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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roscoe Pratt (ranked 7796 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny McSlapya (ranked 7287 p4p, 0 weight class). Johny McSlapya has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
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198 cm
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204 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roscoe Pratt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johny McSlapya!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McSlapya shoots and misses
and McSlapya takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McSlapya looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
McSlapya displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pratt.
McSlapya gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pratt stands up and waves to McSlapya to follow him.
McSlapya swings for the body but Pratt moves out of range.
Pratt lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McSlapya backs up against the cage.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! McSlapya crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Pratt - the referee stops the clock and McSlapya gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Pratt. McSlapya manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Pratt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McSlapya is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Pratt closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body kick from Pratt.
Pratt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pratt closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pratt lands in his opponent's guard.
Pratt gets to his feet - McSlapya follows without any prompting.
Pratt looks to land a combination but McSlapya avoids it well.
Pratt closes the distance and pushes McSlapya back into the cage.
Pratt pulls guard.
Pratt scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Pratt lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
McSlapya has a closed guard, preventing Pratt from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pratt decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on McSlapya, up you get!
Pratt scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pratt throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Pratt misses with a double jab.
McSlapya tries to keep at a distance but Pratt has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pratt jumps guard and drags McSlapya to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Pratt looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Pratt pushes McSlapya off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pratt lands with a kick to the ribs.
Pratt scores with a leg kick.
Pratt will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
McSlapya tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
McSlapya leaves Pratt with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roscoe Pratt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pratt shoots in looking for a takedown but McSlapya manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pratt's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
McSlapya is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pratt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McSlapya throws a head kick but Pratt moves out of range.
Pratt seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
McSlapya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McSlapya is looking to break free of the clinch but Pratt has double underhooks.
McSlapya is trying to pull guard but Pratt turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Pratt pulls McSlapya into guard.
Pratt is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roscoe Pratt dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pratt looks to land a combination. McSlapya sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
McSlapya looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pratt is fending him off so far but McSlapya persists. Nope, Pratt circles away and we're back to standing.
Horrible takedown attempt by Pratt or perhaps it was just good defense by McSlapya, which made it look bad.
McSlapya takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Pratt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McSlapya circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pratt feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
McSlapya is breathing heavily.
McSlapya looking for a guillotine here but Pratt defends easily.
McSlapya avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pratt stands and steps away. McSlapya gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Pratt keeps McSlapya at a distance using the push kick.
McSlapya slips a jab and a cross from Pratt.
Roscoe Pratt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pratt works over McSlapya's head and body with a nice combination.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pratt.
Pratt thuds a left hand into McSlapya's body.
McSlapya has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Pratt.
Pratt moves into range and clinches up with McSlapya.
Pratt decides to pull guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw McSlapya working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Pratt is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pratt looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Pratt is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and McSlapya defends it well.
Pratt thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McSlapya wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pratt gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Pratt will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
McSlapya shoots for a takedown but Pratt saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pratt fakes the leg kick and cracks McSlapya in the body.
Pratt fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roscoe Pratt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McSlapya shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pratt counters with a takedown into side control.
McSlapya struggling a bit here.
Pratt stands up.
Roscoe Pratt is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pratt lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McSlapya at a distance.
McSlapya with a poor takedown
and Pratt counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for McSlapya!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pratt has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Pratt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McSlapya has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pratt pulls guard effortlessly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roscoe Pratt dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Pratt closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. McSlapya did well to prevent Pratt getting side control.
Pratt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pratt stands up from half guard.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from McSlapya.
Decent striking displayed by Pratt there.
Pratt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McSlapya stuffs the takedown attempt from Pratt. Pratt gets slowly back to his feet.
A right-left combo lands from Pratt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pratt connects with a body shot that sends McSlapya's belly button to the back.
Sloppy strikes from Pratt. Those never looked like landing.
McSlapya stuffs the takedown.
And McSlapya tries to counter it with a takedown but Pratt pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Pratt throws a nice head kick!
A thudding body kick lands there by Pratt!
Pratt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McSlapya can do to turn this around?
Pratt walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pratt feints and then cracks McSlapya's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McSlapya down.
Pratt gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting McSlapya counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roscoe Pratt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McSlapya shoots for a double leg takedown but Pratt sprawls well. He's pushed McSlapya's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice body kick from Pratt.
McSlapya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pratt pulls guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McSlapya drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Pratt dives on top into guard.
McSlapya looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
McSlapya utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
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.
McSlapya controls Pratt momentarily but Pratt frees himself.
Pratt gets to his feet - McSlapya follows without any prompting.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pratt scores with a three punch combo!
Pratt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pratt stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pratt wants it to stay on the feet.
Pratt doesn't manage to clinch there - McSlapya circles away.
A punch combination from Pratt misses.
McSlapya tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Pratt defends well and McSlapya ends up having to push Pratt into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A left and a right from Pratt both land. Nice combination.
Pratt defends well against a solid takedown attempt from McSlapya.
McSlapya tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pratt swivels and escapes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from McSlapya.
Pratt shoots in for a double leg but McSlapya sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pratt gets tackled into the cage by McSlapya. McSlapya maintains the clinch.
Pratt pulls guard successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McSlapya is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Roscoe Pratt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Johny McSlapya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roscoe Pratt is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McSlapya won't allow Pratt to get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roscoe Pratt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pratt 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roscoe Pratt!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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