PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Haas Pratt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Johns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johns has chosen By the Sword - Slash as his entrance music. Haas Pratt has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pratt
vs
Johns

182 cm
28
215 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
222 lbs
8 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Haas Pratt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Johns!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johns throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pratt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johns fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pratt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Pratt shoots in and bounces Johns off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Pratt tries to free his leg and advance position but Johns is retaining full guard.
Pratt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pratt wants to pass the guard but Johns is keeping the position.
Pratt scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Pratt chips away with some ground and pound.

Johns has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pratt can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Johns had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pratt defends it easily.
Pratt scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johns is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pratt is aware though and is defending well.
Pratt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johns is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Pratt throwing strikes but missing.
Pratt trying to control the position from guard on top but Johns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pratt is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Pratt working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Johns throws his legs up looking for a submission but Pratt uses it to pass to side control.
Pratt wants to control but Johns is keeping him busy.
Pratt lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Johns down.
Johns is not content to let Pratt control the position.
Johns is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Pratt is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Pratt has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pratt trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Johns tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Johns is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pratt cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pratt raining down hammerfists from mount.

Johns is rocked!
Johns looks gassed!
Pratt controlling the pace for now.
Johns is still in real trouble! Can Pratt finish him?
Pratt cracks Johns with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haas Pratt!