PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cody Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asher Asher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grant comes to the cage accompanied by 999 - Homicide. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Grant
vs
Asher

192 cm
29
247 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

196 cm
25
256 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cody Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Asher Asher!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Asher throws a half hearted mid kick.
Asher throws a push kick but Grant slaps the foot to one side.
Asher avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Asher misses with a low kick as Grant jumps back.
Grant fails with an attempt to clinch.
Asher steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grant.
A swing and a miss from Grant.
A clash of legs there as Grant blocks the low kick.
Grant gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Asher counters with a nice body kick.
Grant scores with a shot to the body.
Grant misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Cody Grant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant misses with a wild body shot.
Asher blocks a low kick nicely.
Asher does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant slips a straight right by Asher.
Grant is looking to clinch.
Grant with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Grant lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Asher connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Grant fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Asher checks it well.
Asher pivots, looking for a leg kick but Grant is out of range and Asher settles back down.
Asher throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Asher fakes the leg kick and cracks Grant in the body.
Asher on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Grant misses with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant throws a quick inside leg kick.
Asher tries to land a front kick but Grant steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant avoids a kick to the body.
Grant shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Asher eats them both and turns towards Grant to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Asher moves away from the strike by Grant.
Asher bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Grant.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grant lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Asher has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Asher and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Grant keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Asher throws a chopping leg kick but Grant manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Asher gets tackled into the cage by Grant. Grant maintains the clinch.
Asher just leaning against Grant, taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Grant.

It looks like Asher Asher has been cut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grant creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Grant - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Grant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Asher blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant misses with a knee to the head.
Grant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Asher has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Grant - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Asher is blocking nicely.
Asher blocks an elbow strike.
Grant pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Asher scores with a shoulder strike.
Grant lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Asher or not.
Grant misses with a knee to the head.
Grant is trying to maintain a safe position but Asher gets an underhook and turns Grant into the cage.
Grant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grant.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asher managing to block the knees to the body from Grant.
Grant letting Asher take a breather here.
Asher lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Asher misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Asher is blocking nicely.
Asher blocks an elbow strike from Grant.
Asher is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Grant blocks the elbow strike.
Grant throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grant gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Grant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Asher has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Asher.
Asher takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Grant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Asher Asher's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Grant darts in trying to clinch
and Asher counters with a big head kick but Grant shrugs it off.
Asher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grant.
Asher throws a wild body kick that Grant sees coming a mile off.
Grant throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Grant moves into the clinch.
Grant creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Grant throws a punch but it's blocked by Asher.
Grant doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Asher effectively controlling the action here.
Asher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant is trying to maintain a safe position but Asher gets an underhook and turns Grant into the cage.
Grant creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Asher's defenses.
Grant missing with knees to the body.
Asher slowing the pace effectively.
Grant taking a breather.
The referee is keeping an eye on Asher - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Grant misses with the head strike.
Asher stalls.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Asher in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Grant with a knee to the head.
Asher takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cody Grant has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Asher is breathing heavily.
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 shot to the side of Asher's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Asher blocks the elbow strike.
Asher avoids a wild elbow strike from Grant.
Asher letting Grant take a breather here.
Asher has a couple of punches blocked by Grant.
Grant blocks an uppercut.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grant is trying to maintain a safe position but Asher gets an underhook and turns Grant into the cage.
Grant tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Asher avoids it.
Grant misses with a punch to the body.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grant misses with some punches.
Asher misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A left hand lands to the body for Asher.
Asher is trying to break free.
Asher goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grant blocks a body shot from Asher.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Maybe Grant would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Asher takes a knee to the side of the body.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Asher misses with a punch on the inside.
Grant looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Asher.
Grant using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Grant misses with a knee strike.
A bit of stalling here from Grant.
Grant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grant tries to throw a body punch but Asher avoids it by throwing Grant back against the cage.
Asher lands a left hand.
Asher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grant doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grant looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Grant is trying to maintain a safe position but Asher gets an underhook and turns Grant into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Grant dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Asher Asher's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Asher checks the leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grant.
Asher on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Grant has taken the fight to the clinch.
Grant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Asher's face.
Grant lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grant lands a knee to the head.
Grant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Asher blocks it with crossed arms.
Good body shot from Grant.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grant stalling against the cage.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Grant.
Asher avoiding damage as Grant throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Grant.
Grant misses with the head strike.
Asher is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Grant prevents a body shot from Asher.

Grant drops Asher with a big knee straight up the middle! Asher is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Asher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grant is looking to slow Asher down with leg kicks.
Asher takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Asher checks a low kick from Grant.
Grant finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asher lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Grant throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Asher counter with a right hand.
Asher avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Grant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Asher was well out of range. Poor timing from Grant.
Asher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grant throws a low kick but it's checked well by Asher.
Cody Grant is winning the standup battle so far.
Grant misses with a head kick.
Asher has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grant.
Grant misses with a low kick.
A big left from Asher misses.
Asher throws a low kick, looking for Grant's leg but Grant calmly moves out of range.
Grant is looking to wear down Asher with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Grant throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant misses with a looping right.
Grant is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Asher can do to turn this around?
Grant misses with a looping right.
Grant is looking to score with low kicks.
Grant misses with a leg kick
and Asher connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grant loads up on a big right hand but Asher slips the punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Asher blocks the leg kick.
Asher lands with a kick to the temple. Grant shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Grant is looking to slow Asher down with leg kicks.
Asher uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grant.
Asher blocks a head kick by Grant.
Asher keeps Grant at a distance using the push kick.
A combination from Grant does no damage.
Asher Asher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Asher blocks the low kick.
Cody Grant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grant bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant thumps Asher with a low kick.
Asher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Asher lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Grant scores with a kick to the midsection.
Grant looks to throw the jab but Asher is out of range.
Grant moves out of range of the body kick from Asher.
Grant jabs Asher right on the nose. Asher blinks but takes it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grant moves forwards but Asher connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Asher throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cody Grant showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cody Grant!
Cody Grant seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.