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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Fisher (ranked 130 p4p, 202 weight class) and Aubrey Grant (ranked 9 p4p, 16 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, John Fisher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Aubrey Grant!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fisher blocks a jab.
Grant is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fisher jabs at Grant's body.
Fisher just misses with a punch to the body.
Fisher takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fisher scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Grant doesn't seem bothered though.
Grant scores with a push kick.
Grant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Fisher misses the target.
Grant scores with a sloppy right hand. Fisher should have avoided that one.
A jab from Fisher misses.
Grant looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Grant dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fisher. That did some damage!
Fisher misses with a straight right.
Fisher takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fisher has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Grant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A chopping leg kick lands by Grant.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grant walks into a left hand.
Grant scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fisher bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fisher looks to score with a jab to the body but Grant is just out of range.
Grant flicks out a counter leg kick but Fisher steps away.
Fisher gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Grant throws an overhand right that lands on Fisher's shoulder, as Fisher tries to avoid the shot.
Grant goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Grant takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher throws a poor cross that misses
and Grant counters with a nice body kick.
Fisher lands a right hook to the body.
A big right from Fisher misses.
Grant tries a quick counter leg kick but Fisher is wise to it.
Fisher takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Grant misses with an uppercut.
A shot to the liver by Grant. Beautiful body shot.
Fisher slips a jab from Grant.
Fisher misses with a looping right.
Fisher tries a head kick but it misses.
Grant misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fisher.
Grant throws an overhand right that lands on Fisher's shoulder, as Fisher tries to avoid the shot.
Fisher throws an overhand right that lands on Grant's shoulder, as Grant tries to avoid the shot.
Fisher swings for the body but Grant moves out of range.
Fisher fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grant looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
John Fisher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grant bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fisher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grant moves away.
Fisher rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grant counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Grant darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Grant jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant connects with a body shot.
Fisher slips a straight right by Grant.
A little feinted left hand from Fisher on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Grant connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fisher's hands.
Fisher throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grant counters with a low kick, right behind Fisher 's knee.
Fisher throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grant sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grant tries to move into range but Fisher moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fisher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fisher throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fisher throws a shot from downtown. Grant moves away and avoids it.
Fisher darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Grant throws out a leg kick but Fisher moves out of range and Grant only half commits.
Fisher uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fisher throws a jab but it's blocked by Grant.
Fisher avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grant avoids the body shot from Fisher.
Fisher looks to throw the jab but Grant is out of range.
Fisher throws a solid leg kick but Grant takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Fisher.
Grant scores with a punch to the head.
Grant throws a leg kick which misses Fisher's front leg but catches the back leg as Fisher tries to avoid it.
Grant is looking to slow Fisher down with leg kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grant lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fisher takes a step back to recover.
Fisher misses with a low kick.
A cross from Grant lands.
Fisher throws a poor cross that misses
and Grant counters with a right hand to the body.
Fisher takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Fisher on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fisher takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A lazy left from Grant finds it's target.
Fisher misses with an uppercut. Grant saw that one coming.
Fisher throws a jab but it's blocked by Grant.
Grant shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A jab from Fisher finds it's way through Grant's defenses.
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!
Grant connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Grant has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Grant avoids the body shot from Fisher.
Grant ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grant scores with a leg kick.
Fisher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grant manages to avoid it.
Fisher blocks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher misses with a straight right.
Grant works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fisher misses with a straight right.
Grant throws a shot from downtown. Fisher moves away and avoids it.
Grant ducks right into an uppercut from Fisher.
Fisher throws a jab when Grant was well out of range.
Grant has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fisher connects with a right hand. Grant shakes it off.
Fisher just misses with a punch to the body.
Grant tries to clinch but Fisher moves out of range.
Fisher jabs Grant to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Grant lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fisher misses with a right hand
and Grant counters with a thumping low kick.
Fisher looks to score with a jab to the body but Grant is just out of range.
Grant instigates a clinch.
Grant throws a head punch that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grant crunches a lovely knee into Fisher's ribcage.
A short right from Grant.
Fisher misses with a body punch.
Fisher blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fisher misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aubrey Grant dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Grant keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fisher.
