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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aubrey Grant (ranked 474 p4p, 1203 weight class) and Patrick Mahomes (ranked 37 p4p, 95 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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 24 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Aubrey Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Patrick Mahomes!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mahomes was well out of range. Poor timing from Grant.
Grant misses with a wild body shot.
Grant throws a leg kick that misses.
Grant throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mahomes moves into the clinch.
Mahomes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Grant.
Grant tries a body shot but Mahomes blocks it.
Grant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mahomes moves out of range as Grant throws a body kick.
Mahomes takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Mahomes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Grant throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Grant throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Grant takes a swing at Mahomes's ribcage but misses.
Grant lands an overhand right.
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!
A big left from Grant misses.
Mahomes misses with a wild body shot.
Mahomes is looking to chop away at Grant's legs.
Grant is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Grant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mahomes moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Grant misses.
Mahomes moves away from the strike by Grant.
Mahomes feints a jab promting Grant to slip. Mahomes then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Grant slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mahomes has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Mahomes with a jab.
Mahomes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Grant checks it well.
Grant throws a big shot that misses.
Mahomes avoids the head kick by Grant.
Grant waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mahomes.
Mahomes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A clash of legs there as Grant blocks the low kick.
Mahomes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Grant misses with a right hand
and Mahomes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mahomes jabs Grant right on the nose. Grant blinks but takes it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mahomes connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Mahomes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mahomes.
Mahomes moves away from the strike by Grant.
Mahomes misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahomes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mahomes moves forwards but Grant connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Grant throws a chopping leg kick but Mahomes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mahomes closes the distance and clinches.
Mahomes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grant tries to work over Mahomes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mahomes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grant misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mahomes misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Grant.
Grant goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mahomes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mahomes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grant's efforts to push away.
Grant scores with a nice hook to the head.
Grant misses with the head strike.
Mahomes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good work by Mahomes as he checks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahomes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Grant displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mahomes throws out the jab.
Mahomes scores with a sloppy right hand. Grant should have avoided that one.
Donk. Mahomes catches Grant right on the button with a cross.
Mahomes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mahomes, as that shot connected.
Grant keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mahomes.
It looked like Grant was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mahomes.
Grant scores with a punch to the head.
Mahomes is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Grant had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Mahomes misses with a looping left.
Mahomes lands a jab.
Mahomes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grant.
Grant avoids the body shot from Mahomes.
Grant throws a hook but Mahomes blocks it.
Mahomes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mahomes tries to clinch but Grant moves out of range.
Mahomes swings away with a body shot that misses
and Grant counters with a nice uppercut.
Mahomes throws a jab but it's blocked by Grant.
Mahomes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grant.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mahomes under the eye.
Mahomes moves out of range of the leg kick from Grant.
Mahomes rushes Grant and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Grant lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mahomes backwards.
Grant is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Grant blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grant working aggressively here.
Mahomes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grant thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mahomes feints a counter leg kick.
Mahomes lands a nice looking body kick.
Grant lands a high kick!
Mahomes lands a jab to the head.
Grant doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Grant scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grant walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mahomes checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mahomes ducks under a wild hook from Grant.
Grant doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mahomes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grant.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Patrick Mahomes will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Mahomes defending well as Grant loads up on a big left hand.
Grant instigates a clinch.
Mahomes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grant misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grant misses with the head strike.
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.
Still in the clinch, Mahomes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Grant misses with a punch to the body.
Mahomes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grant being controlled against the cage.
Grant's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Mahomes.
Grant throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grant tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mahomes's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahomes.
Mahomes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grant backwards.
Mahomes lands a left hand.
Mahomes misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mahomes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mahomes tries to throw a body punch but Grant avoids it by throwing Mahomes back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grant misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahomes.
Mahomes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mahomes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grant takes a swing at Mahomes's ribcage but misses.
Grant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mahomes moves away.
Grant ducks under a wild hook from Mahomes.
Mahomes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Grant counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grant throws a body punch but Mahomes moves out of range.
Grant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mahomes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grant.
Grant throws a sloppy head kick and Mahomes moves out of range easily.
Mahomes lands with an overhand left.
Grant misses with a body shot.
A jab lands there for Grant.
Grant misses with a looping right.
Grant really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Grant on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mahomes throws a body shot but no joy.
Patrick Mahomes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grant throws a sloppy head kick and Mahomes moves out of range easily.
