to get to his feet.
Rigatoni defending well as Boucher loads up on a big left hand.
Boucher is breathing heavily.
Boucher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boucher is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rigatoni.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boucher scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A jab from Boucher misses.
Boucher scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rigatoni shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Boucher sprawls well. Boucher wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rigatoni gets slowly back to his feet.
Boucher misses with a hook to the body
and Rigatoni counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rigatoni.
Boucher really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rigatoni. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rigatoni wants to control from the top but Boucher keeps moving.
Boucher keeping full guard, as Rigatoni tries to pass.
Rigatoni advances position into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boucher is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Rigatoni is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rigatoni is trying to get an arm triangle but Boucher is defending well.
Rigatoni works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Boucher is trying to control Rigatoni's posture but Rigatoni avoids it.
Rigatoni tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rigatoni has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Boucher throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boucher thuds his right hand into Rigatoni's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rigatoni is defended easily by Boucher.
Rigatoni is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Boucher looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Rigatoni!
Rigatoni is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rigatoni swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Rigatoni takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Boucher scoring with strikes but Rigatoni is staying in there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boucher putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rigatoni tries to reverse the position but Boucher maintains control.
Boucher lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Boucher scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rigatoni?
Boucher looking for a guillotine from mount but Rigatoni is having none of it.
Rigatoni is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boucher dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bob Boucher will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Boucher throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rigatoni.
Rigatoni uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boucher.
Boucher throws a combination that misses
and Rigatoni counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Rigatoni is taking a breather. Boucher says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Boucher is looking to escape.
Rigatoni not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Boucher trying to hold on to Rigatoni's head to control him but Rigatoni postures up.
Rigatoni performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Boucher is defending against the submission attempts here by Rigatoni.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boucher is doing well to control the position and prevent Rigatoni from advancing to side control.
Joey Rigatoni overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rigatoni is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Boucher sees it coming and defends easily.
Rigatoni is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Boucher is trying to maintain the position but Rigatoni is very close to passing his half guard.
Rigatoni is trying to control the action in half guard but Boucher is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Boucher blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rigatoni.
Boucher makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boucher missing with a left hand there. Rigatoni was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rigatoni takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rigatoni slips under a jab from Boucher.
Boucher thows a body kick. Rigatoni tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Good standup being displayed there by Boucher as he connects with a hook.
Boucher misses with a straight left.
Boucher misses with a straight left.
A combination from Boucher does no damage.
Rigatoni tries to score a power double leg takedown but Boucher sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Rigatoni somewhat.
Boucher is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boucher throws the left hand but Rigatoni avoids the punch easily.
Boucher throws a hook to the side of Rigatoni's head but Rigatoni sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rigatoni changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Boucher tries to avoid it but Rigatoni manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Boucher to the ground. Boucher escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Boucher cracks Rigatoni with an open hand slap.
Rigatoni ducks under a wild hook from Boucher.
Rigatoni fails with the takedown
and Rigatoni takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Rigatoni. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boucher misses with a few strikes there.
Rigatoni clinches with his opponent.
Boucher has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Boucher gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rigatoni.
Good body shot from Boucher.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Rigatoni showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rigatoni has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Rigatoni!
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energy
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