Pete Spratt

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1 Profile
2 Early Career
3 UFC Career (2002-2005)
4 The Ultimate Fighter
5 UFC Career (2006-2007)
6 Recent Years (2007 - Present)
7 Mixed martial arts record
8 Gallery
9 External links

Profile

Pete "The Secret Weapon" Spratt (born January 9, 1971) is an American professional mixed martial artist and former contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback.

He stands 5 ft. 9 in. (175 cm) tall and fights in the welterweight division (170 lbs.).

Spratt is a UFC and Strikeforce veteran and is currently unsigned to any major promotion.

Early Career

Pete Spratt made his professional mixed martial arts debut on March 19, 1999 for the Power Ring Warriors promotion. He submitted his opponent, Jeremiah O'Neal with a rear naked choke to notch his first victory.

After two knockouts and a decision win, Spratt suffered his first professional defeat when he was submitted by Yves Edwards with a triangle choke in the first round at a Renegades Extreme Fighting event.

In November, 2000, Spratt rebounded from his initial loss to take one night, four man tournament put on by the REF. He forced both Cedric Marks and Bone Sayavonga into submission in the first frame to take the title.

2001 was a mixed year for Spratt as he went 4-3 in his seven bouts which included a TKO victory over Rich Clementi and losses to Chuz Chacon and Hawaiian, Ronald Jhun.

Spratt kicked off 2002 with a cut stoppage loss against UFC veteran, Steve Berger which dropped his record to 10-5.

UFC Career (2002-2005)

Despite the loss to Berger, Spratt got a call-up to make his UFC debut at UFC 37.5 in June, 2002. He was matched up against wrestling stand-out, Zach Light and was thought to be in trouble early as Light executed a quick takedown. Spratt remained calm though and surprised many as he easily rolled to an armbar which forced the submission at 2:25 of round 1.

Five months later at UFC 40, Spratt was given the toughest test of his career when he was matched up against former UFC welterweight champion, Carlos Newton. Newton showed there were still major deficiencies in Spratt's ground game as he quickly submitted him with a kimura at 1:45 of round 1.

At UFC 42, Spratt met an opponent who was willing to engage him on the feet in Pat Miletich trained, Robbie Lawler. Spratt's technique was too much for Lawler as he hammered him with kicks finally hurting him to the point of injury in the second round which gave him the victory.

After the Lawler victory, Spratt was offered a title shot against Lawler's training partner, Matt Hughes. Spratt however did not feel he was ready and declined the oppurtunity. He instead opted for a bout in Canada at TKO 14 against unheralded French Canadian, Georges St. Pierre. Not knowing what he had gotten himself into, Spratt was submitted quickly with a rear naked choke.

Just over a month later, Spratt was again submitted by a rear naked choke when he faced Chris Lytle at an event held in Illinois.

Spratt halted the two fight slide three weeks later as he knocked out Wataru Takahashi in Japan.

In August, 2005, Spratt was brought back into the UFC as a test for TUF 1's Josh Koscheck on UFC Fight Night 1. Koscheck submitted Spratt in just 1:53 of round 1 with a rear naked choke in a bout that again highlighted Spratt's need to work on his ground game.

Headed outside the UFC again, Spratt rebounded from the Koscheck defeat as he scored a unanimous decision over future TUF 7 contestant, Matt Brown.

The Ultimate Fighter

Shortly after the Brown victory, Spratt was offered a spot on The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback. The show featured UFC veterans who had underperformed in the octagon and were being given a shot at redemption with the winner in each weight class earning a shot at the title in their respective division.

Spratt jumped at the oppurtunity and signed on as one of the eight welterweight contestants. He was eliminated in the first round however, as Chris Lytle submitted him in quick fashion.

Disappointed, Spratt was given a second chance in the competition when Jeremy Jackson was kicked off the show. Spratt faced Matt Serra this time but there was little change in the result as Serra forced him to submit to strikes in the first round.

Brought back at The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale, Spratt faced the man he replaced, Jeremy Jackson, and after some sloppy grappling in the first round, he came out on top in the second when Jackson submitted to a neck injury.

UFC Career (2006-2007)

At UFC 69, Spratt had his first post-TUF, UFC bout when he faced TUF 2's Marcus Davis on the show's undercard. Davis seized a leg in the second round and tapped Spratt out with an achilles lock.

Two months later, Spratt was given a UFC newcomer in Tamdan McCrory at UFC Fight Night 10. Spratt was pounding on the inexperienced McCrory for one and a half rounds before he got sloppy and submitted with a triangle choke.

The loss marked Spratt's exit from the UFC.

Recent Years (2007 - Present)

Out of the UFC, Spratt faced Anthony Waldburger in September, 2007 and was submitted again to make it three losses in a row. Spratt sought immediate redemption a month later as he faced Waldburger at the inaugural HDNet Fights. Spratt looked focused and dangerous as he stopped Waldburger with strikes in just 1:29 of round 1.

Two months later, Spratt looked impressive as he stopped Tristan Yunker on cuts at HDNet Fights: Reckless Abandon.

Spratt's brief resurgence was halted in February, 2008 when he was submitted with a rear naked choke in the second round of a controversial bout with Ryan Ford. At the end of the first round the bell rung but referee Herb Dean did not hear it while Spratt did. Spratt relaxed his defense on Ford who was in his guard. Ford apparently did not hear the bell either and capitalized on Spratt's lack of defense by landing two crushing elbows that rocked Spratt badly. When the fight resumed in the second round a wobbly Spratt was taken down and submitted.

Spratt put the disappointment behind him though as he knocked TUF 2's Jason Von Flue out cold with a punch two months later.

In his last two bouts to close out 2008, Spratt rocked and hurt UFC veteran, John Alessio badly but was eventually submitted with a rear naked choke and then in December he was submitted by Donny Liles with a rear naked choke at Strikeforce: Payback.

In June, 2009, Spratt notched his 19th professional victory as he submitted Alan Woods with an armbar in the first round.