Mahomes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grant was well out of range. Poor timing from Mahomes.
Mahomes misses with a body shot.
Mahomes moves out of range of the strikes.
Grant drops his hands momentarily and Mahomes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Grant drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Grant misses with a low kick.
No joy there for Mahomes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Grant thuds his right hand into Mahomes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Grant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Grant wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Grant scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Grant looks to throw the jab but Mahomes is out of range.
Mahomes tries to clinch but Grant moves out of range.
Mahomes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Grant's sensitive parts.
Mahomes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grant manages to avoid it.
Mahomes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant throws a chopping leg kick but Mahomes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Grant jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mahomes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Grant can pounce on him.
Grant slips under a jab.
Nice cross by Grant.
Mahomes misses with a looping left.
Mahomes lands with a shot to the body.
Grant uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mahomes.
Mahomes looks to throw a body kick
and Grant connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mahomes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mahomes slips a jab from Grant.
Grant looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mahomes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grant moves away.
Mahomes scores with a jab to the body.
Mahomes takes one to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mahomes scores with a leg kick.
Grant is looking to chop away at Mahomes's legs.
It seemed like Mahomes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant scores with a one two! Mahomes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Grant swats away the attempt to clinch by Mahomes.
Mahomes scoring well with a low kick there.
Mahomes misses the body punch
and Grant counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grant takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Grant misses the shot to the body.
Mahomes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mahomes throws a hook but Grant avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Grant misses the target.
Grant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mahomes scores with a crisp jab that stopped Grant in his tracks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mahomes defending well as Grant loads up on a big left hand.
Mahomes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slow jab from Grant misses its intended target.
Grant is looking to clinch but Mahomes is avoiding it.
Mahomes throws a nice head kick!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Patrick Mahomes 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Mahomes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mahomes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grant misses with a looping right.
Mahomes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mahomes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mahomes sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mahomes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mahomes struggles to land a body shot inside as Grant controls his hands.
Grant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patrick Mahomes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch on the inside from Mahomes fails to land.
Grant softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grant is trying to maintain a safe position but Mahomes gets an underhook and turns Grant into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahomes lands an uppercut.
Grant misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Grant fails to land.
Grant lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Grant misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grant lands a jab.
Mahomes slips under a jab from Grant.
Grant waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mahomes.
Mahomes lands a jab to the nose.
Mahomes ducks under a wild hook from Grant.
A clash of legs there as Grant blocks the low kick.
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mahomes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mahomes tries to clinch but Grant is having none of it.
Mahomes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Grant tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mahomes lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mahomes.
Mahomes tries to clinch but Grant is having none of it.
Grant throws a hook to the side of Mahomes's head but Mahomes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice shot lands for Mahomes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Mahomes finds it's way through Grant's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Mahomes.
The fighters circling - Mahomes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mahomes looks to score with a jab to the body but Grant is just out of range.
Mahomes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Grant misses with a head kick.
Mahomes replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Grant blocks it well.
Mahomes explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mahomes blocks a jab.
Mahomes doesn't manage to clinch there - Grant circles away.
Grant takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mahomes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mahomes cracks Grant with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Grant looks to land a right hand but Mahomes moved out of range.
Grant throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A good leg kick by Mahomes.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Mahomes!
Mahomes connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant punishes Mahomes's body with a nice straight punch.
Mahomes avoids the body shot from Grant.
Mahomes checks a low kick from Grant.
Grant throws a body shot but no joy.
Mahomes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jab from Mahomes.
Mahomes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grant.
Grant is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mahomes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Grant ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mahomes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Mahomes. Beautiful body shot.
Aubrey Grant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice leg kick lands there from Grant.
Grant looks to land a left hand but Mahomes moved out of range nicely.
Grant throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mahomes.
Mahomes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mahomes throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Mahomes there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grant takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mahomes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grant moves away.
Mahomes connects with a body shot.
Mahomes misses with a double jab.
Grant misses with a kick to the body.
Mahomes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mahomes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Grant's head.
Mahomes connects with a crisp jab.
Grant lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Grant throws a body shot but no joy.
Grant swings for the body but Mahomes moves out of range.
Mahomes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grant circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sloppy strikes from Mahomes. Those never looked like landing.
Grant lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Mahomes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grant.
As Grant backs off Mahomes throws a huge counter combo but Grant manages to avoid it all.
And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Mahomes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mahomes has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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hype
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