Fisher throws a body shot but no joy.
Grant fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fisher has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fisher lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Fisher throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Grant on the side of the head.
Fisher just misses with a punch to the body.
Grant moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fisher misses with an uppercut
and Grant counters with a nice uppercut.
Fisher has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fisher there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fisher tries to move into range but Grant moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fisher moves out of range of the body kick from Grant.
It looked like Fisher was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Grant.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grant missing with a left hand there. Fisher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fisher throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grant scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fisher takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fisher takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fisher takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Grant with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fisher lands with a shot to the body.
Grant tries to clinch but Fisher is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisher throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Grant blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Grant throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A low kick from Fisher misses
and Grant cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fisher rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grant makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Fisher really felt that one!
Fisher lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fisher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grant lands with a hook. Fisher tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fisher moves out of range as Grant throws a body kick.
Grant scores with a kick to the midsection.
Grant throws out a powerful jab.
Fisher will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Grant.
Grant fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fisher has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fisher is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Grant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fisher.
Grant throws out a counter right but Fisher avoids it with no problem.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grant uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fisher.
Fisher moves out of range as Grant strikes.
Fisher with a jab.
Grant throws a big shot that misses.
Grant misses with a body kick.
Fisher was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A cross from Grant lands.
Aubrey Grant seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fisher checks a leg kick.
Fisher rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grant counters with a body kick that stops Fisher in his tracks momentarily.
Fisher displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grant throws out the jab.
Grant throws a right hand that misses
and Fisher connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fisher throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice jab there from Fisher.
Nice straight punches there by Grant. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Grant.
Fisher throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Grant to counter with a crisp jab.
Fisher misses with a looping left.
Grant connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fisher's hands.
Grant bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fisher's head.
Fisher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grant thuds his right hand into Fisher's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fisher moves out of range of the leg kick from Grant.
Grant throws a chopping leg kick but Fisher manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Fisher misses the target.
Grant scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fisher in his tracks.
Grant paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fisher throws a body shot but no joy.
Fisher throws a lazy right hand but Grant sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grant scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Grant misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fisher.
Grant lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Grant throws a right and a left that Fisher avoids nicely.
It looked like Fisher wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Grant connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Grant slips a jab from Fisher.
Grant jabs Fisher to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fisher thuds a left hand into Grant's body.
Fisher misses with an uppercut.
Grant is looking to chop away at Fisher's legs.
Fisher takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fisher motions for Grant to come forward. Fisher throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Grant looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Grant lands a slapping body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
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!
Grant scores with a sloppy right hand. Fisher should have avoided that one.
Fisher ducks under a wild hook from Grant.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fisher takes a jab right on the kisser.
Grant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fisher.
Grant jabs at Fisher's body.
Grant blocks a jab.
Fisher walks into a straight right hand from Grant.
Grant takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Grant forces Fisher back against the cage and clinches.
Grant struggles to land a body shot inside as Fisher controls his hands.
Grant has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fisher digs a right hand into Grant's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Grant's gas tank.
Grant is breathing heavily.
Fisher works on Grant's body with a couple of short punches.
Fisher throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Grants head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fisher.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fisher.
Fisher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fisher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grant was well out of range. Poor timing from Fisher.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Donk. Grant catches Fisher right on the button with a cross.
Fisher misses the shot to the body.
Grant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fisher.
Fisher is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A shot to the liver by Grant. Beautiful body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aubrey Grant showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Grant misses with an uppercut
and Fisher counters with a thumping low kick.
Fisher walks into a stiff left hand from Grant.
Fisher throws a hook but Grant avoids it easily.
Fisher takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fisher misses the shot to the body.
Fisher lands a really nice looking cross but Grant seems unphased.
Grant misses with a looping right.
Grant throws an off balance right hand
and Grant takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fisher loads up on a big right hand but Grant slips the punch.
Fisher connects with a looping right hand.
Grant is rocked!
Fisher looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Grant throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grant is still on wobbly legs! Can Fisher finish him?
Fisher drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Grant right on the button. Grant goes down! Fisher follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Fisher gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Fisher!
An out of breath John Fisher thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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