Pat Barry expects fight with Lavar Johnson to end by KO

Today’s “The MMA Show with Mauro Ranallo” podcast featured an interview with Pat Barry, who is set to take on Lavar Johnson in what should be a heavyweight slugfest May 5 on the main card of UFC on FOX 3. Barry talked about when he got the call to take the fight, how excited he is to be on big FOX, and how he expects the fight to play out.

“Everybody knows what I do. I come in for the kill as soon as the bell rings. I’m either knocking people out or I get knocked out or submitted. That’s just a fact. My fights are never planned to go the distance. I don’t want to fight for 15 minutes. Lavar Johnson has a ridiculous first-round knockout resume. This is insane. This guy is huge. He can hit anybody in the head and kill them. He’s gigantic, he’s got confidence, he swings for the fences and he goes for the kill at all times. This guy knocked out Joey Beltran. I kicked Joey Beltran in the head five times, punched him and kicked him in the legs and he was still alive. How hard does one have to hit in order to knock out a guy (Beltran) who is incapable of being knocked out? That’s just beyond belief.”

- Pat Barry to Mauro Ranallo on The MMA Show