PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kent Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Pratt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russell comes to the cage accompanied by Dysfunctional-Tech N9ne. Pratt has chosen Drowning Pool - Bodies (Let The Bodies Hit The Floor as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Russell
vs
Pratt

185 cm
25
282 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

196 cm
26
262 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Solid chin

BioPharm Nutrition

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 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kent Russell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Pratt!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Alyssa Summers and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russell connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pratt throws a jab but it's blocked by Russell.
Pratt moves away from the strike by Russell.
Russell misses with a looping right.
Russell moves away from the strike by Pratt.
Pratt throws a jab but it's blocked by Russell.
Russell tries to clinch up but Pratt circles away and keeps his distance.
Pratt throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Russell with a nice cross.
Pratt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Russell.
Pratt feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Russell's calf.
Russell slips a jab from Pratt.
Russell misses with a hook. Pratt ducked under it nicely.
Pratt takes a swing at Russell's ribcage but misses.
Pratt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Russell.
Pratt misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Russell staying out of range there.
Russell misses with a looping left.
Pratt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pratt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pratt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Russell moves away.
A big left from Pratt misses.
Russell scores with a jab to the jaw.
Russell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pratt.
Russell slips under a jab from Pratt.
Pratt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Russell.
A slow jab from Pratt misses its intended target.
Pratt needs to keep his hands up - Russell had a free shot at his head there.
Russell is looking to clinch but Pratt is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pratt throws a looping overhand right but Russell ducks down to avoid it.
Russell misses with a body shot.

Russell closes the distance and pushes Pratt back into the cage.
Russell stalling in the clinch.
Pratt pressing his opponent against the cage.
Russell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Russell pushes Pratt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!

Pratt breaks the clinch.
Russell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Russell ducks under a wild hook from Pratt.
Pratt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Russell connects with a looping right hand.
Russell scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Russell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pratt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Russell.
Russell looks to throw the jab but Pratt is out of range.
Russell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pratt.
Russell scores with a sloppy right hand. Pratt should have avoided that one.
Pratt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pratt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pratt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pratt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pratt bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Russell's head backwards.
Pratt takes a swing at Russell's ribcage but misses.
Russell throws the left hand but Pratt avoids the punch easily.
Russell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pratt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Russell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pratt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Russell throws out the jab.
Russell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pratt thows a body shot but no joy.
Pratt misses with a lunging right hand
and Russell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Russell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Russell on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Russell thows a body shot but no joy.
Russell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Russell is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Russell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pratt takes one on the button.
Pratt lands the left hand.
Pratt throws a hook but Russell avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kent Russell 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.

Pratt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice jab there from Pratt.
Jab by Russell.
Pratt cracks Russell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Russell slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pratt. Russell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Russell misses with a body shot.
Pratt takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pratt on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pratt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pratt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Russell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pratt.
A telegraphed right hand from Pratt misses the target.
Russell with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell scores with a nice head shot.
Russell scores with a sloppy right hand. Pratt should have avoided that one.
Pratt looks to land a right hand but Russell moved out of range.
Pratt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A jab from Pratt misses.
Russell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Russell tries to clinch but Pratt is having none of it.
Russell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Russell with a nice cross.
Russell misses with an uppercut. Pratt saw that one coming.
A jab from Russell finds it's way through Pratt's defenses.

Pratt is rocked!
Kent Russell is winning the standup battle so far.

Russell closes the distance and clinches.
Pratt is still on wobbly legs! Can Russell finish him?
Russell creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Pratt's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Pratt drops to his knees and Russell pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kent Russell!
Kent Russell really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that BioPharm Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.