PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aubrey Grant (ranked 2072 p4p, 2460 weight class) and Champ Johnson (ranked 269 p4p, 303 weight class). Johnson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. DMX - Ain't No Sunshine kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Aubrey Grant has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Aubrey Grant seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Grant
vs
Johnson

183 cm
23
155
5 - 6 - 0

180 cm
23
157
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Voodoo Nutrition
FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Aubrey Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Champ Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant is looking to slow Johnson down with leg kicks.
A good leg kick by Grant.
Grant fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Johnson checks the leg kick.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Grant's shoulder, as Grant tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
and Grant counters with a right hand to the body.
Grant feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Johnsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jab from Grant.
Grant missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grant lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Nice jab there from Grant.
A leg kick checked by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Grant counters with a nice low kick that buckles Johnson's knee momentarily.
Grant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grant moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A thudding body kick lands there by Grant!
Johnson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A slapping leg kick lands for Grant.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grant.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A jab from Grant finds it's way through Johnson's defenses.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Grant keeps it at a distance.
Grant listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Grant moves out of range of the strikes.
Grant blocks a jab.

Grant darts in and clinches Johnson up against the cage.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Grant misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grant lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Grant scores with a knee to the head.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Grant misses with a knee to the head.
Grant lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Grant has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Grant misses with a knee strike.
Grant tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grant working aggressively here.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Grant is controlling the position.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson tries to work over Grant's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Johnson misses with a left hand
enabling Grant to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Grant.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grant counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Grant bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've been told by Grant's head coaches at Alfred Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Johnson dips to his left and cracks Grant with an uppercut!

Grant has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Johnson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Grant scores with a leg kick.
Johnson avoids a kick to the body.
Johnson blocks the body kick.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Grant lands a leg kick that knocks Johnson off balance momentarily.
Grant lands a really nice looking cross but Johnson seems unphased.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grant moves away.
Grant seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Grant lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Grant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grant lands a leg kick that knocks Johnson off balance momentarily.
Grant throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Johnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grant lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
A nice leg kick from Grant, right into the meat of the thigh.
Grant tries to score with a low kick but Johnson moves his leg out of the way.
Grant moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grant manages to avoid it.
Grant tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Johnson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Aubrey Grant is winning the standup battle so far.
Grant is looking to chop away at Johnson's legs.

Grant gets a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Grant.
Grant blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grant lands a knee to the head.
Grant lands a body punch in the clinch.
Grant lands a body shot in the clinch.
Grant doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Grant tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Grant.
Grant prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grant working aggressively here.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Grant avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Grant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grant.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Grant scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Grant.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Grant controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grant.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grant swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grant is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Grant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right handed body shot lands from Johnson.
Grant throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Grant swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson tries to stall but Grant uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Grant doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson cracks Grant with a nice body shot.
Johnson pushes Grant back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant blocking some punches.
Johnson avoiding damage as Grant throws knees to the body.
Grant struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Grant lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Grant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grant blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grant.
Grant tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Aubrey Grant has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Grant lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grant takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Grant is looking to slow Johnson down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Johnson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Grant gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Grant throws a nice inside leg kick.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grant.
Grant ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grant throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Grant moved out of range nicely.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grant sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grant lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Grant connects with a jab.

Grant has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant connects with a knee to the head.
Grant lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Johnson.
Grant has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Grant misses with a knee strike.
Grant has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grant creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Grant.
Grant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Grant controls his hands.
Grant misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grant can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Grant lands a left hand.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aubrey Grant dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Grant will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Johnson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Grant counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Grant throws a nice inside leg kick.
Grant lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Grant fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Johnson.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Grant sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grant tries to move into range but Johnson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Grant.
Grant tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
A big right from Johnson misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Johnson blocks the leg kick.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Grant ducks down to avoid it.
A low kick from Grant is predictable there
and Johnson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Grant thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grant.
Grant throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Grant moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grant throws out the jab.
Grant attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grant was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Grant misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw.
An inside leg kick from Grant misses.
Grant moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant misses with a low kick.
Grant cracks Johnson with an open hand slap.
Grant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Grant.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grant moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grant appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Grant lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Grant scores with a decent looking hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson throws a hook but Grant avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Grant.
Grant tried to score with a low kick but Johnson checks it.
Johnson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Grant smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Grant swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Grant.
Grant throws a front kick aimed at Johnson's knee but Johnson avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Grant fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Johnson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Johnson throws a jab when Grant was well out of range.
Grant throws a low kick but Johnson moves out of range easily.
Grant slips a straight right by Johnson.
A jab from Grant finds it's way through Johnson's defenses.
Grant uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Grant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson digs a good body shot into Grant's ribs.
Aubrey Grant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grant is looking to chop away at Johnson's legs.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Grant connects with a solid leg kick.
A jab from Grant does it's job there.
Grant pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johnson is out of range and Grant settles back down.
Johnson throws out a counter right but Grant avoids it with no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Grant throws a leg kick but Johnson checks it.
Grant throws a leg kick that is checked
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson checks a leg kick.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grant throws out the jab.
Grant swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson moves out of range of the leg kick from Grant.
Grant avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johnson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Grant makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Grant has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Champ Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson walks into a left hand.
Grant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Donk. Grant catches Johnson right on the button with a cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Aubrey Grant.
Well Grant has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aubrey Grant!
The defeated Champ Johnson had this to say: 'Wasn't my night tonight, hats off to my opponent. I'm going to recover and get back in the gym as soon as possible. In this game all you can do it win or learn, and it's my time to learn tonight. Thanks to all the fans that came out to support me. I'll be back stronger next time.'.