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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Camden Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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205 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Camden Barnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ted Grant!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett moves into the clinch.
Grant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barnett shoots in looking for a takedown. Grant tries to sprawl out of it but Barnett keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Grant manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Barnett has a takedown stuffed.
Barnett's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Grant connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Barnett scrambles back to his feet.
Barnett shoots in for a takedown but Grant shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Camden Barnett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for Grant, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Grant lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Barnett is looking to clinch but Grant is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnett shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Grant sprawls well. Grant wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Barnett gets slowly back to his feet.
Barnett takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Grant throws a nice head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett fails with the takedown.
No luck for Barnett with that takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown attempt by Barnett or perhaps it was just good defense by Grant, which made it look bad.
Barnett takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Grant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grant swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grant lands with a slapping head kick.
Grant swats away the attempt to clinch by Barnett.
Grant misses with a takedown attempt - Barnett sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Grant scores with a head kick. Barnett tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grant paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grant connects with a solid leg kick.
Grant has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Barnett moves in looking to clinch but Grant pushes him off.
Barnett tries to clinch there but Grant circles away.
Barnett misses with a body shot.
Grant shoots in and drives through. Barnett sprawls well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnett looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Grant is fending him off so far but Barnett persists. Nope, Grant circles away and we're back to standing.
Barnett shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Grant as he jumps to the side.
Barnett is breathing heavily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Barnett.
Barnett tries to clinch there but Grant circles away.
Barnett fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grant stalks Barnett and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Barnett's face. Barnett staggers backwards, shaken.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant lands a left and a right that sends Barnett crashing to the canvas! Grant dives into mount looking to finish!
Barnett is rocked!
Grant tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Grant working for a guillotine from mount but Barnett is in no mood to give up.
Barnett blocking the ground and pound.
Poor strikes thrown by Grant there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grant misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Grant jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Barnett manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Grant looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Grant wants to lay and pray for a moment but Barnett keeps working.
Grant is trying to get an arm triangle but Barnett is defending well.
Grant is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Barnett is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Barnett on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Barnett tries to get out of the position.
Grant is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Barnett has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ted Grant dominated that round.
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.
Grant swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice body kick there by Grant.
Grant throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Barnett.
Grant is looking to clinch.
Barnett stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Grant.
Ted Grant seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grant throws a right and a left that Barnett avoids nicely.
Grant moves into the clinch.
Grant pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Grant!
Grant lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grant scores with a hook to the body. Barnett takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Barnett shoots for a double leg takedown but Grant sprawls well. He's pushed Barnett's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Grant throws a series of punches but Barnett avoids them all with ease.
Grant pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barnett fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Grant scores with a shot to the body.
Grant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grant is breathing heavily.
Grant throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Barnett shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Grant but Grant pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Camden Barnett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grant plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Camden Barnett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barnett fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Barnett is looking to clinch.
Good leg kick by Grant there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnett tries to land a front kick but Grant steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Barnett tries a head kick but it misses.
Grant keeps the fight on the outside.
Barnett leaves Grant with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Grant throws a head kick but Barnett moves out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Grant.
Barnett dodges the punch combination from Grant.
Grant fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Barnett avoids it really well and circles away.
Barnett takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant throws a right hand that Barnett ducks under and follows up with a left that Barnett also avoids with ease.
Grant throws a right hand that Barnett ducks under and follows up with a left that Barnett also avoids with ease.
Barnett misses with a takedown attempt - Grant sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Barnett doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Grant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barnett tries to close the distance and clinch but Grant swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barnett on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Grant lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Barnett backs up against the cage.
Barnett throws a leg kick that is checked
and Grant counters with a nice body kick.
Barnett throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant throws a head kick that half lands.
Barnett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grant paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barnett misses with a combination
and Grant counters with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grant connects with a high kick.
Grant paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Barnett will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Grant!
Jab by Grant.
Grant throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Barnett fails to land the takedown.
Barnett tries to clinch there but Grant circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ted Grant showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Grant throws a head kick that Barnett semi-blocks.
Barnett shoots in for a double leg but Grant sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Grant stuffs the takedown.
A jab from Grant finds it's way through Barnett's defenses.
Grant scores with a three punch combo!
Grant throws a right and a left that Barnett avoids nicely.
Grant scores with a nice right hand.
Barnett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barnett tries to clinch but Grant is having none of it.
Grant misses with the combination.
Barnett fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Grant avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Camden Barnett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grant shoots in and drives through. Barnett sprawls well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnett tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Grant swivels and escapes.
Grant tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Barnett defends well and Grant ends up having to push Barnett into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Grant breaks the clinch.
Grant stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Grant wants it to stay on the feet.
Grant throws a nice outside leg kick.
Grant moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grant has Barnett up against the cage in a clinch.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Barnett. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Barnett missing with knees to the body.
Grant fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Grant pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnett fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Grant shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Barnett eats them both and turns towards Grant to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Barnett takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Grant throws a nice looking combination but Barnett bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barnett closes the distance but Grant moves to the side
and Grant counters with a one-two to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnett shoots in for a takedown but Grant shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Barnett throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Grant was covering up waiting for the punch and Barnett finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barnett wants to get up but he can't break Grant's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnett throwing strikes from guard but Grant blocks nicely.
Grant looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Grant has his foot on Barnett's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Barnett works his way back into a safe position though.
Barnett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grant works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Grant has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Grant manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Grant both land. Nice combination.
Grant fails with a takedown attempt.
Grant swats away the attempt to clinch by Barnett.
Barnett lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Camden Barnett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grant stuffs the takedown.
Grant shoots in for a takedown but Barnett shows good takedown defense.
Barnett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barnett takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ted Grant is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grant lands a jab-cross combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ted Grant comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Grant 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 25:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ted Grant!
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