PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jim Keats (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Bucholz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keats comes to the cage accompanied by Pioneer of Metal. This should be a great matchup!

Keats
vs
Bucholz

176 cm
27
165 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

174 cm
26
157 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jim Keats!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Damian Bucholz!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Skip Squint and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bucholz looks to land a combination but Keats avoids it well.

Bucholz pushes Keats up against the cage in a clinch.
Keats misses with a hook to the ribs.

Bucholz gets control of Keats's arms and successfully pulls guard. Bucholz will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bucholz wants to sweep here but Keats controlling him for the moment.
Bucholz trying to keep a closed guard but Keats is proving a slippery customer.
Keats stopping the sweep attempt from Bucholz.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Keats gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Bucholz avoids the head kick by Keats.
Bucholz misses the jab.

Keats has taken the fight to the clinch.
Keats tries a knee to the head but Bucholz blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Keats takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Keats obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bucholz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Keats is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bucholz is keeping busy.
Bucholz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bucholz blocks the elbow strike.
Keats is pushing Bucholz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Keats is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bucholz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Keats throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bucholz blocks it with crossed arms.
Bucholz has a couple of punches blocked by Keats.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bucholz.
Keats blocks a body shot from Bucholz.
Keats leaning his opponent against the cage.
Keats looking to throw knees to the head but Bucholz is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keats wants to stall.
Bucholz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Keats lands an elbow inside that Bucholz shrugs off.
Bucholz changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Keats fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Keats throws a half hearted mid kick.

Keats moves into the clinch.
Bucholz missing with knees to the body.
Bucholz tries to work over Keats's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keats looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Keats tries to land a knee to the head but Bucholz blocks with his arms.
Keats blocks an uppercut.
Bucholz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bucholz goes for a takedown attempt but Keats pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Keats closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Keats.
Come on Keats - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bucholz swings wildly with an uppercut but Keats uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keats blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Keats lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Keats wants to stall.
Keats misses with a punch to the body.
Bucholz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Keats tries to land knees in the clinch but Bucholz avoids the damage to the body.
Keats is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Keats blocks an uppercut.
Keats lands a good knee to the midsection. Bucholz won't want to take too many of those.
Bucholz looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keats unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bucholz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Keats scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bucholz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Keats tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Keats lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Keats landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Keats drops Bucholz with a big knee straight up the middle! Bucholz is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Bucholz is rocked!

Keats gets a clinch.
Bucholz is still on wobbly legs! Can Keats finish him?
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Keats obliges.
Keats landing knees to the body.
Keats lands an elbow that stopped Bucholz in his tracks for a moment.
Keats lands a nice knee to the body.
Keats lands an elbow that stopped Bucholz in his tracks for a moment.
Keats using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Keats.
Keats lands an elbow inside that Bucholz shrugs off.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The referee is keeping an eye on Keats - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Keats.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Keats lands an elbow just above Bucholz 's eye.
Keats scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Keats putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bucholz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Keats scores a nice knee to the body.
Keats slows down the pace here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bucholz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Keats dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bucholz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keats manages to avoid it.

Bucholz takes the fight into the clinch.
Bucholz seems to have recovered his senses.
Bucholz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bucholz tries a body shot but Keats blocks it.
Bucholz jumps guard but Keats stands there with Bucholz around his waist. Bucholz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bucholz tries to work over Keats's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Keats prevents a body shot from Bucholz.
Bucholz lands with a right to the head.

Bucholz successfully pulls guard.
Keats in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Keats stands and steps away. Bucholz gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Damian Bucholz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bucholz is breathing heavily.
Bucholz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Keats counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Keats is struggling to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bucholz managing to block the knees to the body from Keats.
Keats utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Keats prevents Bucholz from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bucholz misses with a punch to the body.
Keats lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Damian Bucholz has been cut.
A nice left hand lands by Keats.
Keats lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bucholz.
Keats looking to stall.
Knees in the clinch landing for Keats.
Keats lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Keats tries a knee to the head but Bucholz blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keats.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Keats.
A right handed body shot lands from Keats.
Keats lands an elbow just above Bucholz 's eye.
Keats crunches a lovely knee into Bucholz's ribcage.
Keats lands an elbow that stopped Bucholz in his tracks for a moment.
Keats slows down the pace here.
Keats working Bucholz over with knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bucholz struggles to land a body shot inside as Keats controls his hands.
Keats with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Keats lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Keats lands an elbow just above Bucholz 's eye.
Bucholz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Keats smiles and moves away.
Jim Keats has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Bucholz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Keats tries to keep at a distance but Bucholz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Keats landing knees to the body.
Keats working Bucholz over with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Keats lands a nice knee to the body.
Keats with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Keats is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bucholz can do to turn this around?
Keats unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bucholz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bucholz avoiding damage as Keats throws knees to the body.
Bucholz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Keats obliges.
A shot in the inside from Keats.
A body shot lands from Keats.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Keats lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keats will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bucholz up against the cage.
Keats lands a damaging elbow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Keats.
Keats with a knee to the head.
Bucholz takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Bucholz fails to land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Keats.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Keats landing knees to the body.
Keats lands an elbow inside that Bucholz shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Keats.
Keats lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Keats dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Damian Bucholz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Bucholz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A jab from Bucholz misses.

Bucholz tries to keep at a distance but Keats has taken the fight into the clinch.
Keats using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Keats stalling the fight.
Bucholz throws a punch but it's blocked by Keats.
Keats works on Bucholz's body with a couple of short punches.
Keats landing knees to the body.
Keats unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keats is stalling here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Keats for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Keats is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Keats will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bucholz up against the cage.
Bucholz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bucholz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Keats lands an elbow inside.
Jim Keats has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keats utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Keats stalls.
Keats lands a knee to the head.
Keats stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jim Keats.

Keats moves into the clinch.
Bucholz pressing his opponent against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Keats lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bucholz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Keats walks away with a smile on his face. Bucholz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Bucholz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Keats, pushing him back against the cage.

Bucholz lands a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keats is adopting a defensive guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Keats is on top in guard.
Keats postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Keats wants to control from the top but Bucholz keeps moving.
Bucholz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bucholz stops Keats from getting back to his feet.
Keats is looking for a sweep. Bucholz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keats trying to control here.
Bucholz is trying to control. Keats wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Keats slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bucholz is fighting to break Keats's control of his arms but Keats is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Bucholz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bucholz trying to control but Keats is working from the bottom.
Keats trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Keats managing to control the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Keats has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keats landing knees to the body.
Keats lands with a light punch inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Keats takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Keats lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keats manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Keats landing knees to the body.
Keats displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bucholz up against the cage.
Keats with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bucholz throws a head punch that misses.
Damian Bucholz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jim Keats is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bucholz misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Keats showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Keats 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Keats!
A victorious Jim Keats thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.