PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Bold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Pratt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harry Bold has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bold
vs
Pratt

200 cm
21
250 lbs
3 - 10 - 0

190 cm
21
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 3 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harry Bold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Matt Pratt!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pratt clinches.
Pratt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bold has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pratt avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bold jumps guard but Pratt stands there with Bold around his waist. Bold gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pratt tries to pull guard but Bold won't allow it.
Bold tries to throw a body punch but Pratt avoids it by throwing Bold back against the cage.
Bold jumps guard but Pratt stands there with Bold around his waist. Bold gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Bold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bold tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pratt obliges.

Pratt has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Bold uses from the top position.

Pratt pushes Bold off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Bold is breathing heavily.
Pratt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pratt misses with a wild combination.
Pratt lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bold sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pratt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pratt chopping away at his opponent's legs.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bold keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pratt's efforts to push away.
Pratt has had enough of the clinch but Bold keeps him there for the moment.

Pratt manages to pull guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pratt can do anything to dispel that myth.

Pratt uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Pratt drives through and clinches with Bold against the cage.
Pratt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bold takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pratt wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pratt is trying to force a seperation but Bold has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bold prevents the takedown attempt.

Pratt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pratt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bold takes a kick to the side of the head.

Pratt scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pratt wants to get back to his feet.
Bold trying to control but Pratt postures up.

Pratt postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Bold to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pratt throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Pratt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bold swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pratt keeps Bold at a distance using the push kick.
Pratt lands a high kick!
Bold with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pratt counters with a head kick.
Bold takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pratt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pratt cracks Bold with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bold fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pratt connects with a high kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pratt!
Bold with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pratt counters with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pratt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Bold scores with a takedown into Pratt's guard.
Bold trying to control the position from guard on top but Pratt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Pratt dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bold clinches up against the cage.
Pratt wants to get back to striking at distance but Bold won't allow it.
Bold fails to pull guard.

Pratt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bold shoots and misses
and Pratt counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Pratt has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pratt is stalling here.
Bold keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pratt's efforts to push away.
Bold has Pratt pressed against the cage, preventing Pratt from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pratt lands a good knee to the midsection. Bold won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pratt swings wildly with an uppercut but Bold uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pratt working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pratt is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pratt is trying to break the clinch but Bold is controlling him.
Pratt looking for a takedown.
Bold tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Bold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bold is trying to maintain a safe position but Pratt gets an underhook and turns Bold into the cage.

Pratt has clasped his hands together around Bold's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Pratt wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bold keeps working.

Pratt decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Bold doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pratt counters with a head kick.
Bold wants to clinch but Pratt slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pratt.
Pratt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bold swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Pratt.
Bold with a lazy takedown attempt

and Pratt counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bold!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Pratt stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Bold gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pratt makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pratt wants to clinch but Bold slips to the side

and Bold counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bold trying to control the position from guard on top but Pratt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pratt is looking to stand back up but Bold counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Pratt.
Bold looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bold perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Pratt gets back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pratt wants to get back to his feet but Bold is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bold looking to pass the guard.

Pratt manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Pratt has closed the distance and engaged Bold in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Pratt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Bold's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Pratt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bold fails with the takedown
and Pratt counters with an outside leg kick.
Harry Bold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pratt tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Bold moves into the clinch.
Pratt is trying to force a seperation but Bold has the dominant position.
Pratt wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Pratt jumps into guard, dragging Bold to the mat.

Bold drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bold jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pratt has his feet on Bold's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Pratt doesn't manage to clinch there - Bold circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pratt clinches up with Bold and pushes him back against the cage.
Pratt fails to pull guard.

Pratt breaks from the clinch.
Bold misses with a double jab
and Pratt counters with a thumping low kick.
Pratt lands with a kick to the temple. Bold shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bold shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pratt counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bold is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Pratt lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Pratt tries to clinch up but Bold circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pratt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bold with a lazy takedown attempt

and Pratt counters by moving into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Bold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bold on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Bold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bold on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Some wild striking there from Pratt.
Pratt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bold takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Harry Bold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pratt shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Pratt keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Pratt is going to stand back up.
Bold is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bold wants to sweep but Pratt has passed to side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A lull in the action here.
Bold is looking for a sweep.

Pratt decides to stand up, so the ref orders Bold to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Pratt closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Pratt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pratt 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Pratt!